Neil Herron is the Founder and CEO of Grid Smarter Cities. Recognised as one of the UK’s leading parking experts moving from a fair parking campaigner to kerbside management solution designer and policy influencer. Subject matter expert for DfT Kerbside Management Discovery Report and member of the TRL Kerbside Management Task Force helping prepare insight for the Transport Select Committee. Consistently maintained Grid’s top 10 position in Metis Partner’s IP100 League table and named inventor behind 18 granted and pending patents in areas of GPS navigation, digital tracking, journey management, parking and kerbside management.

Multiple award winner for innovation and intelligent parking from ITS UK Awards, British Parking Awards and internationally as the IoT Global Award for smart cities, government and utilities. Previously named by the North East Times Impact Awards as Innovator of the Year. Success in taking kerbside management from concept to reality with the first commercial deployments in London in 2024.