Garth Lidbetter
UX & Systems Designer
Location
Sawtell
NSW, Australia
Connect
© 2002-2025 Garth Lidbetter
Garth Lidbetter
UX & Systems Designer
Location
Sawtell
NSW, Australia
Connect
© 2002-2025 Garth Lidbetter
Barr Geospatial Solutions
Utilities Risk Modelling Platform
2025
UX, Product design
Barr Geospatial Solutions is a leading provider of geospatial services using aerial LiDAR, imaging, surveillance and AI technology to help map assets and critical infrastructure across North America.
Utility companies provide essential services like electricity, natural gas, water, and sometimes telecommunications to the public. These companies are responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of these services, and they are subject to public regulation
I was involved in a 6 week discovery phase, resulting in a proof of concept to develop. Leading the design approach.
Barr Geospatial Solutions is a leading provider of geospatial services using aerial LiDAR, imaging, surveillance and AI technology to help map assets and critical infrastructure across North America.
Utility companies provide essential services like electricity, natural gas, water, and sometimes telecommunications to the public. These companies are responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of these services, and they are subject to public regulation
I was involved in a 6 week discovery phase, resulting in a proof of concept to develop. Leading the design approach.
Barr Geospatial Solutions is a leading provider of geospatial services using aerial LiDAR, imaging, surveillance and AI technology to help map assets and critical infrastructure across North America.
Utility companies provide essential services like electricity, natural gas, water, and sometimes telecommunications to the public. These companies are responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of these services, and they are subject to public regulation
I was involved in a 6 week discovery phase, resulting in a proof of concept to develop. Leading the design approach.
Role & team
Role: User Experience & User Interface designer
Team: UI designer (PT), Product manager, Project lead, BE team (3), FE team (2), DevOps (1.5)
Client: Product owner, Program sponsor, Stakeholders, SME's
Role: User Experience & User Interface designer
Team: UI designer (PT), Product manager, Project lead, BE team (3), FE team (2), DevOps (1.5)
Client: Product owner, Program sponsor, Stakeholders, SME's
Role: User Experience & User Interface designer
Team: UI designer (PT), Product manager, Project lead, BE team (3), FE team (2), DevOps (1.5)
Client: Product owner, Program sponsor, Stakeholders, SME's
Tasks
Stakeholder & user interviews
User working group facilitation
User journey mapping
Solution development
User story creation
Stakeholder & user interviews
User working group facilitation
User journey mapping
Solution development
User story creation
Stakeholder & user interviews
User working group facilitation
User journey mapping
Solution development
User story creation
Deliverables
Information Architecture
Wireframes
Prototypes of features
Proposal presentation
Information Architecture
Wireframes
Prototypes of features
Proposal presentation
Information Architecture
Wireframes
Prototypes of features
Proposal presentation
6
week discovery timeline
23
workshops and testing sessions
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Background & Brief
Barr supplies wildfire risk information to infrastructure and utility companies across North America. This intelligence is currently delivered through offline systems, manual processes and static documentation.
Our role was to conduct discovery and develop a proof of concept which would deliver all current fire risk assessment capabilities in a more efficient, automated system; And providing live risk predictions which feed automated emergency response recommendations.
This phase aimed to address the following:
Define the core purpose and distill the intended impact of the platform
Identify key user needs and critical pain points
Design and build comprehensive prototype and proof of concept
Define a product roadmap and identify the MVP (Now); followed by Next and Later phases
Provide technical recommendations, information architecture, scalability considerations and go-to-market strategy
Outline cost estimates and considerations
Barr supplies wildfire risk information to infrastructure and utility companies across North America. This intelligence is currently delivered through offline systems, manual processes and static documentation.
Our role was to conduct discovery and develop a proof of concept which would deliver all current fire risk assessment capabilities in a more efficient, automated system; And providing live risk predictions which feed automated emergency response recommendations.
This phase aimed to address the following:
Define the core purpose and distill the intended impact of the platform
Identify key user needs and critical pain points
Design and build comprehensive prototype and proof of concept
Define a product roadmap and identify the MVP (Now); followed by Next and Later phases
Provide technical recommendations, information architecture, scalability considerations and go-to-market strategy
Outline cost estimates and considerations
Barr supplies wildfire risk information to infrastructure and utility companies across North America. This intelligence is currently delivered through offline systems, manual processes and static documentation.
Our role was to conduct discovery and develop a proof of concept which would deliver all current fire risk assessment capabilities in a more efficient, automated system; And providing live risk predictions which feed automated emergency response recommendations.
This phase aimed to address the following:
Define the core purpose and distill the intended impact of the platform
Identify key user needs and critical pain points
Design and build comprehensive prototype and proof of concept
Define a product roadmap and identify the MVP (Now); followed by Next and Later phases
Provide technical recommendations, information architecture, scalability considerations and go-to-market strategy
Outline cost estimates and considerations
Challenges
With the client based in Canada and the US, communication was restricted to limited times in the day.
The short timeline of 6 weeks required me to be prepared at each step of the way, and able to adjust, pivot and move rapidly.
As the project was a discovery and proof of concept, we were always treading the line of … trying to understand where the client is at to confirm the proposal we put together would be ?appealing?.
With the client based in Canada and the US, communication was restricted to limited times in the day.
The short timeline of 6 weeks required me to be prepared at each step of the way, and able to adjust, pivot and move rapidly.
As the project was a discovery and proof of concept, we were always treading the line of … trying to understand where the client is at to confirm the proposal we put together would be ?appealing?.
With the client based in Canada and the US, communication was restricted to limited times in the day.
The short timeline of 6 weeks required me to be prepared at each step of the way, and able to adjust, pivot and move rapidly.
As the project was a discovery and proof of concept, we were always treading the line of … trying to understand where the client is at to confirm the proposal we put together would be ?appealing?.
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Conclusions
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Feedback
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Kim Tran
Product Manager
"Garth is absolutely brilliant at diving deep into client problems while keeping conversations open and exploratory in our user working groups. He has this amazing talent for uncovering what clients actually need, and he's so understanding and patient in the process. Always finds solutions that work for the product, clients, and the team. You're a pleasure to work with!"
"Garth is absolutely brilliant at diving deep into client problems while keeping conversations open and exploratory in our user working groups. He has this amazing talent for uncovering what clients actually need, and he's so understanding and patient in the process. Always finds solutions that work for the product, clients, and the team. You're a pleasure to work with!"
"Garth is absolutely brilliant at diving deep into client problems while keeping conversations open and exploratory in our user working groups. He has this amazing talent for uncovering what clients actually need, and he's so understanding and patient in the process. Always finds solutions that work for the product, clients, and the team. You're a pleasure to work with!"
Ludovic Reig
UI Designer
"Incredible Showcase presentation! Super clear, well-paced, and everything was wrapped up so well! Your ability to frame things, keep the flow tight, and things always clear and give guidance every day makes a huge impact!"
"Incredible Showcase presentation! Super clear, well-paced, and everything was wrapped up so well! Your ability to frame things, keep the flow tight, and things always clear and give guidance every day makes a huge impact!"
"Incredible Showcase presentation! Super clear, well-paced, and everything was wrapped up so well! Your ability to frame things, keep the flow tight, and things always clear and give guidance every day makes a huge impact!"