Been there,Done that...
Global business is rapidly evolving into a mobile-first, digital-first environment. Data rates transmission costs are set to plunge even further, making it imperative for technology to keep up with speed and ease. These are exhilarating times to be in tech, to be at the epicenter of innovation and development; with that opportunity comes risk – of potential threats, regulatory and compliance issues, and market forces. Every opportunity presents unique challenges that can be navigated through evidence-based advice and relevant case studies.
Santosh Sahu
Founding Partner - CDO as a Service
The Agkiya promise is of staying the course to accomplish your strategic business goals from strategy to execution.Santosh is passionate about digitising legacy businesses and helping them transform. At Agkiya, Santosh is responsible for evangelizing Agkiya’s unique digital strategy and transformation model within Private Equity and Legacy businesses. He was previously a board member at CitySprint Group and CEO of On the dot, the last mile delivery platform.
His experience of 20 years includes working at Capgemini Digital, advising and implementing transformative solutions at Burberry, Clarks and other major retailers. He also played a major role in developing last mile delivery strategies at John Lewis, Tesco and Sainsbury’s as a consultant. He also developed award winning payment gateway solutions at Elavon Merchant Services. He has an MBA from Henley Business School in the UK.
Stuart Barmeld
Principal Consultant - Digital Marketing and Automation
Stuart is passionate about helping companies deliver growth marketing strategies and execute them. The way high growth companies define marketing objectives, come up with ideas, prioritise activities and run campaigns is quite similar. A comparison of the practices followed by successful companies such as HubSpot, IBM and Quickbooks to run their marketing programs, shows remarkable similarities. Stuart has spent time analysing every aspect of this process to help marketing teams focus on the stuff that really matters.
His 17 years have been gainfully spent leading digital teams at major telecom and cybersecurity organisations like Colt and SecureLink.
He has a BSc, MSc and MBA from Imperial College, London.
Devaraj
Founding Partner - CTO as a Service
Devaraj leads Agkiya’s CTO as a service practice. His passion is to build world class engineering teams, delivering scalable and secure technical solutions, with a foundation of trust with Agkiya’s clients. His past has seen him as a Senior Architect with Harman Connected Services.He has also been instrumental in delivering the technology architecture and platform for On the Dot.
Over the past 13 years Devaraj has provided technical leadership and delivered scalable solutions at Ladbrokes, William Hill and TUI TravelHe has a B.E. degree from Anna University, India.
Trevor Williams
Founding Partner - Cloud and DevOps as a Service
Trevor works at the forefront of one of the fastest evolving technologies these days: Cloud Services. He has spent the past four years as an Architect and Dev-Ops engineer on many large scale projects across Europe and the Middle East.
In his 24-year career he has worked in many IT disciplines and across several industries, including companies such as Telia, Pioneer Investments, UBS and AXA XL. Trevor thrives on the challenges of helping Agkiya’s customers on their journey to the cloud.
Rajasekhar Reddy
Founding Partner - Automation Testing as a Service
Raj has more than 10 years’ experience in developing software, automation testing and consulting. Raj’s expertise lies in agile QA/software development, testing and delivery.
Prior to joining Agkiya, Raj worked as Head of Automation & Performance Testing for Citysprint Group (On the dot) UK; he also was a Developer in Test Consulting with several large UK companies including Global Radio and William Hill. Raj has a real passion for solving Software Quality problems that are realised when organisations deliver at scale.
Outside of his work, Raj loves to go cycling and is passionate about sports.
We areinterested...
… if you are a small or medium-sized organisation, with a current turnover between £ 5-10million, focused on digital transformation, with skills in Machine Learning or Big Data and Analytics or AI, or Cloud Computing;
… if you are looking for accelerated growth or a staged exit, drop us a mail here, and we will be happy to connect.
Partners
Lucida Technologies Pvt Ltd
Lucida Technologies Private Limited is a Bengaluru, India based Digital Transformation company specializing in the areas of Data Analytics, AI/ML, Full Stack, Mobile and RPA solutions.Lucida provides Application Development and Maintenance services, niche technology platform offerings, and consulting and staffing solutions. We are partnering with Agkiya to leverage the joint domain and industry expertise coupled with the technology capabilities that we offer.Our continued focus on our employees' wellbeing helps attract and retain exceptional talent which is a key factor in our sustained growth and success.