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Tessella
Company typePart of the Altran Group
IndustrySoftware science, engineering
FoundedOxfordshire, England (1980)
Headquarters,
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Key people
Kevin Gell, founder; Mark Kirwan, chief executive officer
Websitetessella.com

Tessella is an international analytics and data science consulting services company.

History

Tessella was founded in 1980[1] by Kevin Gell. Tessella moved to its first permanent office in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1987. Tessella established a United States operations in 2004 in Newton, Massachusetts. Tessella purchased Analyticon in 2005.[2] In 2009 Tessella expanded its services to include consulting.[3] In July 2012 Tessella existing management team completed a management buy out.[4] Mobeus Equity Partners supported the buyout and founder Kevin Gell retained a significant minority stake plus continues to serve as a board member. Since the MBO, Tessella has expanded its consulting and technology services to explicitly include analytics[5] as a core capability. In December 2015 Altran acquired Tessella.[6]

Operations

Tessella has offices in the US, UK and Holland.

Tessella operates in the following industries:

  • Aeronautics, space and defence
  • Consumer goods
  • Financial services
  • Life sciences
  • Oil and gas
  • Science research

Awards and honours

  • 2015 UK IT Awards Highly Commended in the Not for Profit category[7]
  • 2014 UK IT Awards Innovative Mobile App of the Year[8]
  • 2014 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award[9]
  • 2013 European Rail Congress Awards[10]
  • 2011 The National Archives and Tessella win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation[11]
  • 2009 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award[12]
  • 2012-15 Best Places to Work Ranks Tessella as Outstanding[13]

References