Tessella
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| Company type | Part of Capgemini |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software science, engineering |
| Founded | Oxfordshire, England (1980) |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom  |
Key people | Kevin Gell, Founder; Andy Vickers, Chief Executive Officer |
| Website | capgemini-engineering |
Tessella was an international analytics and data science consulting services company owned by Capgemini. It is now the Hybrid Intelligence team, within Capgemini Engineering.
History[edit]
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, a technical consultancy in the space and defence industries, 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 and continued to serve as a board member. After the MBO, Tessella expanded its consulting and technology services to explicitly include analytics[5] as a core capability. In December 2015 Altran acquired Tessella.[6] In April 2020 Capgemini acquired Altran[7] and Tessella became part of Capgemini Engineering. On 1 April 2022, Tessella ceased to be its own legal entity and is now fully integrated within Capgemini Engineering as the Hybrid Intelligence team.
Awards and honours[edit]
- 2015 UK IT Awards Highly Commended in the Not for Profit category[8]
- 2014 UK IT Awards Innovative Mobile App of the Year[9]
- 2014 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award[10]
- 2013 European Rail Congress Awards[11]
- 2011 The National Archives and Tessella win the Queen's Award for Enterprise Innovation[12]
- 2009 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award[13]
- 2012-17 Best Places to Work Ranks Tessella as Outstanding[14]
References[edit]
- ^ Tessella History
- ^ Tessella acquires Analyticon
- ^ New look Tessella announces additional client services
- ^ Tessella MBO Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Analytics Interview with CIO Magazine
- ^ Altran acquired Tessella
- ^ Capgemini acquired Altran
- ^ Tessella and STFC framework wins industry approval
- ^ 2014 Innovative Mobile App of the Year
- ^ 2014 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award
- ^ 2013 European Rail Congress Awards
- ^ The National Archives and Tessella win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
- ^ Bio-IT World Best Practices Award
- ^ Best Companies