HiveTech

Empowering your digital future by building fusion teams that can enable the co-creation of user-centric solutions, transform legacy systems & build a secure digital future for world leading organisations.

Our technology community helps our CIO, CTO and CDO clients and their teams to leverage modern technologies for growth and relevance, whilst transforming and optimising legacy systems. We look to focus on co-creating innovative user centric solutions to underpin your digital strategy, underpinned by robust cybersecurity.

HiveTech difference

By building bespoke teams for our clients, made up of some of the worlds best tech
independent experts, we can leverage extensive experience and knowledge from across
various sectors to create a unique technology capability. This powerful combination
allows us to reimagine the future for our clients and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Seasoned experts with real-world expertise

With backgrounds in some of the most challenging and dynamic environments, our professionals don't just theorize about potential solutions; they've been directly involved in crafting real-world applications. This direct experience equips them with unique insights and practical knowledge that are evident in the design and functionality of our offerings.

Fusion teams that build sustainable change

By leveraging on both partners expertise and experience, we build teams that can design solutions that make sense for your organisation.

Blended skills to create solutions attuned to user needs

The diverse experience and skills across our teams means we can design to your business’s unique strengths and challenges, delivering greater benefits more efficiently and effectively.

What are you looking to achieve?

Cybersecurity enhancement

We can help you focus on robust cybersecurity measures to protect against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, including those amplified by AI, and ensuring that cybersecurity strategies align with your overall business objectives.

Talent management and upskilling

Emphasising the importance of managing, retaining, and upskilling your IT talent to keep pace with new technology trends such as AI, cloud migration, and digital transformation. This involves looking at smarter ways of workforce learning and development programmes.

Cloud first organisation

Prioritising cloud engineering to leverage cloud-native software development, which is key to updating infrastructure, migrating data, and accelerating the realisation of ideas. This focus is crucial for generating meaningful ROI from tech investments and supporting business scaling and global expansion efforts.

Scaling GenAI for business innovation

Spearheading strategies to scale generative AI (GenAI) across the business, moving beyond individual applications to achieve significant productivity gains. This involves adopting an "AI factory" approach, which is integral to supporting new business models and enabling innovations like hyper-personalization.

Driving technology innovation and agility

Leading the charge in technology innovation and ensuring the organisation remains agile and competitive. This includes collaborating with product and engineering teams to develop innovative products, piloting digital business platforms, and ensuring comprehensive risk assessments for new technologies.

Shaping customer experiences

Extending the role of CTO and CIO’s to include the development of personalised customer experiences, utilising data analytics, and leveraging technology trends such as omnichannel strategies, machine learning, and AI. This focus is on translating customer insights into valuable experiences, thereby enhancing customer service and satisfaction.

The skills and capabilities we unite under HiveTech

Strategy development and transformation

Our experts bring together the empathetic, user-focused approach of design thinking with the holistic view of systems thinking. This merger enables the creation of solutions that are deeply attuned to user needs while also considering the broader system's dynamics, something which Design Thinking in isolation can sometimes neglect. Our practitioners can help you innovate within complex ecosystems, ensuring solutions are not only effective but sustainable.

Applications and architecture management

In today's dynamic technological landscape, the continuous evolution of applications and architecture is a hallmark of staying ahead. To remain competitive, modernising both applications and infrastructure is essential. Our services encompass a wide array of technology modernisation areas, ranging from enhancing customer engagement systems and migrating ERP platforms to automating operations and implementing advanced data architectures.

Implementing and optimising an agile IT operating model

We have a strong track record at implementing agile IT operating models that go beyond speeding up software development. We enable organisations to embrace agility in their work processes, emphasising speed, flexibility, and user-centricity. This involves working in short cycles, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and empowering teams to make decisions autonomously. Moreover, we help you cultivate a culture that values learning, open communication, and adaptability.

DevOps

Our in depth DevOps expertise streamlines the fusion of development and operations, enhancing application delivery and service quality. We specialise in automating workflows, enabling continuous integration, and fast-tracking feedback for quicker, reliable releases in line with your goals. Our commitment to open communication and teamwork helps overcome traditional hurdles, spurring rapid innovation and operational efficiency, ensuring your business stays agile in a dynamic market.

BI, Analytics and AI

Our expertise spans Business Intelligence (BI), Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), empowering organisations to turn data into actionable insights and intelligent actions. We help you leverage BI tools for data visualisation and aggregation, employ analytics to reveal trends and patterns, and utilise AI for process automation and enhanced decision-making. This integrated approach helps businesses harness the full potential of their data, optimise operations, and stay competitive in the fast-paced market environment.

Cloud and platform

Our expertise and strategic partnerships in Cloud Computing and Platform Services provide clients with scalable, flexible, and affordable solutions for digital transformation. We excel in designing and deploying cloud infrastructure and ensuring seamless integration across cloud models—public, private, and hybrid. Our focus extends to optimising cloud performance, security, and compliance, ensuring a smooth cloud transition that supports business innovation and agility.

Cybersecurity

In an era of advancing cyber threats, robust cybersecurity is crucial. Our experts provide a holistic approach, covering threat assessment, risk management, and incident response. We prioritise advanced defences like encryption and intrusion detection to protect your digital assets. With our expertise and cutting-edge technology, we deliver customised solutions to strengthen your cybersecurity resilience against evolving risks.

Experts at a glance

Andy Piper

Andy is an enabler, a synthesiser, a connector, and a community-builder. He has worked across industries in global organisations bridging the gaps between humans and technology. Andy works with organisations who promote diversity and inclusion in tech, delivering a clear approach to understanding the possibilities of technology.

Michala Liavaag

Virtual CISO advisor with 20 years in IT. Michala is an experienced professional, speaker, mentor, and podcaster with a proven record integrating good security practices in fast-paced organisations with complex needs and conflicting priorities. Michala aims to demystify cybersecurity for leaders, enabling them to protect their organisations.

Edmund Sutcliffe

Steers development and delivery of platform and vendor-neutral, high-performance enterprise infrastructure. Edmund has been CTO, CISO and Product Manager with experience in clients such as Morgan Stanley, Hyperloop, HMRC and Sky. He brings deep technical expertise to challenge the status quo, and achieve meaningful change.

John Morton

Partner/Consultant and CTO for Fortune 500/FTSE 30 multi-nationals including Siemens, Capita, Intel, University of London, British Land, Direct Line Insurance, recently creating global cloud based mobile, data insight and payment platforms.

Ian Carrol

Over 30 years of hands-on experience helping clients nurture high performance teams. Has trained and coached hundreds of software development teams in Kanban and Agile techniques. A regular speaker at Agile, Lean and Kanban related conferences. Clients include: Rolls Royce, MoneySavingExpert.com and other sites, NHS, DWP, Defra, Guardian.co.uk, retail, transport, etc. 5,309 LI followers.

Catherine Malli-Dawson

Catherine has over 20 years’ experience in Healthcare, Information Technology, Telecommunications and Consumer Packaged Goods. She has demonstrated impressive results, building a Healthcare Consulting Services team pipeline from $4M to over $40M with $10M in committed revenue in six months. Catherine’s approach puts the patient at the centre of the conversation.

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