Tessella

International analytics and data science consulting services company
Tessella
Company typePart of Capgemini
IndustrySoftware science, engineering
FoundedOxfordshire, England (1980)
Headquarters
Abingdon-on-Thames Edit this on Wikidata
,
United Kingdom Edit this on Wikidata
Key people
Kevin Gell, Founder; Andy Vickers, Chief Executive Officer
Websitecapgemini-engineering.com

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ Tessella History
  2. ^ Tessella acquires Analyticon
  3. ^ New look Tessella announces additional client services
  4. ^ Tessella MBO Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Analytics Interview with CIO Magazine
  6. ^ Altran acquired Tessella
  7. ^ Capgemini acquired Altran
  8. ^ Tessella and STFC framework wins industry approval
  9. ^ 2014 Innovative Mobile App of the Year
  10. ^ 2014 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award
  11. ^ 2013 European Rail Congress Awards
  12. ^ The National Archives and Tessella win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
  13. ^ Bio-IT World Best Practices Award
  14. ^ Best Companies