Tessella

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Tessella
TypePart of Capgemini
IndustrySoftware science, engineering
FoundedOxfordshire, England (1980)
Headquarters,
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Key people
Kevin Gell, Founder; Andy Vickers, Chief Executive Officer
Websitecapgemini-engineering.com

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

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 is now Capgemini Engineering.

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]

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