What makes us different? We work to free our customers from dependency in everything we do.

We solve your ‘today’ challenges at pace with expert people you’ll love, building services around software engineering, platforms, DevOps and Cloud, and Data and AI.

At the same time, we eliminate your dependence on us by creating the in-house technical capability you need to build tomorrow.

How do we work?

We offer a unique service that sits in the undiscovered sweet spot between consultancy and capability development. It takes the best of both worlds and eliminates the worst: customers’ dependence on suppliers.

We free customers from dependence on external sourcing by delivering on complex technology challenges at pace. And we eliminate their dependence on suppliers by creating the in-house technical capability they’ll need to build tomorrow.

Find out more in our customer stories

Our culture

Our culture is innovative, fast-paced, inclusive, and fun! Learn more about it from some of our team here.

Our values

Pace, Openness, Courage, Connection, Curiosity

Our HQ Team

Our permanent team of Teckheads are a diverse group who work across Engagement, Delivery, Marketing, Operations, Finance and more. Join us to become part of the Deliberately Different story!

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Associates

We work with a strong community of associates to build values-aligned teams of digital practitioners for our customers’ projects. Highly skilled and expert across technologies, they’re an integral part of who are.

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Leadership Team

  • Gus Sargent
    CEO / Co-Founder
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  • Ashley McFarnon
    Director of Finance
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  • Maya Sargent
    Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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  • Kieran Blackstone
    Managing Director / Co-Founder
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  • Sara McCracken
    Chief Legal Officer
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  • Calvin Dickinson
    Director of Mobilisation
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  • Phil Disbury
    Commercial Director
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  • Gary Follis
    Non-Executive Director
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Gus Sargent

CEO / Co-Founder

Gus co-founded Tecknuovo with Kieran, determined to change how the tech consulting industry works. He’s on a mission to deliver his customers' solutions, help them build technical in-house capability, and let them exit the relationship with Zero Dependency on us.

Email me on gus@tecknuovo.com

Ashley McFarnon

Director of Finance

Ashley makes sure our finance team continuously improves our financial systems and processes to help us serve our customers, HQ team and associates more efficiently.

Katie Carruthers

Director of Engagement & Delivery

Katie creates and delivers customer-obsessed outcomes across our client portfolio with our Engagement and Delivery teams. Drawing on Tecknuovo’s Deliberately Different consulting model, she partners with our customers to deliver commercially intelligent outcomes that help them get a strong return on investment.

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Maya Sargent

Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Maya collaborates with the People and Strategy hubs to develop D&I roadmaps, processes, and practises while establishing key checkpoints to measure success and ensure accountability across the organisation.

Kieran Blackstone

Managing Director / Co-Founder

Kieran and Gus share the dream of transforming tech consultancies’ relationship with their customers. He helps customers build their own in-house capability instead of continuing to sell them this service, and directs our business strategy to enable this at every turn.

Email me on Kieran@tecknuovo.com

Sara McCracken

Chief Legal Officer

Sara’s primary focus is to inform, guide, and enable Tecknuovo to become the best version of itself by developing and maintaining high standards of quality, legal and regulatory compliance, ethical conduct, and cyber/data security. She's driving this by building and enhancing business resilience and developing sustainable business practices.

Calvin Dickinson

Director of Mobilisation

Calvin makes sure that our customers’ teams have the right blend of skillsets to meet their demands, and ensures the mobilisation process is efficient and quick from beginning to end. He also looks after how we collaborate with partners to drive value on joint customer projects.

Email me on calvin.dickinson@tecknuovo.com

Phil Disbury

Commercial Director

Phil has 15+ years’ experience implementing programmes for public sector organisations that reduce dependency on suppliers and create genuine partnerships. He joined Tecknuovo to continue delivering this vision through our Zero Dependency framework.

Gary Follis

Non-Executive Director

Gary brings a formidable combination of business and political experience to Tecknuovo, following a series of senior roles in frontline politics and the private sector. Gary is helping to guide Tecknuovo’s rapidly expanding public sector engagement portfolio.