Aika Peto
Director of Marketing
Aika leads the marketing team, helping Tecknuovo continue to grow by reaching the right people and businesses to partner with on their journey to independent technology-driven change.
Who we are
We are an award-winning challenger technology consultancy with a Deliberately Different approach.
This means we focus on people, not technology. We move at pace, and ensure Zero Dependency on us at the end of each project.
How do we work?
Our mission is to challenge our industry’s norm of supplier dependency. We don’t only build and deliver solutions — we train and upskill our customers' teams to transfer complete ownership to them after we exit the project. We help our customers achieve lasting transformation.
Our culture
Our culture is innovative, fast-paced, inclusive, and fun! Learn more about it from some of our team here.
Our Values
Strategy Hub
Andy Price
Chief Commercial Officer
Andy helps our customers solve complex challenges with his sharp professional services expertise and a people-first approach. He’s dedicated to building lifelong relationships, and loves nothing more than creating extraordinary customer experiences.
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.
Casey Walker
Director of Growth
Casey works hands-on with our talented network of associates, providing an engaging and compelling experience for every person in our community.
Derek McManus
Chairman
Derek is a change agent with a passion for enabling businesses to harness the power of technology. He’s playing a key part in shaping our long-term strategic success by disrupting the industry to empower our customers.
Gus Sargent
CEO / Co-Founder
With his extensive background in technology and his people-centric values, Gus ensures Tecknuovo stays at the forefront of delivering industry-defying, high quality outcomes for our customers.
Katherine Paines
Head of Marketing
Katherine ties together the marketing operation — from design through to content and social media — to communicate our brand and values within and outside of Tecknuovo.
Katie Carruthers
Head of Engagement
Katie is our resident expert on human-centred design, with over 12 years’ experience of helping organisations transform through multi-disciplinary and customer-centred solutions. Talk to her about design thinking, biometric technology, and disruptive consulting.
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 sits at the helm Tecknuovo’s hubs to help them deliver at maximum capacity to serve our customers — setting, evolving, and maintaining our business strategy to help them sustainably transform and thrive.
Renee Hawkins
Chief Operating Officer
Renee is helping our customers overcome their challenges by channelling our alternative to the traditional consultancy model — continuously improving how we operate to meet our customers’ complex business needs.
Wayne Palmer
Chief Experience Officer
Wayne champions our culture and values to ensure that our people feel identified, nurtured, and inspired to deliver incredible outcomes for our customers.