Agile in all we do
True to our ethos, we take an Agile approach to all of our work. Driven by your organisational objectives, our interventions deliver value early and throughout, enhancing your speed, productivity and control. At the same time, we strengthen your organisational capability so that you achieve self-sufficiency often significantly earlier than initially anticipated.
WHAT WE DO
How we are different
We know that digital solutions and IT systems are not adjuncts to your organisation – they are essential to its success. Uniquely, that’s why we not only enable Agile to operate effectively in delivery, we also analyse your digital and IT operations in their wider organisational context. Working at both execution and portfolio level, we create end-to-end delivery effectiveness and a truly responsive IT capability.
Focus on business value
Prioritising work to deliver value to you early and often
Driving collaboration
Optimising team behaviours and ensuring that the right people are involved in the decision making process at the right time
Managing uncertainty dynamically
Optimal uncertainty management to gain insights sooner and manage risk
OUR CULTURE
Experienced experts with a passion for learning
Our consultants are all extensively experienced practitioners of Agile, Lean and DevOps with senior and C-level experience who have dealt with the real-world challenges you face. They remain actively engaged in the Agile community and provide thought leadership within it. Thanks to our Agile ethos of continual improvement, you benefit from consultants who can offer insights based on both a wealth of experience and engagement with the very latest Agile thinking.
WHO WE ARE
IndigoBlue Management Team and Board
Rob Smith
Managing Director
Joint founder of IndigoBlue in July 2002, Rob has over 20 years’ experience in IT, and in addition to leading the company he continues to provide strategic management consultancy to a number of clients. Prior to IndigoBlue, Rob was Vice President of Engineering for Sila Technology Limited (a Reuters company) and Project Delivery Director for Synamic Limited. In 2017 Rob was appointed to the board of IndigoBlue’s parent company Mastek (UK).
James Yoxall
Process and Innovation Director
Joint founder of IndigoBlue, James is a recognised expert in the Agile community. His work on Dynamic Uncertainty Management and Incremental Strategy has revolutionised the approach to the implementation of Agile at scale. James has over 35 years’ experience in IT delivery, having begun his career at Logica and worked with numerous global companies including Shell Oil, Deutsche Bank, Reuters and JP Morgan. He first introduced Agile into an organisation in 1999 and has run a number of highly successful, enterprise-scale Agile transformation programmes including Specsavers, IFDS and Aviva.
Ian Gill
Head of Engagement
Ian is Head of Engagement, responsible for recruitment, placement and delivery across IndigoBlue's accounts. After a successful business career across Media and Business Information, Ian sparked the Agile movement at the Financial Times in 2002. He then worked as a freelancer in a wide range of industries before joining IndigoBlue. He retains a passion for Agile techniques, especially when applied to team behaviours, portfolio management and product development.
Christina Canter
Head of Operations
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Rob Smith
Managing Director
Joint founder of IndigoBlue in July 2002, Rob has over 20 years’ experience in IT, and in addition to leading the company he continues to provide strategic management consultancy to a number of clients. Prior to IndigoBlue, Rob was Vice President of Engineering for Sila Technology Limited (a Reuters company) and Project Delivery Director for Synamic Limited. In 2017 Rob was appointed to the board of IndigoBlue’s parent company Mastek (UK).
James Yoxall
Process and Innovation Director
Joint founder of IndigoBlue, James is a recognised expert in the Agile community. His work on Dynamic Uncertainty Management and Incremental Strategy has revolutionised the approach to the implementation of Agile at scale. James has over 35 years’ experience in IT delivery, having begun his career at Logica and worked with numerous global companies including Shell Oil, Deutsche Bank, Reuters and JP Morgan. He first introduced Agile into an organisation in 1999 and has run a number of highly successful, enterprise-scale Agile transformation programmes including Specsavers, IFDS and Aviva.
Prahlad Koti
MD UK, Mastek
As Managing Director of Mastek UK, Prahlad is responsible for the achievement of Mastek UK’s strategic plans. He manages the UK P&L and develops the organisation for long term, successful growth.
John Owen
Group CEO, Mastek
John has held senior leadership roles in global blue-chips such as HP, Nortel and Serco, as well as successful start-ups such as Sycamore Networks. Prior to Mastek, John was the Sales and Marketing Director for Serco where his responsibilities included handling Serco’s largest customer, the UK Government.
He leads the growth strategy at Mastek and has over two decades of sales and marketing experience.
Joe Venkataraman
Group Corporate Development Officer, Mastek
Joe spearheaded Mastek operations in the UK way back in the nineties. As the Chairman of Mastek UK, he holds responsibility for long-term strategy, UK P&L and ensuring the continued health and viability of the operation.
OUR STORY
Supporting organisational excellence since 2002
We have more than 15 years’ experience helping organisations harness Agile’s transformational potential to drive growth
Our customers
Working with IndigoBlue, we achieved more in six months than in the previous two years."
Jeremy Fennell, Managing Director of Carphone Warehouse
IndigoBlue worked closely with us to understand our business, our requirements and our culture. The strategy took us from being an organisation with a website to being an e-business."
Jane Scott-Paul, former Chief Executive, The Association of Accounting Technicians
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Transforming Lives, Impacting Communities
Mastek is actively involved in initiatives that benefit our local community. We do this by aligning with charities and community activities that match our ideals.
Our monthly sweepstakes and raffles support local charities - From estimating the weight of a yummy cake or M&M’s in large jars, to guessing the winning nation in the FIFA World Cup raffle, we have a ball, all for a good cause.
Employees take part in a salary sacrifice scheme to support NGOs on initiatives such as farmers affected by severe draught and other noble causes.
Our people regularly volunteer at local supermarkets on behalf of FareShare and Readifood - encouraging shoppers to donate food to support low income families in the vicinity.
Making use of our enterprise application technology expertise, we enable NGOs to advance their charitable initiatives – whether it is developing data repositories and BI tools or creating student attendance systems.
We support the Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child to brighten up the lives of disadvantaged kids from around the world during the festive season.
