DIEGESIS

ABOUT US

ABOUT US

Diegesis is a UK-based tech consultancy supporting organisations looking to develop, integrate, or migrate legacy systems to the latest cutting edge frameworks. We work with clients in both the private and public sector to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems with our decades of experience shared amongst a talented and committed staff.

Diegesis is a UK-based tech consultancy supporting organisations looking to develop, integrate, or migrate legacy systems to the latest cutting edge frameworks. We work with clients in both the private and public sector to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems with our decades of experience shared amongst a talented and committed staff.

Nick Denning has a wealth of experience in enterprise, cyber security and risk management solutions.

After reaching rank of Captain in the Royal Signals, Nick joined Logica Space and Defence, working in the Computer Security Evaluation Facility. In 1987 Nick founded Strategic Thought Group (STG) providing services to organisations deploying enterprise software solutions such as Ingres RDBMS, TUXEDO and IBM technology. Having taken STG to a flotation on the London AIM Market, Nick founded Diegesis primarily to provide integration and transformation services to public sector organisations including the Home Office, MoD and ONS.

Dave has over 35 years’ sales, operational and executive thought leadership experience with delivering Data (AI) powered solutions across global financial services, media, retail, telco and government clients.  He worked with innovative companies, including: Digital, Computer Associates, BEA Systems, SunGard, Boston Consulting Group, IBM and Actian.  Dave enjoys a diversified network of business colleagues, social friends and great contacts.

Outside work, Dave’s passions revolve around anything and everything to do with a ball and an engine.  He is a rugby coach, has raced motorcycles and travelled the world following motorsports.

After graduating in 2013 from Cambridge with a degree in chemistry, Jessica started working at Diegesis and built a solid foundation in Java programming. Jessica has gained experience in a wide range of areas, including databases, web technologies, integration tools, and cloud platforms.

As the company grew, Jessica rose to the challenge of project management and now splits her time between managing and developing.

Wendy joined Diegesis in 2020 after deciding to make a career switch and completing studies with a technical development bootcamp. Since becoming a member of the Diegesis team, she has enjoyed gaining experience in Java and Android development on battlefield interoperability projects, as well as working with Angular on the company’s cloud based cyber security solution. Wendy comes from a broad humanitarian background with a Masters in Art Psychotherapy and career experience in fields such as education, art, government and charity-sector communications, PR and mental health. She brings a diverse skill-set to her work and has over seven years of experience engaging directly with clients and stakeholders.

Nick Denning, CEO of Diegesis is an acknowledged relational database expert. He has a wealth of experience in enterprise, cyber security and risk management solutions.

After reaching rank of Captain in the Royal Signals, Nick joined Logica Space and Defence, working in the Computer Security Evaluation Facility. In 1987 Nick founded Strategic Thought Group (STG) providing services to organisations deploying enterprise software solutions such as Ingres RDBMS, TUXEDO and IBM technology. Having taken STG to a flotation on the London AIM Market, Nick founded Diegesis primarily to provide integration and transformation services to public sector organisations including the Home Office, MoD and ONS.

As cyber security increased in significance, Diegesis developed a solution to address cyber issues face by both large and small operations. Policy Monitor was founded to deliver a cloud-based solution that enables organisations to define and implement a security policy, audit compliance and respond to a cyber security attack. Cyber Security Policy Monitor was launched in 2022.

Dave has over 35 years’ sales, operational and executive thought leadership experience with delivering Data (AI) powered solutions across global financial services, media, retail, telco and government clients.  He worked with innovative companies, including: Digital, Computer Associates, BEA Systems, SunGard, Boston Consulting Group, IBM and Actian.  Dave enjoys a diversified network of business colleagues, social friends and great contacts.

Outside work, Dave’s passions revolve around anything and everything to do with a ball and an engine.  He is a rugby coach, has raced motorcycles and travelled the world following motorsports.

Sonja McGurk joined the company in October 2021, having moved back to the UK after 14 years overseas. As a Chief of Staff, she is responsible for all company policies to ensure corporate governance compliance, payroll and company benefits, Board and Executive Committee coordination – as well as coordination with our legal, HR, PR and property support. Prior to joining the company, she worked as an Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in North Macedonia, International Education Consultant for UNRWA in Jordan and Policy Adviser for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office at the British Embassy in Madrid, Spain. She has a BA degree in English and French and speaks several languages.

Wendy joined Diegesis in 2020 after deciding to make a career switch and completing studies with a technical development bootcamp. Since becoming a member of the Diegesis team, she has enjoyed gaining experience in Java and Android development on battlefield interoperability projects, as well as working with Angular on the company’s cloud based cyber security solution. Wendy comes from a broad humanitarian background with a Masters in Art Psychotherapy and career experience in fields such as education, art, government and charity-sector communications, PR and mental health. She brings a diverse skill-set to her work and has over seven years of experience engaging directly with clients and stakeholders.

Natalie started at Diegesis in 2019, having previously worked in banking. Having experienced computer modelling and coding in her Master’s degree in Physics, she decided to switch careers and pursue software development. Since joining she has worked for a variety of clients on projects including web application development, battlefield technology, UX design and network administration.

Jamie started at Diegesis in 2020. He had previously worked in chemical industry following his Master’s degree in Chemistry, before deciding to pursue his hobby of coding as a career and retraining as a software developer. Since joining, he has built on his knowledge of object-oriented programming through Java and Android battlefield interoperability projects, as well as working on the company’s own cloud-based product.

Tom joined Diegesis in early 2020 as a developer on the Office for National Statistics project, looking after the system that centrally aggregates
and publishes key economic statistics.

Prior to joining Diegesis, Tom worked in journalism and documentary production, where he employed his interest in technology to automate common workflows and support the creation of a grassroots database of local journalists. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of York and is also a keen cyclist.

Bella joined us at the start of 2021 having graduated from Bristol with a first class degree in mathematics. She discovered her passion for IT during a 14 week coding bootcamp towards the end of 2020. Since joining, she has been working on our project with the Office for National Statistics (ONS), focusing the ASHE survey.

 

Outside of work, Bella enjoys playing netball, running, and cooking, and loves a trip to the pub!

During the course of her Degree in Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Jessica found that practical chemistry wasn’t for her. Her final year project introduced her to programming in Fortran 90 and bash scripting, and she hasn’t looked back.

After graduating in 2013, Jessica started working at Diegesis and built a solid foundation in Java programming. Working on projects in battlefield interoperability, and skilling up in various technologies, including IBM and RedHat offerings, Jessica has gained experience in a wide range of areas, including databases, web technologies, integration tools, and cloud platforms.

As the company grew, Jessica rose to the challenge of project management and now splits her time between managing and developing with the teams working with battlefield interoperability technology and our own cloud product.

Natalie started at Diegesis in 2019, having previously worked in banking. Having experienced computer modelling and coding in her Master’s degree in Physics, she decided to switch careers and pursue software development. Since joining she has worked for a variety of clients on projects including web application development, battlefield technology, UX design and network administration.

Joel joined Diegesis in 2019 after being introduced to programming during his time at Cambridge, and has worked on various projects including migrating statistical systems between operating systems, developing an in-house application renovation solution, and porting C code from 32 to 64 bit.

In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar and a trip into nature.

Hannah joined us in mid 2021, having studied mathematics for four years at Durham University. She first encountered programming in her first year, where she was introduced to Python. 

Since starting at Diegesis, she has enjoyed learning Java and has pursued courses in Ingres, SQL and OpenROAD, recently having moved to the ONS project, where she is helping to manage the large central database to the system.

Outside of work, Hannah enjoys reading, travelling and baking. She recently took up jogging (weather permitting) and will never say no to a board game.

Having enjoyed computer modelling during his Geoscience Master’s degree at the University of Bristol, Ben decided to continue coding which led him to Diegesis in March 2020.

He has since gained experience on the ONS project as a system owner of a variety of critical business and financial applications. More recently, he has broadened his technical knowledge working on an application renovation R&D project.

Samira studied Chemistry with Biomedicine at King’s College London, and first discovered her passion for coding in her final year project . She then went on to explore this new found fondness by signing up to a Python course.

Samira has studied and utilised languages such as JavaScript, Java and SQL, and since joining the CSPM team in March 2022, she has built up a strong proficiency in Angular through her work on CSPM’s frontend.

Alfie joined the team in the autumn of 2021, after  graduating from the University of Exeter with a degree in Mathematics. Alfie first came across programming during his degree, where he learnt Python, R and MATLAB, which he took a particular interest in.

 

On the weekends, Alfie plays football for two teams which he enjoys. He is also a beginner golfer and is a member at his local golf course.

Jamie started at Diegesis in 2020. He had previously worked in chemical industry following his Master’s degree in Chemistry, before deciding to pursue his hobby of coding as a career and retraining as a software developer. Since joining, he has built on his knowledge of object-oriented programming through Java and Android battlefield interoperability projects, as well as working on the company’s own cloud-based product.

Tom joined Diegesis in early 2020 as a developer on the Office for National Statistics project, looking after the system that centrally aggregates
and publishes key economic statistics.

Prior to joining Diegesis, Tom worked in journalism and documentary production, where he employed his interest in technology to automate common workflows and support the creation of a grassroots database of local journalists. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of York and is also a keen cyclist.

Bella joined us at the start of 2021 having graduated from Bristol with a first class degree in mathematics. She discovered her passion for IT during a 14 week coding bootcamp towards the end of 2020. Since joining, she has been working on our project with the Office for National Statistics (ONS), focusing the ASHE survey.

 

Outside of work, Bella enjoys playing netball, running, and cooking, and loves a trip to the pub!

Hannah joined us in mid 2021, having studied mathematics for four years at Durham University. She first encountered programming in her first year, where she was introduced to Python. This led her to take a computer science module in her third year, where she took a particular shine to web programming, focusing on HTML, JavaScript and CSS. She continued this journey after graduating, completing online coding courses.

Since starting at Diegesis, she has enjoyed learning Java and has pursued courses in Ingres, SQL and OpenROAD, recently having moved to the ONS project, where she is helping to manage the large central database to the system.

Outside of work, Hannah enjoys reading, travelling and baking. She recently took up jogging (weather permitting) and will never say no to a board game.

James joined Diegesis in late 2021. He had previously worked in the Financial Services sector after studying Industrial Economics at University. James later decided to pursue an interest in coding by partaking in a 12-week coding bootcamp learning React, JavaScript, CSS and HTML.  Since joining, he has gained experience in C and ABF by working on the company’s Application Renovation proof of concept project. Additionally, since joining James has moved on to the ONS team developing skills as a Database Administrator and part owner of one of the systems. Outside of work he enjoys playing tennis and watching football.

Harvey studied Mechanical Engineering at The University of Bath, where he focussed on completing a range of projects, from Design & Manufacture to Modelling & Simulation.

During Harvey’s placement year whilst at university, he worked within R&D on coordinate measuring machines, and it is here that he gained an interest in coding. During his final two years at uni, Harvey carried out projects on matlab & simulink.

Following graduation, he joined the Covid vaccination programme within the NHS. During his spare time he continued programming: creating a website with html, css and javascript. Harvey joined the Diegesis team in September 2021, and is looking forward to gaining more experience in the array of technologies we specialise in.
Dana studied Astrophysics at Royal Holloway before joining Diegesis in 2022.

Since joining, she has built a strong proficiency working with INGRES to support the company’s work with the ONS.

Otto joined us in September 2021, having studied mathematics for four years at Loughborough University. He first encountered programming in his first year where he was introduced to MATLAB, and then throughout his time learnt the basics of Python and R. He delved deeper into MATLAB through his final year project on Modelling and Predicting Tsunamis after specialising in fluid mechanics, which he greatly enjoyed. In particular, how technology and innovation are saving lives through the creation of tsunami warning systems. Since joining Diegesis he has pursued courses in Ingres, SQL and OpenROAD and joined the ONS project, helping to manage a number of systems.

Outside of work, Otto is an active tennis player having played the sport to a national level and for four years in the Loughborough University 2nd team. He also loves to compete/participate in all sports.

Raphaelle attended Durham University where she completed a BSc degree in Psychology. Raphaelle found her vocation in coding after randomly attending an event on it. Inspired by this, she subsequently enrolled herself in a coding bootcamp at Le Wagon London, for which she later taught for. Since joining Diegesis in March 2022, Raphaelle has been learning Ingres and will soon be tackling Angular. In her spare time, she loves going to the cinema or the museum.

Patrick joined Diegesis after finishing studying Maths and Linguistics at Cambridge. This involved some programming in MatLab and later in Python on a project investigating easier ways to interrogate phonological claims about human vowel systems.

Since joining the company Patrick has enjoying picking up skills in Angular, SQL, and Java. Outside of work they enjoy reading, playing guitar, and going for a good wander.

Nick joined Diegesis in December 2021. He studied Philosophy & Psychology at Durham University. 

Whilst at university he co-founded a marketplace start-up with several Durham University alumni, which they worked on for several years. Over time he built up his software development experience in React and Node.js, and attended a software development bootcamp before joining the CSPM team.

Careers

New to coding?

Benefits

No problem! Lots of our developers come from non-technical backgrounds or had little to no experience of coding before they joined. All we care about is that you have a passion for IT and the commitment to learn. You’ll become experts in multiple coding languages in no time by utilising all the support and training we offer.

What do we look for?

  • A University degree with preferably a 2.i. class or higher.
  • A passion for IT.
  • The ability to break down and tackle complex problems.
  • The ability to work well in a team, especially being able to support colleagues and ask for help when needed.
  • A desire to be challenged every day.
  • From 25 days paid holiday + public holidays.
  • Free training in areas of interest. We will fund, and actively encourage, technical training and non-technical trainings such as project management, human relations etc.
  • An inclusive, collaborative, diverse workplace.
  • Free healthcare.
  • Cycle-to-work scheme.
  • Weekly evening drinks and other socials.
  • Competitive starting salary.
  • Regular performance reviews and appraisals.

Careers

New to coding?

No problem! Lots of our developers come from non-technical backgrounds or had little to no experience of coding before they joined. All we care about is that you have a passion for IT and the commitment to learn. You’ll become experts in multiple coding languages in no time by utilising all the support and training we offer.

What do we look for?

  • A University degree with preferably a 2.i. class or higher.
    A passion for IT.
  • A knack for breaking down and tackling complex problems.
  • The ability to work well in a team, especially being able to support colleagues and ask for help when needed.
  • A desire to be challenged every day.

Benefits

  • From 25 days paid holiday + public holidays.
  • Free training in areas of interest. We will fund, and actively encourage, technical training and non-technical trainings such as project management, human relations etc.
  • An inclusive, collaborative, diverse workplace.
  • Free healthcare.
  • Cycle-to-work scheme.
  • Weekly evening drinks and other socials.
  • Competitive starting salary.
  • Regular performance reviews and appraisals.

Contact

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Where To Find Us

Diegesis Limited

Unit 2, Printers Yard, 90A The Broadway,

London SW19 1RD

02082867587

Where To Find Us

Diegesis Limited Unit 2, Printers Yard, 90A The Broadway, London SW19 1RD 02082867587