Welcome introduction
Neill Consulting are a team of experts in software, science, and technology. We love solving complex and difficult problems, and implementing their solutions.
With our rich industry experience, we understand what truly matters to our clients, and are committed to meeting their needs and exceeding their expectations.
Combining our detailed knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies with high-level analytical skills and creative thinking, we evaluate alternatives and propose solutions tailored to clients' exact requirements.
We can then lucidly explain; provide detailed and actionable advice; and in most cases, we can deliver a complete solution.
We are generalists, driven by curiosity. Our wide range of interdisciplinary interests, depth of skills, and scientific method, sets us apart from single-solution-suppliers.
Our constantly-renewed experience in doing maintains the wellspring of our knowledge and understanding: technical intuition is insight, with practice.
Serviceswhat we do
Digital Consultancy
With a team that collectively has decades of industry experience across business functions including executive office, I.T., Digital, finance, strategy, operations, sales/marketing, H.R. and more, we can advise you on the best solutions for any part of your business, developing a holistic approach that considers how different solutions “speak to each other” across the business.
- First identify the real underlying problem, then improve digital processes, and reduce waste.
- Good advice flows from the wellspring of long experience, wide knowledge, and challenges successfully overcome.
- Beyond advice, we can actually do it, implementing the solutions you need.
- A.I. solutions where needed: but approached with optimistic skepticism: A.I. is not the only universal solution for the world.
Software Solutions
We are experts at writing, configuring and integrating software, especially using, deploying, and customising open source systems — we have been doing this for 26 years. This allows us to be lower cost, and much faster than most large providers.
- We can tailor systems to your needs, or write something entirely bespoke. Our expertise covers the entire spectrum, all the way from CMOS to UX.
- We can automate tasks and processes, securely integrating new software and hardware systems with your existing business processes.
- We use the most up-to-date A.I. tools (where appropriate), together with machine-learning, data science, and statistics to solve hard problems.
- Control your own destiny: using Linux and open source gives you privacy, data-sovereignty, freedom and flexibility — and low cost business systems and cloud too.
I.T. Firefighting
In urgent situations, we can respond with alacrity: we're there when you need us to put out the “fire”. This requires rapidly getting to the root-cause of why it's “burning”. We've built major systems in weeks that would have taken other teams months; we've solved crises in hours that would have sunk the customers' contracts if they had taken days.
- When disaster strikes, and your system has failed, and you need immediate expertise to diagnose and fix it, call us, now.
- When you urgently need a new solution, we'll know the best way to meet your specific requirements. We'll get the job done, fast.
- When the costs spiral, complexity overwhelms, and the budget is insane, we'll help you get it back under control.
- Gremlins? If there's somethin' weird / in your system logs / who ya gonna call? / Neill Consulting!
Science and Technology
Our scientific expertise in experimental physics, engineering, materials-science, chemistry, and electronics, combined with software and automation, and logical analysis is at your service. Real-world problems are solved at the interface between science, technology, the environment, and business.
- Physics (and related mathematics) is at the root of most industrial and economic processes, especially when they relate to energy.
- Experiments on demand: we can design and perform experiments for you, to test hypotheses and improve your ideas.
- Explanation of complex ideas in simple terms, demonstrated with practical examples and order-of-magnitude calculations.
- Due diligence: is a proposed investment in technology likely to work? What are the pitfalls, and scope for improvement? For example, H2.
Advantageswhy us?
Capability
We build systems that work for the long-term, with satisfied repeat customers, as demonstrated by our track record.
- We always put experts, with talent, capability, and experience on the project.
- We have the competence to deserve, and to keep, your trust. We want you to come back with your next problem.
- Results are delivered by talented engineers, not just by the promises of sales-people. If we make a mistake, we'll fix it.
Versatility
We have both the breadth of knowledge and the depth of experience, to deliver insights at the intersection of science technology and engineering with business, management, and economics. Our cross-disciplinary understanding makes us effective, and we love solving problems — the harder, the better. Because of the team's wide variety of experience, our services include:
- Software — design, implementation, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, automation, data-science, and A.I. (including LLMs, RAG, ML), …
- Systems — web development, e-commerce, OpenStack, business-in-a-box tooling, the entire Linux and open-source ecosystem, …
- Coaching — we offer executive coaching, project evaluation, digital transformation, agile training, and learn-to-code, …
- Science — physics, engineering, materials-science, electronics, energy saving, renewable energy, …
- Mathematics — modelling, statistical analysis, and information-theory, …
Universality
We can communicate at all levels of an organisation, from the factory-floor to the boardroom:
- C.E.O. — we can advise on technology and strategy, and be your digital partner to actually implement.
- C.F.O. — we will help you escape from vendor lock-in, and save money with open source.
- C.I.O. / C.T.O. — we will help you succeed with hard issues of technology and transformation.
- C.D.O. — we can help you recruit and retain a first-rate team. That's what we did ourselves.
- Customers — we will understand your real requirements, meet your deadlines, and work on continuous improvement.
- Stakeholders — we will work with your team for long-term success, with a shared-destiny.
- Shareholders — we use the agile approach, and technical expertise, to deliver successful results, on time, on budget, and help avoid the risk of costly mistakes.
- Legal / H.R. — we can help with cybersecurity, cyber-essentials, and GDPR. Using open-source gives you control of your destiny and your data.
- Employees — we will work with you to protect jobs from outsourcing. Automate the boring stuff: enable creativity, making work more fulfilling, and productive.
- Environment — we minimise energy use, CO2 emissions, and cost, with efficient software and optimised processes.
Call uslet us help
Ask the experts in open-source software, technology, physics and engineering.
We'll even give you a free initial consultation.