Software consultancy Leighton launches AWS practice
Leading North-East software development company has launched its newly-formed AWS practice, a specialist unit built to help its customers deliver high-impact outcomes using AWS technologies.
Lee Gilmore, who will lead the practice, said, “We’re seeing increasing demand from customers for our specialists to support with digital transformation and growth projects as companies not only build new applications but look to modernise old, legacy systems no longer fit for purpose or scale their existing digital capabilities to support with achieving the wider business goals.”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. The platform enables clients to grow businesses through alignment with its sales, marketing, funding, capture, and proposal teams – supported by a thriving ecosystem of partners and favoured suppliers across the professional services sector.
Through the launch of its AWS practice, Leighton will aim to provide “real strategic partnership for our customers supporting them throughout their cloud journeys”. Services will include well architected reviews – to assess the performance of their existing infrastructure – and strategic project direction, with a 12-week proof-of-concept offering or providing full end-to-end project delivery.
Wider team
Under Gilmore, who will serve as principal architect, the practice is designed to bring together elite technical talent, agile delivery methods and deep business focus to drive real digital transformation for clients. The company has made several other appointments to bolster the practice including: AWS principal developers, Jason Conway-Williams and Greg Farrow; senior cloud engineers, Ronnie Winter and Dan Mackenzie.
The investment into the team follows an increased demand from customers for Leighton’s AWS expertise as companies continue to modernise, optimise and migrate to new solutions as part of their digital transformation projects. The practice also includes Leighton CTO and AWS Community Builder, Steve Morland and former AWS Solutions Architect, Mark Sailes as well as several of the existing Leighton team.
Gilmore continued, “We believe in building cloud-native solutions that are not only scalable and secure but also tailored to solve real business problems. With this new team, our mission is to partner with customers from conception right through to production, embedding modern engineering practices such as event storming, C4 modelling, agile, continuous delivery and threat modelling into every engagement. We’re delighted to welcome our new team members to the practice to bolster our AWS offering for customers and provide autonomous high performing teams to support customers with digital transformation projects at scale.”
Specialising in AWS solutions the Leighton team holds over 50 AWS certifications and over 50 AWS accreditations and is active in the AWS ecosystem organising AWS North Community Conference, Serverless North East, AWS North East User Group. The firm says it is one of the UK’s leading software development businesses, and boasts a portfolio of customers including British Airways, Atom Bank, Hays Travel, EQUANS, IAG Loyalty and Greggs.
