| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Science, Engineering |
| Founded | Oxfordshire, England (1980) |
| Key people | Kevin Gell, Founder, Managing Director |
| Website | www.tessella.com |
Tessella is an international technology and consultancy firm specialising in R&D.
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Tessella was founded in 1980[1] by Kevin Gell as “Tessella Support Services Plc”. Tessella moved to its first permanent office in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1987[1].
Tessella opened its Warrington branch in 1998 and its Burton upon Trent branch in 2000[1].
In 2000 Tessella opened its first branch outside the UK in Den Haag, The Netherlands[1]. In 2003 Tessella started working in the USA as “Tessella Inc” and now has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington DC[1].
During 2005 Tessella purchased Analyticon[1].
In 2009 Tessella changed its name form “Tessella Support Services Plc” to “Tessella Plc”[1] and expanded its services to include consulting.
Tessella works in the R&D function of range of industries including: Science research, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and archiving.
Tessella's software Safety Deposit Box (SDB) is used by many of the worlds archives including Austria[2], Estonia, UK[3], Swiss, Malaysian, Dutch National Archives, as well as Rotterdam Regional Archives and the Wellcome Trust[4] library. In the USA, Tessella has provided subject matter expertise on the US National Archives ERA program and the NSF funded DataNet program.
Archiving software developed by Tessella was at the heart of the 2004 and 2007 winners of the Digital Preservation Award as well as shortlisted entries in 2005.[5]
Tessella specialises in the development of Adaptive Clinical Trials systems, used to shorten the time and patients needed to test new drugs. Much of this is based around Bayesian methods[6] [7]. Tessella wrote the user interface for Wyeth’s Adaptive Design Explorer (ADE) software[8].
Tessella has worked at both JET and ITER fusion research sites[9][10].
Tessella is a ‘Tier Three’ IT provider to Shell and have worked with them to build risk management software. [11]
Tessella is developing a motion sensor to track troop movements.[12]
Tessella wrote the DORIS (DOsimetry and Records Information System) program for the Health Protection Agency. The DORIS software manages and keeps records for dosemeter readings.[13]
The TAPAS (the “Train Automatic Performance Analysis System”) program was written by Tessella for Southern Rail to monitor their systems and highlight any behaviour that could indicate potential problems.[14]