Our Story
It started with a conversation. It became an enterprise architecture consulting company with a roster of major clients. And gradually it’s evolved into a mission to change the entire way architecture is done. This is the story of Konvergent.
How it all started
Business rivals Jez Etherington and Ben Clark originally met at an architecture conference and soon realised they had similar views about the industry. Over subsequent coffee catch-ups, they envisioned a new type of consultancy to provide flexible resourcing for architecture projects. From these conversations, Konvergent was born.
First major strategy transformation programme – Cloud Store
Konvergent delivered the group cloud strategy for 27 separate operating companies – along with subsequent programme architecture for a then pioneering hybrid cloud marketplace concept. Our team set up one of the first agile project constructs at Vodafone. It delivered the proof of concept before being transitioned to the in-house teams.
First Konvergent Chief Architecture Roundtable
This regular event has been bringing together the chief architect community for five years. The format is simple: invite a select group of architecture leaders, get a keynote speaker on a salient topic and leave lots of time for discussion, networking and coffee! The community now has over 150 active members.
TOM Design at BT
Konvergent were assigned to support the TOM work for BT’s vast Technology, Service and Operations division. They were undergoing a major transformation to a service-based operating model and we took over the architecture work stream.
Enterprise architecture practice development and maturity uplifts
The first of a series of enterprise architecture practice development and maturity uplifts for clients including BT and Kier. Konvergent’s revenue has grown 100% since 2015.
Bringing architecture to the boardroom – Travelex
Travelex engaged Konvergent to re-frame the group’s finance transformation. Originally tech-platform led, it would in future be anchored in business capability modelling. The end result was sensational. The COO and CFO were so impressed, they asked us to support the group’s HR transformation. As the COO commented,
“This is the approach we need to take across the whole business.”
“This is the approach we need to take across the whole business.”
Magical savings
Konvergent helped a magic circle law firm to strategically analyse their current system implementation. Over six weeks, our suggested changes saved them around £500,000.
