Revenue from the key public sector and life sciences verticals was down 5.4% and 12% to £4.0m and £4.9m respectively and revenue from the key Digital Preservation service line was 27.3% lower. Partially offsetting this decline were the consumer industries and energy verticals that grew 31.2% and 32.1% to £2.1m and £2.5m respectively. The regional revenue mix remained at the same level with 68% revenue from the UK, 17% from the US and the remainder from Europe. Looking at cash flow, higher working capital investment impacted conversion and net cash at the end of March 2010 was £1.1, down from £3m in FY 2009.

First thoughts

Whilst it is disappointing to see Tessella’s impressive growth track record interrupted (Premium Plus subscribers can click here to view more detail on the company’s financials), we still get a sense of clear strategic direction in the company, which remains profitable and financially sound. Tessella operates in high value niche areas with a clear vertical market focus and we would expect the business bounce back at least in line with the economy.

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The JET Intershot Analysis (Chain1) generates processed data following a pulse. Maintaining the pulse repetition rate is one of JET’s key success factors, so performance of Chain1 is crucial. This paper will describe JET’s experience of managing Chain1, including a description of the control system used to ensure the analysis chain runs as quickly as possible, and a discussion of JET’s experience of integrating externally developed codes into a standard analysis framework.

The current Chain1 infrastructure was developed in 1999 and although reliable and efficient is starting to prove costly in terms of flexibility and extensibility to meet JET’s current and future needs. For this reason JET is planning to re-implement the Chain1 system. The paper will outline the work done towards this aim, and present a model of the proposed new system. Finally, possible future steps towards an integrated data production chain for JET will be discussed, and the potential applicability to next generation fusion devices will be outlined. Read more.

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Stevenage, UK | 19th August 2010

Mr McPartland visited various space technology companies around the Stevenage area as part of a campaign to understand the future of a fast growing UK space industry, currently estimated to add over £6 billion to the UK economy each year.

Commenting on his tour at Tessella, Mr McPartland said: “The visit to Tessella was extremely interesting and it was fascinating to see and understand the company’s offerings in the space sector.”

Alan Gaby, Director at Tessella said: “We were keen to show our long standing involvement and commitment in the space sector and briefed Mr McPartland on our plans for the future.”

Tessella Stevenage has been responsible for the design, analysis and simulation of on-board attitude determination and control algorithms for a number of the European Space Agency’s scientific and telecommunications satellites. The company has designed guidance, navigation, control and tracking systems for aerospace applications and has responsibility for radar tracking algorithms on a major defence system.

Photo: left to right: MP Mr McPartland and Alan Gaby, Director of Tessella

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Notes to the editor

About Tessella

For decades, Tessella has been successfully delivering IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. We enable our clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments.

Media Contact

Christina Tealdi | PR/AR Executive
Phone: +44 (0) 1235 555511 | Mobile: + 44 (0) 779 9346453
christina.tealdi@tessella.com

This is a challenging role for an enthusiastic, self-motivated person with:

• A good academic record (minimum 2.1 degree) in a scientific or technical discipline
• An understanding of the application of IT to business and technical problems
• A drive to succeed in telephone business development
• Experience of inside sales or telemarketing is an advantage but not essential
• Experience of the Oil and Gas industry is an advantage

This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within Tessella, using a combination of strong technical understanding, excellent communication skills, and an ability to relate to and understand customers’ business needs.

The Role

Working closely with the Salespeople, Competency Experts and Marketing team colleagues, you will help develop and generate new business opportunities. You will identify prospective customers’ key business issues and relate these to solutions and expertise that Tessella can offer. This is a key component of the role, and requires a unique combination of innovative and original thinking.

Key Activities

• Inside sales campaigns to support Salespeople on ’road trips’ i.e. clustering meetings at appropriate organisations within a tight geographical area being visited by a Salesperson at a particular time. Setting up meetings at external events, between Company attendees and prospects from selected organisations.
• Support Marketing programmes: co-ordinating internal resources, assisting at conferences, preparing email and eDM shots.
• Managing target organisations agreed with Sales and Line Manager. This includes: holding meetings with account managers to agree priorities and actions, gathering information on target organisations, their business and technical activities, and their personnel.
• Qualifying ‘Suspects’ for our services, and building relationships over a number of weeks/months to develop warm ‘Prospects’ – with the aim of booking appointments for Company Salespeople to meet the individual being targeted.

Typically 50% of the day will be spent on the phone, pursing both national and international opportunities, with some desk/web research prior to calling, and some follow-up involving writing to suspects/prospects after a call. All information on activities must be stored accurately and thoroughly in our client contacts database. You will also be responsible for generating statistics on your business development efforts, which will help us prioritize future activities.

About You

Tessella Business Development Executives require a healthy balance between pro-active, independent and self-motivated working, and the natural desire to be a strong team-player, able to help define, and then to follow and report on agreed plans. To make a success of this role, communication within Tessella is as important as the ability to communicate with our prospective clients.

The position offers an excellent salary, incentive scheme, and an attractive benefits package. Remuneration comprises a basic salary plus performance related bonus. OTE for our current experienced office-based Business Development Executives is £35k to 40k.

To put our people requirement in context, our current Business Development Executives joined Tessella from the following backgrounds:

• Lab experience, a degree and masters in Biosciences, plus experience of programming
• A scientific degree, followed by experience of selling into high-tech industries and a keen interest in developing technologies
• A DPhil in Reproductive Molecular Biology followed by post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford

They thrive on speaking on the phone to potential clients about their technical and business needs and identifying how Tessella can help.

Training

Training in all aspects of Tessella’s business will be given, including ongoing training in sales skills and deepening domain expertise.

Washington DC | 10 August 2010. Today, Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company selected by R&D, science and engineering leaders for business-critical assignments, launches version 4 of Tessella Safety Deposit Box (SDB4) at the DC2010 Archives & Records Joint Annual Meeting of COSA, NAGARA and SAA.

The technology helps memory institutions (including libraries and archives), who are already skilled at preserving traditional materials such as paper and microfiche; face the problems posed by preserving material stored in digital formats. Version 4 provides the architecture and functions to deliver a multi-tenant digital archiving solution that can support multiple small local archives through to large national systems. Key to this is a flexible workflow engine which allows customers an easy way to configure their own policy with regards to ingest, data management, access and preservation processes.

Mark Evans, Tessella Inc. Digital Archiving Practice Manager said: “We believe that multi-tenant capabilities are going to be increasingly important in future sustainable digital archiving solutions. The recent selection by the Austrian Federal Chancellery of Siemens IT Solutions & Services and Tessella SDB to develop the Austrian State e-government Archives validates this point of view”.

Grant Stephen, CEO at Tessella Inc. added: “We believe that working in partnership is hugely important to the success of SDB. SDB continues to be the archive of choice for advanced long-term archiving and the SDB User Group has really helped set product direction”. The SDB User Group now compromises 9 flagship organisations: UK National Archives, Swiss Federal Archives, Malaysian National Archives, Dutch National Archives, Rotterdam Regional Archives, Wellcome Trust Libraries, Estonian Archives, Austrian Federal Chancellery and recently the Finnish National Archives.

SDB was developed out of work done in partnership with The National Archives of the UK to help confront the problem of digital preservation. The software, which has already been in use at The UK National Archives for over six years as the basis of their award-winning Digital Archive system, has been significantly enhanced as part of The National Archives’ Seamless Flow programme.

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Notes to the editor

About Tessella

For decades, Tessella has been successfully delivering IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. We enable our clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments.

Further information is available at www.tessella.com or visit our dedicated microsite on http://www.digital-preservation.com/

Recent news on SDB

Finnish National Archives visit http://www.tessella.com/2010/06/press-release-the-finnish-national-archives-selects-tessella

Austrian Federal Chancellery visit http://www.tessella.com/2010/03/press-release-the-austrian-federal-chancellery/

Estonian Archives visit http://www.tessella.com/2009/11/press-release-estonia-national-archives

SDB User Group Meeting visit http://www.tessella.com/2009/12/sdb-user-group-meeting-2009-december-8-9th-2009-one-great-george-street-london-uk/

Media Contact

Tessella

Christina Tealdi | PR/AR Executive

Phone: +44 (0) 1235 555511 | Mobile: + 44 (0) 779 9346453

christina.tealdi@tessella.com

£32,000 to £40,000

We are looking for a recently qualified or finalist ACCA/CIMA to join our small and friendly finance team.  This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual, to help transform Tessella’s management accounts to deliver an improved and more efficient financial service to the Board of Directors and other senior stakeholders within the Company. You will have the opportunity to carve out a role for yourself and, if you are as successful as we hope, to significantly impact on Tessella’s business. 

The Role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include managing the day to day running of the Finance department including supervising and assigning work to three Accounts Assistants.  You will be responsible for deputising for the Finance Manager in her absence, including attending Board meetings held at Tessella’s UK regional offices. 

In addition to your regular duties, you will have the opportunity to become involved with and contribute to a wide range of projects and experiences associated with the ambitious growth plans of a small but financially stable company including, for example, the acquisition of other small organisations.  

Duties will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Preparation of monthly consolidated management accounts and supporting documentation (GM analysis, KPI’s and Sales metrics) to strict deadlines
• Production of accurate, relevant and timely management information to help assist decision making within the business
• Improvement and development of existing and new reporting tools for the business
• Implementation of Revenue and Profitability analysis by sector and service line
• VAT return and EC Sales Lists
• Updating of accounting systems to comply with US requirements for sales and use tax reporting
• Review and maintenance of Finance Department policies such Transfer Pricing policy to ensure continued compliance with tax regulations
• Provision of cover for Company Secretarial duties in the absence of the Finance Manager

About You

You will be a recently qualified or finalist ACCA/CIMA accountant with relevant experience of producing management information to strict deadlines.  You must have a strong analytical background and financial modelling experience in Excel.  Excellent communication skills, flexibility and the ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels are pre-requisites. You should have a strong academic background and preferably a good honours degree in a numerate or scientific subject.  Some travel to Tessella’s UK offices is required.

About Tessella

Tessella is an international software services business that recently featured in the Times Profit Track 100 list of companies.  We have been successfully delivering IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering for 30 years. Through the application of scientific methods and rigorous quality procedures, we enable clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments.

£27,000 to £33,000

We are looking for a numerate graduate or part-qualified accountant to join our finance team.  You will report to the Finance Manager and your duties will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of monthly consolidated management accounts and supporting documentation (GM analysis, KPI’s and Sales metrics) to strict deadlines
• Production of accurate, relevant and timely management information to help assist decision making within the business
• Monthly Balance sheet reconciliations and cashflow forecasting
• Improving and developing reporting tools for the business
• Producing VAT return and EC Sales Lists
• Providing cover for Company Secretarial duties and attendance and minute taking at the Board meetings not attended by the Company Secretary 

Full training will be given for this role which will provide considerable opportunities for professional and personal development.

About You

You will be a recently part-qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA) or a science graduate wishing to move into accountancy.  You must have a strong analytical background and financial or mathematical modelling experience in Excel.  Excellent communication skills, flexibility and the ability to liaise with non-finance colleagues are essential pre-requisites.

About Tessella

Tessella is an international software services business that recently featured in the Times Profit Track 100 list of companies.  We have been successfully delivering IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering for 30 years. Through the application of scientific methods and rigorous quality procedures, we enable clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including: forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments.

This is a full-time, permanent position with Tessella, based in Boston, MA. The selected candidate’s first assignment will be at a pharmaceutical company in the Boston area.  Subsequently, the candidate will work with other pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences industry clients, although opportunities to work in other industries may arise.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors degree or higher with a biological or chemistry focus
• PhD in a life sciences discipline is preferred
• CBAP Certification is preferred

PROJECT RELATED COMPETENCIES

Analysis and Solution Definition

• Quickly understands the business issues and data challenges of client’s organization and industry.
• Develops functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements.
• Reviews and edits requirements, specifications and business processes and makes recommendations.
• Facilitates requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders.
• Performs stakeholder analysis.

Technical Recommendation and Testing

• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
• Works with client personnel to identify required changes.
• Communicates needed changes to development team.
• Leads testing efforts.

Project Execution

• Assists in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules.
• Takes input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback.
• Communicates and applies project standards.
• Manages resources in accordance with project schedule.
• Consistently delivers high-quality services to our clients.
• Understands the components of running a fiscally successful project.

CAREER PATH CORE COMPETENCIES

Communication

• Assists in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
• Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

Technical Understanding

• Possesses understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
• Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures.
• Understands how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other.

Problem Solving

• Identifies critical issues with ease.
• Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
• Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindsets.

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES

Leadership

• Generates enthusiasm among team members.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to serve in leadership roles.
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model.
• Manages the process of innovative change.

Teamwork

• Facilitates effective team interaction.
• Acknowledges and appreciates each team member’s contributions.

Client Management

• Develops relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Manages client expectations effectively.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

For decades, Tessella has successfully delivered IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. Through the application of scientific methods and rigorous quality procedures, we enable clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments. All of our work is project-based and, during the course of their careers, all our staff work on a variety of projects for a range of clients, which require a diverse set of skills.

This is a full-time, permanent position with Tessella.  The selected candidate’s first assignment will be at a pharmaceutical company in the New Jersey area.  Subsequently, the candidate will work with other pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences industry clients.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Advanced degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience is required.
• PhD degree with at least 2 years of postdoctoral or industry experience is preferred.

PROJECT RELATED COMPETENCIES

• Quickly understands the business issues and data challenges of client’s organization and industry.
• Works with scientists and teams of skilled bioinformaticians to identify business needs and recommends technical solutions
• Creates and integrates computer algorithms into existing NextGen DNA Sequencing data analysis pipelines
• Recommends software to analyze and integrate Next Generation sequencing data
• Integrates community-developed bioinformatics tools into existing data analysis pipelines
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
• Assists in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules
• Takes input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback
• Communicates and applies project standards
• Consistently delivers high-quality services to our clients
• Designs and develops in-house bioinformatics tools

CAREER PATH CORE COMPETENCIES

Communication

• Assists in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
• Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

Technical Understanding

• High level of expertise in Unix, Oracle, Perl, and at least one compiled programming language (Java, C, C++)
• Familiarity with common methods of statistical analysis and a broad spectrum of bioinformatics tools (e.g., Major Genome Browsers, NCBI tools, EBI tools, Genome Center tools, Assembly software, Alignment software, Comparative Analysis software, Next-gen applications software, Cloud based solutions, etc.).
• Experience with open source bioinformatics tools for sequence alignment, databases etc.
• Experience with whole genome analysis is a plus, as is knowledge of variant (SNP, indel, CNV, etc) detection and gene expression analysis.
• Detailed knowledge of genomics concepts from the molecular biology and genetics perspective is a strong plus.

Problem Solving

• Identifies critical issues with ease.
• Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
• Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindsets.

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES

Leadership

• Generates enthusiasm among team members.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to serve in leadership roles.
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model.
• Manages the process of innovative change.

Teamwork

• Facilitates effective team interaction.
• Acknowledges and appreciates each team member’s contributions.

Client Management

• Develops relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Manages client expectations effectively.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

For decades, Tessella has successfully delivered IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. Through the application of scientific methods and rigorous quality procedures, we enable clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments. All of our work is project-based and, during the course of their careers, all our staff work on a variety of projects for a range of clients, which require a diverse set of skills.