Excelpoint CEO Ian Brown spoke at a recent Knowledge Transfer Forum his firm hosted at The Work Place on Aycliffe Business Park .
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Aycliffe tech firm impresses clients with knowledge forum
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Newton Aycliffe tech firm is looking to expand into more international markets after building a reputation for saving businesses time and money .
Excelpoint held one of their regular Knowledge Transfer events for its clients at its HQ on Aycliffe Business Park .
The event was extremely well attended , with people from across the country representing SMEs and larger businesses engaging in valuable discussions .
Excelpoint already boasts a wide-ranging and satisfied client base .
It works with bigger organisations such as National Air Traffic Services , Kaefer , Anglian Water , NHS Trusts , local authorities , EDF , Minova and Copenhagen Infrastructure Services Corporation ( CISC ). As well as smaller companies such as Recruitrite , Reheat , Supportive and BA Joinery .
But there is no danger Excelpoint will be standing still after almost 20 years of producing software solutions .
CEO Ian Brown said : “ What we are proud of is that those big business customers , we don ’ t lose them . They love what we do , they expand on what we do for them and that is testament to what we deliver .
“ We already have international customers but we are now strategically planning for further growth because it was something we wanted to do a couple of years ago before the pandemic scuppered some of our activity .”
The ‘ no-code ’ software Excelpoint builds is already being used in parts of Europe , Australia and other areas of the world .
The recent Knowledge Transfer Forum , held at its base in The Work Place on Heighington Lane , has attracted interest from the Netherlands and expectations are high that numbers will grow .
Ian said : “ We had one in October when people from Cumbria and Lincolnshire were among those there , as well as a broad range of sectors . They all came to understand where we are taking our technology .
“ We also heard what customers have done with tech , they talked amongst themselves and we talked too .
“ It is an interactive , cross fertilisation of ideas to discuss the challenges everyone faces .”
Ian was one of the founders of Excelpoint when it became a no-code platform in early 2003 .
In a world of constant change , it has developed its offering to help businesses become more efficient and secure regardless of the size .
Ian said : “ We build a piece of software that , out-of-the-box , is designed to suit all kinds of systems and needs .
“ Very commonly some use CRM , project management and ERP packages and we provide those . Other less common examples include methods of operation for air traffic control , the prevention of suicide or assisting the rehabilitation of prison offenders .
“ Our no-code software delivers a solution to your problem roughly ten times faster than conventional methods and with far less people involved internally . That is very attractive because time to market , time to implement , or ability to pivot the organisation can be massively important .”
For those who don ’ t know what no-code is , Ian said : “ I have likened it to the NHS . The NHS is free at the point of use . Clearly the NHS costs billions , but is free to the end user . “ Our software platform has millions of lines of code in it , developed by a team and adapted constantly . At the point our users use the platform they don ’ t need to write a single line of code , don ’ t need to be able to program , and don ’ t need to understand a technical environment . They can operate it like a layman , just by using drag and drop and point and click techniques ..
“ It can clearly benefit your company . Time to objective is much shorter . We have many examples of it being ten times faster , but we have examples where it is hundreds of times faster – and time costs .”
To learn more about Excelpoint , call 01325 375930 , email hello @ excelpoint . co . uk or visit www . excelpoint . co . uk .
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