About StackQL Studios
We take a data-first approach to platform engineering and observability. Decades of background in data, analytics, and AI - applied to the problem of making enterprise estates legible to the humans and agents that run them.
How we work
The principles behind how we run engagements.
Transparency First
We show our working. Findings and recommendations are backed by the query, data, or artefact that produced them - reproducible and auditable, not opinion dressed up as analysis.
Knowledge Transfer
We build capability, not dependency. Every engagement includes structured handover so your team can own and extend the work after we're gone.
Outcomes Over Outputs
Engagements are measured by what changes in the business - lower spend, reduced risk, faster delivery - not by the volume of deliverables produced.
Open Source Commitment
We prefer open, standards-based tooling over proprietary lock-in where it's a reasonable choice.
The team
Experienced cloud practitioners with deep roots in data, analytics, infrastructure, security, and open-source software.
Jeffrey Aven
Co-Founder & CEO
Published author and technical educator with 35+ years in the technology industry, focused on data, analytics, cloud, automation, and AI.
Kieran Rimmer
Co-Founder & CTO
PhD and former research fellow with extensive experience as a software and data engineer across enterprise cloud, analytics, operations, and AI.
Work with us.
Tell us what you're working on. We'll tell you if we can help, and how we'd approach it.
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