Create The Future

We embed into your business and bring the whole tech stack with us.

We do not just create the future. We create yours. We work with businesses that want to learn how to do things the right way. Software, infrastructure, AI, connected devices. We pick what actually suits the job, and we build it alongside your people so the knowledge stays in your business.

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WHO WE ARE

An engineering team you can deploy into your business.

CogniTech Systems is an engineering company in Chester. We build software, infrastructure, AI and connected devices, and we do it from inside the businesses we work with rather than at arm's length.

Our engineers are forward deployed. They work alongside you day to day, learn how the business actually runs, and build so that what they leave behind fits the way you already operate and your own people can carry it once we step back.

See what we bring with us
ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Three ways to work with us, depending on your needs.

Pick the one that sounds like you. If none of them do, tell us where you are and we will create something that fits your business.

SET UP AND SUPPORTED

We get you running and keep you running

You are running the business on email, spreadsheets and whatever the last person set up. We put in the systems that fit how you work, get you live, then look after them.

Best when nobody in the business wants to own the tech
BUILD AND HAND OVER

We build it with you

You know the problem but not how to solve it. We prove the idea, build the thing, train whoever is going to run it, then step back and leave it working.

Best when you are starting from nothing
EMBEDDED

We join your team

You have people and a roadmap, and a skill gap you need filling. We forward deploy an engineer into the team, for an agreed period or an ongoing relationship.

Best when you have a technical team already

The Team

Adam Keith Milton-Barker

Adam Keith Milton-Barker

Founder/Managing Director
Adam is founder and Managing Director of CogniTech Systems, with over 20 years' experience architecting and engineering advanced hybrid systems for corporations and SMEs.
Nitin Mane

Nitin Mane

AI Architect/Engineer (Contractor)
Nitin is an AI architect and engineer with over 4 years' experience designing, training, and deploying computer vision and edge AI systems for industrial and commercial operations.
Adam Westall

Adam Westall

Systems Architect/Engineer & DevOps (Contractor)
Adam is a senior technology architect and systems engineer with over 25 years’ experience designing, delivering, and operating complex platforms for corporate clients and SMEs on a global scale.
WHAT WE BRING

The stack, in plain terms.

A working index of what we can put into your business, and what each one is for.

AI & Machine Learning

Models that answer a question the business already has. We prove the use case against your real data before anyone commits to building.

IoT & Edge

Connected devices, gateways and the servers behind them, built for real sites and real conditions.

Web Systems

The platforms your customers and staff use every day, from ERP and CRM to ecommerce and content management.

Infrastructure

The servers, pipelines and cloud your systems run on, set up so releases are routine and failures get noticed early.

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Services

Technical and on-page work that makes the site findable, measured against traffic that converts.

Social Media Setup & Management

Channels set up properly and then run for you, so posting stays consistent when the week gets busy.

Tech Support

Someone to call when something breaks, who already knows how your systems fit together.

Retainer Packages

A set amount of our time held for you each month, for changes, support and whatever comes next.
OUR PLATFORM

Built on CORE NEXUS,
or built from scratch.

Most of what a business runs on already exists inside CORE NEXUS, our own platform. Where it does not fit, or where you want to own every line of it, we build from scratch instead.

INTEGRATED WITH CORE NEXUS

We build on our own platform

CORE NEXUS already handles CMS, CRM, ERP, ecommerce, auditing and connected hardware. You pay for what makes your business different, not the foundations.

Cheaper and faster to build. Proprietary and closed.
COMPLETELY CUSTOM

We build it from scratch

The fit has to be exact, or the code has to be yours outright. We build in your stack and your repositories, and hand everything over at the end.

Built exactly to fit. Owned entirely by you.
HOW EMBEDDING WORKS

We forward deploy engineers into your team.

You get the engineers doing the work, reachable the way you already work, for as long as the work needs them.

Where you already work

Teams, Slack, email or the phone, whatever you already use. If you run a repo and a ticket board we work in yours, and if not we set them up for you.

Your hours, mostly

We work UK hours. If you run a standup we are in it, and if you do not we agree a catch up that suits how you run your week.

Your people alongside

Wherever you have a developer or an analyst, they pair with us. Where you have nobody technical, we cover the role ourselves.

Nothing hidden

Code, logins, documentation and decisions live in your accounts from day one, not ours.

We say no

If something you have asked for will not pay for itself, we tell you before you commit budget to it.

We leave properly

The end of an engagement is a proper handover, with training and documentation.

WHAT STAYS WITH YOU

When we step back, the capability does not leave with us.

Everything we build is yours, in your accounts, documented, and understood by someone on your payroll.

  • The code, in your repository, under your licence
  • The infrastructure, in your cloud accounts, billed to you
  • The data, in your systems, exportable at any time
  • Written documentation aimed at your team, not at us
  • At least one of your people trained to change it
  • A standing offer to answer the phone afterwards
CREATE THE FUTURE

Let us build your future.

Bring us a plan or just an idea. We will arrange a discovery meeting with you to go through it.