Auticon

Auticon
Limited Company
Industry Professional Services
Founded 2011
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people
 Ray Coyle, Kurt Schöffer (Managing Directors)
Services Quality Assurance
Consulting
Software Testing
Number of employees
 103, inc. 81 with an autism spectrum diagnosis (September 2016)[1]
Website www.auticon.co.uk

Auticon is a London and Munich-based information and communication technology consulting firm that exclusively employs adults on the autism spectrum as ICT consultants. Auticon identifies as a social enterprise. Services mainly focus on ICT quality management, including transformation, migration, business & data intelligence, security and deep web analysis, as well as compliance and reporting.[2]

Auticon currently employs approximately 100 members of staff, two thirds of which are on the autism spectrum.[3] Next to its UK office in London, Auticon runs offices in Paris, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Bremen and Hamburg.

Background

Dirk Müller-Remus, who has a son on the autism spectrum, launched Auticon in 2011 with an investment of the Munich-based Ananda Social Venture Fund.[4] The launch was inspired by the Belgian company Passwerk.[5] Auticon's concept to employ people on the autism spectrum as ICT consultants has since been acknowledged internationally.[6][7][8][9] The Auticon model was presented at the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum, held in London on 6 June 2013, in front of 150 leaders in social impact investment.[10]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ FAQ: What percentage of auticon staff is on the autism spectrum? Archived December 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. auticon.de/en, accessed on 06. January 2015.
  2. ↑ "auticon services". auticon.de/en. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  3. ↑ FAQ: What percentage of auticon staff is on the autism spectrum? auticon.co.uk, accessed on 19. September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ananda Social Venture Fund". www.socialventurefund.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Passwerk Website". passwerk.be. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Rise of the autistic workforce". New Scientist. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  7. ↑ "La genialidad que firmas alemanas buscan en una forma de autismo". lanacion.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  8. ↑ "IT company hires genius minds". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  9. ↑ "Help wanted: Asperger's-only apply". CNN. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  10. ↑ "G8 Social Impact Investment Forum". Cabinet Office UK. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  11. ↑ "Sonderpreis". Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  12. ↑ "New Work Award". XING. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  13. ↑ "Land der Ideen". Land der Ideen. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  14. ↑ "BITKOM". BITKOM. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
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