A little about us
What's with the name?
When we first started out, we wanted to bring business (x) and tech (y) together, when two vectors intersect; X = Y. But, that’s too much of a mouthful, so we landed on X is Y.
The theme continued, the desire to bring things together; business, technology, design, delivery, perspectives, you name it. When you bring things together, magic happens.
Bringing things together has been ever present in our long evolution.
First, business and technology in the cloud era,
Then business and data in the big data era,
Then design and delivery in the agile era,
Now bringing business, strategy, design, delivery, people, data, technology and AI all together…
…to create tangible impact for our clients.
Why was X is Y created?
X is Y's founders had a strong desire to create a company and a culture that is connected and safe enough for everyone to be themselves. Where people can feel supported and live their best lives both at home and at work.
There was also a strong desire to disrupt the consulting industry:
Away from slide-ware and towards action
Away from dependency and toward capability uplift
And last but not least, a deep desire to improve the way in which data & analytics teams are engaging the business and delivering outcomes to them.
Away from reactive requests towards proactive products
Away from unclear lines of ownership to clarity of what everyone does
Away from generalists moderately good at everything towards specialists, with mastery, working together collaboratively, across disciplines.
Away from “make me a thing and make it snappy” towards meaningful partnerships between practitioners and business users, with empathy towards each other’s plight.
Our leaders
Cyrus Facciano
I want our clients to enjoy their experience with us and be clear that every action we take is moving them towards their goals.
Jared Langguth
I'm fascinated by the improvements AI agents are bringing to the workplace. I help clients adopt these new methods leading teams to deliver better results faster.
Matthew Bartley
I want to help clients feel confident and in control, making the journey to their goals feel simple and straightforward.
Our team
Haman Ganda
I want our clients to be able to do more with less, by experimenting with new tools, systems and processes to help them reach their goals.
Jai Patel
I aim to seamlessly integrate data and design to create meaningful experiences that empower our clients to make informed decisions.
Nika Algarme
I want to bring order to the chaos, to build an enviroment which brings out the best qualities in the people around us and show our clients the true potential we know they have.
Raymund Ricabar
I build robust, automated, and scalable data solutions that empower clients to make clear, data-driven decisions.
Rimma Kade
I want to inspire our clients to take work things a little less seriously and to recognise people needs ahead of organisational needs. And to abolish the term 'human resources' forever.
Sam Hannah
My goals are to embed a better way of working through best practices, processes and systems to ensure the data experience is awesome.
