Auticon

Auticon
Limited Company
Industry Professional Services
Founded 2011
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people
 Dirk Müller-Remus, Kurt Schöffer (Managing Directors)
Services Quality Assurance
Consulting
Software Testing
Number of employees
 91, inc. 63 with an ASC diagnosis (April 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 80 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 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? 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.de/en, accessed on 06. January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ananda Social Venture Fund". www.socialventurefund.com. 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. ↑ accessdate = 2015-07-13 "Sonderpreis" Check |url= value (help).
  12. ↑ "New Work Award". XING. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  13. ↑ "Land der Ideen". Land der Ideen. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  14. ↑ "BITKOM". BITKOM. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
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