About Us

What we do

We work with our customers to create great software that is easy to use, looks cool, and is also on time. Our highly experienced team love to create web sites, e-learning systems, mobile apps and just about any other type of system you could think of. Have a look at how we work below or see what some of our customers say about us.

Our background

Although we are based in the North West of England we have clients throughout the UK and partnerships with a number of suppliers abroad. The company was set up in 2009 to redevelop the DiabetesE Self Assessment system for Connecting for Health and BT. Since then we have grown rapidly and branched out into other areas.

Working with You

Our greatest strength is being able to take what can initially be a very vague idea from a customer to a full working system. We work with our customers at every step of the way to ensure that their initial ideas are turned into a solution that works for them. Nearly all of our new work is generated by existing customer referral.

The Team

John Keogh, Managing Director

John’s role is the management of the day to day operations of Innove, also as the Chief Technical Officer personally managing the many ICT projects that the company is engaged in along with ongoing product development..

After working in the ICT industry for over 25 years, John has gained detailed knowledge and skill in delivering large database systems using a variety of platforms such as SQL Server, MySQL and Access. Clients he has worked for include NHS Primary Care Trusts, NHS Direct, The Health Protection Agency, The Department of Health, The Football Association, Liverpool City Council, Wigan Leisure Trust, Ralph Lauren.

John has taken the lead in developing mobile phone apps for the Android Platform and linking these to cloud based Baas (Back end as a System) databases as well as linking apps to secure database systems.

Mike Allen, Web Designer and iPhone/iPad Development

Mike has a wealth of experience and expertise, working on a wide range of diverse web applications utilising e-commerce, pay per click, search engine optimisation and email marketing techniques to deliver real business driven solutions. Key to the success of these projects was the user experience and the interface designs developed by Mike.

As well as using the latest .NET technologies, Mike also has extensive knowledge of classic asp and php programming, which is extremely useful when inheriting and updating older websites.

Mike heads up development of our iPhone and iPad applications using Objective C and more recently Swift to integrate video and sound into a number of health related apps.

Mike Jewell, Database and Website Developer

Working for a number of large organisations, Mike has acquired extensive knowledge and skills in database design and implementation that enable data flows from many diverse environments, such as, SQL Server, Oracle, Access, flat file, XML and Linux based systems.

Transferring and designing database schemas, is one of Mike’s great strengths. Using TSQL, LINQ, PL/SQL, C# and the .NET framework, Mike delivers robust, multi-user, relational database solutions for the larger clients of Innove Solutions.

Mike is currently working on the implementation of the new .NET 5.0 MVC framework into the core software libraries used by Innove Solutions to optimise the codebase used by the company.

Phil Hogan, Client Development Manager

Phil has a wealth of experience spanning over 35 years of working across the public, private and educational sectors providing a wide range of technology based solutions.

More recently, and heading his own consultancy business, Phil has developed a specialism for providing advice, support and training working within Organisational Learning & Development across the UK and more recently with International based organisations, and specifically in the use of web based learning solutions.

Working with a wide range of clients located across the UK and overseas Phil has managed many employer-led e-content and blended learning projects to meet the educational, learning and development needs of these workforces. Phil is also a management & leadership practitioner.