Operator first.
Consultant second.

ALLANEX was created to bring experienced operating judgement to business and technology problems that are too important for generic advice.

Tom Allan founded Basis Networks and built it into a successful technology business before selling it to CyberCX. He later became Chief Operating Officer of CyberCX, helping scale the company through a major period of acquisition, integration and national growth.

His experience spans both sides of the technology relationship. He has built and led technology businesses, managed sales and service delivery, improved commercial and operational performance, integrated acquisitions, led large technology and cybersecurity teams, selected vendors and worked inside client organisations on strategy, architecture and transformation.

That breadth shapes the work at ALLANEX. Technology businesses engage us to improve growth, profitability, services, leadership and operations. Other organisations engage us to strengthen technology strategy, architecture, cybersecurity, vendor management and executive ownership.

Engagements are deliberately senior and practical. Tom leads the work directly and brings in specialist architects, security consultants or platform experts where the problem requires them. Clients receive the capability the engagement needs rather than a large standing team or a layer of junior consultants.

Today, Tom works across advisory engagements and interim executive roles, remaining close to the decisions, systems and people responsible for delivering the result.

"The work I enjoy most is helping a business see what is really holding it back, then working with the team to improve it. Sometimes the answer is strategy, sometimes operations and sometimes technology. Usually, it is a combination of all three."