The acquisition will allow Mantel Group to provide existing and new clients with solutions in data strategy, governance, implementation, and support.

Aginic counts 100 employees who will continue to work from their offices in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, but also have access to any of the Mantel Group hubs on offer across Australia and New Zealand, including destinations like Magnetic Island and Queenstown.

Aginic will remain as a standalone brand within Mantel Group’s house of brands structure.

‘Aginic’ derives from a blend of Agile and Analytics, with agile development, design thinking and technical excellence being part of the Aginic’s DNA to this day.

Founded in 2014 by Marty Conneely and Brett Thebault, the company has grown to more than 100 people with capabilities across data engineering, analytics, delivery, and design.

“Our data offering is an Australian owned one, bringing local understanding along with local talent, paired with a great culture that helps our clients succeed,” said Mantel Group CEO Con Mouzouris.

“Aginic has a similar people-first approach as Mantel Group, growing its people, being driven by its values, and inviting a diverse team of talent that will not only compliment, but further enhance the unique culture we have here at Mantel Group, which helped us achieve number one in both the 2021 and 2022 Great Place to Work.”

“We have an established presence in data engineering, data platforms like Databricks and Snowflake, and delivery capability of intelligent solutions with data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The addition of Aginic provides us with a leading end-to-end solution in data. Our full offering now provides the most comprehensive capability in Australia and New Zealand as a locally represented organisation,” Mouzouris said.

“Joining Mantel Group allows our team to join forces with the Best Place to Work in Australia, and further advance our vision of creating a better world by enabling businesses to work better with data,” said Aginic CEO James Hayes.

Mantel has now nine brands following Aginic’s acquisition.

This is Mantel Group’s third acquisition in four years, and second this year, following the 2019 acquisition of CMD Solutions and the mobile application consultancy Itty Bitty Apps, earlier this year.