About Us

Our vision is to be a leader in the provision of secure cloud-based data management services.  We are trusted by our clients, whom we consider partners, to resolve their data migration challenges and deliver our services securely and consistently.

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HONESTY

We are honest with ourselves, our staff, our partners and our clients.

INTEGRITY

Integrity: in our decision making, how we conduct ourselves, and in the data we migrate.

VALUE

We add value in the advice we provide and the services we deliver.

TRUST

We earn trust through excellent delivery and consistently doing the right thing.

Our Story

Datalynx was founded in 2002 by two IT professionals with extensive experience in data migration - and they are still with the company today. They recognised the need for a customised, reliable and professional data migration service, and leveraged their collective expertise to develop the tools and processes necessary to meet this demand. Datalynx’s first client was the Metropolitan Police Service, where they successfully delivered a large-scale Oracle Human Resources project.

Since that time, the company has expanded to become one of the UK’s leading specialist data solution consultancies, with a team of 75 data specialists and support staff, our people being the foundation of our success. We are a collaborative team from a truly diverse range of backgrounds, which as you’d expect includes long careers in IT, data and engineering, but we are also home to recent graduates, career changers, ex-police officers and other service leavers, whom collectively bring a broad spectrum of experience and knowledge. We deal with large-scale national programmes to niche migration projects and everything in between, and we absolutely love a challenge.

Meet the Team

Fred Keeling

Managing Director

Fred was appointed Managing Director of Datalynx in 2024, a year after joining the company as Operations Director.

Fred is focused on delivering against the company’s strategic objectives of profitable and sustainable growth, whilst also maintaining the Datalynx ethos, family culture, and reputation for outstanding delivery.

Fred has over 20 years of leadership experience in various fields. Before joining Datalynx he spent 9 years at Wood PLC, where he was Chief Resilience Officer and part of the Senior Leadership Team. There he had duty of care for 65,000 staff across 50 countries, and for two years chaired the Crisis Management Team; running the company’s response to COVID-19. Prior to that he worked in consultancy, supporting businesses working across Africa and Europe, and also served in the British Army where he led teams in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Carol Spinks

Business Support Director

Carol was appointed Business Support Director of Datalynx in 2019, having worked for the company as Head of HR since 2018.

Carol oversees cross functional business support activities delivering against the company’s strategic objectives in relation to People and Technology, with a keen focus on staff wellbeing Carol has 30 years of Human Resources experience. Before joining Datalynx she performed various HR roles at the Metropolitan Police Service, with the majority of that time being Business Lead for a number of transformational HR technology related projects. She has a Masters Degree in Strategic HR and is also a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Charlie Spinks

Co-Founder and Director

Charlie is the co-founder and a director of the company, he was previously Managing Director until 2024.

Charlie continues his involvement with Datalynx providing independent counsel and strategic technical advice to the business.

Charlie founded Datalynx in 2002 and served as the Managing Director until 2024. Throughout his tenure, he was responsible for shaping the company’s strategic direction, overseeing data migration and data quality operations, and building a team of skilled consultants. Under his leadership, Datalynx grew into the respected and successful company it is today. Prior to founding Datalynx, Charlie worked as an IT consultant after earning his IT degree at University of Glamorgan.

Security

We understand that data security is paramount. Our clients trust us with highly classified and sensitive information and we take this responsibility seriously. To ensure the highest levels of protection we adhere to the rigorous standards and best practices outlined below:

Security Vetted

Security checked staff and consultants;

  • Checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service

  • BS7858 and Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) – the recognised standards for the pre-employment screening of individuals with access to government assets

  • Security cleared to Non Police Personnel Vetted Level 3 (Police Security Clearance) and SC Cleared (Government Security Clearance). This ensures we have the highest confidence in our staff

Information Assurance

  • Information Assurance training refreshed annually, including the Data Protection Act and GDPR, ensuring that your confidential and sensitive information is handled safely and securely.

  • We are experienced in the migration of Police Official Sensitive and Personally Identifiable Information so understand the controls and information assurance requirements to protect the information securely

Secure Infrastructure and Processes

  • ISO 27001 Information Security Management – by UKAS accreditors BSI

  • ISO 9001 Quality Management

  • We have intrusion detection systems, firewalls and data encryption to protect data on our site

  • We undertake regular security (PEN Testing) of our IT infrastructure and our secure development processes and our premises have undergone external security reviews