25 Years of Excellence and Innovation
WorkPlace History
WorkPlace Systems was founded in 1986 by Ian Lenagan, Tim Westaway and Mike Wailing, the focus then was Time & Attendance, Access Control and Job Booking. WorkPlace's first customer was the maker of the famous "Jammie Dodgers" Burtons Biscuits at Blackpool, other customers soon followed including; Ethicon, David A Halls / Grampian, Davis of Derby, Pirelli Cables and Marconi Avionics. The late 1980s were characterised by steady growth and the development of an Oracle based product set with important partnerships and distribution agreements with Benzing and GEC Plessey respectively.
The 1990s saw significant sales and acquisitions which elevated WorkPlace Systems to a leading supplier of Workforce Management solutions. Sales success included; London Underground, BT, 17 Defence and Aerospace clients and in the Middle East; Kuwait Airways, Kuwait Air Services, Bahrain Oil Company and Qatar Fertiliser. WorkPlace Systems acquired Care Interactive Software, Insight Logistics, Solus/OBS and Ian Lenagan co-founded TeleWare.
In 2000 TeleWork (TeleWare & WorkPlace) was successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange with the floatation being nine times oversubscribed. WorkPlace Systems continued to invest heavily in Research & Development and began to focus on Scheduling of employees. In 2004 TeleWare was divested from TeleWork and in 2007 WorkPlace Systems was relisted on the AIM part of LSE, ticker: WSI.
In 2008 major changes to the board were made with Barney Quinn being appointed CEO, other additions included; Paul Wright (CFO), Alex Davis (CTO) and Tony Knight (COO). The focus now is on Workforce Management provided as Software as a Service (SaaS) or within the cloud. The transition to a SaaS Workforce Management company is gaining momentum with 27% of revenues 2010-11 coming from WorkPlace OnLine. Throughout WorkPlace's history it has been recognised as a leader and innovator in the Workforce Management market.