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title: Our Story | IDS - Leaders in Data Certainty
description: IDS' mission to provide data certainty started with co-founders, Alasdair Moore and James Briers, pioneering the approach to deliver 100% certainty
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# Certain From the Start

### For data trust, you need data certainty

Back in 2015, IDS founders James Briers had a vision to create a suite of solutions raising the bar in terms of data quality and testing.

Fast forward to 2025. The world has only become more complex, more risky, more highly regulated, not less.

 Industry competitors are looking not only for digital transformation and innovation to set them apart, but for absolute trust in the data underpinning their operations.

For data trust, you need data certainty. That's why we've relaunched with a new mission, vision and values. We promise to deliver 100% data certainty, through 100% of any transformation, 100% of the time.

Whether you're a major bank, implementing a composable ERP architecture, a pharmaceutical moving to the cloud, or public sector organization that needs to reduce risk, and save time and money within your technology stack, IDS will partner with you to remove manual processes and de-risk data transformation, migration and quality assurance.

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## 50%

reduction in time and costs for clients

## 150

digital transformation projects 

## $500m

worth of data management projects

## 100%

certainty at each stage of the data journey.

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### Our Mission

### Meet our Founder

James Briers

 

### James Briers

Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer

James has worked with specialist consultancy firms and delivered on major programs for Barclays, HSBC and the NHS before launching IDS and pioneering iData and the Kovenant™ Methodology.

[Find out about the **KOVENANT™** methodology ](https://intelligent-ds.com/methodology)

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