About us

Jude Mahoney
As co-founder of Elisto, I’ve always been committed to agile delivery. I realised early on that I lived and breathed the ideals and philosophical tenets of it not just at work, but at home too. Unusual as that may seem, the reality of open, honest transparent interactions, combined with breaking large problems down into smaller ones just made sense. 

I’m a passionate advocate for establishing close knit teams that value honesty, simplicity and integrity as their foundations, whilst working at an enterprise level to educate and guide senior management teams through agile transformations. I spent well over a decade working as an agile BA and scrum master, and this, combined with my long term understanding of agile processes means that my approach is very delivery and work focussed.

Equally, I love setting up businesses and helping others do the same, mainly because despite the fact that they're hard work, they can be a wonderful vehicle to wealth and prosperity. I was a STEM Ambassador for almost a decade, and thoroughly enjoyed helping younger members of society find their way into the tech industry.

Outside of work I am a keen medievalist, fencer, author (historical fiction), musician, and enjoy the tranquility of the English countryside. 

 

Kelly Mahoney

I have long had a fascination with people, I can't help but people watch when I'm out and about. It's this fascination that led me to work in behavioural research, initially for the police, and latterly with various public sector bodies as a user researcher. 

When Jude and I met and combined our deep knowledge of agile, people and research it made absolute sense for us to combine forces (we are technically married, which made it easier). I have extensive experience working in research for large public sector bodies and enjoy the focussed approach to learning more about users needs and how they align to government policy.

In my spare time I enjoy gardening, especially growing flowers and vegetables.