About DVS

When it matters, we are in the room with you.

A UK-based team that works alongside you in person, with a senior point of contact who knows your numbers from the first scoping call through to final handover.

We are

Your PE data & AI partner

We are a data consultancy that helps you answer your business's biggest questions. We go beyond top-line recommendations to give decision makers an end-to-end data strategy, bringing detailed numerical insight and big-picture commercial context together in one place.

Most options force a choice between strategy consultants who do not work with the data and data scientists who work in isolation, with the insight that matters lost at each handover. We hold both together, so nothing is lost between them. At every stage we revisit, reiterate and refine, to ensure the work continues to find you value.

Why we're different

Most providers sit at one end. We span the whole spectrum.

Strategy consultantsAnalyticsData engineers

Strategy consultancies

Hand you the recommendation, but never touch the data. The insight dies in the handover to whoever has to build it.

Data engineers

Deliver the warehouse and the dashboards, but stop short of the commercial question you actually bought them for.

DVS spans the whole spectrum

The commercial question shapes how the data is built, and the data feeds straight back into the answer. We speak ARR cubes, snowballs, hold cycles and DD because PE is what we specialise in.

01 · Presence

In person, where it counts.

Being UK-based is more than a location. It means we can be at the table with your team, in your offices, for the discussions where the most important questions are raised. We remain reachable and accountable throughout, and the people you meet are the people who do the work.

02 · Experience

Experienced where it matters.

Our team has built its experience at firms including IBM, OC&C, Deloitte, KPMG, Strategy& and QuantSpark, across finance, strategy, analytics and data engineering. Experienced leaders scope and stay close to every engagement, supported by a capable analytics and engineering team that carries out the detailed work.

Where our people built it
IBM·OC&C·Deloitte·KPMG·Strategy&·QuantSpark·Monitor Deloitte·SellerX
Our team

A group of strategists, analysts and engineers.

Experienced in the questions that matter to you.

Leadership
David Whitcombe
Managing Director

David Whitcombe

Ten years of consulting experience across IBM, OC&C and DVS. His favourite projects always have an element of price optimisation and experimentation. Outside the business, he leads a local Scout group, helping a team of 20 adults deliver skills for life to over 50 young people in Bermondsey.

Ciro García Agulló
Manager

Ciro García Agulló

An experienced strategist from both strategy consulting and in-house strategy, at Monitor Deloitte and SellerX. He brings deep domain expertise in e-commerce and the Amazon space from his time at SellerX, an Amazon aggregator. Out of hours you will find him watching an F1 race, supporting Real Madrid, or on a tennis, pádel or football court.

Patrick Duffy
Manager

Patrick Duffy

Five years of consulting experience across QuantSpark and DVS, focused on foundational and commercial analytics for PE-backed businesses. At DVS he leads our proposition for building data platforms for B2B SaaS clients. You can find him playing football on Hackney Marshes, cricket in Southwark, or gardening.

Gabriella Fryman
Finance and Operations Lead

Gabriella Fryman

Ten years of finance experience, from audit and operational finance through to financial planning and analysis. In her free time she enjoys chasing her dog around the woods and baking, usually something with chocolate.

What people ask first

Questions we hear before we start.

A senior lead scopes your engagement and stays close to it throughout, so you always have a senior point of contact who understands your numbers.

Thirty minutes, and we will be in the room with you.