Skip to content

Where Sector Experience meets Technical Brilliance

AiVII was born from a frustration shared by too many education leaders: “We’ve got the data, but we can’t use it properly.”

Our story is one of a frustrated senior leader from the apprenticeship sector wanting to overcome a challenge he faced for his entire career, joining forces with an experience CTO with the drive passion and ability to interpret the vision and make it reality.

Complimenting the co-founding partnership are Thinq24, our development partners making the magic happen.

Two male founders Ben Ellison 42 athletic build and Chris Hodgens 51 more overweight build with a load of spreadsheets and a tv showing data dashboards between them trying to figure out how to move the data on the spreadsheets into the data dashboard

Our team

Meet the awesome folks who make all of this possible day to day

Ben Ellison

Ben Ellison - Founder & CEO

With a deep understanding of data-driven decision-making, funding compliance, and operational strategy,

Ben has led initiatives that enhance learner engagement, retention, and success, leveraging his extensive industry knowledge to support apprenticeship providers in optimising their operations.

His expertise in sales strategy, CRM tools, automation, and digital transformation ensures that AiVII delivers innovative, practical, and impactful data solutions for training providers.

Chris Hodgens, Co-Founder, CTO

Chris Hodgens - Co-Founder & CTO

Extensive experience in technology and data analytics.

Chris has led technology functions for major global financial businesses such as Credit Suisse and ABN AMRO.

His experience in technology and data functions will ensure that AiVII remains at the forefront of innovation, data security and exceptional user experience.

thinq24_logo (1)

Thinq24 - Development Partner

ThinQ24 have joined EdvanceIQ as our founding software development partners. With strong experience in web app, mobile app and and data analytics portal development, they were the perfect match for our vision for AiVII. 

With their design, build, innovate and transform approach, we are delighted to have them supporting us.

Our mission

Our mission is to redefine the use of data in education by providing insightful, user-friendly tools that drive innovation and improvement.

Our values

Innovation

Embrace creativity and forward-thinking to inspire customers

Integrity

Operate with honesty, transparency, and ethical standards in all dealings

Empathy

Demonstrate compassionate and genuine desire to support each other

Join our team

Let's work on great things together and enjoy all the perks of Elevate.
Explore exciting opportunities and be a part of a dynamic and innovative work environment