Custom software & AI for operations

Software that keeps businesses moving.

We design and build reliable custom software, integrations and AI-powered solutions for companies with complex operations.

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect–led · Cloud-native by default
Trusted software partner for growing businesses
Custom Software Azure & Cloud-Native System Integration AI & Automation

What we build

Deep expertise where software meets real operations.

01

Logistics & Transportation

Booking, parcel tracking, operations, customer service and management platforms for companies that move people and goods.

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02

Business Applications

Custom web and mobile applications built around real operational workflows — not off-the-shelf software you have to bend your business around.

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03

AI & Automation

AI assistants that answer, book and support customers on your website, WhatsApp or by voice — plus workflow automation, document processing and operational intelligence.

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Selected work · Knutsford Express

The digital backbone of a national coach & courier operator.

Logistics & TransportWeb · Mobile · AIAzure

For Knutsford Express — Jamaica's leading city-to-city passenger and courier company — we design, build and run the software that powers the entire operation. From the public booking website to back-office reservations, courier logistics, self-service kiosks, native mobile apps and an AI assistant, it's one connected platform behind a business that moves people and packages across the island every day.

30+Branches & pickup points
iOS + AndroidPassenger apps, published
8Integrated systems
24/7AI assistant · chat, WhatsApp & voice
Live

AI Booking Assistant

AI · Web Chat · WhatsApp · Voice

Conversational AI that books trips, answers questions and handles fares through a website chat widget, WhatsApp and voice — around the clock, wired into the live booking system.

Live

Reservation & Operations Platform

Web app

Bookings, call centre, dispatch, standby and kiosk check-in across every branch — plus fleet, fuel, accounting and audited reporting in one back office.

Live

Courier & Package Portal

Web app

Parcel pickup, receiving, tracking and real-time push notifications for island-wide courier operations, with full comment and audit logs.

Live

Public Website & Booking

Umbraco CMS

The customer-facing site: online booking, courier tracking, offers, accounts and investor relations — all content-managed on Umbraco.

Live

Passenger Mobile Apps

iOS & Android

Book trips to 18 destinations, airport transfers, schedules, fares and reward points — published on the App Store and Google Play.

Live

Warehouse Operations App

Mobile

A dedicated mobile app running day-to-day warehouse operations behind the courier network — receiving, sorting and dispatch.

Live

Self-Service Kiosks

In-terminal

Passenger self-service for booking, check-in and booking changes — plus courier package pickup and pre-registration for sending — on kiosks at the terminals.

Live

Smart Locker Integration

Courier · IoT

Integrated locker drop-off and pickup for courier — customers send and collect parcels from smart lockers, wired into the courier system.

Product engineering · TruShipment

Logistics SaaSMulti-tenantBackend Engineering

The engineering behind a global logistics SaaS platform

We build and run the backend that powers TruShipment — a white-label, multi-tenant SaaS platform that lets couriers and freight forwarders run their entire business from one place: shipments, warehousing, deliveries, POS, sales and accounting. A live, subscription product serving logistics businesses worldwide.

Multi-tenant SaaS White-label Custom API integration Cloud-scaled
Shipment trackingMulti-branchDelivery appPOSInventorySales analyticsAgent administrationDiscounts

Azure consultancy · SmartHOTEL

Travel & Hospitality TechAzure ArchitectureSystem Design

Azure architecture & system design for a European hotel-tech platform

We provide Azure architecture and system-design consultancy for SmartHOTEL, an established Dutch hotel-technology company — shaping how their channel manager, payments and booking engines are architected to scale and stay reliable: the high-throughput, real-time systems that keep rates, availability and reservations in sync for hotels around the world.

Azure cloud architecture System & solution design Scalability & resilience Real-time distribution
Channel ManagerBooking EnginePaymentsOTA syncPMS integrationGDSRate & availabilityPCI-DSS
The SmartHOTEL platform, in numbers
1,800+
Hotels served
10+
Countries
160+
OTA / PMS / GDS integrations
Real-time
Rate & availability sync

Shipped & live

Native apps we design, build and publish — live in the stores.

Two apps are live for Knutsford Express, published under Innovate Software — one for passengers, one for courier & packages — on both iOS and Android.

Measurable results

We're judged on what changes in the business, not lines of code.

24/7
Customer coverage with no added headcount
60%
Of repetitive enquiries handled automatically
<2s
Average AI response time to a customer
15+
Years building software for complex operations

Technology & cloud

Azure-first. Cloud-native. Microsoft certified.

We build cloud-native applications and solutions on Microsoft Azure — architected to scale, stay reliable and cost less to run. As a Microsoft Certified team, proven cloud architecture is built into every project, not bolted on afterwards.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Led by a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Our practice is led by a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, so your solution is designed on Azure best practices from day one — with security, scalability and cost built in from the start.

  • Cloud-native architecture & design
  • Secure, scalable Azure deployments
  • Cost-aware, right-sized infrastructure

Azure services we build on

The building blocks behind reliable, cloud-native solutions.

App ServiceAzure FunctionsContainer AppsAKSAzure SQLCosmos DBService BusBlob StorageAzure OpenAIMicrosoft Entra IDApplication Insights

Cloud platform

Microsoft AzureApp ServiceAzure FunctionsContainer AppsAKSAzure SQL

Cloud-native foundations

Containers & DockerMicroservicesServerlessInfrastructure as CodeCI / CDObservability

Languages & frameworks

C# / .NETTypeScriptPythonReactNode.js

AI & automation

Azure OpenAILLM agentsWorkflow automationDocument AIWhatsApp / Twilio

How we work

A partnership, from first conversation to running in production.

01

Understand the operation

We start with how your business actually runs — the workflows, the edge cases, the bottlenecks — before we write anything.

02

Design the solution

A clear plan and architecture: what we build, how it integrates, and the measurable outcome it's aimed at.

03

Build & integrate

Reliable, well-structured software shipped in working increments and connected to the systems you already rely on.

04

Run & improve

We keep it running, monitored and improving — with support plans that match how critical the system is to you.

Gregory Shaw
Founder & Lead Architect
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
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Leadership

Led by a hands-on Azure architect.

Innovate Software is founded and led by Gregory Shaw — a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, based in Rotterdam. He leads architecture and delivery across every engagement, from cloud design and system architecture to hands-on .NET development — the throughline that keeps each client's solution scalable, secure and built to last.

Let's talk

Let's build something that moves your business forward.

Tell us about your operation and what's slowing it down. We'll tell you honestly whether — and how — software can help.

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