End-user champion
Good systems need to work for the people who use them. Progon IT pays attention to workflow, usability, adoption and the practical realities of day-to-day operations.
About
About Progon IT Limited
A practical technology company shaped by long-term hands-on delivery, steady learning and a strong interest in how systems help people work better.
Background
Created for practical technology work.
Progon IT Limited was created in 1997 by Shola Ogunde and has been used across contracting, freelance work, consulting and wider IT services. Its work has always been grounded in practical delivery: understanding what an organisation needs, building usable systems and making sure technology supports real business activity.
The company draws on experience across financial services, retail and commercial organisations, including work on business applications, workflow systems, messaging platforms, trade capture, reporting, integration and data migration. That delivery background now supports advisory and hands-on work across software, data, cloud and AI-enabled solutions.
The aim is not to promote technology for its own sake. The aim is to help organisations make better decisions, modernise sensibly and build systems that are maintainable, secure and useful to the people who rely on them.
How the work has evolved
From early business systems to cloud, data and AI.
The technical journey behind Progon IT has moved with the industry. It began with early business programming in Visual Basic, VBA, Microsoft Access and SQL Server, then developed into C#/.NET, web applications, enterprise integration and data-intensive systems for major organisations.
Over time, the focus expanded into Azure, cloud data platforms, data engineering, migration support and secure analytics. More recently, it has extended into AI-enabled application architecture, Azure AI services, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, LLM integration patterns, RAG, orchestration and practical AI governance.
Certifications have been part of that learning pattern, used as a way to build a broad and current view of the technologies rather than as a substitute for practical judgement.
Working principles
Technology with people in mind.
Commercially aware delivery
Architecture and implementation choices are considered in the context of business value, cost, risk, delivery constraints and long-term maintainability.
Learning and mentoring
The company values knowledge sharing. Shola has also branched into mentoring through a formal mentoring programme, helping others develop confidence and make better use of technology.
Experience base
Practical foundations
- Senior software engineering and technical leadership
- C#/.NET, SQL Server, Azure, APIs and integration
- Web applications supporting workflow, reporting and business processes
- Messaging systems, trade capture, reconciliation, MI and reporting platforms
- Azure data platforms, Synapse, Data Factory, Data Lake and data migration
- AI-enabled application architecture and responsible AI considerations
Current focus
Where Progon IT can help
- Technology advisory and fractional leadership support
- Senior hands-on software, data and cloud delivery
- Cloud and data platform modernisation
- Practical AI adoption, governance and AI-enabled application architecture
- Legacy system review, integration and modernisation planning
Talk to Progon IT
Need experienced judgement on a technical decision?
Get in touch to discuss advisory, fractional leadership, senior delivery, cloud, data or AI-enabled application support.