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The engineers of world-class property software services and infrastructure.
Technology Blueprint (TBL) has revolutionised how letting agents operate.
Meet the team
Vik Tara
Chief Technology Officer
A genuine PropTech entrepreneur, Vik is a well-known innovator and influencer within the property sector.
Read BioStuart Ledwich
Chief Product Officer
One of the original founders of TBL. Stuart has an ability to immerse himself in a challenge and create market-leading technical solutions.
Read BioMark Howlett
Chief Commercial Officer
Mark and Stuart grew up together. Combining their individual expertise to deliver cutting-edge technical solutions.
Read BioRichard Cox
Chief Financial Officer
With 15 years of extensive experience in high-growth software companies.
Read BioMunish Khurmi
Head of Delivery
20 years in IT Delivery with 15 years leading web projects for Halford.
Read BioVik Tara
A genuine PropTech entrepreneur, Vik is a well-known innovator and influencer within the property sector. A leader in building smart solutions that have fuelled the digital transformation and first-to-market when it comes to solving problems through intelligent design.
His core passion is technology, something which started at a young age. Faced with everyday challenges he taught himself to design and program his own solutions. This drive is as strong today as it has always been.
As the owner of a number of estate agencies across the UK, he has a thorough understanding of the market. His passion for technology combined with his in-depth knowledge has delivered game-changing solutions for many businesses.
Technology Blueprint (TBL) designed and delivered the market-leading PropCo software. Vik is also the founder of TechBlue Software. A fast-growing software company which offers bespoke consultancy and support to global companies.
He has been recognised on the national stage for his achievements and dedication to the industry. Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2018 UK PropTech Associations Awards.
Adam Blaxter Paliwala
Bringing a pragmatic approach to the deployment of next-generation technology, Adam combines a technical and analytical academic background with a passion for futurism, social systems, and data analysis.
Technology Blueprint innovation committee chair and head of programs, Adam attends to the fast-moving global PropTech marketplace and its relationship to the broader tech landscape.
Instrumental to change at TBL, Adam has implemented detail-driven design principles based on the vital importance of human user experience in digital transformation.
Co-founder of PropTech start-up Rentr, Adam also holds a range of consultancy positions with a number of leading property and technology firms, and since 2019 has served as Director for the not-for-profit UK PropTech Association (UKPA).
Stuart Ledwich
One of the original founders of TBL. Stuart has an ability to immerse himself in a business challenge and create market-leading technical solutions. Growing and evolving the platforms to ensure they remain relevant to the market.
In his early career, he worked as a contract programmer. Constantly presented with problems that he needed to solve. This included work for Essex County Council on a multi-million-pound analytics infra-red engineering project. As well as for the Government to create data logging software to score the quality of food production.
Responsible for writing the original PropCo software and updating the platform as new operating systems emerged. Credibility for this ground-breaking solution rapidly increased when it was commercially endorsed by the President of ARLA.
He now spends his time on steering PropTech to focus on the next big development. Combining his property management expertise with savvy technical know-how.
Mark Howlett
A co-founder of TBL Mark and Stuart grew up together. Combining their individual expertise to deliver cutting-edge technical solutions. His approach has shaped the evolution of PropTech and revolutionised processes to deliver outstanding customer experiences based on his in-depth knowledge of the property industry.
His career started in the construction industry as a Procurement Manager. Managing multi-million-pound budgets he learnt how to operate a lean supply chain by building efficient processes.
Skilled in identifying key market challenges and translating these into technical next-generation solutions. He has a unique ability to convey complex ideas to support our research and development. A leader in engineering PropTech services to enhance the commercial landscape through continued investment in new products.
Driven by a questioning mindset he is constantly looking for the simplest way to solve a problem. Challenging the technical team to deliver solutions that are integral to futureproofing your business.
Deepak Chandrababu
Responsible for setting up the offshore operation of TBL he manages the talent and expertise of our Outsourcing Division. Working alongside clients in the UK to increase efficiencies and reduce costs. He originally joined TBL as a consultant with a view to developing the International centre outside Delhi.
He started his career by growing the Studenthomes offering across the Midlands, one of the first dedicated Student Letting brands. Instrumental in growing an estate agency based in Leamington Spa, this management level responsibility was a precursor to him joining TBL.
A passionate speaker on all things PropTech, he aspires to be on TED. As a University of Warwick graduate and with a strong sense of social responsibility, he is always looking for ways to contribute back into the local community.
Manish Sharma
Head of Product for Technology Blueprint’s flagship suite of property software – PropCo Enterprise, Propco Web, Customer Portals & apps.
He started his journey with TBL in 2005 and has donned several hats over the last 15 years while working with us. From remotely coordinating the offshore support team based in India to training customers, generating new business, requirement gathering and specifications as a business analyst, and a brief but successful stint in project management.
He is responsible for creating, developing, evaluating, defining and promoting product vision in engagement with the stakeholders. He has a deep well of knowledge of the lettings processes gained from working at the coal-face over the years and has a fairly solid understanding of client requirements, market development & trends including competition, innovation & backlog.
Additionally, Manish has a wealth of experience in desiging bespoke training programmes for customers and has hundreds of hours under his belt delivering face-to-face training, workshops & demos. He is also responsible for producing training assets and providing advice and consultancy, both internally & externally, on the best-practice use of the system and continues to oversee the delivery of training into our clients.
He studied Maths & Computing as part of an international foundation programme at the University of Middlesex followed by a BSc. (Honours) degree in Computer Communications & Networks from University of Westminster, London.
Outside of work, he loves spending time with his two lovely & lively daughters who are the source of his pride and joy.
Munish Khurmi
As the man who makes the client’s vision become a reality, Munish delivers world-class results, working on every project as the link between TBL’s IT team and our clients.
He has over 20 years of experience delivering business transformation across the full software lifecycle, for global brands like Halfords, EDS and Accenture.
Munish has successfully overseen strategic portfolio plans delivering an average of 65 tech projects per year with capital spend of £20m+, for clients with as many as 5,000 staff spread over 800 sites. If you are an ambitious real estate firm looking to scale, Munish has got your tech infrastructure needs covered, so you can focus on growth.
Richard Cox
Eric Darling
Spearheading a consultative approach to ensure that TBL’s clients are offered the very best solution for their needs – for today and tomorrow. Eric has an outstanding level of expertise within the SaaS space.
With over 20 years’ experience in selling digital solutions to enterprise clients, he has developed a keen eye for identifying key business requirements and translating them into effective software solutions.
His passion for strategic planning, reporting and data analysis drives ongoing software improvement and innovation, to ensure that clients are always delighted. Eric’s strong communication skills and problem-solving focus ensure that TBL’s software solutions exceed expectations and drive business success for clients.
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Client stories
PropCo has proved itself to be the best in class, most tried and tested platform for our business. Utilising cutting-edge technology like PropCo helps our people work to the best of their abilities and ultimately leads to the customer being the winner.
Michael Cook
MD of Leaders Romans Group
PropCo has enabled us to drastically improve the bottom line. Our customers can now find not only their statements, they can also look back through the Landlord Login, not dissimilar to internet banking, all from our perspective to be completely transparent to our customers and provide better value for money.
PropCo is a dynamic company who very much have a can do attitude based on their teams both in the UK and overseas. They really have thought about the technology, they’ve listened to customers, and they’ve developed a package that really does fit the 21st Century
Peter Fuller
Romans Lettings
We went to TBL for assistance in setting up a private KVM cloud infrastructure as well as converting physical and VMware machines. The TBS team are knowledgeable, friendly and hardworking.
They have managed to provide an infrastructure that fits our company’s needs and I am very happy with the continual support supplied by them. I would recommend their KVM support to anyone who is looking for virtual infrastructure with reliable affordable support.
Paul Malkowski
I.T. Manager
I came to the outsourcing team of TBL with the aim of overcoming the following business challenges – High Accountant fees in UK, unstructured business processes, requirement to expand resources on the bookkeeping front to name a few.
It’s safe to say that in the 2 years that I have been their client, they have managed to satisfy my needs as a client along with providing a professional level of service. Their bookkeeping tasks especially has been a life saver giving me the freedom to pass this service to my franchisees.
Scott Rowlinson
WT Midlands
Right from the start, TBL impressed us with their efficient and professional manner – an approach that not only inspired confidence, but generated the results we were looking for.
CodeBusters.es S.L. needed additional resources in various projects and by partnering with TBL, we have been able to give courses to the TBL staff in our specific development areas and then use these fully qualified resources in our client projects. Nice!
Thorsten Scherler
CODE BUSTERS