We help companies become a destination for neurodivergent talent.

Since 2011, we have partnered with clients wanting a neurodiverse workplace by providing inclusion
and technology solutions that benefit from our autistic DNA.
An auticon consultant works at her desk

auticon is an award-winning social innovation company

As an autistic-majority company, we’re a resource for talent. We integrate our technology consultants into client companies, performing as software developers, data analysts, QA engineers, and more. Clients experience our outstanding autistic professionals first-hand, opening minds and achieving diversity goals.

Our model improves the economic and social conditions of the autistic community with quality careers, unlocking opportunity, and empowering client companies through actionable neurodiversity training and advisory services. Here, our employees build lifelong careers in technology, discovering personal autonomy and improved self-esteem.

Through auticon Labs, we utilize an entrepreneurial mindset to develop commercial technology solutions to social and environmental challenges faced by autistic professionals, helping them to succeed in the workplace.

Changing lives together

Results from our annual Impact Report show that auticon succeeds as a result of its neurodiversity. Most of our autistic team members are hired out of two years of unemployment and the value that a career adds to their life is significant. Despite this, estimates suggest less than 22% of autistic people are in any form of meaningful employment that aligns to their educational achievements.

auticon taps into this potential by employing autistic adults as technology consultants. Autistic employees are supported by job coaches and project managers, producing a win-win-win situation for clients, consultants, as well as society. 

Improved quality of life87%
Feel supported at work92%
Feel more confident79%
Feel they can be their authentic self at work82%
auticon logo

Our mission

As a social enterprise, we are on a mission to improve the employment prospects of neurodivergent people by:

  • providing high-quality technology careers to autistic adults
  • shifting perceptions of autistic people in the workplace
  • acting as a catalyst for change by bringing neurodiversity education to client workforces

Our values

  • We put people first and cultivate our team spirit
  • We prize individual difference
  • We operate a commercially sustainable business
  • We change perceptions by delivering excellence
An auticon consultant and a job coach have a friendly conversation in the office

Autism is not a processing error,
it's a different operating system.

Want to know how we can transform your business through neurodiversity?

U.S. Leadership Team

Headshot of David Aspinall

David Aspinall

Chief Executive Officer

David has served as CEO of auticon US since 2020. He is responsible for overseeing the further market development of auticon in the U.S. to create more job opportunities for autistic professionals in the technology space. Prior to joining auticon, David was an executive in a Fortune 10 brand at AT&T, where he spent nearly 12 years, including time leading the telecommunication giant’s Canadian operations. He also served as Regional President, South for Sprint in Texas. More recently, David worked as an operating executive with various private equity firms specializing in scaling businesses and revenue growth.

David holds an MBA from Texas Christian University M.J. Neeley School of Business and a BA with Honors from The University of Sheffield. He is the 2022-23 Member Engagement Officer for YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), a global organization of 30,000 members across 142 countries.

Ivette Marina

Ivette Marina

Chief Operations Officer

Ivette has over 15 years of experience in social impact work. She received her BA at the University of California, Los Angeles in International Development Studies and worked in the non-profit sector for over 10 years. She has held senior leadership roles encompassing operations, program development, implementation, and execution.

Headshot of Isha Dash

Isha Dash

Chief Customer Officer

Isha has over 20 years of business and technology experience across various domains including media, entertainment, finance, utilities, and biomedicine. In her role as Chief Customer Officer at auticon, Isha is responsible for career development of autistic technologists and enabling customers to achieve their business outcomes by utilizing auticon’s autistic talents.

Headshot of Lauren Gross

Lauren Gross

Account Manager

Lauren has over 10 years of experience in relationship management and business development for the recruiting industry. She has had a successful career supporting technical talent acquisition across multiple industries. Lauren is a certified career coach and has worked for years with the autism community.

Headshot of Louise Stone

Louise Stone

Head of Recruitment and Community Partnerships

Louise leads recruitment and community partnerships for auticon in the U.S. Since joining auticon three years ago, she has been at the helm of our autism-friendly recruitment process, leading to the launch of multiple new business markets, the development of a “ready to work” community, and massive growth for the company.

Headshot of Kiri Oliver

Kiri Oliver

Marketing Manager

Kiri has over 10 years of experience in marketing and communications across the nonprofit, research, policy, social service, and health care sectors. Most recently, her work focused on improving health equity and creating healthy environments for people of all ages.

Headshot of Evan Bierman

Evan Bierman

Finance Manager

Evan brings to auticon years of management experience and a background in accounts receivable, audit and finance. Prior to auticon, Evan worked in various roles for one of the largest multi-employer pension funds in the US. In 2018, he received his MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

International investors

"Businesses like auticon are true trailblazers!" - Sir Richard Branson

Investors include Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group Ltd., Felix and Susanne Porsche, Ananda Impact Ventures, Ferd AS, Autism Impact Fund, and Ferst Capital Partners.

Our story

auticon was founded in Berlin in 2011 by a father wanting better employment opportunities for his autistic son. Autistic professionals were employed as quality assurance consultants, debugging websites and applications. As Managing Director of a small investment firm, Kurt Schöffer was approached by Ananda Social Venture Fund, who invited him to partner in creating Germany’s first social impact fund. The fund’s first investment was in auticon, where Kurt served as an advisor on the fund’s behalf. For Kurt, this was an opportunity to apply his business acumen to solve the social issue of rising unemployment among autistic adults, who often possess STEM skills applicable in a range of technology careers. After three months as an advisor, Kurt accepted a role as auticon’s Group CEO, later developing its six German office locations and expanding into Paris and London. The company added major clients such as BMW and Allianz, and new technology consulting services.

In 2016, Sir Richard Branson’s investment brought international attention to the company as it expanded into Italy and Switzerland. In 2018 auticon acquired two North American autism employers: MindSpark in Los Angeles and Meticulon in Calgary, later adding clients such as Salesforce and Deloitte and surpassing 200+ autistic employees globally. In 2019, auticon opened in Australia with one of the island’s largest employers, Woolworths.

Today, the company operates as the world’s largest autistic-majority technology company, with approximately 400 employees in eight countries, including 300 on the autism spectrum.

Connect with one of our global offices

Australia

Level 35, Tower One Barangaroo Int. Towers Sydney, 100 Barangaroo Ave,
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Ph: +61 (0) 2 8046 3904

Email: info-aus@auticon.com

Canada

Suite 300, 3820 – 24th Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta T3B 2X9, Canada
Tel +1 403-660-2819

Email: info@auticon.ca

France

38 Rue des Mathurins, 75008,
Paris, France
Tel +33 (0)1 77 93 25 42

Email: contact@auticonsult.fr

Germany

Baierbrunner Str. 15,
81379 München, Germany
Tel+49 89 20060680

Email: info@auticon.de

Italy

Via Antonio Stradivari, 4
(ang. Piazza Argentina) 20131 Milano, Italia
Tel +39 02 4770 9056

Email: info@auticon.it

Switzerland

Löwenstrasse 42, 8001
Zürich, Switzerland
Tel +41 44 597 77 71
Email: info@auticon.ch

United Kingdom

18 Crucifix Lane, London, England SE1 3JW
Tel +44 (0) 2032 9090 28

Email: info@auticon.co.uk

United States

21021 Ventura Blvd. Suite 220, 
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Tel +1 310 396-9292

Email: info@auticon.us

Announcements

Cover of auticon's 10 year impact report from 2021

Autistic Tech Employer Demonstrates Power of Social Innovation in New Impact Report

auticon today released its annual Impact Report, illustrating how its model of social innovation is...
Read More
Illustration of a woman jumping over a hurdle outdoors

New report from Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada

According to a recent report by Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada, employers need to do...
Read More
autism impact fund logo

Autism Impact Fund leads investment round in auticon

The Autism Impact Fund (AIF), whose mission is to revolutionize the status quo for diagnosing,...
Read More
Skip to content