Minerva Consultancy & Solution Services

Where strategy meets
delivery — in environments
where failure is not an option.

Enterprise architecture and business analysis for the UK's most complex, safety-critical and highly regulated industries. Defence. Aerospace. Nuclear. Rail.

Bridging the gap between leadership, business and technology — where it matters most.

Start a Conversation Our Capabilities
25+
Years Delivering
£500M+
Value Attributed
£72M
Programme Led
MOD · RR · HO
Organisations Served
Sectors
Defence & Military Aerospace Civil & Military Nuclear Rail & Transport Government & Public Sector Cyber & Intelligence

About Minerva

The bridge between what leadership needs and what technology delivers

Most technology programmes fail not because of bad technology — but because nobody in the room can translate between the people who set strategy and the people who build systems.


Minerva was founded by Jim Pike, an Enterprise Architect and Business Analyst with over 25 years operating at the intersection of complex programme delivery, defence, and digital innovation — across organisations where precision is non-negotiable.


We work in environments where the stakes are high, the stakeholders are demanding, and the consequences of getting it wrong are significant. That's exactly where we add the most value.

"I help organisations stop wasting money on technology that doesn't talk to each other — and build programmes that actually land."

Jim Pike — Founder, Minerva Consultancy & Solution Services

TOGAF 9.2 Certified Enterprise Architect
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC 4.6)
ISEB BCS Business Analysis Diploma
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
MBCS — Professional Member, BCS
Former Rolls-Royce plc — Digital Innovation Lead
MOD — Enterprise Architect

What We Do

Capabilities that work at programme scale

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Enterprise Architecture
Defining and governing programme-level architecture across regulated enterprise environments — from identity and access frameworks to capability roadmaps and transition architectures.
TOGAF Capability Modelling Transition Architecture Regulated Environments
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Business Analysis & Requirements
Eliciting, structuring and managing complex requirements across multi-stakeholder environments. Backlog development, process modelling (UML/BPMN), gap analysis and delivery roadmapping.
UML BPMN User Stories Jira
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Agile Transformation
Embedding SAFe and agile practices into organisations accustomed to waterfall. Target Operating Model design, team coaching, and the critical boundary between strategic funding and agile delivery.
SAFe Scrum TOM Design Change Mgmt
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Digital & Data Strategy
Identifying and delivering untapped value from data. AI, ML, IoT and analytics strategy through to delivered prototypes — proven at scale across defence, aerospace and manufacturing.
AI/ML IoT Azure Data Architecture
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Cyber & Security Architecture
Defining cyber security architecture and governance across complex regulated environments — from security design authority establishment to operational technology analysis and multinational information sharing frameworks.
Security Architecture OT Security Governance Regulated Environments
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Drone Survey Services
Professional aerial survey and inspection using enterprise-grade multi-sensor platforms — thermal imaging, high-resolution visual, and photogrammetry. CAA compliant, insured, and operationally experienced across land and infrastructure.
Thermal Imaging Photogrammetry CAA Compliant Multi-Sensor

Track Record

Delivered at the highest levels

A career defined by operating where complexity, stakes and scrutiny are highest — and delivering anyway.

01
£500M+
R2 Data Labs — Rolls-Royce Digital
Designed the Agile Target Operating Model enabling Rolls-Royce's 600-person digital division to deliver value from day one. Led data analytics teams delivering attributable cost avoidance across Defence, Aerospace and Manufacturing.
02
£72M
UK National Assistance Programme — Libya
Structured and led the UK's National Assistance Programme to Libya — working alongside senior Military and Diplomatic leadership in a complex, high-pressure multinational environment.
03
£25M
Rolls-Royce Submarines IT Portfolio
Led the Business Analysis team across a £25M IT portfolio spanning nuclear submarine programme delivery, highly regulated networks, and infrastructure projects.
04
MOD Defence Digital — Complex Programme Architecture
Defining programme architecture and governance for a multinational solution spanning multiple UK departments — cohering stakeholder understanding and sequencing delivery across a complex enterprise.
05
MOD — Multinational Information Sharing Framework
Structured and prioritised a complex UK programme to deliver and rationalise elements of a multinational information sharing framework — from national policy through to technical standards.
06
Intelligent Ship — Rolls-Royce Marine IoT Platform
Led the agile business analysis enabling delivery of Rolls-Royce Marine's asset intelligence IoT platform on MS Azure, managing global stakeholder community and international development teams.

Defence & Innovation

Operating at the frontier of UK defence capability

Minerva is actively engaged in the UK's Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA) and innovation ecosystem — bringing enterprise architecture thinking to next-generation capability development.

Counter-Autonomous Systems
Active engagement with UK defence innovation channels — developing novel capability concepts to address emerging operational gaps in force protection against autonomous and remotely operated threats.
Next Generation Combat Air
Architecture and security posture definition for a major multinational combat air programme — a strategically significant UK-led capability of national importance.
Cyber & Information Architecture
Defining architecture and governance frameworks for complex cyber security and information sharing programmes across UK defence and government — from policy to technical standards.
Secure Communications
Innovation concept bridging commercial device capability and defence-grade secure communications requirements — developed for operationally constrained environments.
Defence Credentials
MOD — Multiple Programmes
UK Defence Digital
Aerospace & Nuclear Sector
Multinational Programmes
UKDI / DASA Engagement
25+ Years Regulated Environments

Ventures & Innovation

Building what the next decade needs

Beyond consultancy, Minerva is actively developing two innovation ventures — a field-ready wildlife management platform and a secure communications architecture concept. Both emerge directly from operational experience in highly regulated, high-consequence environments.

Landscape-Scale Deer & Wildlife Management
Herne
"The horned hunter of English woodland — guardian of the forest and the chase."
herne.io
Effective deer management cannot be achieved at the estate boundary. Deer populations move across landscapes — and the ecological, liability and statutory obligations that follow them demand coordination, intelligence and decision-making at the same scale. Herne is an enterprise SaaS platform purpose-built for landscape-scale deer management — connecting the enterprise decision layer, land management teams, and field operatives into a single, closed-loop intelligence system across any number of estates, boundaries and landholdings.
Decision Layer — Landscape-Scale Deer Management Plan — population targets, cull quotas, ecological objectives and compliance obligations set across entire landscapes, driving all activity below
Management Layer — Land Agents & Estates — multi-estate portfolio dashboards, consolidated population intelligence, statutory reporting and audit trails for regulatory bodies
Field Layer — Stalkers as Sensor & Effector — live sighting data, cull records, location and conditions feed upward in real time; cull tasking and plan targets flow downward to the field
Landscape-Scale Population Intelligence — aggregated field data drives population modelling, movement analysis and ecological insight across boundaries, landholdings and entire deer management regions
Aerial Intelligence Integration — thermal and visual aerial survey data feeds population heatmaps and habitat analysis directly into the decision layer, whether flown in-house or by specialist contractors
Conservation & Statutory Reporting — long-term population datasets feeding Natural England, Forestry England, research institutions and government ecological reporting
In Development
Secure Communications Architecture
Morpheus
"The shaper of dreams — moving unseen, communicating across boundaries others cannot cross."
Active UK Defence Engagement
Project Morpheus is a secure communications architecture concept developed for environments where conventional connectivity is operationally or electronically constrained. It bridges commercial device capability with defence-grade communications requirements — conceived from direct operational experience in regulated and classified environments.
Operationally Constrained Environments — designed for environments where standard wireless communications present unacceptable operational or security risk
Commercial-Defence Bridge — leveraging proven commercial hardware within a defence-grade architectural framework
Force Protection Applications — addressing emerging operational gaps in secure communications for deployed and fixed environments
UK Defence Innovation — active engagement with UK defence innovation channels; further detail available under NDA
Active Defence Engagement

Drone Survey Services

Professional aerial survey — thermal, visual & photogrammetry

Minerva provides professional aerial survey services combining thermal imaging, laser rangefinding and high-resolution visual capability — delivering actionable intelligence for land, infrastructure and conservation clients across the UK.

Capability
Thermal · Visual · LiDAR
Thermal
640×512 IR Sensor
Visual
48MP + 12MP Zoom
Laser
1200m Rangefinder
Weather
IP55 / Wind 15m/s
Compliance
CAA Authorised
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Infrastructure Inspection
Rail, energy, and utility infrastructure surveys. Thermal anomaly detection on electrical assets, structural inspection of bridges, pylons, and facilities — faster, safer, and more cost-effective than traditional methods.
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Land & Estate Management
Agricultural surveys, crop health mapping, boundary mapping, and estate management including livestock and wildlife monitoring. Thermal capability enables after-dark and dawn operations.
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Security & Perimeter
Thermal surveillance of secure perimeters and critical infrastructure. Rapid deployment capability for event security, site monitoring, and emergency support operations.
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Survey & Photogrammetry
High-resolution aerial survey and 3D modelling for planning, construction monitoring, and heritage documentation. Precision mapping with georeferenced outputs.

Case Studies

Complexity, delivered

Defence · MOD
Complex Programme Architecture — Multi-Department MOD
A major MOD programme required adoption of a complex multinational solution spanning multiple UK departments. Stakeholders lacked a cohered understanding of the problem, dependencies, or delivery sequencing.
Programme architecture and governance defined with cross-portfolio roadmap and dependency mapping — enabling the programme to progress to procurement with confidence.
Aerospace · Nuclear
Agile TOM Launch — Rolls-Royce Digital Division
Rolls-Royce's new 600-person digital initiative needed to deliver customer value immediately upon formation, with no existing operating model, governance, or ways of working in place.
SAFe-based Target Operating Model designed and delivered from scratch — enabling the division to begin delivering value from day one. £500M+ in attributable cost avoidance followed.
Cyber · Government
Multinational Information Sharing Framework — MOD
The MOD needed to structure a complex multinational information sharing framework across multiple tiers — from national policy through coalition guidance to technical standards.
Full programme structure and prioritisation delivered — enabling the UK to rationalise and deliver framework elements at pace across all tiers.
Maritime · IoT
Intelligent Ship — Marine IoT Platform
Rolls-Royce Marine required an asset intelligence platform on MS Azure to underpin its autonomous shipping vision, with global stakeholders and international development teams to coordinate.
Full agile business analysis and requirements lifecycle delivered — platform launched and now underpins the Intelligent Ship offering in global marine markets.
Nuclear · Submarines
Nuclear Submarine IT Portfolio — £25M Programme
Rolls-Royce Submarines required leadership of a complex multi-project IT portfolio across highly regulated and restricted networks, with no existing BA governance structure in place.
BA team established, mentored and led across ~40 projects. Digital steering board representation secured. IT enablement opportunities identified and progressed.
Government · International
£72M National Assistance Programme
A UK government department required a structured delivery framework for a major national assistance programme, coordinating senior Military and Diplomatic stakeholders in a high-pressure multinational environment.
Programme structured and sequenced from the ground up — enabling effective deployment of £72M of UK assistance with clear governance and accountability.

Get In Touch

Let's talk about your programme

Whether you're facing a programme challenge, need independent architectural assurance, or want to explore what Minerva can bring to your organisation — we'd welcome a conversation.

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