Ortom

Ortom is an artificial intelligence and data science consultancy based in Manchester, England. The firm works with startups and scaleup companies to develop custom machine learning solutions and integrate AI capabilities into products and services. The consultancy is led by Tom Liptrot, who brings technical expertise in data science and machine learning combined with business strategy experience across multiple sectors.

Services and Capabilities

Ortom provides consulting and development services focused on applied artificial intelligence. The firm designs, builds, and maintains custom AI systems tailored to specific business challenges. Services include machine learning strategy development, natural language processing applications, conversational AI implementation, predictive modeling, forecasting systems, and route optimization algorithms. The consultancy works with both traditional machine learning algorithms and generative AI technologies, selecting approaches based on practical business requirements. Technical delivery involves programming in Python, R, and C++ across cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Industry Focus

The consultancy has worked across healthcare, fashion technology, logistics, and counterfeit monitoring sectors. In healthcare, projects have involved conversational AI development and oxygen therapy monitoring systems. Fashion technology work has included machine learning strategy for recommendation engines. Logistics projects have addressed route optimization for mobile service technicians and handwriting recognition for parcel delivery systems.