Dorottya Várkonyi
Operations & Compliance Coordinator
About CloudVoro · Why Keystone exists
Built beside the vat,
not sold at you.
We believe the people who make Europe’s food shouldn’t need a six-figure ERP and a 12-month project to prove their food is safe. CloudVoro exists to build the alternative. Headquartered in Ireland, sister company to Intellix IT Solutions (UK).
Founding customer · Built with
Side-by-side with
Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers.
Keystone's first production deployment was at Cashel Blue in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland's most awarded farmhouse blue cheese. We worked directly with QA & Operations Manager Louis Clifton Brown and owners Sarah and Sergio Furno to map the workflow from milk intake to retailer dispatch.
The product wasn't designed for them, it was designed with them. Variable-weight batches, retailer code mapping, split-batch dispatch, AccountsIQ sync, use-by tracking, the things accounting packages couldn't do, and that generic ERPs needed €40k+ of customisation to attempt. Every founding-customer suggestion shipped within the same sprint cycle.
Active IT contract since 2024 · Live on Keystone since February 2026
Founding customer
Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers
Live on Keystone since February 2026.
Built around their floor, not the other way around.
Built around their floor, not the other way around.
Active IT contract with J&L Grubb Ltd, trading as Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers, Tipperary. Six core Keystone features were shipped in direct response to feedback from QA & Operations Manager Louis Clifton Brown. Cashel Blue® and Crozier Blue® are registered trademarks of J&L Grubb Ltd; brand references used with written permission. A direct reference call can be arranged following an initial discovery call, please request via Contact. See permissions log for the full attribution.
The story
Why we exist.
Keystone didn’t start as a product idea. It started as a frustration that wouldn’t go away.
Asif Khan spent 15+ years delivering enterprise IT, a multi-million-euro Microsoft Dynamics AX rollout for Kaspersky, SAP ECC implementations, secure infrastructure for defence and embassy estates. And in every food business he walked into, he found the same picture: brilliant operators running million-euro production on spreadsheets, being quoted €40k+ for ERPs that didn’t fit, and being told “that’s just how it is.”
So we did the thing ERP vendors don’t do. We moved into a cheese house. Keystone was written at Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers in Tipperary, with the QA manager watching the screen, the dispatch lead asking awkward questions, and a Tuesday-morning order deadline closing in. It wasn’t designed for a market segment and then sold downwards. It was designed for real people on a real floor, then generalised.
That origin is the whole strategy. Every feature in the product exists because a food manufacturer needed it that week, not because a roadmap workshop predicted it. And it’s why we tell prospects, in writing, when a competitor genuinely fits them better. Software built beside people behaves differently from software sold at them.
What we believe
- 01Traceability should take 30 seconds, not a weekend of spreadsheets.
- 02A family food business shouldn’t be one resignation away from losing its records.
- 03Software for factories should be written in factories.
- 04If a competitor genuinely fits you better, we should say so. We do, on our comparison pages.
What we refuse to do
- No sales funnel. A direct line to the team that builds Keystone, senior people from the first call.
- No hostage data. Export everything, any time. Leaving must be easy, or staying means nothing.
- No hidden pricing. The number is on the pricing page.
- No borrowed certifications. What’s a roadmap item is labelled a roadmap item.
- No six-figure implementations. Fixed fee, quoted in writing before you sign.
Our core values
Four commitments. No posters.
Not framed on a wall. Visible in the product, and in writing on this site.
01
Honest fit
If a full ERP genuinely suits you better, we say so and point you there. It’s in writing on our comparison pages.
02
Built beside, not sold at
Features come from factory floors, not roadmap workshops. Founding-customer requests shipped in the same sprint.
03
Proof over adjectives
We publish measured trace times and real prices. 30-second traceability was timed at a working cheesemaker, not in a demo tenant.
04
Easy to leave
Your data exports cleanly, any time. Staying should be a choice, not a trap.
The founder
Asif Khan
Founder, Keystone & CloudVoro (Ireland) · Director & Principal Consultant, Intellix IT Solutions (UK) · MSc, Maynooth University
Director & Principal Consultant at Intellix IT Solutions (UK), founder of CloudVoro (Ireland), and the person who built Keystone. Over the last 15+ years Asif has delivered enterprise-grade IT for clients you'd recognise, a multi-million-euro Microsoft Dynamics AX rollout for Kaspersky, SAP ECC implementations for several other enterprise clients, secure infrastructure for the Saudi Ministry of Defence and Royal Saudi Air Force, and the data-centre buildout at the Embassy of Indonesia in Riyadh.
He's worked across hospitality, food manufacturing, healthcare, defence and equestrian, same playbook every time: cut the friction, harden the ops. Keystone exists because he kept watching brilliant food operators run on spreadsheets, paying €40k+ for ERPs that didn't fit, and being told "that's just how it is."
You'll work with him and the senior engineering team directly. No sales funnel. No ticket queue. One number reaches the people who build Keystone.
Professional affiliations
- Professional Member, British Computer Society (Chartered Institute for IT)MBCS
- Member, Irish Computer SocietyMICS
- IT Asset Manager (professional designation)ITAM
- Member, Association of Data Protection Officers (Ireland). Held for professional development; CloudVoro has not appointed an Art. 37 DPO.ADPO
- Member, Institute of Management Consultants and AdvisorsMIMCA
- Member, Healthcare Informatics Society of IrelandMHISI
The wider team
People who do the work.
A senior team across engineering, integrations, design, compliance and client services. Small enough that you'll know everyone by first name within a fortnight.
