SparkOptimus explained

SparkOptimus
Founders:Alexandra Jankovich & Tom Voskes
Location:Jacob Obrechtplein 1,
1071 KS Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Strategy consulting
Services:Digital strategy consulting
Homepage:http://www.sparkoptimus.com

SparkOptimus is a management consulting firm with a focus on digital strategy and digital transformation with offices in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and Zürich.[1]

History

SparkOptimus was founded in 2010 by Alexandra Jankovich and Tom Voskes, two former McKinsey & Company employees.

In 2014, SparkOptimus was listed in the Top 5 of best Strategy Consultants of the Netherlands.[2] SparkOptimus has been named the number 1 digital strategy consultancy of the Netherlands by Emerce five times, most recently in 2022.[3] [4] [5] In 2017, the NextWomenTop100, published by Elsevier (magazine), listed SparkOptimus co-founder Alexandra Jankovich as one of the 100 most successful female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands.[6]

The firm published their first book, Make Disruption Work in 2018, which became a business bestseller in the Netherlands.[7] In 2020, managing partner Tom Voskes was a co-author of the MITSloan book 7 Key Principles to Govern Digital Initiatives.[8] In 2022, Jankovich and Voskes co-authored the book Disruption in Action with Adrian Hornsby.[9] which argues that transformation is 80% people and only 20% tech, and that the goal is always to make things better for customers.

In response to the refugee crisis after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the firm helped develop the Refugee Help initiative.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SparkOptimus Information. SparkOptimus. 10 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Best consultancy companies of the Netherlands, 2014 (in Dutch). MT.com. 10 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Transformeren poor better klantevaring (in Dutch). Cstories.nl. 19 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Best e-business consultancy companies of the Netherlands, 2016 (in Dutch). Emerce. 10 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Best e-business consultancy companies of the Netherlands, 2017 (in Dutch). Emerce. 10 July 2017.
  6. Web site: NextWomen100 list 2017. NextWomen100. 10 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Make Disruption Work: A CEO Handbook for Digital Transformation . Good Reads. 10 July 2022.
  8. Web site: 7 Key Principles to Govern Digital Initiatives . MITSloan Management Review. 10 July 2022.
  9. Web site: . Disruption In Action . Kirkus Reviews. 2022-09-14 . 2022-09-20.
  10. Web site: Dutch launch English website for Ukrainian refugees in NL . DutchNews.nl. 15 July 2022.