SparkOptimus is a

management consulting Management consulting is the practice of providing consulting services to organizations to improve their performance or in any way to assist in achieving organizational objectives. Organizations may draw upon the services of management consultant ...

firm with a focus on digital strategy and digital transformation with offices in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, Dusseldorf and Zurich.

History

SparkOptimus was founded in 2010 by Alexandra Jankovich and Tom Voskes, two former

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

employees. In 2014, SparkOptimus was listed in the Top 5 of best Strategy Consultants of the Netherlands. SparkOptimus has been named the number 1 digital strategy consultancy of the Netherlands by Emerce five times, most recently in 2022. In 2017, the NextWomenTop100, published by

Elsevier (magazine) ''Elsevier Weekblad'', abbreviated to ''EW'', still known as ''Elsevier'', is a Dutch weekly news magazine. With a circulation of over 68,000 copies as of 2018, it is the Netherlands' most popular news magazine. Its chief editor is Arendo Joust ...

, listed SparkOptimus co-founder Alexandra Jankovich as one of the 100 most successful female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. The firm published their first book, Make Disruption Work in 2018, which became a business bestseller in the Netherlands. In 2020, managing partner Tom Voskes was a co-author of the

MITSloan The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, as ...

book 7 Key Principles to Govern Digital Initiatives. In 2022, Jankovich and Voskes co-authored the book Disruption in Action with Adrian Hornsby. 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.{{cite web, url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/03/dutch-launch-english-website-for-ukrainian-refugees-in-nl/ , title=Dutch launch English website for Ukrainian refugees in NL , work=DutchNews.nl, access-date=15 July 2022

References

External links

SparkOptimus company website

Make Disruption Work (book)

Disruption in Action (book)
Dutch companies established in 2010 Management consulting firms of the Netherlands International management consulting firms