Cambridge Consultants
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| Private (Private company) | |
| Industry | Product Developers and Technology Consultants |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Headquarters |
Cambridge, United Kingdom Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
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Number of employees
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540 |
| Website | www.cambridgeconsultants.com |
Cambridge Consultants is a global product development and technology consultancy firm. It provides outsourced research and development services to start-ups and blue-chip multinationals that develop products.
Founded in 1960 by three Cambridge graduates – Tim Eiloart,Rodney Dale, and David Southward – to "put the brains of Cambridge University at the disposal of the problems of British industry and to provide solutions to real world problems," Cambridge Consultants was one of the UK's first technology transfer businesses. The early work laid the foundations for what is now known as the Cambridge Phenomenon or Silicon Fen. Indeed, most of the high-tech companies in and around the city of Cambridge can trace their roots back to either Cambridge University or Cambridge Consultants.
Initially, the company was privately run. In January 1972, it became part of Arthur D. Little (ADL), an American management consultancy firm, gaining professional management support and access to international markets. Cambridge Consultants remained part of Arthur D Little until 2001. In 2002, the management team at Cambridge Consultants acquired the company, backed by Altran, Europe's largest technology consultancy, following ADL's process through Chapter 11.
Despite the early difficulties witnessed by many technology companies at the turn of the millennium, Cambridge Consultants continued to grow. This included the launch of a US office in Boston in September 2004.
In April 2013, the company announced its expansion into Asia, with the opening of an office in Singapore. The new office has been set up to deliver product development capabilities to the Asian market and build on existing clients based in countries such as Australia and Japan as well as Singapore.
Having grown year on year over the past decade, Cambridge Consultants is looking to increase its global workforce to 600 by the end of 2016.
The current CEO of Cambridge Consultants is Alan Richardson, first appointed in July 2012.
On June 16, the company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Synapse, a product development company based in Seattle.
Cambridge Consultants' work spans a range of different industry sectors.
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