Eleks
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software engineering, Outsourcing |
| Founded | 1991[1][2] |
| Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia |
Area served | Globally |
Key people |
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Number of employees | 2100+[1][5] |
| Website | eleks.com |
ELEKS is an international company that provides custom software engineering and consulting services, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.[6] The company has about 2100+ employees[5] and operates offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Japan, Croatia, UAE, KSA and the United Kingdom.[7][1] ELEKS is recognised on the Global Outsourcing 100 list by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)[8].
ELEKS was established as a product company in 1991 by Oleksiy Skrypnyk and his son Oleksiy Skrypnyk, Jr.[1][2] The company started with the launch of Dakar, a science-intensive software for power distribution systems for Eastern European markets.[9][10]
By 2016, Dakar was used in more than 20 Eastern European power systems,[11] and by 2019, the company had 1400 employees.[1][12] As of 2019, more than 200 companies are using the services of the company.[citation needed]