Cambridge Consultants

Technology consultancy firm

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Cambridge ConsultantsCompany type| Private

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Founded| 1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Headquarters| Cambridge, UK; Boston, MA, USA; Singapore; Tokyo

Area served

| Worldwide
Services|

* Product Developers
* Technology Consultants

Number of employees

| 900+ (2022)
Parent| Capgemini
Website| cambridgeconsultants.com

Cambridge Consultants, a part of Capgemini Invent, develops products and services, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy for clients. In 2021, Cambridge Consultants became part of Capgemini Invent.

The company has offices in Cambridge (UK), Boston (USA), Tokyo, and Singapore, and works in industries including medical and life sciences, industrial and energy, consumer and retail, and communications and infrastructure.[1]

## History

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Cambridge Consultants was founded in 1960 by Tim Eiloart, Rodney Dale, and David Southward, three Cambridge University graduates.[2]

Initially, the company was privately owned and operated. In 1971, it became a part of Arthur D. Little (ADL), an American management consultancy firm.[3] In 2002, following ADL's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Cambridge Consultants was acquired by Altran, a global innovation and engineering consulting firm.[4] In 2020, Altran was acquired by Capgemini,[5] with Cambridge Consultants thus coming under the ownership of the French firm, and operating under the "Capgemini Invent" umbrella.

## Notable spin-outs

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Cambridge Consultants has been described as one of the founders of the Cambridge Cluster[6] and has spun out multiple $1bn+ companies, including:

* Alphamosaic
* Domino Printing Sciences
* Cambridge Silicon Radio
* Xaar

## References

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1. ^ "About Us". Cambridge Consultants. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. ^ About Us at cambridgeconsultants.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. ^ Cambridge Consultants Ltd Overview at vault.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
4. ^ Arthur D. Little Consulting Firm Auctioned Off at pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
5. ^ Abboud, Leila (27 January 2020). "Capgemini wins fight with Elliott over Altran bid". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
6. ^ Great Debt Owed to Cambridge Consultants at businessweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

## Further reading

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* Dale, Rodney (1979) From Ram Yard to Milton Hilton: A History of Cambridge Consultants Ltd, 1960–1979, 36 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge Consultants Ltd
* Dale, Rodney (2010) From Ram Yard to Milton Hilton: Cambridge Consultants - the early years, 120 pp. Haddenham, Cambridgeshire: Fern House Publishing, ISBN 978-1-902702-24-7

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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* Trove