{{Short description|Ukrainian IT company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Primary sources|date=February 2021}} {{promotional|date=January 2023}} }} {{Infobox company | name = ELEKS | type = Private | industry = Software engineering, Outsourcing | founded = 1991<ref name="KP">{{cite news|title=25 top IT startups, tech firms, online shops and innovations|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraines-it-edge/25-top-it-startups-tech-firms-online-shops-and-innovations-20-outstanding-firms-421326.html|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=KyivPost|date=18 Aug 2016|ref=KyivPost}}</ref><ref name="EU">{{cite news|last1=Cameron|first1=Jerry|title=From a Small Family Firm to a Top 100 Outsourcing Company|url=http://emerging-europe.com/sectors/ict/from-a-small-family-firm-to-a-top-100-global-outsourcing-company/|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Emerging Europe|date=24 Apr 2017|ref=EmergingEurope}}</ref> | area_served = Globally | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Oleksiy Skrypnyk<ref>{{Cite web|last=Europe|first=Emerging|date=2017-04-24|title=From a Small Family Firm to a Top 100 Global Outsourcing Company|url=https://emerging-europe.com/interviews/from-a-small-family-firm-to-a-top-100-global-outsourcing-company/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Emerging Europe {{!}} Intelligence, Community, News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-22|title=ELEKS, a leading Ukrainian IT company, marks 25 years of software engineering innovation - Aug. 22, 2016|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/business-wire/eleks-a-leading-ukrainian-it-company-marks-25-years-of-software-engineering-innovation-421526.html|access-date=2020-08-11|website=KyivPost}}</ref> |(Co-Founder)|Andriy Krupa |(CEO)}} | num_employees = 2100+<ref name="KP" /><ref name="UADN">{{cite news|title=13 companies operating in Ukraine ranked among world's top IT service providers|url=http://www.uadn.net/2017/02/21/13-companies-operating-in-ukraine-ranked-among-worlds-top-it-service-providers/|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Ukraine Digital News|date=21 Feb 2017|ref=UADN|archive-date=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617090548/http://www.uadn.net/2017/02/21/13-companies-operating-in-ukraine-ranked-among-worlds-top-it-service-providers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | location = Tallinn, Estonia | homepage = [https://eleks.com/ eleks.com] }}
'''ELEKS''' is an international company that provides custom software engineering and consulting services, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.<ref name="UT">{{cite news|last1=Foster|first1=Hal|title=Lviv becomes a model for development in Ukraine|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/10/06/lviv-becomes-model-development-ukraine/73335334/|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=USA TODAY|date=6 Oct 2015|ref=USAToday}}</ref> The company has about 2100+ employees<ref name="UADN" /> and operates offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Japan, Croatia, UAE, KSA and the United Kingdom.<ref name="F-PL">{{cite news|title=Liderzy branży outsourcingu spotkają się na Polsko-Ukraińskim Forum w Rzeszowie|url=https://www.forbes.pl/polsko-ukrainskie-forum-w-rzeszowie-dla-liderow-branzy-outsourcingu,artykuly,200075,1,1.html|accessdate=21 May 2017|language=Polish|work=Forbes|ref=Forbes}}</ref><ref name="KP" /> ELEKS is recognised on the Global Outsourcing 100 list by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2025 Global Outsourcing 100|url=https://www.iaop.org/Content/19/165/5844|website=International Association of Outsourcing Professionals|access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref>.
==History== ELEKS was established as a product company in 1991 by Oleksiy Skrypnyk and his son Oleksiy Skrypnyk, Jr.<ref name="KP" /><ref name="EU" /> The company started with the launch of ''Dakar'', a science-intensive software for power distribution systems for Eastern European markets.<ref name="KP2">{{cite news|title=Eleks, a leading Ukrainian IT company, marks 28 years of software engineering innovation|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/business-wire/eleks-a-leading-ukrainian-it-company-marks-25-years-of-software-engineering-innovation-421526.html?flavour=full|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=KyivPost|date=22 Aug 2016|ref=KP2}}</ref><ref name="KO">{{cite news|title=Eleks отмечает двадцать пятую годовщину|url=https://ko.com.ua/eleks_otmechaet_dvadcat_pyatuyu_godovshhinu_116762|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=«Компьютерное Обозрение»|date=22 Aug 2016|ref=KO|language=Russian}}</ref>
By 2016, Dakar was used in more than 20 Eastern European power systems,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-22|title=ELEKS, a leading Ukrainian IT company, marks 25 years of software engineering innovation - Aug. 22, 2016|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/business-wire/eleks-a-leading-ukrainian-it-company-marks-25-years-of-software-engineering-innovation-421526.html|access-date=2020-07-22|website=KyivPost}}</ref> and by 2019, the company had 1400 employees.<ref name="KP" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eba.com.ua/member/tzov-eleks-2/|title=ELEKS|website=European Business Association|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> As of 2019, more than 200 companies are using the services of the company.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
== Services and industries == ELEKS specializes in custom software development and IT consulting for enterprise clients.
== Contribution to Ukraine’s e-Excise modernisation initiative == In October 2024, ELEKS was chosen through a competitive tender by Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Activity to implement the national e-Excise electronic stamp system. This project—developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Finance, and State Tax Service—replaces paper excise stamps with traceable, DataMatrix-enabled digital stamps to boost transparency and streamline the regulation of alcohol and tobacco products through integration with the Diia mobile application.
The company supports the Ukrainian armed forces by developing software and hardware for military drones.<ref name="UT" /><ref name="B">{{cite news|title=Ukraine's IT Brigade Supports the Troops|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-20/ukraines-diy-drones-go-to-war|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Bloomberg|date=21 Nov 2014|ref=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref name="TG">{{cite news|title=Crowdfunding a war: Ukraine's DIY drone-makers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/crowdfunding-war-ukraines-diy-drone-makers|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 Apr 2015|ref=TG}}</ref>
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