Odyssey Consulting Group ранее Columbus East

History

2022: Transfer of the company under the management of Russian management and change of name to Odyssey Consulting Group

Columbus East, which was part of the the Danish company, Columbus announced on April 7, 2022 TAdviser that it had come Russian under management on March 16 and, as a result, became an independent international player. The corresponding agreement was concluded between the Danish company Columbus and the management of the Russian unit against the background of Russia's special operation on To Ukraine and subsequent EU sanctions.

Columbus East came under the control of Russian management and changed its name

In addition, the company announced a name change from Columbus East to Odyssey Consulting Group. As noted, over a three-week period, the company thoroughly prepared for the rebranding: it chose the name and made changes to marketing communications in all channels. Changes in external communications entered into force on April 6.

We want to give an unambiguous message to customers and partners that the company continues to operate and long-term development in all its traditional markets in full, the company emphasized. - The goal of Columbus East, and now Odyssey Consulting Group, was and remains continuous support and development of clients, maintaining contact with both clients and partners, providing employees with jobs.

Odyssey is among the first international consulting companies that, having become independent, announced the renewal of the brand to continue working in the Russian market.

Odyssey intends to continue introducing world and domestic practices for companies from Russia, the CIS, the Middle East and Asia. Management plans the long-term development of the company to maintain its market position.

2021

Renaming to Columbus East and entering Eastern European and Middle Eastern markets

In 2021, the company was renamed Columbus East, which was associated with the expansion of the geography of the business unit: in addition to Russia and the CIS countries, the company began implementing projects in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Areas of activity

April 2021

Columbus (until 2011 Columbus IT) is an international IT consulting company that unites 38 offices in 17 countries (data for April 2021).

Columbus activities in Russia:

• IT consulting;
• Development, implementation, maintenance and development of ERP, CRM, APS and WMS systems based on Microsoft, 1C, IBM, Ortems solutions and own software products;
• Implementation, maintenance and development of performance management systems (EPM) based on IBM solutions and proprietary software products;
• Delivery of cloud services and solutions;
• Implementation of solutions based on innovative technologies (IoT, Machine Learning, Chatbots).
• Robotization and warehouse automation

For February 2021, Columbus focuses on three key industries - retail, distribution, discrete production, food industry - and launches vertical brands ColumbusRetail, ColumbusFood, ColumbusManufacturing, under which it will implement comprehensive enterprise management systems based on Microsoft Dynamics solutions. The representative office of Columbus in Russia and the CIS will also continue active cooperation with organizations engaged in the financial sector, transport and logistics, construction and real estate, agriculture, professional services.

The representative office of Columbus in the CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan), formed in 1997, is one of the largest and most successful divisions in the entire group. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and IBM Premier Business Partner.

2018: Creation of consulting practice of 1C solutions

Columbus in January 2018 began to develop the direction of 1C solutions. The company's immediate plans include the provision of cloud services and vendor products, as well as consulting services for the construction of comprehensive systems for financial management, accounting, personnel, sales, logistics, etc.

Along with the implementation of projects for automation and accounting of business processes based on 1C software products, the goals of the specialists of this practice will be the selection of optimal solutions for certain business sectors, technical support and maintenance, training of users to work with 1C, as well as the development of system functionality.

I am pleased to announce to our customers the creation of the practice of 1C solutions, supported by our industry competencies, related services, technologies and methodologies of Columbus, - commented on the event Denis Storozhenko, CEO of Columbus Russia & CIS.

The company plans to work with customers who consider 1C solutions both based on "complex" and individual industry configurations as the main accounting system. Also in the sphere of interests of Columbus will be customers using 1C to maintain regulated accounting. Practitioners will be responsible for 1C implementation projects, as well as organizing corporate technical support and developing the functionality of systems under the Columbus Care program.

Among the company's products offered are:

• 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2,
• 1C: Trade Management 11,
• 1C: Payroll and HR Management,
• 1C: Enterprise Accounting 8.3,
• 1C: Integrated automation,
• 1C:CRM,
• 1C: Holding management,
• 1C:Enterprise 8. TMS Logistics. Transportation Management,
• 1C:Enterprise 8. WMS Logistics. Warehouse management and others.

2017: Opening of the competence center in Nizhny Novgorod

On July 17, 2017, Columbus announced the opening of a competence center in Nizhny Novgorod

We are pleased to announce to customers, potential employees and partners the opening of an office in Nizhny Novgorod. High interest in Columbus solutions and services prompted us to create another competence center in Russia. We see great prospects in the digital transformation of the business of our clients and are confident that the opening of an office in Nizhny Novgorod will make modern technologies even closer and more accessible for many of our customers - present and future. Denis Storozhenko, director of Columbus in Russia and the CIS

The competence center in Nizhny Novgorod was created to support the development of a line of Columbus own solutions for network retail, the development of cloud technologies, as well as business applications based on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform.

2016

Russia He has been working in and in the CIS since 1997. As of June 2016, Columbus develops and implements solutions of the class,, ERP,, BI CRM WMS provides business consulting services and offers industry know-how for companies engaged in retail and, to trade distributions food industry discrete production,, and, financial sector construction real estate professional services. The company is a Gold Microsoft Certified Partner and a Premier IBM Business Partner.

2013:22% increase in consulting sales

In 2013, the Russian office of Columbus began new projects for the retail chains L'Etoile"" and Savage, the operator of digital television Tricolor TV"," the Volkhovets group of companies, KDV Group, distributors Vostochnaya Tekhnika, Baltkam, Starbor, Uralkali trading division and dozens of other organizations. According to the results of 2013, sales growth of consulting services of the company amounted to 22%.

2012: Columbus IT renamed Columbus

The international consulting company Columbus IT rebranded in January 2012. One element of the rebranding is the change of the former Columbus IT name to Columbus.

2005: The parent company buys back shares of Russian shareholders and Vladislav Martynov becomes president of the global office

2005 - acquisition from minority shareholders of stakes in American and Russian divisions. Vladislav Martynov becomes the president of the company, Michael Gabo becomes the CEO of the company and continues to oversee the Columbus IT business in North America; Columbus IT's activities in Eastern Europe are overseen by Igor Torgov, the company's vice president ; Oleg Palenov becomes vice president for business development, Alena Heckler becomes vice president for marketing, Svetlana Yershova becomes vice president for HR .

In 2006, Vladislav Martynov left the post of president of Columbus IT.

1997: Danish Columbus IT opens a representative office in Russia

1997 - Columbus IT representative offices are based in the UK, Austria, Czech Republic and Russia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Singapore