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  • The partnership further extends Publicis Sapient’s digital business transformation services

    Publicis Sapient, Elder Research & Tquila announce Publicis Sapient AI Labs

    By A Correspondent

     

    Publicis Sapient has announced a collaboration with Elder Research and Tquila to launch Publicis Sapient AI Labs (PS AI Labs). The newly formed consulting company will offer an extensive set of data science services to enable digital transformation for large enterprises in North America and Europe.

     

    Commenting on the collaboration, Thomas Kracz, CEO, Americas of PS AI Labs said: “The joint venture with Elder and Tquila enables us to make AI mainstream for our clients and extends our rapidly growing AI and Data capabilities globally. As organisations struggle to apply data and AI solutions to complex operations, PS AI Labs will play a significant role to solve such client problems and enable us to deliver on our value proposition of being one of the fastest growing digital business transformation service providers in the world.”

     

    Said Gerhard Pilcher, Chairman at PS AI Labs, CEO at Elder Research: “Elder Research has had a great partnership with Publicis Sapient for five years, and this Joint Venture further solidifies the combined strength of our teams. Our rigorous machine learning models will quickly be turned into enterprise level solutions by Publicis Sapient’s experience in driving transformation at scale, thus enabling clients to overhaul their business processes.”

     

    Added James McHugh, CEO and co-Founder at Tquila: “Tquila’s mission is to leverage our talent acquisition capability, to scale at speed, how the JV sources, attracts, trains and retains the best talent in a resource short market. Additionally, our operational oversight required to scale these start-up businesses will bring discipline to a start-up environment. The combination of all three partners will be game changing for clients seeking to derive value from Data Sciences.”

     

     

  • The Global Salesforce practice will be led by Jason English

    Publicis Sapient completely acquires Sapient.i7

    By A Correspondent

     

    Publicis Sapient announced that it has wholly acquired Sapient.i7 Ltd, the joint enterprise it launched with Tquila Ventures in March 2018. Over the past two years, Sapient i7 has offered an extensive set of services leveraging Salesforce technology to enable digital transformation for large companies in Europe.

     

    Sapient i7 will join Publicis Sapient to form a new global practice expanding Publicis Sapient’s Salesforce expertise and strengthening its alignment to the technology. The Global Salesforce practice will be led by Jason English. Stephen Aitken, the current CEO of Sapient i7 will lead the UK, Europe, and APAC Regions.

     

    Said Jason English, SVP, Global Salesforce Practice Leader, Publicis Sapient: “The acquisition of Sapient i7 enhances the value Publicis Sapient brings to its clients. Publicis Sapient has been delivering large scale digital business transformation for a number of years and the acquisition of Sapient i7 enables the company to offer digital business transformation on a truly global scale.”

     

     

  • Erickson will be working directly with Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz

    Publicis Sapient appoints Kristi Erickson as Global Chief Talent Officer

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kristi Erickson

    Publicis Sapient, the digital business arm of the Publicis Groupe, has announced the appointment of Kristi Erickson as Global Chief Talent Officer. Erickson will be working directly with Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz.

     

    Said Vaz: “We are thrilled to hire Kristi Erickson as our Chief Talent Officer. Her extensive background and expertise are aligned with our company objectives to ensure we deliver on our promise to help our clients become digitally enabled to better serve their customers and thrive in the future. Her commitment to inclusion and talent development will be vital to providing the tools for success to our 20,000 global employees.”

     

    Prior to joining Publicis Sapient, Kristi held Chief People Officer roles spanning verticals, regions and horizontal service lines.

     

     

  • Nigel Vaz will become the global Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Sapient

    Publicis Sapient unveils new brand positioning; appoints global CEO

    By A Correspondent

     

    Publicis Sapient has announced that it is positioning the company for growth through a focus on global digital business transformation opportunities; the ongoing delivery of best-in-class capabilities across strategy and consulting, experience, and engineering; and the attraction and development of the best industry talent.

     

    Effective immediately, Nigel Vaz will become the global Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Sapient.

     

    The announcements are designed to advance Publicis Sapient’s position as a leader in the digital business transformation space and deliver consistency across global markets and industries. Further, they signal Publicis Groupe’s on-going commitment to placing consulting, creativity and technology at the service of our clients’ transformation, to advance their business performance and sustained market relevance during a time of unprecedented digital disruption.