EXPERIS MANPOWERGROUP SL

Their core work

Experis is the IT and digital talent division of ManpowerGroup, one of the world's largest workforce solutions companies. In H2020 projects, they contributed software development capacity, IT professional services, and digital skills expertise to research consortia working on cloud computing, computer vision, and intelligent transport systems. Their role centers on bridging the gap between research prototypes and deployable software through professional engineering teams.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

With only three projects spanning 2015–2017 start dates, Experis had a brief and focused H2020 engagement. Their earliest project (ECOMODE, 2015) dealt with embedded vision for mobile devices, while later projects shifted toward cloud infrastructure (DECIDE, 2016) and transport mobility apps (My-TRAC, 2017). The progression suggests a move from lower-level sensor/device work toward higher-level platform and application development.

Experis moved toward cloud-native and user-facing application development, but has not started new H2020 projects since 2017, suggesting EU research is no longer a priority channel for them.

How they like to work

Experis participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never leading projects — consistent with their role as an IT services provider supporting research-driven consortia. Across three projects they worked with 26 unique partners in 10 countries, indicating they joined relatively large, diverse consortia rather than small focused teams. This pattern suggests they are a reliable delivery partner for software engineering tasks rather than a scientific agenda-setter.

Worked with 26 partners across 10 countries through just 3 projects, meaning they operated in large consortia averaging 9+ partners each. Their network spans multiple European countries but without an obvious geographic cluster beyond Spain.

What sets them apart

Experis brings the resources and reliability of a major global staffing corporation (ManpowerGroup) to EU research consortia — something few IT services companies of this scale do. They can supply professional software developers on demand, which is valuable for projects needing implementation capacity beyond what academic partners can provide. However, their limited H2020 track record (3 projects, none recent) means their EU research engagement appears to have been exploratory rather than sustained.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DECIDE
  Largest Experis budget (€412K) and directly aligned with their cloud/DevOps core competency — multi-cloud application portability.
• My-TRAC
  Their only transport-sector project under the Shift2Rail programme, showing reach beyond pure digital/IT into mobility applications.