Ciklum would like to invite you to a short IT seminar in Technopark.

The Seminar is free for registered participants and will be followed by a networking cocktail party.

Learn about alternative ways to significantly reduce costs and expand your IT development unit within very short time with minimum risk and investment. Hear how the Swiss start up company coComment successfully created their own development team in Ukraine.

WHEN:	Thursday 26th February 16:30 – 18:00
WHERE:	Technopark, room Newton 1012
SPEAKERS:	coComment, Swisscom, Ciklum
INVITATION:	Invitation (ENG)  Invitation (DE)

Nils Granath, Investment Officer, Swisscom: Strategic Advantage of Nearshoring for Software Companies

Summary: Today software companies are confronted with customers cutting back on investments in software licenses, while at the same time also demanding lower support fees. However the customers are simultaneously demanding rapid and low cost implementation of new and customised features. Nearshoring allows software companies to quickly adjust to these changing market conditions, increasing flexibility and lowering cost, while securing important knowhow and IPR in-house.

Matt Colebourne, CEO, coComment: Selecting and Managing a Nearshore Team

Summary: Highlights on the selection strategy for choosing an offshore location and partner and the experiences and lessons learned from managing an offshore technology team. Matt Colebourne will cover selection methods, team management, goal setting, performance management and motivation. In particular, he’ll focus on aligning team goals with company goals and fully integrating the team into the company.

Matt was, previously and in order; Executive Vice President of International for DoubleClick responsible for all non-US operations, General Manager of Espotting/MIVA (Europe) responsible for the company’s turnaround to profitability and sale to FindWhat for $183million and CEO of Lunarstorm.

Henrik Bak, VP of Sales, Ciklum: The 10 biggest failures in IT Outsourcing – how to avoid them.

Summary: Based on 7 years of experience with 100+ clients and 700+ employees Ciklum has gathered an extensive knowledge about what drives successful Nearshore software Development and what creates a failure. Top 10 success drivers and killers in IT Outsourcing.