Lviv Outsourcing Forum ІІ

We invite you to participate in Lviv Outsourcing Forum II: “Growth Problems of Outsourcing Companies”. Date: June 26, 2010, Saturday.

• Why cannot some companies manage to grow?
• Is it possible to close a gap in graduates’ knowledge?
• What to do to develop your team constantly?
• What changes of infrastructure does the growth require?
• When and how to change organizational chart?
• How to reorganize business-processes when the company grows?

Comments on Lviv Outsourcing Forum I:

Qubstudio isn’t a big company but it was interesting for me to listen to big players. For sure, it’s necessary to continue this activity. The format is perfect! Lyubomyr Koval, qubstudio, CEO Though our company is from Ivano-Frankivsk and problems of Lviv IT circle aren’t that important for us, it was really interesting to listen. There’s lots of useful information. Definitely we will come next time. Serhiy Fitsak, Softjourn, Inc Managing Director In few words, I liked the subject. It’s good that somebody does this and organizes such events. Andriy Vakaruk, WebKuznya, CEO

Key facts on IT specialists’ education and industry development

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• The number of IT employees has grown 1.8 times during last 7 years (from 8 to 14.4 thousand)
• Only 20% of Ukrainian outsourcing companies are 50+
• 30 thousand IT specialists graduate every year but only 10% manage to get a job in IT sector
• 80% of graduates expect additional training after graduation
• Only 50% of IT graduates value their education
• 30% of IT graduates regret they have chosen this profession or university

Goal of the forum

– to find out what problems companies can experience while growing and how to avoid them.

For whom:

• Owners and CEOs of IT outsourcing companies
• Experienced IT-freelancers
• Owners and CEOs of BPO companies
• Top managers who have to do with business decision taking
• Companies interested in internal business processes outsourcing

Program of the forum:

• 09:30 – Registration
• 09:50 – Opening speech, video message
• 10:00 – Report “Growth from 5 to 30”
• 10:30 – Olexiy Skrypnyk. Report “Growth from 30 to 200”
• 11:00 –Report on big company’s problems
• 11:30 – Coffee break
• 12:00 – Panel discussiono Training of juniors in universities o English o Education system o Growth problems o Attraction of foreign partners, sales managers o Labor pirating
• 13:00 – Report “Education system”
• 13:30 – Tetyana Naychuk. Report “English for Outsourcing Company”
• 13:50 – Report “Universities”
• 14:10 – Final speech
• 14:15 – The End

Invited spokesmen:

• Olexiy Skrypnyk, head of IT-BPO cluster, founder and CEO of Eleks. • Rostyslav Chayka, founder of Lviv Startup Club, participated in creation of computer academy SHAG Lviv branch, created traning centers for Artfulbits і EPAM Systems companies. • Tetyana Naychuk, created English language education system for SoftServe.

Date:

June 26

Fee:

UAH 200 – registration before June, 20-th UAH 300 – registration before June, 25-th UAH 500 – on spot registration

Location:

the registered participants will be informed in advance

Example of successful growth of IT outsourcing company:

Clients’ attraction and staff recruitment is not enough for growth of IT outsourcing company. Proper management and business processes organization mean a lot. An example of fast growth and successful functioning is Infosys (Bangalore, India). This company had 5 employees in 1981 and now it consists of more than 113 000 thousand employees. It has transformed into international company with offices in 22 countries. Infosys has been rated as Employer of the Year many times.

Bonus 1:

Every participant gets a free consultation on education system in their outsourcing company.

Bonus 2:

All participants will be included into brochure-catalog of IT companies (the catalog will be distributed among students of Lviv universities) Registration is available to Friday, June 25-th, 13:00. Begin the growth already today! P. S. You can discuss problems of growth and get advice from successful companies only on June, 26-th!