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“Accelerance has mastered outsourcing - from initial evaluation to management of distributed software development projects. Accelerance shortens your learning curve and multiplies your effectiveness by outsourcing software development correctly, from start to finish.”
John T. Kucera , Ph.D.
CEO
Asperon Corporation
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About Accelerance
Accelerance was founded in 2001 to help companies quickly build great software applications and products in the most risk-proof and cost-effective way possible. Today, the company offers a variety of tools, processes, products, consulting and coaching designed to simplify working with offshore, near-shore and onshore outsourcing vendors. One of Accelerance’s most valuable properties is its global network of prescreened, pre-qualified expert software development vendors in over a dozencountries. In addition to providing access to this vendor network, Accelerance also guides its clients through contract negotiation, offshore engagement set-up, and on-going software development.
Clients use Accelerance services to avoid the risks of offshoring.
Steve Mezak, Founder and CEO
Accelerance CEO Steve Mezak has extensive experience integrating in-house and global outsourced development teams, producing dramatic cost and time savings in every case.
He is a veteran of six startups, including Aspect Development (sold to i2 for $9 Billion) and Digital Market (sold to Agile Software for $75 Million). Steve has served in a variety of management and technical roles, including CTO and CEO. In addition, he has more than 25 years of software development experience, from writing software code to managing large software teams and budgets.
Steve is a member of the IEEE Professional Activities Board IT Committee and is co-chair of the Software Development Forum special interest group for Software Architecture and Modeling (the SAM SIG) and volunteer for the Engineering Leadership SIG (the EL SIG). Check out our monthly meetings when in the Silicon Valley area.
Steve attended UC Berkeley, the City University in London, and holds a BS Degree with High Distinction in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts He continues to serve as an advisor to WPI’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Steve received the Goddard Award from WPI in 2008 for professional achievement.
An internationally acclaimed speaker and author, Steve’s most recent book Software without Borders: A Step-By-Step Guide to Outsourcing Your Software Development, was selected from over 3,000 entries to receive the Gold Independent Publisher Book Award in the Computer / Internet category. The book is available on the Accelerance website and Amazon.com.
Read Steve's posts to his Software without Borders author's blog. |
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Andy Hilliard, President
Andy Hilliard is President of Accelerance, Inc. Prior to Accelerance, he was CEO, Oneworld Technology, Inc, a firm which provides operational and business development consulting services to offshore IT service firms. His experience includes being a Director, Co-Founder, and Chief Business Development Officer of IsThmus Inc., an offshore technology services provider based in Costa Rica. He specializes in global technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, competitive positioning among offshore providers, and tradeoffs between global offshore outsourcing destinations.
Previously, he was a Division Manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions; Regional Manager at Siebel; Director of Latin America at YOUcentric; and Vice President at Bank of America. He attended the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, London Business School, University of Denver and Phillips Academy. |
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