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QUALITY. PRODUCTIVITY. INNOVATION.

Designing an IT Excellence Center

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Today in focus

Overview & Intro What We Do Endava key facts Life @ Endava Designing and conceptualizing the

IT Excellence Center Support for IT entrepreneurs

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Kumail Jetha - General Manager, Endava Moldova

• Responsible for business operations, client delivery and growth of a 350+ software engineering centre in Chisinau

• Last 8 years spent designing, creating and managing nearshore development centres in the Danube region

• Tech startup experience (including my own!)• An entrepreneur by nature• From London, lived in Australia, US, Romania and now Moldova• Industry advisor to the IT Excellence Centre initiative

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Who are we?

A leading European IT services organisation with nearly 2300 full time employees.

HQ in London, Endava has offices in the UK, USA, Germany, Romania, Macedonia, Serbia and Moldova…..where it all began

What we do?

We cover the full software lifecycle – architecture & analysis, software development, testing, digital media, application & infrastructure management and cloud services.

Our customers are the world’s leading brands and we deliver high quality solutions in Capital Markets, Banking, Payments, Insurance, Media, Retail & Telecommunications.

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Endava Achievements : Chișinău

• We have reached 350 engineers and continue to grow

• New & larger projects in Chisinau

• Endava University – pay for certifications and trainings (both technical / soft skills)

• Innovation– 24hr hackathon, high performance bank competition, Tennis Open app & live streaming to name a few.

• Endava Internships – 50 places (>80% get hired)

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Life @ Endava

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Debates Club

Debates Tournaments

Team Buildings

Themed Parties

Connect.IT Meetup

Technical Monthly Meetups

Google style Environment

Relaxing areas

Sports

Reimbursements & Tournaments

CSR

Social Events & Charity

Treats

Special Fridays & Events

Hackathons

Innovation

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Goal• To establish and operate a fully functional and sustainable ICT Excellence

Centre in Moldova• Organize trainings and services to students and IT sector workers• Stimulate entrepreneurship, economic growth for the country

Process• Private-public partnership – the Moldovan Government, private industry,

academia and USAID• Open and transparent consultation with private sector• Private sector industry experts providing advice on the :

• design & functionality of physical environment• training and development programmes relevant to market demands• support and technical expertise on skills development

IT Excellence Center – Design & concept

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Ecosystem

• Private sector partners will be able to communicate with the universities, SMEs, startups, professionals and contribute to the curricula improvement and improvement of the IT and entrepreneurship ecosystem – under one roof

• Support & orientation to individuals who see themselves as future entrepreneurs

• cultivating the entrepreneurship spirit:• creating the proper services for the potential entrepreneurs and future

startups. • development of assistance programs with mentors, funding, linkages

to potential investment and other type of support for the potential successful projects.

• The Center will open its doors in Spring 2016

IT Excellence Center – support for entrepreneurs