MentorMate Company News: 2007
- December, 2007
MentorMate expands its Bulgarian software development office. Due to increasing demand in the U.S. and the EU MentorMate is expanding its office space for the second time in a year in Bulgaria. - November, 2007
Construction industry software vendor outsources area calculation / estimating software to MentorMate, Inc. The software allows independent field representatives to quickly and accurately assess weather damage claims and submit them to insurance companies. - October, 2007
Nationally recognized expeditionary non-profit organization enlists the help of MentorMate to build mobile based software using satellite-phone connectivity to the Internet. The solution will be used in extreme climates under rugged conditions. - September, 2007
Financial services consultancy hires MentorMate to build content management and workflow system to enhance financial advisor productivity for Fortune 500 companies. The same company also selects MentorMate to build an online project management tool. - September, 2007
Business intelligence software implementation company signs long-term staff augmentation agreement to serve clients in Western Europe and the United States. MentorMate assists in recruiting, testing, hiring, training and managing analyst resources ongoing. - August, 2007
Established health care financial management company signs staff-augmentation contract with MentorMate. - July, 2007
Major city port authority selects MentorMate to conduct best-practice CRM 3.0 analysis as well as customized coding of organization-specific functionality. - June, 2007
Noted Minnesota venture capitalist signs contract with MentorMate to build next company. - May, 2007
Telecommunications solutions company signs contract with MentorMate for software development of e-commerce and transaction portal. - April, 2007
Major e-learning company signs contract with MentorMate for software development services. - March, 2007
Minnesota company specializing on video productions signs contract with MentorMate for software development services. - February, 2007
Public company in Eastern U.S. signs contract with MentorMate for software development services in industry-specific auction platform. - January, 2007
MentorMate is selected to present at the University of Minnesota conference Codefreeze 2007. “"Getting the most out of offshore developers: a cultural, organizational and technological perspective" Adam Smith's invisible hand is hard at work shaping the constellation of work teams across the globe. Distributed teams present both challenges and advantages. The advantages include access to a wider talent pool, cost, scale, and round-the-clock development among other things. The challenges include; communication, differences in time zones, culture, logistics, management, language and work habits. Any organization wishing to reap the benefits of a distributed offshore development team must continually adhere to a comprehensive program of measures to ensure maximum productivity. The three pillars of these measures include Culture, Organization and Technology. Culture refers both to national and corporate culture, how well are they understood and meshed? Organization refers to the task divisions and work flows designed to deliver the best result for the client. And Technology refers to the underlying IT infrastructure and standards / processes necessary to produce a smooth workflow. Mr. Stansvik immigrated to the United States in 1999 and founded MentorMate, Inc. in 2001. The company now employs a software development staff in Bulgaria and business operations in St. Paul, MN. The company manages its remote workforce using best-of breed standards and tools including ISO 9001:2000 and MS Project Server Web Access. - January, 2007
MentorMate was recently called on by our partner XLAthlete to spruce up their website. You can see the new design at www.xlathlete.com.
