SoftServe plans new locations in Western Europe in 2014

FLORIDA, USA: SoftServe Inc., the global outsourced product and application development company, has completed another outstanding year. 2013 was SoftServe's 20th anniversary of empowering businesses worldwide and was marked with global expansion, new executive assignments, significant customer wins and industry accolades.

In the course of the year the company added more than 45 new customers and over 700 highly skilled professionals. New offices were opened in Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine, as well as a state-of-the-art UI/UX Center of Excellence in Austin, Texas. New locations in Western Europe are planned in the first quarter of 2014 to support the company's global expansion strategy.

SoftServe once again confirmed its leadership in the global IT outsourcing marketplace, with inclusion into the 2013 Global Services 100, a prestigious list of leading outsourcing providers. The company was honored as the 2012 Partner of the Year by Microsoft Ukraine for Innovation in Business Analytics and won the Application Lifecycle Management award for its SoftServe ALM Accessories (SALMA) solution at the Microsoft's Partner Awards. For implementation of best practices in personnel management, SoftServe was recognized as the Best Place to Work for Software Developers based on rankings by Developers.org.ua (DOU.ua).

Committed to the support of innovative education and community investments, SoftServe sponsored the Ideas Lab at Lviv Business School; the embedded systems and mobile development lab at Lviv National Polytechnic University; and a Software Development contest for high school students.

"With the services, people and partnership groundwork we laid in 2013, SoftServe is well positioned to meet and exceed the needs of our clients well into the future," said Alan Harlan, CEO, SoftServe Inc.

"Our growth has been remarkable and the company's strategy is to reach new levels of success year over year. We focused on building our business, helping our clients get greater ROI, and expanding our market leadership into key verticals. Our people are our greatest asset, and we continue to invest in SoftServe University, a strategic educational initiative and powerful model for learning that develops the intellectual capital of our organization."