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& Iasi), Republic of Moldova ( Chisinau), Mexico ( Guadalajara), Germany (

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. The Pentalog Group is a global IT Service Platform serving start-ups and larger established companies with technological services such as

IT engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term ''p ...

, IT Recruitment, Digital Consulting & Financing. Their business model is largely based on the Offshoring and

Nearshoring Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activity which otherwise is or could be carried out internally, i.e. in-house, and sometimes involves transferring employees and ...

of operations for clients, using agile project management and Lean Product development methodologies.

Subsidiaries

Pentalog Software Factory The Pentalog Software Factory is Pentalog’s software development,

IT consulting In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consultancy, technology consulting, and IT advisory) is a field of activity which focuses on advising or ...

and

cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mu ...

agency. The team has over 850 full-time IT engineers spread across all their delivery centers. Pentalog’s website advertises all their engineers to be fluent English speakers. SkillValue SkillValue is the H.R.-based subsidiary of The Pentalog Group and handles IT recruitment and

freelancing ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance ...

. Serving both the B2B & B2C sectors, their website contains a platform with coding games and exercises for developers to assess their own skills and for employers to assess potential employees. SkillValue hosts events such as Hackathons and other competitive events in order to recruit talent. They have over 300,000 active freelancer profiles in their system. Pentalabbs Pentalabbs is a

venture capitalist Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

. Operating through an “IT for Equity” concept, employees provide their clients with services such as web development, talent acquisition,

digital marketing Digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses the Internet and online based digital technologies such as desktop computers, mobile phones and other digital media and platforms to promote products and services. Its development d ...

, logistics and consulting in exchange for shares in their startup company. RevSquare In 2016, Pentalog acquired a New York-based company, RevSquare. RevSquare is a Digital Marketing and Advertising agency that offers clients marketing automation, digital advertising and UI/UX services.

Notable clients and projects

* Online social platform, Made Unboxed developed for UK eCommerce company,

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for customers to share product photos and info * Online Crowdsourcing platform developed for Made.com for aspiring designers to submit furniture designs * Mobile app developed for youth mentoring program Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC to connect volunteers to other volunteers, mentors, case workers and mentees * Rebranding of French business school,

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* Mobile app developed for San Francisco-based startup, BitGym to enhance cardio activity through scenic video tours * Web platform upgrade for UK fashion eCommerce company,

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* Work order management platform (WOMA) upgrade for air transport communications company,

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Awards and recognitions

In 2009, Pentalog ranked 458 in the Deloitte Fast 500 EMEA and gained consecutive recognition in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In May 2015, Deputy CEO Monica Jiman was awarded “ Outsourcing Manager of the Year” at the Romanian Outsourcing Awards.

Notes and references

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