Outsourcing 101: Should Your Company Outsource Some Operations?
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Outsourcing operations and software development can save a company money and time. It brings in different skills needed for a company of any size and stage from startups to corporations.
Should your core team be doing the development? What projects make the most sense? What are different outsourcing models? How to make requirements clear enough? How to manage the process and not choose the wrong partner? What legal issues should be considered? How to avoid potential issues around communication, work product quality and transfer of work? And for many more questions like these…
Hear from senior legal partners and an established offshore development provider, if and how you should move forward with outsourcing.
Agenda
12:00 to 12:30 PM Check In, Food, Networking Reception
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Presentation, Q & A
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm More Q & A, Networking
About the Speakers
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Todd Rumberger, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
E. Thom (Todd) Rumberger Jr. is a partner and corporate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where he focuses his practice on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital, and Internet, software, telecommunications, digital media and financial services companies through all stages of their growth. He is vice chair of the firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, co-chair of the Technology Industry Team and is a member of the Transactional & Securities Practice.
Mr. Rumberger counsels his corporate clients, ranging from start-up, emerging growth stage and venture backed, to public domestic and foreign companies, on a wide variety of matters ranging from formation, capitalization, key executive employment and general employment issues, and corporate governance, to early (convertible debt and seed preferred) and later stage venture capital, debt and public equity financings and offerings, strategic partner, reseller, and similar commercial agreements. In addition, he has broad transactional experience representing public and private company, and private equity, buyers and sellers involved in mergers and acquisitions and financings. Additionally, Mr. Rumberger works with foreign start-up and growth stage companies in establishing a presence in the United States.
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Mike Overly, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Michael R. Overly is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where he focuses on drafting and negotiating technology related agreements, software licenses, hardware acquisition, development, disaster recovery, outsourcing agreements, information security agreements, e-commerce agreements, and technology use policies. He counsels clients in the areas of technology acquisition, information security, electronic commerce, and on-line law. Mr. Overly is a member of the Technology Transactions & Outsourcing and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices.
Mr. Overly is one of the few practicing lawyers who has satisfied the rigorous requirements necessary to obtain the Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP), Certified Risk and Information System Controls (CRISC) and Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) certifications.
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Mitesh Bohra, Co-founder and President, InfoBeans
Mitesh Bohra co-founded InfoBeans 15 years ago with a view to provide distinguished custom software services for its clients. The company employs over 600 professionals and is publicly listed on the National Stock Exchange in India. He is President of InfoBeans and responsible for US operations.
InfoBeans is a CMMI level 3 software services company specializing in business applications development for the web and mobile platforms.
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Mark Stoner, Business Development Director, InfoBeans
Senior business development leader with US and international experience for professional services firms including Accenture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and other leading technology companies. He was International Sales Manager for France Telecom for three years in Paris selling enterprise software.
His primary focus today with InfoBeans is to help enable success for organizations based in the SF Bay Area through InfoBeans’ highly qualified and experienced developers and business systems professionals. Mark works with startups developing their minimal viable product (MVP), mobile apps and larger IT projects.
Mark also works for the San Francisco 49ers in Guest Services on game days, concerts and special events.
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Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP is an international law firm started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer, the firm ranked 39th on The American Lawyer's 2011 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms.
Offering services for business law, health law, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, and taxation, from offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
Contact:
Estee Melcher
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InfoBeans
The people at InfoBeans have one passion – your success. Choose InfoBeans for onsite and offshore services including developing business applications for web and mobile. We apply lean start-up models to implement reusable product frameworks and APIs to accelerate product development and reduce costs.
Our onsite and offshore senior product, engineering and technical teams provide cost effective yet high value services. We play an integral role in the strategic growth and development of organizations from product development for emerging start-ups to business process automation for Fortune 500 companies.
Contact:
Mark Stoner
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Early Growth Financial Services
Company:
Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) is an outsourced financial services firm that provides accounting, CFO, strategic finance, tax, and valuation services and support to small to mid-sized companies at every stage of the development process. EGFS currently supports 10-15% of all venture-backed companies in the US. With on-the-ground operations in 9 markets -- from Silicon Valley to Chicago to NYC -- EGFS supports the finance functions for 500+ clients including TechShop, IndieGoGo, OUYA, ZenDesk, Klout, RocketSpace, Open ERP, and more! EGFS earned the #13 spot in Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2014 Fast Private Award, the #797 spot on the Inc. 5000 for 2014, and the #3 spot in the Inc. 5000 for fastest growing company in San Jose.
Contact:
Brieanne Traube