Avionyx Responding to the Global Marketplace for Software Engineering Services Offshore in Costa Rica – Maybe your company should too?

The rapidly developing world market for software engineering services is creating new opportunities and challenges for providers and customers of outsourced engineering services.

Avionyx responded to these opportunities by developing a state-of-the-art facility in San Jose, Costa Rica, designed and dedicated to providing offshore-based software verification and development services.

We invested significant time and resources in choosing the right location, and establishing the corporate infrastructure to bring maximum value and security to our customers who are interested in offshore cost savings.

Why Costa Rica?

In selecting a location for an offshore engineering center, our goal was to identify a solid source of high-quality software engineering talent in a timezone convenient to our customers. After evaluating the merits of various possible locations, we found that Costa Rica met and exceeded our criteria.

Geography

• Central Time Zone – ability to have teleconference calls rather than manage everything by email.
• Convenient Travel – 2.5-3 hr flight from multiple US locations, daily commercial flights, numerous airlines flying into San Jose.

People

• Life long learning mentality prevalent – few stop at Bachelor’s level
• Strong work ethic – low turnover
• Creative, fast learning professionals
• Society is culturally similar to US

Education

• Well Educated, 96% literate, 33% fluent English, most can communicate in English
• Education universal, free, compulsory since 1870 (first country in Latin America to do this)
• Computer labs in 50% of elementary schools and 100% of high schools
• English as a second language taught in 50% of public schools and 100% of private schools
• 92% of high school students pass English exam
• Education comprises 6.5% of GDP
• Strong University system, computer science and engineering programs

Stable Government, Legal System

• Costa Rica is most stable Central American country, more stable than most S. American
  countries too (politically and economically)
• Elections every 4 yrs, 3 independent powers
• 1983 declared permanent neutrality (considered Switzerland of the West)
• International intellectual property laws are enforced

Stable Economic/Business Environment

• Stable economy – Member of WTO
• 5.6% economic growth rate (2003)
• Strong US Trading partner – Over 50% of imports and exports with US
• Major exports – High Tech (> 50%), tourism, agriculture
• 78% of all software companies in Central America and Dominican Republic are located in Costa Rica, over 150 total

Cost

• Lower labor rates allow us to reduce our rates to our customers by over 50%

Infrastructure

1. Population 4.25M, 2M in San Jose area
2. Reliable telecommunications, high-speed internet access prevalent
3. Nationwide touchtone/dial and cellular service
4. Redundant fiber optic networks, redundant marine telecom cables to US
5. International airport – daily flights by a dozen commercial carriers with direct flights to Miami, Orlando, NY, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.
6. Secure professional business parks
7. Expedited customs processing – 2 day shipping to/from US
8. Over 200 US corporations located in Costa Rica including: Intel, Motorola, L-3 Communications, Baxter Healthcare, Abbot Labs, Proctor & Gamble, LL Bean, Western Union, Sara Lee
9. Free universal healthcare
10. 92% of power is hydro-electric, fully redundant power grid
11. Abundant water supply – consumes 1.4% of available resources
12. Low violent crime rate
13. Higher standard of living than India and China (ranked 42, China ranked 96, India ranked 124 worldwide)

Call Avionyx today at 866.625.9396 for more information on our off-shore and blended software engineering programs. We can save you money without going halfway around the world to do it!

You can download the Avionyx company brochure here.

321.821.2366 • 866.625.9396 • www.avionyx.com • 1918 Dairy Road, West Melbourne, Florida 32904 – Specializing in Avionics Engineering Since 1989

Andrew Makarik

to@welovecostarica.com

Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.