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1 www.synerzip.com Serving Software Development/QA Needs of Small/Mid-sized Companies September 2008

2 Confidential Discussion Topics 1.Quick Overview 2.Effectively Leveraging Dual-shore Model

3 Confidential About Us (Synerzip in a Nut-shell) 1.Software development partner for small/mid-sized technology companies Focus: B/C round funded technology companies Deep experience in product development, testing, & deployment Handles full software development life cycle Technology and industry domain agnostic Engagement flexibility: Fixed-Price OR Dedicated-Team 2.Actually reduces risk of development/delivery Experienced software management team Brings in appropriate level of engineering discipline Follows Agile development process – responsive & disciplined 3. Reduces cost – dual-shore team providing 50% cost advantage 4.Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore team captive

4 Confidential Experienced Team Hemant Elhence, Chief Executive Officer –Co-founder & COO of ECMi (Dallas), venture funded software product company –Product-line VP at i2 – managed product portfolio with multiple offshore teams –Manager at McKinsey & Co (Dallas), Consultant at TRG (Boston) –Software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation (Boston) –BSEE IIT Delhi, MSEE Univ. of Massachusetts, MBA Univ. of Chicago Vinayak Joglekar, EVP & Chief Technology Officer –Co-founder & CTO of ECMi, lead offshore (India) development center –22+ years experience in software architecture design & product development, has built and mentored 100+ teams, hired 1000+ software professionals –Successfully delivered off-shore software projects for 20+ companies incl. Alfa- Laval, First Guarantty, Cyberdrawer, etc. –BSME IIT Bombay, MBA IIM Calcutta Team of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in offshore software Product Development

5 Confidential Our Clients

6 Confidential Services Scope Product Development Maintenance Customer Support QA/Testing Automation Performance/usability Stress/compatibility Application Integration Data Prep & Loading Configuration/ Deployment Full solution provider for small/mid-sized technology company – Able to handle all related services – Puts together tailored team and processes Related Services Data Entry BPO

7 Confidential Technology Skills Synerzip team offers skills for variety of front end, back and helper tools in open source as well as the licensed software. We also have architectural expertise for distributed, n-tier applications and OLAP. Open SourceLicensedMicrosoftDatabase, Datawarehousing and OLAP UI and Client side Ajax, Ruby on rails, Struts, JSF, Tiles, Eclipse GEF Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver ASP.Net with C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic Actuate, Crystal reports, Cognos Visualizer, Business objects Server Side Java, J2EE, JBoss, Hibernate, Spring, AspectJ, Weblogic, Websphere ATL, COM, DCOM, Biztalk Server, SQL Server 2005, Cognos Powerplay, Informatica, Oracle 8/9/10g, DB2, Hyperion, MySQL, PostgreSQL Tools CVS, Ant, Maven, Cruise Control, Fitnesse, Open STA, jMeter Winrunner, Loadrunner, Rational Rose, Quick Test Pro, Rational Robot Visual Studio.Net, nUnit, nHibernate Toad, Data Junction, Erwin

8 Confidential Discussion Topics 1.Quick Overview 2.Effectively Leveraging Dual-shore Model

9 Confidential Is “Offshore” Right For You? 1.Scale: size of software team, incl dev, maint, QA 2.Talent Availability: how easy is it to find good software talent locally? 3.Engineering Discipline: how disciplined is you in-house dev and delivery process? 4.Engineering Leadership: do you have a seasoned “VP of Engineering”? 5.Company Culture: healthy attitude and willingness to accept “global” talent < 3 FTEs> 5 FTEs Easily available Tough – need to interview 20 to find one good Ad-hoc – no written req doc, fluid release mgmt, no QA Disciplined – well defined, waterfall or Agile Missing engg leadership, only business savy mgmt Seasoned VP of Engg with next level team Insular and insecure Open minded, healthy “global” view

10 Confidential Basic “Offshore” Principles 1.Have long-term commitment, but start small – say 4 to 12 man-month well defined “project” 2.Match offshore team composition with needed work content – hire heavy hitters for challenging work and vice-versa 3.Ensure proper infrastructure set-up for distributed development – source code control, issue tracking system, VPN, wiki, etc. 4.Follow management hygiene Over communicate (docs, email, wiki, video-conf, skype, etc.) Over compensate for project mgmt Define success criteria & track (results oriented metrics, avoid counting hours!) Clear management ownership with aligned incentives on your team Learning cycles 5.Treat offshore team as “your” team 6.Maintain continuity of work & team

11 Confidential Typical Team for New Product VISIONARY Idea owner, drives long-term product roadmap Passionate, evangelizes the idea But, can’t “write” detailed reqs May not understand software dev process and get easily frustrated Understands the vision, and writes requirements Understands domain, specific customers/users, competitors, etc Detail oriented, analytical Defines scope of each iteration/release, owns QA PRODUCT MGR BUSINESS ANALYST QA DEV MGR DEVELOPER Seasoned development manager – owns delivery plan – resource, time, scope, risk Pushes back on Prod Mgr to manage scope Great people manager SW ARCHITECT ARCHITECT Seasoned software technologist – makes effective design trade-offs, lays technical foundation Works with dev team on design Owns short-term and long-term technology roadmap Can be handled Offshore Needs to be onsite

12 Confidential We spend time upfront to understand the work content We assign a dedicated team, with direct involvement from client Client responsible for work content planning and delivery For the first 3-4 months we actively manage to ensure smooth start-up Client retains option to “buy their dedicated team” anytime they want Client project is reasonably well defined and “independent” We spend time upfront to understand the work content We scope the work – resources, time, $$, and assign team We deliver using “Incrementally Priced Agile” All scope changes negotiated along the way in good faith Pick the Right Model “Fixed Price Project”“Dedicated Team” Projects need to be well defined and independent Will still require client team’s ongoing involvement Client needs to have engineering leadership Client needs to have long- term interest

13 Confidential Fixed Price Project Formal Project Kick-off

14 Confidential Build Dedicated Team Engagement Time (months) 6121824 5 10 15 20 Offshore Team Size 1 Start of Offshore Engagement with Synerzip (3-5 FTEs) BUILD 4 ~15 FTE Client Team Hosted @Synerzip TRANSFER Gradual, 2-Step Transfer 5 20+ FTE Client’s India Operation TRANSFER 2 5 to 8 FTEs 3 8-12 FTEs

15 Confidential Executive Sponsor Client Executive Sponsor Synerzip Offshore Project Mgr Project Owner Ensure true partnership relationship Shared and common objectives True global one-team perspective Periodic performance reviews 10-20% time commitment Overall responsibility for setting the short-term project objectives Enables knowledge transfer for offshore team Sets the “right” tone of team-work and performance Facilitates resolving all issues – VPN, data availability, key decisions, etc. 20%-100% Time commitment Facilitates communication with offshore team – time/accent difference, etc. Really understands client’s business needs and concerns Elicits required information from client personnel with minimal intrusion and inconvenience Some hands-on technical work, if needed Onsite Product Mgr 100% Time commitment Fully responsible for all output from India team Maintains required quality and quantity of output from offshore team Maintains positive team atmosphere and morale Plans ahead for deliverables Completes weekly progress reports Team Structure For Success

16 Confidential Full Team Transfer Option Client VP Engineering Synerzip Hemant (US) Prod Mgr (50%) Vinayak + Core Team (India) Proj Mgr Dev LeadQA Lead Other Functions (DBA, Doc, etc) Dedicated Client Team in India Entire Team Transferred to Client, at Their Option

17 Confidential Billing Rates Hourly rates above are for informational purposes only, Synerzip assigns a dedicated offshore team and charges flat monthly rate (no overtime charged) For balanced 5-10 person team, average cost < $3.5K per professional/month In some cases, a monthly management fee of $2K to $5K per month, will be charged for first 4 months of the engagement On-site professional is billed on actual hours basis @$80/hr

18 Confidential Contact Information Hemant Elhence (Dallas based) –hemant@synerzip.comhemant@synerzip.com –Cell Phone: 214.762.4873 www.synerzip.com HQ in Dallas, TX –14228 Midway Rd, #130, Dallas, TX 75244 –Office Tel: 469.322.0349 –Office Fax: 469.322.0490


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