Introduction to Collabor

Corporate Profile and Service Offerings

Version: March, 2007
Corporate Overview
• Collabor was formed in Sep 2004
– Collabor is located in Natick, MA and Hyderabad, India
– Collabor Management has extensive experience building India
businesses
CEO - Sandeep Kaujalgi: formerly President & CEO of i-Vantage.
Past experience includes positions in Infosys, Virtusa, Syntel,
Siemens Nixdorf and Siemens.
COO – Mahendra Penumathsa: formerly VP of i-Vantage. Past
experience includes i-Vantage, Franklin Templeton
VP, Professional Services – Addison Grimes: formerly, VP of
Engineering at Monster.com. Past experience includes Virtusa,
Sapient and Accenture
CTO – Ranjan Chari: has 15+ years experience working with
J2EE, .NET and Opensource technologies. His work forms an
integral part of many financial services and technology
companies including Visa, Bank of Montreal, CapitalOne,
Wachovia, etc.
Focus Area
• TIME - the convergence of Telecom, Examples of TIME:
Internet, Media and Entertainment
– TIME creates unique opportunities and risks  Convergence of
Products
Companies have to continuously innovate  E-mail via handheld
 PC Telephone/Skype
Customers demand new level of services  Internet on TV &
and products  TV on Internet

Customer increasingly popularize new  Convergence of

industry segments (YouTube, blogs, VoIP,) Networks
which need to be addressed  VoIP/Internet
telephony
Companies have to create a multi-modal  Data via mobile
interaction strategy networks
– We are a technology company focussed on this  Solutions
convergence.  Online banking
 Contact Centers
We help our clients navigate TIME to their  Google Ads
benefit by building, re-engineering and  Verizon vCast
running applications  Blackberry
Service Offerings
• Our Services include:
– Strategy and Planning
Conceptualize initiatives to take advantage of TIME. e.g a contact
center framework instead of a call center framework
– Development
Using offshore center in India, we deliver a Rational Unified
Process (RUP) based 4D Execution Model, enhanced with best
practices of ISO 9001 and CMM
– Maintenance
Taking existing customer sensitive initiatives and giving them a
new lease of life
– Back Office Operations
Operating your online and offline businesses in a SLA based model
with productivity and efficiency improvements
Technology Competencies
• We work in 3 technology areas: J2EE, .NET and Open Source
– Platforms: Opensource, Java, .NET, C/C++
– Databases: MySQL, Oracle, MS Access, Post Gre
– Web technologies: PHP, ASP.NET, JSP, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Perl,
XML, Ajax, Ruby, Python, Apache
– Web development tools: Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks
– Multimedia: Macromedia Director, Flash, Photoshop, Corel Draw
– Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, Sun Solaris
– Application servers: Web Sphere, Web Logic, IIS, Open source
– QA & testing tools: Junit, Rational Rose, Load Runner

* Representative list
4D Execution Methodology
Rational Unified Process (RUP) with best practices from ISO 9000
& 6 sigma

Offshore-ability ✔ Trends, Strategies, Competitor Activity

✔ Matching Activity to Talent
Define

Domain Needs ✔ Short, Medium & Long Term Planning

✔ Vertical Domain Expertise
Technology Needs ✔ Moving Work Offshore – the successful way

✔J2EE, .NET and Open Source Competency

Solution Design
Design

✔ Stick to Knitting
✔ Web, High Tech & Telecom
Convert to Specs ✔ Focus on Re-usability

✔ RUP allows us to build a “rigorous process”

Develop

Iterative Code
Development ✔ SLA’s and Reporting Models
Tools/Methodologie ✔ Deliverables Management
s ✔ Use of Tools/Open Source to cut time to market
✔ Use Mercury and Automated Tools
Deploy

QA/Testing
✔ Continuous Testing (Double V) model
Go Live and ✔ Post Deployment Support – Helpdesk, Ongoing Maintenance
Support
Account Management
Client Business Collabor
Executive Senior
Alignment
Team Executives
Steering Committee
Client Collabor
Program Delivery
Manager Work
Strategic Direction Director
Prioritization
Client Team Collabor India Team Collabor Support Team

Task Monitoring
Client Project Project and Control
PM Lead/Manager Project Status
Management Issue Management
Deliverables
Quality Assurance/
Procedural Audit

Technical
Product Dev QA Coaching &
Owners Team Team Mentoring
Experiences
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Financial Services
- Visa, Wachovia, Capital One, Wells Fargo, State Street Bank, ADP
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Retail & Consumer
- Reebok, Staples, CVS Pharmacy, The TJX Companies, Shaw’s
Supermarkets, Ann Taylor
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Web Based
- Birbal.in, Esskyoo.com, Byron Employment
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Logistics & Distribution
- Echo Global Logistics, Port Authority of NY & NJ
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Telecom & Technology
- Siemens, Qwest Telecom, Ixia, EMC

COLLABOR
Because TIME Changes Everything
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