When people are talking about outsourcing, usually they are talking from the cost reduction perspective. Especially this is important for the startups with limited, low or no cash flow. It’s true since the prices for the software development can be drastically reduced with IT outsourcing e.g. to Ukraine. But this is only one out from 10+ advantage of the outsourcing to Ukraine! About presenter: Andriy Kushnarov (founder of AK-IT Consulting) has more than 15 years experience in Software Outsourcing. Worked on different positions and knows very good how IT Outsourcing works. Also Andriy is originally from Ukraine.

1. 10+ Reasons for IT
Outsourcing to
Ukraine
Andriy Kushnarov
(Organiser @ Lean Startup HH)

2. Intro
FAQ
Questions & Answers
Ukraine
10+ Reasons for Outsourcing to Ukraine

3. INTRO

4. Email From My Friend
INTRO

5. INTRO
1 INTROI’m from Ukraine (now Hamburg, DE)
2 INTRO15+ years of working in Outsourcing
3 INTROHad a software outsourcing company in Ukraine
4 INTROTrainings and Coaching for IT Outsourcing companies in Ukraine
5 INTROI do outsourcing to Ukraine now
A n d r i y K u s h na rov
(Founder @ AK-IT Consulting)

6. UKRAINE

7. 1 Area: 603 628 KM2 (DE: 357 168 KM2)
UKRAINE
4 Timezone: EEST (UTC+2)
3 Capital: Kiev
2 Population: 42.4M (DE: 82.8M).

8. Quiz: Who are these Ukrainians?

9. Quiz: Who are these Ukrainians?
1 Dr. Wladimir Klitschko 2 Juri Gagarin 3 Max Levchin

10. UKRAINE
Video from
“Ministry of Economic Development
and Trade of Ukraine”
https://youtu.be/bSRgoA09oMg

11. 10+ Reasons for IT
Outsourcingto Ukraine

12. #1 Price / Quality Ratio
Cost reduction in prices for software development & design 40-60%
The quality is as good as German

13. #2 Huge talent pool
90 000 - 110 000 Technical IT Professionals
Prediction: 200 000 in 2020

14. #3 Good tech education
402 universities and colleges (in DE around 400)
30 000+ Tech Graduates Annually
14% IT people have 2+ university degrees

15. #4 English proficiency
- 80% of IT Professionals have a solid
English knowledge

16. #5 European time zone
UTC+2 (EEST)
Time difference with Germany: 1 hour
Time difference with Great Britain: 2 hours
2hours
1hour

17. Good performers opened to challenges
#6 European culture
Healthy “low-context” culture (facts and figures VS personal relations)
Good work ethics

18. DOU.ua: 238 000 participants
10+ World/Europe size IT Conferences
Hacatons, Meetups and Trainings
#7 Huge IT community

19. #8 1000+ IT Outsourcing companies

20. 1-2 days to kick-off the team/project
High quality
#9 Good customer relations
& high quality service
Client-oriented approach

21. #10 Big players already outsource to Ukraine

22. #11 Most IT specialists are with outsourcing experience
#12 Senior and certified specialists
#13 Modern technologies (e.g. Blockchain, Virtual
Reality, IoT, etc.)
#14 Simplified Tax system for IT Specialists
#15 40% of IT Specialists are with 7+ years of
experience
20 Reasons (Part 1)

23. #16 2-3 hours flying distance to Ukraine
#17 No visa is needed
#18 5 major IT clusters
Reality, IoT, etc.)
#19 Good transport connection
#20 Only 10 Bank holidays per year
experience
20 Reasons (Part 2)

24. FAQ

25. FAQ: Is it safe in Ukraine?

26. FAQ: How to select a right company for
outsourcing
Company Price
(1-5)
Technology
(1-5)
Speed of
onboarding
(1-5)
Speed of
growth
(1-5)
... Score
IT Profi 5 3 1 3 ... 3
WEB IT 4 4 5 4 ...
4.25
Soft Out 2 4 5 5 ... 4

27. FAQ: Does IT outsourcing trend go down?
NO. Every year the Ukraine’s IT industry
shows growth at 15-20%

28. S o u r c e s
- https://youtu.be/bSRgoA09oMg
- https://youtu.be/jdSQuanI8Z8
- https://goo.gl/UgdQwr
- https://goo.gl/QGVDXD
- https://goo.gl/PoYzuR
- https://goo.gl/5Ptnm7
- https://goo.gl/KnxQJS
- https://goo.gl/fsna8e
- https://goo.gl/Bco8VX

29. Questions?
Meetup Community: www.meetup.com/de-DE/Lean-Startup-HH/
C o n ta c t s
Thanks for coming!
Email: ak@ak-itconsulting.com
A n d r i y K u s h n a ro v
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andriykushnarov/
Xing: xing.com/profile/Andriy_Kushnarov/