Nexus 2017: the rise of startups and outsourcing in Latin America
Impressions from Nearshore Nexus 2017, the greatest conference about outsourcing in Latin America
Last week we came back from Silicon Valley after spending two jam-packed days at Nearshore Nexus 2017, an intimate conference organized by Nearshore Americas, an independent online business news provider dedicated to promote the growing IT services from America to the world.
Held at the Google Quad campus, the seventh annual edition drew in over 150 executives from the US and Latin America. The participant’s goal was to meet in a friendly environment and discuss trends and opportunities in the BPO and software outsourcing landscape. In this blog post I want to share some impressions from the conference and the overall landscape of outsourcing in Latin America.
UruIT, Nearshore Company of the Year
We went to the conference’s Illuminate Awards, a.k.a.the Oscar’s of Latam outsourcing. It recognizes and rewards Latin American companies, exports agencies and entrepreneurs who fuel the industry year after year.
We are very proud to say that we took home the most significant award of the evening!! Being named “Nearshore Company of the Year” was a great honor! Actually, it recognizes our 10 years of hard work that contributed to the positioning of our continent as an ideal technology companion for US startups and companies that are looking to develop software.
During my brief speech, I mentioned the untapped opportunity that outsourcing to Latin America means for most North American companies. Timezone and cultural proximity are the most common reasons to go to South America. However, I encouraged attendees to learn more about the state of the art talent and availability as further reasons to partner with companies like ours for working on digital transformation initiatives, user experience, machine learning or agile product development.
Read the full article about Nexus 2017 in UruIT's blog.