oDesk
virtual management
Mario Peshev http://me.peshev.net/
DevriX CTO http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev

Contents
● About me
● Regular companies and business
● Virtual companies
● oDesk

Me
● Mario Peshev
● DevriX CEO
● Open Sourcerer
● SCJP / CSWAE
● WordPress++
● And bullets

Regular Companies

Depressive cubicles

Location constraints

Drawbacks
a few more

Epic
Bureaucracy

Hello, mr. Obvious
● Employment tough process, bureaucracy,
legislation specifics
● Limited area of experts
● Hard to find and fire an employee
● Lack of “agileness”
● Constraints due to office space or technical
equipment expenses

V-companies

“Coffice” work environment

Flexible work shift

Automattic rock!

Virtual companies
● Chance to hire an expert among millions of
specialists
● Faster turn-around time
● Cost-effectiveness
● So much flexibility!

oDesk

Find contractors

Find employees

Tune-up with similar projects

Manage

Contractors List

Limits

Management tools
● A precise control over contracts
– Time tracking and limiting
– Screen recording
– Guaranty and more trust

Work Diary

Find new mateys

Contractor review
● Reviewing new contractors
– Letter/bid message
– Experience (on oDesk and outside)
– Ratings from employees
– Portfolio
– Certificates
– Tests
– English level

New job filters
● Rating
● Area
● Min number of hours on oDesk
● Rate (min/max)
● Certificates
● Tests

Fixed price or hourly rate

HR/Finance control

Distribute the hiring and invoicing process

Email sync
● Get email notifications
● Reply via email
– All communication is
synced on oDesk

Invoicing system

Questions?
Mario Peshev http://me.peshev.net/
DevriX CTO http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev