Introduction to a popular trend in outsourcing: combining nearshore outsourcing, agile development, and extreme programming

1. Introduction to Scio Nearshore Agile Software Development

2. 2 Company Background Scio has been 100% dedicated to the US market since 2003 Scio has achieved excellent trust and credibility with its current US customers 50% of the company’s new business comes from referrals, repeat work and word-of-mouth Scio has developed expertise in a broad range of industries Proven processes to quickly immerse ourselves into new industry Cross-pollination of ideas between industries

3. What we do Services we offer SaaS & Cloud Business and Technical Consulting Software Product Development Application Maintenance and Operations We work for Software Companies (ISVs) Service Companies with technology-enabled service delivery

4. How we do it Nearshore Software Development Center Agile Methodology XP Practices Razor Sharp Technology Focus

5. Scio Consulting International, LLC. All rights reserved. 5 Nearshore Software Development Company Headquartered in California Consultants & Project Managers across the US Development staff in Mexico Cost savings Data privacy and IP protection Easy, same-day travel Matching culture and time zones Better team integration Easier, more effective project coordination Increased productivity Low turnover Low geopolitical risk Business model sanctioned by NAFTA

6. 6 Development Center: Morelia Population: 1 Million Capital of Michoacan State Government & college town 200 mi from Mexico City Time Zone: CST Altitude: 5,000 ft Founded 1541 Direct Flights Houston - 2h Los Angeles - 2.5h San Francisco - 4h Chicago - 4h Anywhere else in the US within 6-7 hours

7. Agile Application Development Iterative Delivery Value driven Flexible Transparent Highly Integrated Cost effective Agile Coaching 7

8. Framework for Success This is the new SaaS product development engagement model.

9. 9 Agile Delivery Model Scrum model when Scio is developing the full product

10. 10 Agile Delivery – Scrum Flow

11. Test Driven Development Our comprehensive testing solutions can enable companies to assess quality, develop best-in-class strategies, streamline automation and perform and manage application testing on a continual basis. 11

12. XP Practices XP – eXtreme Programming Simplicity Spikes to reduce risk Test Driven Development Continuous Integration Pair Programming Peer Reviews Refactoring

13. Desktop Technologies .NET Web Technologies ASP.NET, PHP Databases SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL Rich Internet Application (RIA) Expertise Silverlight, AJAX, Flex PaaS Implementation Experts SaaSGrid –MS SQL Server &.NET SaaS Application Server 13 Technical Focus

14. Sample Clients 14

15. Case Study – PACTS

16. First American Field Services PACTS Project: Field Inspection Automation Decreased work-order turnaround time by 25% Reduced data capture costs by 75% Improved control Kim Minton, Operations Manager at First American “The implementation of the new web tool, Property and Casualty Tracking System (PACTS), designed by the Scio team, truly revolutionized the field service property and casualty business.”

17. Case Study – LotConnect

18. Case Study – Thoropredictor.com

19. Case Study – RedActive, Inc.

20. Case Study – AXIS

21. Luis Aburto | CEOScio Consulting | San Jose, CAAgility in On-Demand Product DevelopmentPh: 408 404 3897 ext. 254laburto@sciodev.com www.sciodev.com