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Let's take the challenge together!
Let's take the challenge together!
Team size: 3-4 par�cipants
Dura�on: 5-7 months
Avg. project size: 40-80 K €
Methodology: AGILE, SCRUM
Communica�on: English
100%Private company
13%
6.5%
6.5%
37%
37%
Applica�on Development
Web / Mobile Development
Quality Assurance
Applica�on Maintenance
Consul�ng and Requirement
Engineering
Skills Distribu�onThe ingredients of asuccessful GnomeDesign project
Mul� – project management Applica�on development
Medical/health relatedEU funded RDI projects
Responsible EmployeeInnova�ve HR
Produc�on Monitoring System
Other
Market Areas
45%
25%
16%
20+ K outsourced MDs
sa�sfied customers33+
employees15+
Turnover (2016): K €320
Since 2008
50+ projects
M €2,3
Projects in countries5+
7%
7%
Have you ever planned a trip to a place where you have never been before? To a peak, that you have always wanted
to reach, not because it has been a duty, but because you were really curious to see it. You have got an aim and you
would like to fulfill it, in spite of being conscious that the
unknown reserves difficul�es and challenges. Should I try
it or not? The ques�on lies in your thoughts and you
cannot stop thinking about it.
You do not create a plan B, you are not looking for
alterna�ves. You simply believe in it and you are commi�ed
to your main objec�ves. In such cases you need a leader, a
reliable partner, who can offer a solu�on and shows the
way in order to accomplish your mission.
Let the Gnome Design team be your leader on the road,
during our more than ten-year-old career we have
successfully held on several �mes in our challenging
projects. A team which – beside high technology and latest
tools - is not afraid to grab a pen and paper if it comes to
design - and does not search for framework solu�ons for
the problem but is possessing professional solu�ons.
Therefore we would like to promote our experience and
por�olio in its details, in order to lead you on a safe and
predictable partnership and - a�er reaching our common
goal – to share your success!
Yours sincerely,
Béla Bihari
CEO
Dear Partner!
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Table of contents
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Introduc�on
Romania in Nutshell
Romanian ITC
The Gnome Design Company
Service Lines
So�ware Development
Web and Mobile Development
Outsourcing
Tes�ng and Applica�on Maintenance
IT Consul�ng
Hos�ng & Virtualiza�on
Tools and Technologies
KLUSA – Professional Mul� Project Management
Empowering KLUSA Project Team
Flowtrack - The real-�me produc�on monitoring system
Innova�ve HR - “Responsible Employee”
The Gnome Design Team
Cer�ficates & Awards
Recommenda�ons
Clients and Partners
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Loca�on:
Accession to EU:
Capital and largest city:
Official languages:
Popula�on:
GDP growth (%, 2016):
Infla�on (%, 2016):
Time zone:
Country ranking:
Cer�fied IT specialists:
Center Eastern Europe
2007
Bucharest
Romanian
19,372,734 (2015)
5,2
-1,0
EET (UTC+2)
Deloi�e's CEE Technology Top 50 in 2014: 4th place
Leader in Europe, and 6th in the world
Romania in Nutshell
Spoken languages in Romania
Romanian 89% Hungarian 7% German 1.5%
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The Romanian IT & C sector has been proudly named the sector with zero unemployment.
Companies from various IT & Telecom sectors are planning to expand their teams or enter the market: Research &
Development Centers, and Technology Centers.
Approx. 100,000 IT&C specialists at na�onal level.
Technical educa�on includes 5 top polytechnic universi�es, 59 domain-specific universi�es, 174 private colleges.
More than 90% of IT professionals speak English.
IT professionals in Romania are drawn to obtaining interna�onal recognized cer�fica�on like: Linux, Cisco, Microso�,
Oracle, SUN, ISTQB and PMP.
Key Facts
Job type percentage across all industries
3000IT job openings adver�sed at any given �me
So�ware Developers 55%
Other (ex: Tech Support) 15%
Mobile Developers (iOS/Android) 4%
Project Managers 6%
Consultants 5%
Business Analysis 3%
Architects 3%
Testers / QA 9%
50of the largest IT players have opera�ons in Romania
and have expansion plans for the next 2 years.
ProgrammingLanguages
Other23%
.NET / C#15%
JAVA28%
Mobile7%
PHP15%
C / C#12%
Romanian IT&C
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Gnome Design Ltd provides IT services for Western European and
Romanian companies and ins�tu�ons. The company's principles beyond
high quality are to work in a professional manner, adopt European work
culture and create fair business for project-based teamwork.
In our business area uniqueness, crea�vity and innova�on are
essen�al and cri�cal. These added values are our contribu�on to
success during our par�cipa�on in complex so�ware development
projects.
Our long-term strategy includes working onsite with customers in
Western Europe and also nearshore outsourcing, development and
support at our Eastern Europe development center.
So�ware Development
Customer specific individual solu�ons
based on agile methodology, cost
effec�ve and professional.
Web and Mobile Development
CMS based responsive web and
mobile solu�ons for R&D projects
and apps.
Outsourcing
Fine-tuning the distributed projects by
using the advantages of convenient
�me zone, cultural a�tude and
transparency.
Tes�ng and Applica�on
MaintenanceQuality assurance and mul�-level,
remote support provided by highly
skilled IT engineers.
IT Consul�ng
Partner in taking right decision having a
trus�ul and competent adviser, �me
and cost effec�ve.
Hos�ng & Virtualiza�on
Innova�ve, flexible hos�ng services for
medium and large size customers.
Main Service Lines
The Gnome Design Company
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Most of our so�ware development projects are full stack
solu�ons based on customers' requirements and their
industry. We have significant experience in complex
enterprise applica�on development in the domains of
mul�-project management, e-commerce, HR and IP based
network configura�on tools.
Our solu�ons are based on Microso� frameworks using
Oracle databases following the newest technological
trends like Microso� Azure.
The Gnome Design colleagues are without excep�on
graduate engineers, computer scien�sts and owners of
MCP/MCSD Cer�fica�ons.
#scrum #fdd #azure #asp #.net #c#
#mvc #oracle #mssql #jira#wpf#wcf
As the world becomes more mobile than ever, it is a “must-
have” requirement to meet the responsive, browser
compa�ble and “mobile first” trends.
Our web and mobile services are varying between simple
“one pagers” and full serviced e-commerce portals, web-
apps and CRM systems.
We have significant experience in the customiza�on and
extension of modularized CMS systems.
During our development process we emphasize scalability,
transparency and the use of state-of-the-art technologies.
#php5 #phpframeworks #mysql #html5 #css3
#js #bootstrap #adobephotoshop
#wordpress #laravel
#jquery#angular
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle“
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
David McCullough“
So�ware Development
Web and Mobile Development
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Many among Europe's largest companies struggle with
significant resource problems due to the rapidly evolving
market and the need for a qualified and skilled workforce.
We offer a quality solu�on to this problem with our near-
shore outsourcing service.
With more than 20K outsourced working days we have
gained considerable experience in this par�cular area,
iden�fying the key points that determine a cri�cal success
or failure of the online and offline work.
One of our significant advantages is our loca�on situated in
the center of Romania; close enough to the Europe's major
ci�es and IT valleys'.
Tes�ng and Applica�on Maintenance
We have significant experience in leading and execu�ng
manual and automated test plans bound with complex
system integra�on processes, as well as in the prepara�on
and delivery of build servers and installa�on packages.
Thanks to our over 200K end-users we learned exactly the
meaning of a system failure. We also le� behind us the
feeling and the impact of a wrongly configured update
package or install patch.
As a result of our successful coopera�on with Infineon and
Intel we have also gained considerable experience in using
specific support systems like UTP, Remedy and
ServiceNow.
#istqb #finalbuilder #msbuild #ant #installaware
#remedy #jira #man�s#servicenow#utp
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the
least like working.
Frank Lloyd Wright“
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
George Eliot“
Outsourcing
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Company leaders and project stakeholders are
con�nuously facing the dilemma of choosing the best
suited product from the many possibili�es or deciding on
developing an individual solu�on.
The most frequently iden�fied problems during our IT
consultancy projects are: the lack of structuring, bad
resource management, missing KPIs and reports as well as
cri�cal issues regarding costs and cash-flow management.
Thanks to our experience and professionalism gathered
over the years, we offer IT consultancy and system
integra�on services in project management, e-commerce,
ERP Tools, CMS, CRM systems.
Hos�ng & Virtualiza�on
During the years we learned that without professional and
reliable infrastructure the services we offer will always lack
of quality. Therefore, we have created a small sized server
farm and environment for tes�ng and hos�ng our solu�ons.
Our professional system administrators are able to provide
instant assistance in the resolu�on of your problems. We are
offering premium hos�ng and virtualiza�on services for mail
and FTP servers, for Cloud and SaaS solu�ons and live CMS
pla�orms.
We trust the German quality, that is why the Combridge Ltd.
(Deutsche Telekom) is our long term partner in providing the
reliable and redundant broadband internet.
#windowsserver_2008_2012 #hyper-v #linux #centos
#ubuntu #ssl
Desire, ask, believe and receive.
Stella Terrill Mann“
There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas A. Edison“
IT Consul�ng
#projectmanagement #erptools #cms
#crmsystems
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Tools and Technologies
Our advantages
Several years of successfully outsourced projects
Innova�ve mul�cultural team and professional working environment
Western European working prac�ces based on agile processes
Matching �me zones and shorter travel �me
Cost-effec�ve development and support services provided by highly skilled IT engineers
Full transparency in costs and working progress
Programing Languages
C#
ASP.NET
Adobe Flex
PHP5
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
jQuery
Databases
Oracle mySQL MS SQL
Methodologies
Scrum MVCFDD Agile
Opera�ng Systems and Virtualiza�on
Windows Server
Linux/Ubuntu
Hyper-V
VMware
Tools
Visual Studio
PL SQL
Remedy
UTP
EA
Jira
Man�s
Finalbuilder
MS Build
Ant
ServiceNow
Photoshop
Frameworks & CMS
WCF/WPF
Zend
Laravel
AngularJS
Bootstrap
WordPress
.NET Nuke
SharePoint
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Node.js
KLUSA – Professional Mul� Project Management
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Core features:
Single and mul�-project management
Corporate resource management
Por�olio management
Time a�endance
Repor�ng and Controlling
Data synchroniza�on and exports
Ready for a professional PM? Just ask for a free demo or
web session!
Find out more at:
www.klusa.com
KLUSA is a so�ware product by OPUS Business Solu�ons
GmbH (Munich/Germany) that offers a web-based solu�on
for single-project, mul�-project, por�olio, and corporate
resource management.
It can be economically deployed as a small business
solu�on (e.g. as a SaaS/Cloud solu�on) as well as in-house
(on premise) system integra�on in order to support
medium to large corporate environments.
Empowering the KLUSA Project Team
Since 2008 Gnome Design Ltd. has been coopera�ng with
the OPUS Business Solu�ons GmbH from Bavaria,
Germany as their main partner in the area of so�ware
development and customer support for the KLUSA
product.
Within this long-term partnership the Gnome Design team
is responsible for developing, designing and suppor�ng this
Microso� .NET technology based system.
During the ongoing session our project managers are
taking part in coordina�on, design and execu�on, and also
act as an intermediary between the virtual teams, helping
them with consulta�on and technical solu�ons.
We are the exclusive reseller company of the KLUSA
product on the East European market. We are proud of
this accomplishment; hence we know we represent the
level of the German quality and professionalism for
implemen�ng project management in our region.
Key Figures
Releases: 28 major deliveries
Outsourcing: 15K+ man days
Partnership: Exclusive reseller - East
Europe
Technology: ASP.NET, C#, HTML5,
WCF, MVC, Oracle
Customers: Infineon, Intel, Jenop�k,
BMW, Swisslife, Condor, AES
East European market
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Flowtrack - The real-�me produc�on monitoring system
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Technologies:
#html5 #css3 #angular
#mysql
#nodejs
#laravel#php5
Do you want to raise your produc�vity and lower your expenses?Ask for a demo!
Flowtrack is a browser based real-�me produc�on monitoring system
designed for small and medium sized enterprises, produc�on unites and
lines.
Minimizing pressure, raising the produc�vity!
What is our daily material consump�on?
When can we deliver a given order?
Which team is/was the most effec�ve on a given produc�on phase?
Answer these daily ques�ons assisted by Flowtrack and take responsible
decisions based on reports and monitored data.
“Simplicity is complexity resolved”
The success of our system will depend on the capacity of your team
who will enter the data. Therefore we don't offer complicated
overwhelmed layouts with many bu�ons, clicks and naviga�on paths.
Both for desktop or mobile, we designed a user interface as simple and
intui�ve as possible in order to really support your produc�on.
Core features:
Customer management
Offer and order management
Stock management
Produc�on and workflow monitoring
Real-�me material consump�on
Ac�vity tracking
Invoicing
Packaging and delivery assistance
Forecast and repor�ng
Your benefits:
HR alloca�on op�miza�on
Material and stock usage escala�on
Improved overall produc�vity, efficiency and
quality with �mely hands-off data capture and
analysis of both machine and process
performance data.
Elimina�on of unnecessary down�me as
produc�on and maintenance issues are
iden�fied before they become a problem.
Reduced produc�on monitoring expenses
Innova�ve HR - “Responsible Employee”
The “Responsible Employee” is a web-app that can help you
rethink your a�tude to human resource management.
Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your
compe��ve advantage. You want to a�ract and retain the
best; provide them with encouragement, s�mulus, and make
them feel that they are an integral part of the company's
mission.
Unfortunately, using ordinary tools one cannot access the
most important informa�on related to the performance of
our employees. We want to offer a solu�on to this problem.
Viewing the processes through which most employees
par�cipate will take a closer perspec�ve – you will have a
degree of in�macy and understanding that are unavailable
to most entrepreneurs today.
Based on posted evalua�ons our SaaS or in-house hosted
pla�orm offers repor�ng features like: performance charts,
periodical reports and skill or department based
comparisons tables.
Are you ready to know your employees? Just ask for a
demo!
Technologies:
#html5 #bootstrap4 #d3js #flexgrid #css3
#scss #slimframework #php5.4 #grunt#nodejs
#mysql #res�ulservices#pdo
Evalua�on 360
Inform your team about your
apprecia�ons and cri�cs in
form of evalua�ons.
Professional HR
DashboardHave a con�nuous radar in
order to find out your
teams' strengths and
weaknesses.
Reports and comparisons
Create your individual reports
based on job posi�on and
department in order to
compare your human
resources.
Customized performance
indicatorsChoose from a range of
individualized set of criteria
that you can use to
evaluate and report.
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The Gnome Design Team
We created a people-oriented company, based on “think-outside-the-box” mentality, in the Central Region of Romania. We
prefer to call our colleagues by their names and not treat each other as resources or capaci�es. We believe in the spirit of our
team – built on a�ributes such as flexibility, respect, acceptance, belonging, stability and involvement. We are convinced that
con�nuous quality can only be provided by learning, exercising responsibility, crea�vity and sufficient efficiency.
In spirit of these skills, our expecta�ons include op�mism in the future, the need for development and last, but not least
professional and personal gra�fica�on. These are the flags that bind us together and forge a strong Gnome Design Team.
Feeling awesome
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the hard core
the present the future
the near past
Cer�ficates & Awards
We are proud of our memberships in the following professional associa�ons:
Key role in IT PLUS CLUSTER
We are proud of our ac�ve membership and commitment in the IT PLUS Cluster,
the only professional organiza�on in our region that gathers the informa�on
technology and telecommunica�on companies and other ins�tu�ons in a cluster,
which increases its innova�on poten�al in a synergic manner by placing added
values, contacts and knowledge in common ownership. We are member of the
board commi�ee, moreover our CEO is the president of this associa�on.
Core member of Covasna County Chamber of Commerce
Since 2013 we are core member of the Covasna County Chamber of Commerce.
During our frui�ully partnership, - beside the deliveries of IT services, we played
a key role in founding the Chambers' IT&C Department who's president is our
CEO, Mr. Bihari.
Silver Applica�on Development Competency in .NET Technology
Since 2014 we achieved the Microso� Silver Applica�on Development
Competency in the Microso� Partner Network. This result defines our company
as a trusted expert to our customers through professional development and
support of desktop and web applica�ons built using core Microso�
technologies.
ISO 9001 for “Enterprise So�ware Development”
It is important to us that healthy growth of our company is done based on an
organized, systema�c and mutually accepted norm. The widening client base,
the growing team and the increased administra�ve tasks pointed out the
benefits of the ISO 9001 norm that will be followed by our next goal the ISO:
27001.
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Recommenda�ons
Fast and smooth communication and so�ware development on a
constantly high quality level are key criteria for us. Based on our positive
experience we will expand our cooperation in the future, and we are
looking forward to working and developing complex state-of-the-art
so�ware with our colleagues at Gnome Design.
Carsten Schmidt, KLUSA - General Manager, OPUS GmbH, Germany
“The Gnome Design Ltd. is providing continuously a professional IT
solution in our EU research projects. The reaction time is fast, the
finalized job is accurate. The communication with the Gnome team is
straightforward. They are always helpful and they offer a pragmatic and
cost effective solution. Through our partnership we have experienced
Gnome Design Ltd. as a reliable and serious partner and we believe in
our continuous collaboration on existing and new requirements and
projects.
Ameli Schwalber (CEO, Concentris Research Management GmbH)
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The same professionalism. Every day.
András György Edler (President, Covasna County Chamber of Commerce)
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Clients and Partners
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Are you planning a Project? We are ready. Challenge us!
So�ware Development
Web and Mobile Development
Outsourcing
Tes�ng and Applica�on Maintenance
IT Consul�ng
Hos�ng & Virtualiza�on
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Oltului Street 4/a
520027 Sfântu Gheorghe
Romania
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