With the goal of promoting Curitiba as a recognized offshore destination, the Curitiba Offshore Center was formed by 16 of Curitiba’s IT companies.  Emerging from the Software Cluster of Curitiba, the initiative has the goal of increasing Curitiba’s share of the offshore market.

The offshore market is estimated at US$ 100 billion this year.  According to Carlos Alberto Jayme, coordinator of the Software Cluster of Curitiba, the creation of the Curitiba Offshore Center is aligned with the Cluster’s goal of promoting the software of Curitiba known as a world class.

In the past many local companies and captive centers were working independently and redundantly to promote Brazil and Curitiba’s potential as an offshore destination.  The Center allows these companies and captive centers to work together, saving time and money by sharing resources both in Curitiba and abroad.

The BRAZIL-IT and the Curitiba Offshore Center are combining their efforts to complement each other so as to maximize results and achieve their common goal: increase software exports. The Curitiba Offshore Center was officially launched on May 22nd at SEBRAE/PR and was attended by many of Curitiba’s top professionals.  Some of the attendees:

• Hans Gerhard Schorer, Vice President of the Administration Congregation of the CITS / Representation  - SEBRAE-PR;
• Mauro Sorgenfrei - President  of the ASSESPRO-PR;
• Djalma Petit - Director of the Marketing of the SOFTEX;
• Leonardo Max Matt - Director of the Solusoft;
• Hamilton Barretto - President of the da Xtrategus;
• Izoulet Cortes Filho - Consultant Region of the Brazil-IT / CITS;
• Aldir Brandão - Curitiba Offshore Center / Director of the Cinq Technologies;
• Robert Janssen - Director of Outsource Brazil;
• André Limp - Technologie Project Manager of the Apex-Brasil;
• Jacques Depocas - Center Head of the GLTB/HSBC;
• Henry Johns - CEO of the Vision TRE (USA);
• Silmar Silvio Kuntze - Curitiba Offshore Center;
• Luciano Scandelari, - CITS;
• Carlos Alberto Jayme, Software Cluster of Curitiba / Director of the Cinq Technologies;

The event also had the presence of some members from the Curitiba Development Company: Juraci Barbosa Sobrinho - President; Alexandre Modesto Cordeiro- Technical Director; Manoel Tadeu Barcelos - Manager Technology Development;Amadeu Busnardo – Presidency Advice; Rejane De Fátima Collodel - Tecnoparque Program Coordinator.