WHO WE ARE
The best ideas
always win
IT Labs was founded year 2005 in Los Angeles, CA. It was created with a sole purpose to produce the most high-performing, purpose and process-driven software development teams. Since day one we enabled our clients to compete with innovation and efficient development by providing them with turn-key teams, taking on the responsibility to hire, fire and nurture talent for them. Today we count about 700 team members across multiple continents, supporting clients in most time zones. Our certifications include AWS, Azure, ISTQB and ISO certified [ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1].
We believe in Idea Meritocracy and practice the Principles (by Ray Dalio). Let the best ideas always win. Our core values/goals are: Integrity, Excellence, Proactivity, Innovation, and finally, care for our people. Culture is the number one priority at IT Labs. Leadership is open-minded with radical transparency. People are happy and thriving, with close to 100% retention rate.
OUR VALUES
INTEGRITY
We stand behind everything we say and do. We embody this through practicing radical transparency, and the implementation of principles that form the most meaningful relationships.
EXCELLENCE
We are committed and in constant pursuit of self-improvement, delivering fidelity in everything that we do, thus providing the highest quality and value possible.
PROACTIVITY
We cultivate a culture that encourages taking initiatives and active decision making, one based on idea-meritocracy, where the most possible best ideas win out.
INNOVATION
We are in constant exploration of new concepts and solutions that add value, improvements, and fully grasp the future needs of our clients.
PEOPLE
We care for our people through respecting their cultural diversity, experience, and recognizing their efforts. We strive to create an environment that allows them to thrive and reach personal and professional growth every step of the way.
VALUE
We speak
the same language
We are technology agnostic, and everything that we do has a proactive intent for innovation. From product design, architecture, infrastructure, process and people growth, we always tend to innovate. Given our size and maturity, we cater to most tech stacks, especially the latest needs and trends. The three pillars of our offerings are Cloud, DevOps and AI/ML. Our Blockchain team is also very experienced and has a great track record. In each instance of engagement, our team develops industry and business know-how which contributes to the overall value that the technical team brings. Therefore, we speak the same language as the stakeholders, the business and the product managers. Over the years we covered many different industries such as HR/HCM, financial, healthcare, real estate, construction, education, government, energy, telecommunications and other. As far as the industries that we have the most experience with are: HR/HCM, higher education and financial.
Our Tech Radar lab provides the ability for our team members to focus on latest technologies, experiment with new environments and practices.
To read more about our experience please visit our Case Studies page here.
Lawson Ellinor, CEO, ImageAPI.
„IT Labs team, I want to personally say thank you for your genuine partnership with our team and company…your team, work, patience, flexibility, and impact over the last year has been impressive and important as we build our business and products to tackle new markets and growth opportunities. Thank you for all you do and the impact you make with our team and our customers.“
Rodrigo Goncalves, Enterprise Alumni.
„So, first of all, I would like to thank you all, again, ITL team was really great and did the impossible in such short time. I really appreciate the effort and dedication you gave to this task! AMAZINGLY IMPRESSIVE!! “
HOW WE WORK
From big
to small
Over the years we worked with companies on both ends of the spectrum, from big enterprise to small innovative funded startups, and any size in between. Currently 60% of our client base is mid-size companies (mostly PE owned), 20% big enterprise and 20% startups.
Our model is simple, we either provide a dedicated Agile SDLC turnkey team, or we spec and estimate a project and we guarantee our estimates, timing and deliverables, or else. Our talent goes through a very robust selection and training program before they join a team, regardless of their experience.
We are a believer in Agile/Scrum, however, we deploy different versions of agile for different clients and projects, based on their specific needs and processes.
For more information about How We Work please visit our page here.
TEAM & TALENT
Our talent goes through multiple stages of development.
65%
of our team is women.
95%
of our leadership is women.
Sourcing
We hire by values. Only the individuals that fit our cultural elements would be suited as part of our teams. English is the official language of the company. Personal interests and hobbies are a must. We like the Star Wars fanatics too.
Training
60% of our talent is homegrown. Every individual entering our company needs to go through a 6 month to a year of training. The training consists of process, hard skills, communication and other identified gaps.
Teaming
Once the individual training is completed, a team member enters a team. At first, they shadow a project for X amount of time, supervised by a mentor. After that, they start in a junior capacity until they are ready for prime time.
Nurturing
Personal growth plans are carefully designed by the HR team and the technology leadership. They include continuous professional education, workshops, events, certifications, Tech Radar Lab and more.
WHY IT LABS
Complete life-cycle software development
Being a full-service technology development firm, we provide everything from idea and concept building to polished, high-quality products utilizing complete software life-cycle management. IT Labs’ core competencies are software development and technology consultancy. We build complete solutions from idea to implementation, maintenance, and support.
IT Labs’ Educational Lab
Sixty percent of our workforce is trained in-house. IT Labs’ Educational Lab is one of the most important parts of our intellectual power. It creates new experts with fresh and ambitious ideas. The goal of the lab is to educate the company’s future talent by perfecting their skill sets and understanding of corporate culture.
Diversified Experience
Many years of experience in a wide range of verticals including: financial services, legal, healthcare, education, real estate, entertainment, aerospace, media & advertising, and many more gives us the high level of business intelligence experience and know-how to be deployed for any project size and complexity in any industry.
Flexible & Affordable
Being a hybrid company [on-shore, off-shore, and near-shore], we are able to provide the best of both worlds: quality and competitive pricing. With our flexible price tiers and distributed teams, we leverage the wealth of diversified knowledge and premium services on a very affordable budget.
Highly skilled professionals
Nurturing collaborative technology skill-sets and experience, from junior to senior levels, we strive for the highest results possible. We welcome self-managed, self-motivated, and open-minded professionals, who continuously grow and excel at what they do.
Integrity & Loyalty
Long-term client care is the number one priority at our company. We enjoy the time that we spend on projects. We are only interested in establishing business relationships with our clients/partners that involve a great deal of synergy and mutual success.
Various methodologies supported
Using different methodologies such as: SCRUM, Test-Driven Development, Feature-Driven Development, and others, combined for per project needs, we utilize adaptive planning, bleeding edge development, and timely deliveries.
Worldwide presence
We currently have a presence on three (3) continents, and our footprint continues to grow internationally. We work with clients in different nations, cultural backgrounds, languages, and time zones.
THE PROCESS
How do we develop talent
Our internal Talent Growth Center was created in 2010 in an effort to provide continues generation of talent internally, without the market dependency.
- We accept young and talented individuals in 10-people pods.
- They start with 3-6 months internal training (depending on their speed and project complexity).
- Then they shadow for another 6 months supervised by a mentor, typically a team lead.
- Finally, they start working in a junior role supervised by the team lead and monitored by the TGC coordinators.
Give back
IT Labs has done numerous charitable initiatives for many non-profits or individuals in need. Our latest edition of the Reimagine Conference had 100% of the contributions going to charitable causes.
In an effort to contribute to the technology community, we launched our series called CTO Confessions, in a podcast and webinar form, where technology leaders contribute their wisdom to the rest of the tech community. To learn more about CTO Confessions, please visit our page here.
To learn more about services and capabilities please visit our Capabilities page.
PRESENCE
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Menlo Park, CA
- Houston, TX
- New York, NY
- London, UK
- Skopje, North Macedonia
- Lima, Peru