Ivan Vercruysse

Applied Development is an IT offshoring company that develops software for European companies in India. They work with a combination of European project management and Indian development. The main shareholders of Applied Development were previously involved with the founding and operation of an IT offshoring company which has been subsequently acquired by a large Belgian bank. This company is today one of the largest captive offshore development centers of any Belgian company in India. Applied Development approaches software development as a discipline in its own right and provides services to companies, end users, as well as product development companies, to build professional software cost-effectively. The company adheres to the best practices in software development. It involves using the right kinds of processes and procedures to achieve the best results with respect to quality, and giving this quality at the best possible price to its clients. It is to meet this objective that they offshore a major part of their development to its own development centre in India, while the Project Management is based in Belgium.