November 3rd Webinar | 2PM EDT

Nearshore Recruitment and Staffing: Navigating in an Ultra-Competitive Tech Labor Marketplace

NDS Cognitive Labs / Revelo / Nir-Yu / Nearshore Americas Webinar

What is the most critical topic facing the Nearshore IT market? Without question the answer is the constant pursuit of qualified IT professionals. During the last three years, interest in Latin America tech talent has exploded. Our ‘Special Broadcast” Nearshore Americas webinar, scheduled Nov. 3 rd , will explore this vitally important issue. Among the topics we will discuss:

  • Understanding the role of staffing and recruitment agency partners
  • Strategies to reduce churn and create definable work cultures
  • Salary management: How to keep up with rising employee expectations
  • From blockchain to data science, the roles most in demand
  • Scalability of Nearshore from this point onward
  • Consideration around how and where to set up new Nearshore operations

We will be joined by special guest speakers from NDS Cognitive Labs, Revelo and Nir-Yu, in helping drive a robust debate about where Nearshore IT is headed and how it will impact your business. Register today!

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SPEAKERS

COO and Sales Director - NDS Cognitive Labs

Rafael Perez

With more than 30 years of experience, Rafael has helped companies to adopt new technologies that lead a business transformation path, to achieve business growth and efficiency goals. Working 29 years in IBM with local and international roles with roles as Sales Director, Chief Operational Officer, Business Development Executive, and Strategic and Planning Director. At IBM, he was part of the Latin America leadership team that took the IT Support Business Unit, achieving double-digit revenue growth for 6 consecutive years. Since 2018 he routed his personal experience and knowledge to new IT trends like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Latin America and the US Markets.

Rafael holds a Master's Degree in Management Development from IPADE and a postgraduate study as a Certified Client Executive, a program developed by IBM and Harvard Business School. His experience covers mainly the financial services sector, leading commercial relationships with clients like Santander, BBVA, HSBC, Scotiabank, and MetLife, among others. His international leadership took him to lead sales teams in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

In 2021, he joined the NDS Cognitive Labs team as Chief Operational Officer and Sales Director for the US.

Co-founder - Nir-Yu

Luis Derechin

Luis is one of Mexico's most experienced technology entrepreneurs, having founded and led one of Mexico's first start-up to raise VC funds from US funds and led the company for fifteen years. In addition to raising substantial Venture Capital investments in the United States, he moved the company's operations to the U.S., where he managed to expand to multiple geographies and have the company acquired by a leading enterprise software company.
Chief Marketing Officer - Revelo

Rohan Kulkarni

Rohan Kulkarni is the Chief Marketing Officer of Revelo, the largest platform for hiring remote tech talent from Latin America. Rohan started his career in software engineering in the semiconductor industry before moving into Marketing about 10 years ago. Prior to joining Revelo, he worked in various marketing functions across large brands such as Visa and many silicon valley startups. Having worked in the US tech industry as a developer, Rohan is passionate about solving the tech talent shortage that holds back innovation. He holds a Masters in Computer Engineering from SUNY, Stony Brook and a Masters in Engineering and Management from MIT Sloan School of Management.
NSAM

Kirk Laughlin

Kirk Laughlin is Managing Director and Founder of the Nearshore Americas – the widely respected media and advisory group which examines the emergence of Latin America as a global leader in technology services and digital innovation. During the last 11 years, Laughlin emerged as one of the foremost thought-leaders on the expansion of tech-based commercial services and investment in the Americas. Kirk and his team are frequently called on for data analysis, market insights and commentary. Nearshore Americas offers client marketing platforms, advisory services, content and lead generation services, custom events, Latin America-focused trade missions and customized research. Earlier, Laughlin was a vice president and Managing Director at Ziff Davis Enterprise, a global media group, based in New York City. He is based in Connecticut.