Driving Technology into Business Results

Compasso was founded in 1995 by Alexis Rockenbach, inspired by the vision to turn software projects into business results for our customers. Although adept in directing our customers to the better choices in technology and software platforms, Compasso attributes its greatest successes to its ability to empower its customers to achieve dramatically improved business results.

The company’s first offices were opened in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, (Southeastern Brazil), a region acknowledged as the “Silicon Valley” of Latin America from both technological and investment perspectives. Rio Grande do Sul has technology research centers in universities like Unisinos, UFRGS (Federal University at Rio Grande do Sul), PUC and UPF (University of Passo Fundo), all engaged in development ventures with global corporations including Dell, Microsoft and HP. They also develop projects in association with the Project Management Institute and other organizations. Compasso Brazil is currently headquartered in the city of Sao Paulo, with additional offices in Florianopolis and Porto Alegre.

Quality Growth

During 2000, Compasso increased its methodology standards by adopting the requirements of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. Compasso has fully implemented CMM Level 3 and is awaiting certification from SEI, assuring an even greater precision in the timeliness and quality of its solutions. According to these standards, the Compasso methodology is based on continuous improvement in the software development process by carefully coordinating the efforts of the entire Compasso team.

Productivity Advantages

In 2001, Compasso established its headquarters in Sao Paulo, the center of Brazilian business. This growth fostered a closer relationship between Compasso and its customers, and a greater agility in servicing its commercial clients. Compasso’s core development teams and technology research center remain in Rio Grande do Sul.

Compasso has made significant investments in infrastructure and quality processes to facilitate remote online interaction between the company and its customers. Every Compasso customer is permitted access to the Compasso corporate development intranet. Through this portal, the professionals at Compasso can communicate seamlessly with the customer’s project directors and decision makers, effectively creating a transparent partnership to deliver the project effectively and efficiently. Both Compasso and the customer have real-time access to the project registry which includes shared technical documentation, daily activity status reports, minutes, completion percentage, incorporated features, and other important information.

The use of a reusable framework of J2EE software components called e-Business Building Blocks (e3B)® contributes significantly to our high level of productivity. Each e3B functions independently and interacts with other e3Bs through data sharing. The e3B framework dramatically reduces the time requirements and increases the flexibility of e-Business solution implementation. The ability to quickly adapt to changing customer requests and add new features means more productive products are delivered in time with the customer’s market needs. Compasso develops E3B projects according to company methodology and in compliance with the company quality team.

Building Strong Partnerships

In the implementation and integration of its solutions, Compasso acts in partnership with well renowned IT companies. Our main objective is to offer the higher quality solution and the better choices among J2EE platforms for our customers.

In 2002, Oracle Corporation honored Compasso with Oracle Certified Partner status. The certification came as a result of many successful customer implementations and the early adoption of Oracle technologies in Latin America.

Compasso is a member of Partner World IBM, working primarily with Websphere and Rational product lines. The company also has strong ties with BEA Systems and ATG.

Global Vision

In 2003, Compasso inaugurated its operations in the United States, extending the performance already started with multinational corporate clients headquartered in Brazil, and continuing the sucessful experiencies into Costa Rica and Mexico.

Compasso’s focus in the North American marketplace is to offer the same high quality development and methodologies given to Latin American customers by delivering excellence in processes and technology through outsourcing services.