In
today’s global economy, many
companies outsource their
service departments to
countries where labor is
cheap to be more cost-effective.“Since
the world is getting smaller
with all of the latest
high-tech developments in
communication technology, it
is not hard to have a
company work for you a
thousand miles away to make
you more competitive in the
world market,” says
entrepreneur Tuncay Akbas,
CSci’98.
Akbas is
the founder of Sunrise
Technology Group (STG), a
software outsourcing company
based in Istanbul, Turkey.
STG provides off-site
software engineering
services to help its clients
reduce their labor cost.
“Our clients don’t have to
carry the cost of additional
employees to complete a
project,” Akbas explains.
“By using STG, most of our
clients save 30 to 40
percent on their labor cost.
Besides that, we have so
many engineers that are
specialized in certain
subjects to give our clients
an advantage on their
projects.”
Akbas
says the biggest challenge
he faces is losing the
face-to-face interaction
with his clients.“It is very
important to understand what
the client really wants,
because we cannot ask
questions every minute of
the day since that partner
is on the other side of the
world,” Akbas says.
A
native of Istanbul, Akbas
founded the company in
February 2005 after working
a few years in the U.S. Akbas
named the company after
Sunrise Boulevard in
Sacramento, Calif., where he
worked before returning to
Turkey. “It was my favorite
part of the city.”