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Gorilla Logic is a software services company
specializing in enterprise app development for both mobile and the web.
Gorilla Logic also the founder of the popular MonkeyTalk open source
project. Our expert engineering and management consultants design, build,
deploy, test and manage complex enterprise systems for leading corporations in
industries including media financial services, retail, medicine, government,
aerospace and transportation.Gorilla Logic was founded in 2002. We recently
started the India operations at the end of 2011.
There are always risks involved in any kind of
business. Gorilla Logic prides itself in having high end and technically
superior team. The risk to us is that customers can be tempted by cheaper
resources. However the saying, "you get what you pay for", holds
true. The savings can vanish quickly when you realize the service you got
is of inferior quality.
After being successful in US, we decided to open up
a branch in India to tap in to the talent pool here. This was a big step
for us. We did a detail planning on growth in India. We want to
grow big here since we see lot of our customers in US are willing to work with
our India team.
Apart from providing high end consultants,
Gorilla Logic also has built Monkey Talk which is the leader in mobile apps
testing. There are lot of me too companies right now who are focusing on
mobile development. We believe some time from now only the top few companies
will remain in this race. Gorilla Logic will be one of them because not only we
have a commercial grade product which we have open sourced, but we also have
services that we provide with it.
We had planned the operations in India in detail
before we started the branch. However in India to do anything can take a long
time. Initially I tried to do everything by myself, however that doesn't work.
This may sound obvious but since I didn't do it, I will hire a good
executive assistant first so I can focus on more important things.
When people say something cannot be done then I
take it on as a challenge and use that as a motivation.
Every individual is unique and they are motivated
in their own way. My job is to identify what motivates them, be it learning a
new technology or be it enhancing their current skill sets. I also believe
strongly in team approach here. Although we are open to working from home, we
encourage our engineers to spend time in office to exchange ideas and build
a camaraderie.
We are self funded and not looking out for
investors.
In the short time that I have been with Gorilla
Logic I have worn different hats. Because of my technical background I have
always been hands on in the company. We faced some challenges with the initial
set up and then understanding way things work in India. I had to start from
finding the right people to help us with building the company. We have two
business lines. One is to provide development expertise for our customers.
Second is to provide testing services for our open source mobile apps testing
tool MonkeyTalk. My roles change from manager to team lead to cheer
leader to accountant and so on.
I believe if you are taking risks then mistakes are
bound to happen. Especially for a new set up like ours. But if you have planned
well then the impact of the mistakes can be minimized. It's an iterative
process and you learn from every mistake you make and plan better.
After of course Gorilla Logic, I like Walmart. The
scale of the company is huge. The amount of logistics they have is amazing.
In the global downturn it was one of the few companies which did well.
Make sure you enjoy what you are doing. Otherwise you
won't stay in it for long time. There are no shortcuts to success.