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Filipino talent fuels ProV International’s global growth

Allan D. Francisco
Manila Bulletin, Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Barely 18 months after opening its operations center in the Philippines in November 2006, ProV International is seeking to expand its local workforce. The IT services company is currently enjoying the most rapid expansion rate in its history, a burst of growth due to recent client acquisitions including U.S. based Thermofisher, a company that services pharmaceutical companies, Walki Group, a packaging company in Finland, and Mamut, a Norwegian company that provides software solutions to its clients in Europe.

That the IT Services Company’s international expansion has taken place at roughly the same time that it started its Philippine operations is no coincidence. In fact, Ajit Nair, ProV International’s youthful founder and CEO, was quick to add that Filipino IT engineers and consultants played a huge part in the company’s continuing growth and expansion overseas. He informed this writer that his Filipino consultants are regularly sent by his company to clients’ offices in Europe and the United States.

“Our clients have nothing but admiration and praise for our Filipino staff,” Nair said. The CEO, a finalist in the American Business Awards’ Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program category, revealed that his company intends to hire more Filipino IT professionals to help it cope with the increased workload.

IT Boot Camp

In line with this, ProV International’s Manila office has launched its Boot Camp program for newly hired IT professionals. Through this training program, the company seeks to equip its IT consultants with its corporate values, which according to Hair focus on innovation, quality and speed of execution.

John Killion, ProV International’s CIO and Country Manager for the Philippines, described Boot Camp as a venue for molding new employees, imbibing them with the appropriate corporate culture and equipping them with the required skills and capabilities to perform their tasks in accordance with the company’s high standards.

Killion is encouraging all new college graduates of IT-related degrees to apply for positions with the company. He said that his company does not discriminate against applicants who still have to have some employment experience, or come from lesser known universities and colleges. What his company is looking for, Killion said, are applicants with the right attitude, those who are willing and able to learn the company’s technologies and culture, and are ready to work hard for their and the company’s goals and objectives.

Manila in a Starring Role

Both Nair and Killion believe that the company’s Manila office will continue to play a crucial role in the company’s ever expanding international operations. Nair emphasized that as per his experience, Filipino IT professionals are well educated, dedicated to their work, willing to go and do beyond what their job descriptions dictate, and most of all, loyal. After all, this is the main reason why Nair decided to invest in the Philippines.

ProV International’s CEO added further, “Our vision is to be a premier provider of innovative IT outsourcing solutions and services, creating sustainable solutions essential for our clients’ business strategies and objectives…” Nair said, “As a company, we have to ensure that in our operations, the way we provide our clients with our services and solutions, we maintain uniform and constant processes.” According to the very successful entrepreneur, each of ProV International’s offices and staff strives to offer services and solutions that meet the company’s standards and the clients’ highest expectations.

It seems that Filipino IT professionals have found another venue where they can demonstrate the quality of their training and education, and prove that Filipinos indeed, given the proper motivation and opportunity, can excel and be at par with the world’s best.

ProV International, for its part, has found a reliable source of talented and professional candidates with which to expand its workforce when and where needed. This enables the company to rapidly add to its ranks of well-trained consultants equipped with the right skills, know-how, and most of all, the proper mindset to provide their clients with top-notch services and solutions.