Inflectra & Developer007 explore costa rica's tech landscape

August 24th, 2023 by inflectra

Greetings from Costa Rica where a most pleasant coincidence occurred: we received a partnership opportunity immediately preceding my departure for a family holiday. Since I would be in the country already, it made perfect sense that I would visit with our new partner in San Jose.

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Let me begin by suggesting that if you haven’t been to Costa Rica, schedule a trip without delay! With the vast variety of ecosystems, wildlife, adventures, beaches, and welcoming people, we had an amazing vacation.

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Left photo: Rio Celeste (that cerulean blue 😍) Right photo: Paddleboarding at Lake Arenal/Arenal Volcano

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Left photo: Tabacón hot springs (So relaxing after paddleboarding) Right photo: A Toucan through a spotting scope

To make a great trip even greater, I was fortunate enough to be able to meet with our new partner Developer007/Full Technology. Jeffrey Hanna and Karen Hernandez reached out to our team after conducting research on QA tools on behalf of a client. The Developer007/Full Technology team develops software and provides implementation services to their clients in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and the greater Central America region. Jorge Fernandez, our LATAM sales and partner manager, quickly saw the value in a partnership with Developer007/Full Technology. Their team saw the value of working with us as well, and the deal was executed.

Fast forward two and a half weeks, and I found myself in San Jose with Karen and Jeffrey at a “restaurante típico” having coffee prepared the traditional Costa Rican way and chorreadas (which are delicious sweet or savory corn pancakes made with ground fresh corn).

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Making coffee with a chorreador

Developer007/Full Technology works in all industries; however, Jeffrey mentioned the tremendous growth in the life sciences and medical devices industries in Costa Rica in particular. This industry is a natural fit for Spira with its native validation and traceability features. They also have an interest in Rapise and how automated testing can benefit their customers. We have a plethora of resources to assist our partners with learning the tool such as Inflectra Campus and free licenses for internal training use, as well as resources to assist with the sales process, so we walked through the onboarding process and resource location. I am also excited to dive into co-marketing so we covered some of our go-to options and brainstormed some additional ideas. We’ll be meeting again soon to develop a marketing action plan.

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At dinner with Karen, Jeffrey and Alvaro.

After our tasty snack, we drove for a bit (San Jose rush hour is not unlike that of the DC metro area) to the Escazú neighborhood to meet up with another Developer007/Full Technology team member and Project Manager extraordinaire, Alvaro Araya. Business talk turned to talk of food, Costa Rican history and beaches. The evening flew by and suddenly the restaurant was turning out the lights.

While Costa Rica had not originally been part of our partner tour plans, I couldn’t be happier that the timing worked out and I was able to meet with this excellent team of people. I look forward to a close relationship and with any luck, another trip to Costa Rica soon.

Until the next trip, pura vida! 🤙

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