Today Musala Soft celebrated the 2nd anniversary of its office in Skopje. The event was attended by Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, H. E. Ivan Petkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Macedonia, Ivan Chorbev, Dean of the Faculty of Information Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Skopje, Delyan Lilov, founder and CEO of Musala Soft, Elena Marinova, President of Musala Soft and Aleksandar Ubavkov, Site Manager Skopje at Musala Soft.
“It is our engagement to use the potential of the universities so that we can grow the potential of the companies. We want young people have good jobs and develop. The government of the Republic of Macedonia will do everything possible so that they can go forward in their careers”, said Prime Minister Zaev in his speech at the event.
„I would like to thank everyone for their hard work, for proving to be one of the most reliable companies in the Republic of Macedonia, aiming to double its team in a short period of time. I wish Musala Soft all the best and many successful occasions that we celebrate together in the future”, said H. E. Ivan Petkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Macedonia.
„Musala Soft is focused on delivering services with high added value. Thanks to our unique market positioning in the past 5 years, we have managed to keep an average annual growth of 25%. Our expertise in the hottest technology areas is highly appreciated by our international clients and is a solid base for the achievement of our ambitious long-term goals – to double our team by 2020“, said Delyan Lilov, founder and CEO of Musala Soft.
„For successful business, its is necessary to have a sustainable collaboration with the government. We need a good business climate – stability and a smart tax policy, good infrastructure – roads and telecommunications and the most important of all, excellent education“, said Elena Marinova, President of Musala Soft.
„In times when we are losing our talents and this is one of the biggest threats to all countries in the region, we have managed to grow substantially and to keep the skillful young people in Macedonia“, said Aleksandar Ubavkov, Site Manager Skopje at Musala Soft.
Within 2 years, the team of Musala Soft in Skopje reached almost 150 professionals and keeps growing. The company that currently has 500 employees in Bulgaria and Macedonia is planning to double by 2020 by reaching 1,000.
The investment in this location is a success to Musala Soft and a big contribution to the development of the software industry in the Republic of Macedonia and the region. For the past couple of years, the company has managed to establish very good partner relations with universities and the software industry in Macedonia and to develop a number of innovative solutions in its R&D center in Skopje.
The team of Musala Soft in Skopje is working on projects for many of the big international clients of the company – IBM, Experian, ESG and BMW, UGT, Home-IX (a Porsche investment company), VMware, OTP Group, etc. The projects of Musala Soft are in some of the hottest areas – Industry 4.0, Smart Home, Autonomous Cars, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Integration, etc.
The successful business undertaking of Musala Soft in the Republic of Macedonia proves the excellent economic relationships and the opportunities that they offer, their implementation into practice into win-win business scenarios and is a leading example in an industry of the future. The united efforts of Western Balkans can contribute to the better international positioning and the joint success of the software sector.
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