Ivar Jacobson International expands its business into Germany with the HOOD Group as a franchisee
London April 22nd, 2008:
Ivar Jacobson International and HOOD Group have today signed a Letter of Intent to start the IJI operations in Germany. Based on the success in the UK and the large interest from other parts of Europe in the practice based approach, IJI initiated its expansion into the Dutch and German speaking markets in January this year. With this agreement IJI is making an even bigger commitment in the German speaking market and will start its operations with HOOD Group as a franchisee in Germany.
The focused marketing activities in the German speaking market started as of January 1st this year and the response from the market has been so positive so that IJI has now decided to start an operation through a franchise agreement with the HOOD Group.
The HOOD Group will start a branch of its operation that will be dedicated to the marketing, sales and delivery of the IJI offering, Ivar Jacobson International Germany.
IJI Germany will have its head quarters in Munich with resources throughout Germany.
“Expanding our operations through a franchise is a fast way of getting an on-site presence in one of our most expansive regions. With the experience and highly qualified individuals of HOOD Group I am confident that we will have great success in the German speaking market” says Nick Sewell, Managing Director of Ivar Jacobson International in Europe.
“The Ivar Jacobson International’s offering gives us a great opportunity to deliver even more value to our existing customers as well as the ability to expand our business. We believe that the practice based approach is the right path to implement process improvements in organizations and we see a great demand for this kind of approach in the German speaking market” says Colin Hood, Founder and Managing Director of HOOD Group.
About IJI:
Ivar Jacobson International is a world wide leader in software process improvements. IJI is recognized as a key innovator within the software development lifecycle industry. We improve our customer’s ability to develop software by providing them with new ideas, products and services. By delivering real value, we build long lasting customer relationships that drive our business success and growth.
The company has operations in North America, UK, Singapore, Australia, China and Scandinavia as well as a number of partners world wide.
For more information please visit www.ivarjacobson.com and www.HOOD-Group.com
Contacts:
Pernilla Ramslov, European VP of Business Development, pernilla(at)ivarjacobson.com
Rupert Wiebel, CEO of Hood Group, Rupert.Wiebel(at)HOOD-Group.com
