Levi9 Global Sourcing was founded in 2001 and has grown to a full blown IT group with development centres in Serbia, the Ukraine, Turkey and Romania and sales offices in Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

The founders of Levi9 are Menno de Jong, Paul Mol and Bernhard van Oranje. After graduating from Groningen they have founded several companies of which one was Clockwork that was acquired by Ordina in 2003. Contact and . The management team of Levi9 consists of Paul Schuyt, Peter Sminia, Menno de Jong and Bernhard van Oranje. Paul Schuyt is the CEO of the company.

Levi9 Global Sourcing's Board of Advisors is comprised of industry and academic leaders whose broad knowledge and experience help the Company achieve continued success in the fast growing market of offshore IT services. The Board includes Roel Pieper and Willem Vermeend.

Prof Ir. Roel Pieper

Mr. Pieper was Senior Vice President of Strategy at Philips N.V. from 1998-1999. Prior to that, he was the President and CEO of Tandem Computers Inc., the largest fault-tolerant computer vendor with revenues in excess of $2 billion in 1995, backed by Kleiner Perkins. While at Tandem, he was responsible for a turnaround initiative that resulted in a trade sale to Compaq Computer. Mr. Pieper began his software career at Software AG where he spent 10 years in the US and Germany during which time he became Chief Technology Officer of the company. Software AG is considered one of the earliest software companies in Europe and at one time was the second largest global software company. He was formerly a Director of Computer Associates (CA) from 1999-2002 and Veritas Software (VRTS) from 1991-1998 (venture-backed by Accel Partners and USL), and several other technology companies. In 2000, he was selected to chair the restart of Lernout and Hauspie, representing equity shareholders including Microsoft and Intel. Mr. Pieper received his doctoral in computer science and mathematics from the University of Delft, Netherlands, where he graduated summa cum laude. He was an early stage investor in Lightstream (sold to Cisco), Globeset (sold to Trintech), Seebeyond (NASDAQ: SBYN) and Tivo (NASDAQ: TIVO). He has advised the Dutch government on technology related projects such as the Dutch Roadpricing project and the Dutch Broadband Strategy. Today, he is a part-time Professor of computer sciences and business administration at the University of Twente, Netherlands. Mr. Pieper is Chairman of Favonius Ventures, a professional Investment Firm, based in Amsterdam and London. Favonius Ventures is backed by financial institutions such as ABN AMRO, ING, CALPERS as well as several private institutions. Favonius Ventures invests in high tech software companies mainly in Europe. The Favonius Ventures activities are described further on www.favoniusventures.com.

Prof. Dr. Willem Vermeend

Prof. W.A.F.G. Vermeend (1948) Willem Vermeend studied at the University of Groningen where he took a Master¹s Degree in Tax Law in 1974. He went on to take a PhD at the University of Leiden in 1983. From 1975 until 1984 he was a part-time lecturer at the University of Leiden and a member of staff at a legal aid centre. From 1984 until 1994, Mr Vermeend was an MP for the Dutch Labour Party. From 1994 until March 2000 he was Junior Minister of Finance. From March 2000 until 2002 he was Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. Mr Vermeend is associate partner with Boer & Croon Strategy and Management Group. He is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of Meeùs Groep, Free Record Shop BV, Nationale Vacaturebank, Randstad Holding NV, and Maison van den Boer BV. He is an associate professor of Fiscal Economics at the University of Maastricht, as well as a member of the Board of VNO-NCW (Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers).

Levi9 Global Sourcing is all about people and processes. The quality off our team members are the quality that we deliver. We aim to bring together the most talented professionals of Eastern Europe in an inspiring environment of high tech and quality development. Levi9 Global Sourcing is developing a Personal Development Program for all team members in whom specific skill sets are optimised, new technologies and methodologies are thought and people are given the opportunity to spend time and energy on subjects of personal interest, for example Aerospace Technology, Digital Media Streaming or German language skills.

Levi9 Global Sourcing makes a strong commitment to its people, since we believe that this will give our clients access to the most talented and motivated professionals and will lead to higher quality results for our clients, the company and our team members. We bring West European style development and training programs to Eastern Europe. In all our delivery centres we work closely together with the local universities for training, getting the new students and keep the link between with curriculum and the real life practice. Some of our staff members are assigned as professor at universities.

The Levi9 Global Sourcing Near Shore Delivery Services model combines the quality, responsiveness and flexibility normally associated with domestic outsourcers with the cost-savings of an "offshore" development facility, located nearby in Eastern Europe, Nearby in terms of physical distance, languages, EU administration advantages and European culture.

The advantages of our Near Shore model are unbeatable, the dedication to quality represented in ISO 9001:2000 (and BS ISO/IEC 17799:2000) processes and strict adherence to Six Sigma methodology. Through our experience with mission-critical projects for clients that include European multinationals we have the size and ability to quickly ramp up and deliver using the latest technologies and development tools and the potential for up to 25% faster time-to-market and 25-50% cost savings.

• An extremely cost-effective, low risk delivery alternative (fixed time fixed price offering)
• A high level of industry, technical and interpretive expertise
• Application delivery from an ISO 9001:2000 / BS ISO/IEC 17799:2000 certified centre
• Business and IT practices are similar (no cultural and time zone differences)
• Local account management, project management, conditions, law and subject matter experts
• Strong relations with local ICT companies so our clients can work with their preferred partners.
• The proximity in terms of distance, language, EU administration and culture.