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<h1>The Company</h1>
<h2>SMART LAB is a company dedicated to improve customer experiences on the Internet.<BR>We work content and services providers while enhancing the supplier/user relationship and providing new possibilities to both Internet users and companies.<BR>Today, with new investors, we have been offering more products to meet the demand of the market as well of its clients.<BR><BR>Innovation and development in new technologies, which have always been the SMART LAB trademark, render new ranges of products and services - from optimizing web pages to innovative ways of payment for services and products on the Internet.</h2>
<h3>Founded in mid 2002, Smart Lab survived the difficult test maintaining growth in a shrinking market when only those whose products and services that had a remarkable value survived.<BR><BR>While other Internet companies were either cutting back on their workforce or even closing down activities, Smart Lab has been expanding, increasing the product lines, services and building clientele.<BR><BR>In the beginning of 2004, Smart Lab received new capital resources thus ensuring investment in new product lines as well as serving the growing clientele.<BR><BR>Smart Lab's client list includes leading Brazilian Internet companies such as UOL, IG and iBest.</h3>
<p>Smart Lab's founder, André Franco earned Bachelor of Science degree in Publicity from FAAP and in Data Processing from ETEC. Prior to founding Smart Lab in 2002, Franco worked as Technology Project Manager at UOL Inc from 2000 to 2002 and managed the front-end team at BOL in 1999.<BR><BR>He was one of the pioneers in the use and dissemination of Flash in Brazil.<BR><BR>He built the first site of Agencia Click, a finalist of Cannes 1999.</p>
<p>De Augustinis is a Bachelor of Science with a degree in Engineering from the University of São Paulo with concentration on Telecommunications.<BR>Prior to Smart Lab, he had a partnership in a Venture Capital Company - e-Plataform Venture Partners where he directed investments for the structuring of Technology and Internet Companies.<BR>In the communication area, he was a partner of the company that carried out more than 30% of the cable-TV project in the city of São Paulo.</p>
<p>For its staff, Smart Lab favors team-work spirit, pro-active and technically talented professionals, who are result oriented and highly ethical.<br><br>If you fit in this profile, you're welcome to join Smart Lab.</p>
<h1>Services</h1>
<p>Smart Lab is commited with high quality levels on systems development and consultancy services.<br>Experienced in developing technologies for web and mobile, we work closely to our clients for conceiving innovative interactive products and services.</p>
<p>Is improving difficult? Costly?<BR>The answer is "no". In many cases optimizing even the most complex and dynamic websites is more simple and faster than one can think of. Smart Lab consulting can show you that improving your relationship with Internet user is easier and quicker than you expect.</p>
<p>Training for Smart Lab means to provide autonomy to its clients. It means to generate an internal process of continuous improvement of its websites which, in turn, leads to the quality of their user's navigation experience.</p>
<p>Carrying out services internally demands upkeep of costs with investments in the workforce and constant search for skilled staff. To cope with the various needs that the staff may have to accomplish, it is a good strategy to rely on an offshore company that can attend a variant demand of work. With its Brazil headquarter and expertise in remote collaborative work, Smart Lab has a skilled team ready to serve overseas with productive capacity and collaborative tools to meet the client's needs.</p>
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