Do better. Start today. Improve every day (one bit at a time).
Remove the road blocks to your business growth. Fix those annoying, chronically frustrating problems no software seems able to tackle... by developing more Intelligent Business Operations. And do it fast, with the people who know your business operations best, even if they’re not technical.
We believe we have the arguments to globally make a diference
in the area of Enterprise Productivity Software.
Motivation
Why we created
Cult of Bits?
Method
Begin with
current reality!
Culture
Only a strong culture can guarantee
results on a long-term.
Because we are tired of listening about problems in the way thing are done with a feeling of inevitability, that "there is nothing that can be done" and that "we have to accept things the way they are".
Because we know that there are a lot of people with the know-how, the team and the will to do better, but they lack the tools to change things. And we know that, in every company it's those people, the operational leaders, the right persons to define and implement changes to the operations, because they are the ones who know what's the best way to achieve results.
Because we want to create long lasting solutions that bring real and measurable gains to all our customers, by simplifying the day to day job of the people involved on the business operations.
We believe that the best approch for companies to improve is by continuously making small improvements. These improvements are defined and implemented directly in our products by the operational leaders, the ones who have the ideas and the knowledge to solve the existing problems.
Since the majority of existing softwares were not design with these people in mind we know that their options are limited and we want to change this.
All we do cames from that vision. The most best thing in our products are its users, because they are the ones who create the amazing solutions. Our software only allows that to be done.
QUALITY
MATTERS
That's why we strive for a company culture that, almost like a
CULT,
continuously improves on the methodologies and technologies necessary to create the right sequence
OF BITS
that make up the best code for our products.
BRILLIANT IDEAS
are the basis for
BRILLIANT PRODUCTS
To get these brilliant ideas we’re constantly:
- Synergizing
- Researching and evaluating new technologies
- Sharing and discussing thoughts & ideas
- Selecting the best ones to innovate the products
That’s why we created, and continuously endorse, a clear culture that maps to the daily work our strong beliefs.
PERFECTION
is a
MOVING TARGET
Every day we want to be better than the day before. Our core work is to:
1) Listen to the market
2) Iterate & increment our products
3) Re-evaluate past options
4) Repeate from start
THE BEST CODE
only comes from
THE BEST DEVELOPERS
To have them we try hard to:
1) Select the best candidates
2) Continuously train them
...and keep them by:
a) Respecting them and their ideas
b) Giving them the best possible conditions to do their work
Based on a group of founders that have worked together for almost 10 years, we try to maintain a local maximum of competence, experience, professionalism, criativity, good humor, irreverence and friendship.
João has a background in applied mathematics and started his professional life, back in 1997, as a researcher in Statistics and Operational Research at the Naval Engineering department of the Superior Technical Institute of Lisbon.
A major component of the research work involved writing simulation programs in Fortran and he enjoyed it so much that pushed him to try out a programming career in 2001...until today!
He has worked mostly as a Web Developer in the last 10 years developing enterprise applications . His has worked a few initial years with Oracle and Microsoft technologies and has later moved on to using mainly Java, JavaScript, Html as core tools to his work. He uses open source projects whenever is possible and has made some small contributions to them.
In his free-time João loves to build stuff. Cement, bricks and wood are his favorite toys for a well passed afternoon. A good squash game with his friends (with some beers afterwords) is also always welcomed.
João has been developing web based applications since 2001, using AJAX since before the term was invented, and he really loves the possibilities that the web brings to software..
He believes that enterprise software has been poorly made for a long time, and would like to bring to the business the same quality, care and attention to detail that consumer software has enjoyed.
João feels very close to the Software Craftsmanship movement and, in the last years, has focused on developing high-performance teams based on a strong technical background and the best of agile methodologies.
João holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Coimbra.
Miguel Mesquita is the CEO and co-founder of Cult of Bits. His main professional motivation has been the creation of long lasting solutions that bring innovation and real value to his customers' businesses..
Having started back in 1989 in the field of research and development, in 95 he joined the effort of designing and building, almost from scratch, the Internet in the Portuguese business landscape (from networking, security and basic service infra-structure to e-commerce and ICT management solutions).
Early on he added business management functions to his technical functions having been involved in the creation and management of a few companies. In these last 15 years his role on these companies included techincal management, product management, and business management.
With Cult of Bits he achieves an old dream of building a company where quality, work satisfaction and excellence are unquestionable goals built on strong culture values. Miguel has a computer science and engineering degree from IST. He's happily married and has three amazing little kids.
Since he was a little boy, João always wanted to follow his father steps in the Portuguese Army. When he failed the admission tests for the Military Academy (by 2 abs), he thought:"Now what? Well, I guess I always liked computers!".
He then took a Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Information Technologies from the Science College of the University of Lisbon. He liked it so much that he decided to take a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the same college.
After that he applied for a job at Cult of Bits and has been working there since then. He believes he's working in a great environment, with very experienced colleagues who help him whenever he needs and with whom he has a lot of fun.
His working preferences are distributed applications, Java and also some scripting. When he's not working he loves to play Football Manager, listen to music, travel and drink some good cold beers (or wine, or other beverages).
Graduated in Applied Mathematics with a specialization in Operational Research from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and having always liked programming, soon he realized what he wanted for his professional life.
He started programming in Pascal and rapidly evolved to other languages like Java, in which he got a certification. With over 10 years of experience, besides programming in Java, he also likes scripting languages, like ruby, groovy, javascript, and above all what he really likes is web development.
He considers himself a curious person, always trying to improve his skills and knowledge.
To relax, nothing like a good movie and whenever possible give some head shots at Urban Terror (even if his head is the one that takes most of them). Loves traveling.
We've identified what we think are the pillars of most business operations: the persons that perform the work, the information they require/produce and the tools they use. Everytime you have many of one or more of this elements its management becomes dificult. Our products help improve each of these sides of business (and all together):
Manage
People
Manage the processes of the company and the tasks of its employees.
Manage
Tools
Automate and centralize the actions over any type of connected device.
Manage
Information
Structure, store e access any type of previously unstructured information required by the operations.
Get in contact and start improving your profitability.
Praça de Alvalade 6, 3o F - 4
1700-036 Lisboa
Portugal
info@cultofbits.com