Modex: In a pandemic year, we have increased our team by 60% 2020 was the year that changed the most in the way we do business. We have seen an unprecedented shift from a physical, to mostly online environment that has changed working processes. In this new context, we have seen new challenges in data protection but also in attracting and keeping the best talents within the companies. Modex, a global technology company that focuses on data integrity and data immutability, managed to increase its team by 60% in a pandemic year, reaching over 100 team members and 4 offices worldwide. „We are proud to say that in a year when many companies announced layoffs, we managed to stay focused on the things we need to deliver and increased our team by almost 60%. We are now a team of over 100, we are in the process of opening our Washington DC office and we are constantly working on improving our service and products, in order to keep up with the need of data protection and data integrity“, said Mihai Ivascu, CEO and co-founder of Modex.
For 2021, Modex is looking to scale even more, by increasing its team in the US and developing its products offer. The company has offices in London (headquarters), Bucharest (R&D), Silicon Valley (sales), and soon in Washington D.C. (business development). The research and development team is in Bucharest, where the company has also the tech Anul 5, nr. 14
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team and where in the last year has created the custom development department. The new team members that joined the company are engineers, backend and frontend developers, business analysts or content creators and communicators. Getting to work for Modex feels more like joining a family of tech enthusiasts – you find like-minded people, passionate about changing the world one project at a time. As Modex’s CEO says, building a successful organization is about creating a machine where all the parts work together organically. This is one of the major themes in Stanley McChrystal’s book Team of Teams. This organizational structure requires interconnectivity – different departments overlap and connect for the same goal. In Team of Teams, McChrystal shows that giving small teams the freedom to experiment and share, they can respond more quickly, communicate more freely, and make better and faster decisions.
„As 90% of the world’s data was produced in the last 24 months, the need for system interoperability is surging. Managers and data analysts have a clear need to move from big data collection, to intelligent data interpretation and rely on trusted data sources. And this is the spot where Modex will play its game in 2021“, added the Modex’s CEO.
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„I am a big fan of General McChrystal and I tried to apply he’s management style by building a team of teams and empower people to operate as a network with a shared consciousness. I think this is how you manage to scale up – by empowering other people to execute, building genuine relationships and creating trustworthy environments. You don’t have to be the smartest guy in the room, but to surround yourself with great people that share the same goal. For me, innovation is the ability to transform an idea into a product, but for this you have to surround yourself with people who are the best at what they do“, added Mihai Ivascu.
By applying this organizational structure, Modex managed to adapt very fast to the work from home program, although teamwork is essential when it comes to writing code.
Focus on creativity Innovation has always been one of Modex’s core principles. Knowing that
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