Creating a Better Future for You

Softeq was built from the ground up to specialize in new product development and R&D, tackling the most difficult problems in the tech sphere. Now we’ve expanded to offer innovation and ideation plus digital transformation business consulting. The Softeq Venture Studio, backed by the Softeq Venture Fund, augments our capabilities to serve early-stage startups. We have everything we need under one roof to develop innovative solutions on a global scale. Our superpower is to deliver all of this within the promised time, budget, and scope. So let’s get started and build a better future together.
Learn How We Do It
Learn How We Do It
Key Locations
We’re multicultural and diverse thanks to the distribution of our locations. What drives us? A common vision and the same values, corporate culture, business processes, and management practices across borders.
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Houston, TX
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Munich, Germany
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Vilnius, Lithuania
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Monterrey, Mexico
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Early-stage and well-funded startups
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SMEs and enterprises
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Highly qualified consultants, engineers, and professionals
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On par with a world-class score
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Latest from CEO FORGING THE FUTURE WEEKLY PODCAST
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Softeq Key Milestones
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  • 2008-2013
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  • Founded in 1997 in Houston, TX
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Houston, USA
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  • In 2008, opens a development center in Minsk, Belarus
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Minsk, Belarus
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  • SK Hynix acquires Softeq Flash Firmware Division
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Softeq Flash Solutions
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  • In 2018, acquires NearShore Solutions in Munich, Germany
  • Rated on Inc 5000
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Munich, Germany
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  • Opens a sales office in Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles, USA
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  • Launches Softeq Innovation Lab
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Houston, USA
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  • Opens a development center in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Launches Venture Studio
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Vilnius, Lithuania
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  • Opens a development center in Monterrey, Mexico
  • Launches Venture Fund
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Monterrey, Mexico
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  • Rated on Inc 5000
  • Hosts multiple startup cohorts at Softeq Venture Studio
  • Certified against ISO 13485 requirements for High-Quality Medical Devices
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Our Promise: We Deliver

Whether your project is just kicking off, is in the midst of development, or is crossing the finish line, we’ve got your back. Our ethos is to deliver exactly what you need, when you need it. This is how we do it:

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Breaking It Down

We start by splitting your project into bite-sized pieces. This way, you know exactly what to expect—no surprises. We set out all the features and specifications so we’re on the same page.

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Dodging
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Our Discovery Phase spots risks and limitations in the project’s schedule, deliverables, and resources. We’ll suggest improvements and better tech that will help fulfill your goals more effectively.

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Setting the Pace

We map out a timeline with clear milestones, each with its own set of goals and deadlines. This keeps us on track and you in the loop.
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The Right People for the Job

With us, you’ll have the right mix of full-time and part-time talent and resources that meet your project demands.
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Rolling with Changes

Change happens. We’re ready to adapt and adjust, always keeping an eye on how it affects time, cost, and quality.
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The Final Once-Over

Before we call it done, we run a final review against your original goals and expectations as reflected in the Statement of Work (SOW). Together, we’ll be ticking off each point in the SOW to ensure we’ve nailed it.
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Handover, Warranty, and Ongoing Support

Once the project is complete, we’ll train your team on the new solution. We’ll also handle bugs for a specified post-launch period. If you need longer-term maintenance and support, we can provide that, too.

Our Delivery Track Record

We help startups grow and take on the hard things to build real, scalable products. We work with SMEs on reinventing their businesses through digital transformation and industry-specific consulting. We’re the under-the-hood tech partner for enterprises getting early-stage solutions on a fast track. Here’s what they say about their experience.
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Our Commitment
We deliver on our commitment to exceptional quality service at every touchpoint. Through our compliance with industry standards, select technology partnerships, and verified financial sustainability, you’ll have an outstanding collaborative experience.

Global Leadership Team

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Christopher A. Howard

Chris Howard was among the top 2% of students in his High School class. Choosing between architecture, computer science, and electrical engineering, he was awarded a full scholarship to study EE at the University of Houston in their honors program. But after an IBM engineer jokingly told him to "become an expert" in the department's first and only IBM PC, he did just that and became a lifelong entrepreneur in the field.

Chris started his career as a co-op student at IBM's Federal Systems Division, which supported the space program at NASA. Working during the day at IBM and attending night classes at UH, his early professional experience included software development for a space workstation — prototyping user interfaces and software that could be easy to use in space. 

Chris founded Softeq Development back in 1997 with a focus on technical software development, based on his passion for solving complex problems. Since then the company’s firmware, hardware, and embedded capabilities have been augmented with mobile and web expertise, as well as complex engineering for IoT.

A lifelong entrepreneur, Chris is an active angel investor and advisor in several start-up technology ventures. Chris is interested in building businesses that excel while fostering a positive and creative work environment. He loves using technology to solve complex problems and working to build the best technical software outsourcing team possible. He is a family man, a sport pilot, a published magazine and book author, an admitted gadget geek -- and he believes that sleep is highly overrated.

Howard also serves as General Partner of the Softeq Venture Fund.

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Craig Ceccanti

Craig Ceccanti is an experienced business leader, multi-time startup founder, and graduate lecturer at Rice University where he received his MBA.

Craig joined Softeq from T-Minus Solutions, a custom software development company he founded and served as CEO and President. Before that, Ceccanti founded Pinot’s Palette, a retail entertainment franchise with 130+ locations in the U.S. and Canada, and sEATz, a software startup revolutionizing the concession and in-seat experience at sporting and entertainment events. Craig has a BS in Computer Science, a BA in MIS, and an MBA from Rice, where he also serves on the faculty at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business. In his role as COO at Softeq, Ceccanti oversees the day-to-day operations of the company and improves internal and external processes.

Ceccanti also serves as a Managing Partner of the Softeq Venture Fund.

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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Anna Tiomina

Anna Tiomina brings a wealth of finance experience to Softeq as well as best practices from many different fields.

Anna spent half a decade in the pharma industry, holding top management positions in finance at Sandoz, a Novartis division. Under her leadership, several company subclusters across Belarus and the Caucasus reached double-digit yearly growth.

Before that Anna worked in the steel industry at a major national steel works. She contributed to growing the business multiple times over and transforming operations across its trade, production, and logistics divisions. Ana holds an MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU).

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CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER Edwin Lemus

Edwin Lemus is a seasoned human resources leader with international experience in technology and other industries.

Edwin has 20+ years of experience leading people and talent-related programs globally for technology enterprises. Lemus recently led the People Experience organization for a cybersecurity company where he designed and executed their people experience strategy centered on building a destination culture for employees. Lemus previously held the position of Director of the Americas for a technology company where he successfully expanded their LATAM region that included a new R&D center in Mexico City. Lemus further elevates the company’s people operations team and will build a cohesive company culture with an increasingly distributed workforce in 22 locations around the world.

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Your Career at Softeq
We’re a 350-strong team of developers and consultants with a passion for technology. Full-stack end-to-end projects, multi-cultural team spirit, and a work-from-anywhere approach. Join us to skyrocket your career.
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Multiple Competencies under One Roof

At Softeq, you’ll find the right people for the job under the same roof. From early-stage ideation to business and technology consulting to development. Whether you’re after a connected electronic product or a complex cloud solution, you'll get a complete range of services from an experienced one-stop shop service provider.

With us, you’ll have a team of consultants, hardware designers, firmware programmers, software developers, DevOps, support, and test engineers working virtually next door. The result of a synchronized team effort may range from gaining a workable electronic device sample that you can take to trial production to a full-scale solution designed with optimal load balance and scalability. And, as promised, we’ll deliver on time, on budget, and to specification.