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ISO/MLS contact:
Tobias Briegel
National Accounts Manager
954-294-7170
tobiasb@chetu.com
www.chetu.com
Leveraging the digital age

n the year 2000, only a handful of custom software The company noted that new projects are assigned to a
development companies were doing business in the team that includes a project manager, team lead and the
United States. Yet it was a time when the demand developers; the work is 100 percent performance based;
I for tailored business solutions was beginning to the entire group is dedicated, functioning exclusively as a
climb, with dozens of dot-com companies entering the local work-for-hire team; and, in most cases, programming
market and ecommerce adoption gaining ground. is done remotely, but it can also be handled onsite if a
project or client warrants it.
Recognizing an opportunity, the founders of Chetu
Inc. launched their customized software development According to Briegel, these practices are the success factors
company that year. Today, after nearly 18 years of behind Chetu's offerings of fine-tuned technological
providing enterprise-grade software solutions to startups, expertise and specific domain experience, along with
small to midsize businesses and Fortune 5000 companies, Chetu's service-based culture that stems from a passion
Chetu is preparing to launch its 11th North American for excellence.
office. "Chetu helps businesses accelerate the development
of desktop, mobile and web-based apps using a fully Payments software veteran
dedicated workforce of on-demand developers," stated Chetu pointed out that it holds a strong support presence
Tobias Briegal, Chetu's National Accounts Manager. in the payments industry, including terminal and device
partnerships with Ingenico, Verifone and Equinox, as
Headquartered in Plantation, Fla., Chetu now operates 14 well as programming for stand-alone POS solutions such
locations worldwide. The privately held company is a six- as Clover and Dinerware. Project teams are also called
time Inc. 5000 honoree and remains wholly owned with upon to develop loyalty, rewards, kiosk, cash register
no venture backing. Chetu noted that it has completed and other closed-loop systems, along with automation
over 15,500 unique software solutions and development for alternative payment products such as cash advance
projects since opening, and it supports businesses in systems.
more than 20 different industries.
Passion for excellence As reported by Chetu, the company's engineers have
supported several payment gateway integration projects.
Chetu said it operates exclusively as a work-for-hire firm, Chetu-developed code also powers a growing number
which means clients always own the intellectual property of contactless payment methods. These include near
developed by the company's 1,200 software engineers. field communication, peer-to-peer, mobile and e-wallet
Each engineer and the team members supporting them solutions, as well as cryptocurrency platforms. In addition,
are in-house staff, a practice representative of Chetu's the company's programming expertise helped support
hiring strategy. "Chetu's hiring model brings a different the EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) migration in
level of accountability to the marketplace," Briegel said. the United States by way of Chetu's payment device and
"We never use contracted help and can therefore offer a processing partnerships.
different level of commitment to clients that many other
software firms cannot." Poised for the future
With the rapid pace of payment technology advancements,
Every new engineer Chetu hires is expected to meet a Briegel expects the payments industry will be a primary
minimum qualification requirement of three years' prior focus for Chetu throughout the next few decades. He
comparable experience. Since most engineers work their also foresees new opportunities arising that will involve
way up the ranks, the average experience level in Chetu's more seamless integration efforts between payment data
engineer pool is now greater than 10 years ‒ a factor that and functionality, and cloud-based enterprise business
has helped Chetu achieve one of the lowest employee applications. "As additional cloud-based solutions emerge
attrition rates in the software industry and several for managing inventory, sales and customer service, there
recognitions as a best-in-class workplace, according to will also be a greater need for online software integrations
Chetu. with POS and ecommerce applications," Briegel said.
"Chetu is primed to lead this effort."

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