Professional Service Offering

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Professional

Service

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Company Overview

• TradeHelm is a consultancy that embraces the on-site / nearshore model of resource deployment

• TradeHelm provides technical consulting, enterprise application development and infrastructure management expertise

• The TradeHelm nearshore development offering is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina

– Location provides similar time-zone efficiencies with North American, South American and European clients and

overnight support for Far East customers

– Argentinean labor pool’s education and skill sets surpass Eastern Europe and Asia

– TradeHelm teams are well-acquainted with western lifestyles and cultural nuances

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Last Slide First

Traditional Offshore Nearshore

Time-zone Opposite Same

Methodology Deliver perfect scope, 3:00 AM conference call,

Review results in the AM

Agile

Real-time interaction, issue resolution

Turn-over High Very low

Technical Skills Current Current

English Skills Challenging Excellent

Team Culture Autonomous Integrated

Rates versus in-house consultants

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Engagement Options

CIO Program Manager Project Manager/Technical Staff Exec. Mgmt. ODC Manager/Relationship Manager Project Manager/Team Leaders/Technical Staff

Quarterly Management Review

•Focus on strategy and innovation

Monthly/Bi-Weekly Review

•Focus on overall performance and SLAs

Weekly/Ongoing

•Reviews and issue resolution

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Engagement Options

Executive Management

(CEO, Board of Directors)

Offshore Governance Board

CFO, BU Manager, CIO, Legal, Bus. Continuity Mgmt.

Communications

Manager

Offshore Program

Manager

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Company Overview

• TradeHelm

– Started March 2008

– TradeHelm, Inc. engineered advanced execution platforms for algorithmic, correlation and multi-leg trading strategies for

institutional and proprietary trading firms.

– All software development was provided by TradeHelm employees in Argentina.

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Company Overview

• TradeHelm is a leader in providing nearshore expertise in:

– Application development – Quality Management

– Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing – Infrastructure

• TradeHelm’s operating facilities:

• North America. Chicago • Argentina. Based out of the

technologically advanced Malecon

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Nearshore Development

• Nearshore Location Criteria

– Time-zone, time-zone, time-zone

– Language skills (English, Spanish, Portuguese) – Government Support

– Labor Pool – Infrastructure

– Education System – Cost

– Political and Economic Environment – Americanized Culture

– Global and Legal Maturity

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Nearshore Development

• Strategically located in Argentina

– Buenos Aires Headquarters

• Other Key Cities in Argentina

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TradeHelm Service Offerings

• Application Development

– Application Development / System Integration – ERP

– Business Intelligence – Cloud Computing

– Embedded Applications / Mobility Transformation – Data Base Administration and Design

– Software Testing / Quality Management – Open Source

– Portals

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TradeHelm Service Offerings

• Quality Management / Software Testing

– Testing Methods

• Black Box Testing • White Box Testing • Grey Box Testing – Testing Levels

– Non Functional Software Testing – The Testing Process

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TradeHelm Service Offerings

• Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing

– Critical Success Factors of Business Intelligence Implementation • Business Driven Methodology and Project Management • Clear Vision and Planning

• Committed Management Support and Sponsorship • Data Management and Quality Issues

• Mapping Solutions to User Requirements • Performance Considerations of BI System • Robust and Extensible Framework

– Business Intelligence Implementation Decision Factors • Reporting and Analysis Tools

• Databases • ETL Tools

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TradeHelm Service Offerings

• Infrastructure Management Services

– IT Security

– Data Center Consolidation – Virtualization

– Help Desk, Desktop and Mobile Product Support – Data Center and Remote Management Support

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Infrastructure

• Facilities and Infrastructure

– Core Components

• Primary External Connectivity – 25 GBPS Dedicated Fiber Optic Link (ISP Global Crossing - L3)

• Primary Internal Connectivity, Backup connection 5 MBPS Dedicated Fiber (ISP Telmex)

• Firewall / VPN / IPS Support – Cisco ASA 5510 Concentrator • Internal Network – Cisco CE5500 Switches with Power over

Ethernet – Level 5 (100 MBPS Network)

• IP Telephony System – Cisco 2851 Voice Bundle Based Call Manager

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Human Resources

• TradeHelm’s Recruiting Process is Streamlined and Proven to Attract the Very Best Talent

• TradeHelm's Local Management Team has Substantial Experience in Organizational Development in the Region

• Strong Partnerships with other Consulting Organizations, Recruiting Professionals and University Feeder Systems

• Retaining Excellent Staff is a Priority at TradeHelm • Historic Turnover is Low

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Projects

• Development of an application that supports both FIX and proprietary protocols for automated testing and market simulation

• A web-based automated certification platform

• CQ (Content Management) testing and deployment • A monitoring application for FIX message flow across

multiple environments between numerous clients

• An application for providing statistical data of latency and connectivity performance

• The industry’s leading bond price web-based application

• An all-in-one solution for pricing, real-time analytics, portfolio risk management, and multi-broker electronic execution for equities and derivatives markets

• Mobile application for the largest futures and options exchange

Projects and

Expertise

Core Competencies:

• Java, J2EE, .NET, C++, and SAP development • MS SQL, Oracle Enterprise Database 10g, IBM

DB2 Universal Database, PosgreSQL, MySQL development

• Windows, Unix, Linux platform development • Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol

Development and Testing

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Testimonial

“We were a rapidly growing capital markets technology firm that was being hindered in our ability to expand into new product lines by

having to focus the majority of the workforce on the support of our industry-leading flagship software suite. We partnered with

TradeHelm Professional Services, who provided a dedicated team of technologists tasked with the design, development and

implementation of what eventually became the firm's second leading revenue generating product offering.”

-Financial Service Industry Executive

“TradeHelm Professional Services was able to find the

right resources quickly and the resources do an excellent job. TradeHelm Professional Services provides

competitive rates while not sacrificing quality talent. Our firm has utilized TradeHelm resources for some of our high profile projects and have had great success.”

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Questions?

• Manny Montejano – [email protected] – Mobile: (630) 788-3117 – Skype: montejanom • Jennifer Gastorf

– Director of Professional Services – [email protected] – Office: (312) 821-4600

– Skype: jgastorf

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane 150 - Piso 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina C1107BCA +54 11 5173 1400

Chicago

20 North Wacker Drive Suite 3550 Chicago, IL 60606