2. Amerisourcing
Liquid Designers is a company built around a team of North Americans
living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires embraces the artistic flair
Amerisourcing and culture of its European roots while leaving behind Europe’s high cost of
[uh-mer-i-sawr-sing] living. Our staff agrees that Buenos Aires is a great place to live.
-noun
Clients take pleasure in seeing the creativity and culture of Buenos Aires reflected in our work.
Because our qualified professionals are paid local competitive rates, clients receive their work at a
1. The procuring of value unattainable in the U.S.
services by Americans
living in emerging countries By Amerisourcing with Liquid Designers, clients avoid the cultural differences and communication
thereby achieving the problems that often arise when working with foreign companies. Amerisourcing makes
communication seamless. Our in-house, US-born and raised project managers excel in client
cost savings of foreign interaction. They use Vonage, Skype, Webcam conferences, Google Documents and remote
outsourcing while retaining desktop software to make sure communication is easy
the familiar cultural, time and convenient. Our forwarding US numbers ensure that
and language advantages communication stays open even amidst internet connectivity
problems.
found in the United States.
We work through a U.S. bank account, we utilize PayPal and
Example usage: By we are wire transfer ready. We are only two hours ahead of
Amerisourcing to Liquid Eastern Standard Time and can be reached Monday - Friday
Designers in Buenos Aires, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST at our U.S. or European phone
numbers.
we got the same quality We accept payment via paypal, wire transfer or paper check to
of a New York firm at a a U.S. bank account.
better value. I love Liquid
Designers! What are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and call us now so
we can chat about your project and needs.
3. Convenience
Domestic Payment Options
We work through a U.S. bank account,
accepting PayPal, paper checks or wire
transfers. Having a U.S. bank account
makes it as easy to pay us as any other
company or individual in the United
Easy States.
Communication
Liquid Designers makes
communication seamless.
Our project managers use a
service with international call
forwarding, webcam conferences
and remote desktop sharing
to make sure communication
is easy and convenient. Our
forwarding US numbers ensure
that communication stays open
even amidst Internet connectivity
problems. We are only one hour
ahead of Eastern Standard Time
and can be reached Monday -
Friday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
4. Buenos Aires
“Drawn by the city’s cheap prices and
Paris-like elegance, legions of foreign
artists are colonizing Buenos Aires and
transforming this sprawling metropolis
”
into a throbbing hothouse of cool.
5. Buenos Aires
“
Argentina has long had the potential
to develop an IT industry...Argentina
ranks first among Latin American
countries in number of Internet users
per capita. It is also No. 1 among
Latin American countries for research
”
scientists and engineers...
6. Buenos Aires
“ Like Prague in the 1990s, Buenos
Aires offers chic on the cheap and
is attracting scores of musicians,
filmmakers, journalists, designers
and even sitcom writers from
abroad.[...] But this city has an
intense cultural rhythm that you
just can’t find anywhere else
in the world, so we’re glad that
”
foreigners are taking part.
7. Our Team
Kave Golabi | President Jeff Milton | CTO Michael Angerman | Android Specialist
Kave started his first web 2.0 company in Jeff has been an Internet pioneer for 23 Michael has spent his adult life working in
1999 while a student at the University of years. In the early days of the Internet, Jeff both the business and academic worlds
California, Los Angeles. Upon graduation, worked to improve network infrastructures integrating data visualization and large scale
Kavé joined the Strategic Technology and founded an ISP outside New York internet applications in the fields of Finance
Division of PA Consulting Group, where City. Later, he created one of the first and Biology. He was an early employee in
he worked with Jeff to create a web-based eCommerce businesses. In 1995, Jeff joined several well known Silicon Valley companies
dashboard to help executives make strategic IBM’s Internet Technology Group to work including Vitria Technology where he helped
decisions. In 2002, Kavé cofounded on live content, content management and grow the business from 10 employees to
Cramster.com, a web 2.0 community, and personalization. At IBM, Jeff created the over 1200 employees in less than five years.
the Internet’s top destination for students world’s largest corporate directory, ‘The Blue Vitria had an initial public offering in 1999.
studying quantitative subjects. At Cramster, Pages’, as well as the world’s first XM-based Prior to Vitria, Michael helped start the Java
Kavé worked as the Director of Marketing content management system. In 1999, Jeff Consulting Group at Sun Microsystems in
and became an expert in search engine left IBM to be the Principal Technologist the very early days of Java. In the academic
optimization, pay per click advertising and at Razorfish, a 2000-man dotcom media world, Michael worked at Caltech in
online community building. Kavé then took consulting firm, where he developed Pasadena, California designing and building
his entrepreneurial skills to Buenos Aires wireless and web delivery solutions. Jeff a web based tool for Biologists to easily
to start Liquid Designers. Kavé spends his later joined PA Consulting Group, one share and process Stem Cell Bioinformatics
spare time playing in a full-contact Argentine of Europe’s most prestigious consulting data. For seven years, he was a researcher
American football league and reminiscing firms. Jeff’s experience and insight play a at the Santa Fe Institute and Los Alamos
about his former high school football valuable role at Liquid Designers. Though National Laboratory working in the area of
triumphs when he was younger. we tell people that Jeff came to Argentina chaos and complex systems.
to help start Liquid Designers, his primary
motivation was to learn to dance Tango.
8. Our Team
Rebecca Peterhansen | Project Manager Tyler Woods | Project Manager Hernán Zofiro | Senior Designer
Becky was born in Atlanta, Georgia but grew Tyler was born in Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Hernán started his design career in 1995 while
up moving around the United States. She Arizona at an early age. He studied Computer working at Quadro Marketing. He graduated from
graduated from Northwestern University in Information Systems and Networking and the Fundacion de Altos Estudios en Ciencias
Chicago with a BA in International Studies and Security at Devry University. He is fully bilingual Comerciales with a degree in Graphic Design
History and completed an honors thesis that after studying at the Universidad Catolica and Visual Communications in 1998. While
took her to Buenos Aires to study constitutional Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a year working as a freelancer for some of Argentina’s
law. Fully bilingual, Becky concentrated on Latin in 2007. He spent the next three years traveling most renowned agencies, Hernan has built a
American history in college and studied abroad between Buenos Aires and the States working large client base, which includes companies like
at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Building for Liquid Designers. Tyler honed his computer Sprite, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Crossmedia, Chevrolet
a background understanding clients needs and systems skills working in tech support and and Fibertel. Hernan not only has a solid
delivering excellent results; Becky first worked networking for a large U.S.-based company, understanding of color theory, but he also has
for Chevron on their Marketing and PR team, before Liquid and Buenos Aires won him over. ample practice and expertise using a variety of
creating press releases, web content, merger Between being an Eagle Scout and a first team image and 3-D modeling software, including After
documents and both leading and pitching PR all-region football player in high school, Tyler Effects, Vue 7 xStream, Plasma, Photoshop,
plans. She then joined the PR agency Ogilvy, earns his reputation as the office’s All-American Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Firewords and Flash.
where she worked for LG on everything from golden boy. When he’s not wowing us with his design skills,
electronics to domestic appliances, coordinating Hernan can be found showing off his video game
PR and media relations for product launches prowess to competitors young and old.
and key trade-shows. A Scrum master, Becky
is trained in the Agile software and project
management methodology.
9. Services
Design Open Source Web Mobile Development Marketing
Branding Development Android SEO
Graphic Design Symfony iPhone PPC
Html Wordpress Display
Flash PHP Social Media
Renderings Javascript Content Writing
Ajax
Liquid Designers is a full-service interactive agency with a focus on emerging open source technologies. Located in Buenos Aires,
we employ U.S. citizens in order to eliminate any communication barriers with our U.S.-based clients. We not only provide a full range
of services, but can do so in-house without the use of freelancers, thereby providing clients with reliability and peace of mind. Our full
range of services encompasses design, development, and marketing, along with strategic input from experienced U.S. entrepreneurs
and consultants. All project management is conducted by in-house native English speakers.
10. Services
Liquid Designers offers two modes of work:
Fixed Cost Hourly Rate
We can bid on We can offer you a
projects at a fixed designer, developer
cost. We will or marketer at an
hold to this price hourly rate for long-
whether or not the term projects. We
project is more will even include all hours
labor intensive worked by a native English
than our initial speaking, experienced
estimations. project manager for free.
11. Tools
Tools we use to execute your project
Skype is one of several tools we use to hold webcam conferences and
text chats with clients. We use Skype’s call forwarding service to transfer to
our landlines, thereby ensuring a quality line regardless of bandwidth issues.
Trac is an open source, integrated wiki and tracking system for software
development and programming projects. We use Trac to outline every step
of a project, allowing project management down to the very last detail. The
minimalistic style allows for easy adaptation to any project our team takes
on, whether it is software-related or coding and programming. The timeline
feature gives an overview of a project, while the road map allows milestones
to be set and monitored for effective completion.
Google Suite is a web-based software package that includes Google
spreadsheets, documents, websites and applications which together allow
us to work internally as well as with clients. We also use Google project
management applications to organize and integrate all current projects.
Thanks to Google Suite we are able to provide our clients with outstanding
and timely service, always in collaboration with the Agile methodology.
12. Scrum Development Methodology
Agile software development uses an iterative and incremental process that encourages a collaborative relationship
between the client, the scrum-certified project manager, and the technical team. Results come early and often, allowing clients to track
our progress throughout the development process, rather than just receiving a product at its final stage.
By using Agile
– Our entire team is involved in the quoting and planning of projects, bringing together our experience and knowledge to analyze a
client’s needs and goals.
– Our project managers work with clients to understand their priorities, so these items can be accomplished first.
– Our team holds brief meetings at the start of every day to evaluate progress.
– Our project managers not only understand the day-to-day of the project, but also grasp the big picture.
– Our project managers are constantly reviewing and planning with the next stage of development in mind.
Agile allows our team at Liquid Designers to incorporate new information, find errors early, and respond to the issues that can and do
arise during a project.
13. Design
We offer senior designers who specialize in graphic design, renderings, flash and html design. We have the flexibility
to make corporate sites or spectacular interactive sites. When approaching a project, we start by researching a client’s
business, market, and competition, creating the visual representation that best achieves the client’s goals.
14. Portfolio Design: Branding
Examples from first set of logos
Logo Design Process
Our logo design process
includes making several unique
logos by different designers who
have each preformed extensive
research, and who have not
only gained an understanding
of what the client is looking
for, but have also studied the
Examples from second set of logos
competition. Once a logo is
chosen, we make variations until
the client is happy.
Final logo
16. Portfolio Design: Graphic Design
Clients: Boston Blazers, Houston Rockets, All State, Boston Bruins, Humana, US Open.
View FLIMP Video
Flimp GRAPHIC DESIGN
Flimp.net, the creators of a system assist high end clients and revamp For over a year we have provided X Illustrator
which allows corporations to easily Flimp´s outreach collateral and Flimp a dedicated senior designer X Photoshop
create viral presentations, was website. Once they realized the and a native English speaking
looking for a part time remote benefits of Amerisourcing, they project manager to produce their
employee in the Boston Area to decided to use Liquid instead. video marketing campaigns.
17. Portfolio Design: HTML
MIC Worldwide SECURITY FIRM Micww.com
MIC Worldwide, founded had experience reaching out edited their content, worked X Illustrator
by Americans, is a risk to American clients, MIC came with them to solidify a design X InDesign
management and security to us for strategic advice and emphasizing a more modern
consulting firm based in the means to implement it. We yet professional look, and X HTML
Buenos Aires with clients created a branding strategy for created their website as per X CSS
throughout Europe and the their logo as well as business W3C standards.
United States. Seeing that we cards and brochures. We
18. Portfolio Design: Flash
Linguamation EDUCATIONAL GAMING Serverfortesting.com/linguamation
Linguamation is a site that wanted an equally impressive homepage, and we created X Flash X Vray
will provide online games interface. They gave our an outline of the scene. We X 3D Studio Max X Vue
combined with language designers near free rein to then detailed the building and
learning. The site will have a make a “steampunk-styled” environment using several 3D X Illustrator
very sophisticated and complex site. First, the client made a rendering programs.
engine, and so the company very rough pencil sketch of the
19. Portfolio Design: Renderings
Linguamation EDUCATIONAL GAMING Serverfortesting.com/linguamation
For Linguamation, our talented allowing integration into the X 3D Studio Max
designers created completely game system. Our client X Vue
unique character designs for couldn’t be more pleased with
the client’s interactive video the result, and our designers X Vray
game. The characters were were able to flex their creative
created with 3D technology, muscles.
20. Development
We combine an experienced team with young, bright programmers to offer robust web and mobile systems.
Led by the creator of the open source strategy used by PA Consulting when implementing projects for large clients such
as British Airways, we specialize in LAMP open source technologies.
When building a system, we look to make sure that it
• Has a sizeable open source community
• Uses technology which forces development in an organized manner
• Allows for clients to build upon the technology, without being dependent on our developers
We choose open source technologies that fit with the client’s needs as well as our own competencies, whether it be
Symfony, WordPress, or a proprietary system, based on the scope of the project. We are also strong in Flash and
ActionScript, as well as PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Java, SQL, MySQL, Linux, and Apache, among others.
21. Portfolio Development: Symfony
Mylingo.org LANGUAGE LEARNING COMMUNITY
MyLingo.org is a are designing a variety of we have the flexibility to X Symfony X ActionScript
substantial venture being interactive applications, keep our programmers X MySQL X CSS
developed internally and including a social network employed when we have
which we hope will be one where people will have the few external projects and X JavaScript X HTML
of the most widely used opportunity to help others scale up rapidly when we X Apache
language learning websites learn their native language. have many.
around the world. We Thanks to this project,
22. Portfolio Development: Symfony/ActionScript
Touchcity INTERACTIVE PRODUCT LAUNCH
Touchcity was created to a world through the eyes of a X ActionScript 3.0 X Symfony
showcase Samsung’s “Iphone thumb being guided down the X XML X MySQL
Killer”, the i900 OMNIA. Our street, taking pictures to be sent
programmer created the Action as ecards and performing in a X PHP
Script 3.0 technology along variety of interactive games per
with the Symfony backend and the user’s whim.
framework. The site showcases
23. Portfolio Development: Symfony
Devour.tv VIDEO COMMUNITY Devour.tv
Devour is an online television We created a CMS system to X HTML X Flash
station and community for food manage content, videos and X CSS X MySQL
enthusiasts. It utilizes features schedules. We also created
such as creating comments, different user interfaces and X JavaScript X Flash
adding buddies and live chat. levels of administrative rights.
24. Portfolio Development: WordPress
Twenty 120 WORDPRESS VIDEO PORTAL Twenty120.com
Twenty120.com is an developers to create a site integrated it with a interactive X Wordpress
independent film collection that allows directors to easily flash interface to showcase the X Flash
website developed for creative upload their videos and share unique talents of the twenty two
professionals to share their them in a high design video directors featured. X ActionScript
vision and craft. We were portal. We created the site
outsourced as the lead backend in Wordpress and
25. Portfolio Development: PHP
Uonster SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY Uonster.com
Uonster is a new way to store custom templates crafted for X HTML X PHP
music, films and information Uonster for posts and growl- X CSS X MySQL
through unique posts. The site like notifications. Each post
includes a simple but powerful contains blocks of information X Jquery
interface with drag & drops, and modules. Everything can be
accordions, modal dialogs, edited visually by any user.
26. Portfolio Development: PHP
America’s Cheer Site for B of A CORPORATE MICROSITE
During the Beijing Olympics, enhance Bank of America’s X Linux
we built the Bank of America’s bond with its customers. It X PHP
Cheer website to allow people was developed to be tightly
to vote for their favorite integrated with Facebook, X Apache
Olympic experience and YouTube and Flickr. X MySQL
27. Mobile Development
Our mobile expertise combines efficient development with strategic and architectural experience.
Android
Blending Android’s mobile phone and tablet with Symfony’s PHP open source system allows Liquid Designers to
leverage its current customers’ web implementations, adding functionality to talk to back-end databases in ways that
browsers can’t. We believe that Android applications will take web-based interactive graphical applications to a new
level. Given that our Android development is led by one of the pioneers of Java, we are confident that we can harness
this technology to its maximum potential for our clients.
iPhone
Using Apple’s proprietary yet elegant system, we have also developed a strong capability in Objective-C for
iPhone development. Being able to build on these two popular mobile platforms allows us to help clients make a
comprehensive mobile strategy which looks at development from both a technical and a marketing perspective.
28. Portfolio Mobile Development: Android
We are creating a Symfony-based language community, and we thought it would be beneficial to complement this
community with a vocabulary and verb conjugation application. We built this application in Android, which smoothly syncs
it with our website’s database while allowing us to enter new markets with minimal additional backend development.
29. Portfolio Mobile Development: iPhone
Liquid Designers’ talented team of designers and programmers have created a host of mobile applications for the
iPhone, ranging from interactive games for corporate clients to tools incorporating GPS technology.
Call Global provides a Fan Finder helps sports
service that includes fans locate their fan
making high quality buddies in most sports
long distance calls, at bars located in the US.
an affordable price. It uses GPS capabilities
integrated with the
Sports Fan Live website
to get real time
information out to the
users.
30. Online Marketing Services
We optimize clients’ returns on investments based on their needs by offering a range of marketing services.
Our online marketing expertise is performed by our in-house American team.
SEO
Liquid Designers’ Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services have resulted in more than six million page views per
month. Our staff will work to optimize your new site or revamp an existing one. Along with on-site optimization, we target
new inbound linking opportunities to achieve the highest level of organic search success.
PPC
Our staff has managed Pay Per Click (PPC) campaigns of an array of different clients, with budgets ranging from a few
thousand dollars per month to multi-million dollar campaigns. We are experienced in handling as many as four million
keywords per client, while providing our clients with the highest ROI.
Display & Social Networking
In addition to your search engine requirements, we are well-versed in handling all your display marketing needs. If it
makes sense for your business, we’ll work within your budget to present you with the most efficient banner marketing
options. And with our team being on top of the latest marketing techniques for social networking, involving platforms such
as Facebook and Twitter, we’ll work to get your brand out there in front of a larger audience.
Content Writing
Being located in a city that attracts a large ex-patriot population has allowed us to build a large staff of young U.S.
graduates with writing degrees. Our staff of writers can help with SEO content writing, website proofreading, editing,
public relations, and social networking outreach.
31. Portfolio Marketing
Cramster SUBSCRIPTION-BASED STUDY COMMUNITY Cramster.com
Cramster is the web´s top the Wall Street Journal and close relationship, we had the X SEO
online study community, the New York Times, Cramster opportunity to create search X PPC
providing homework help has raised 9 million dollars in engine optimization and pay
and step-by-step textbook Series A and Series B funding. per click advertising for the site X Content Writing
solutions, live tutoring, and Cramster was co-founded as well as provide up to 1,000
abundance of user-created by one of Liquid Designers hours per month in content
study material. Featured in principals. Because of this writing and editing.