Globant, a massive Argentinian software development, IT services and maintenance outsourcing company serving customers all over the globe, this morning announced a major addition to its board of advisors.
Serial entrepreneur, startup investor and author Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, will be sharing his knowledge with the Latin-American IT giant, which counts companies like Zynga, Google and JWT among its customers.
According to press release issued earlier this morning, Hoffman comes to Globant following a recent $2 million capital injection in the company by the not-for-profit Endeavor Foundation‘s Catalyst Program, of which the affable American businessman is a Board Director.
That’s not the only connection, by the way: Globant develops LinkedIn’s mobile applications for Android and iPhone, and is also responsible for the implementation of the OpenSocial framework to integrate applications with the professional networking service.
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Globant says it runs a network of more than 2,500 software engineers, developers and designers based in 15 locations across Latin America and the US.
In August 2011, the company acquired Silicon Valley-based mobile and social applications developer Nextive for an undisclosed sum after raising $15 million in funding earlier that year.
Hoffman currently serves on the boards of Airbnb, Edmodo, Mozilla, Shopkick, Swipely, and Zynga. He has co-led investments in Coupons.com, Groupon, and Viki.
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