iWin opens office in Kiev

Reps from the firm said that it wanted to establish an official presence in the region after working closely with Eastern European contractors for the past two years.

iWin said it plans to double the headcount of the office in the next year. Currently, the team consists of mostly web engineers, but could in time grow to include a game development team.

"The Kiev office opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for iWin," says Andy Hieke, iWin's GM of production. "Not only does this realize tremendous cost savings, but it also adds an excellent central point for an extremely talented set of people to our already solid worldwide group of developers. We have experienced great results over the past two years from our Ukrainian contractors and look forward to working with them in the future as iWin employees.

"Our Kiev office allows iWin to expand our employee base rapidly and with highly qualified and talented people."

Alexander Khilko, one of iWin's Kiev-based software engineers, added: "Working with iWin for the last two years has been great. We are constantly challenged to perform but in a friendly and open environment. When we first began working with a company that was based in America, no one knew if two offices so far away could work as a cohesive unit. But now, two years later, we are becoming an official iWin office and the future looks bright."