Business: Software development outsourcing and IT consulting company that builds custom, commercial-grade software for business clients and for software product companies, with offices in Minneapolis and a software development center in Minsk, the capital of the eastern European country of Belarus.
Founded: 1995
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.coherentsolutions.com
Employees: 175; 25 in Minneapolis, 150 in Minsk
Executives: Igor Epshteyn , president; Robert Duff, chief operating officer; Maksim Belov, chief technical officer; Alexandre Schneerson, general manager, Minsk Development Center.
2009 revenue: close to $6 million
Strategy: Explore options to grow by opening additional sales and development offices in cities in the central and eastern time zones; expand business by building up IT consulting services independent of software development projects.
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