About Shinetech

On the surface:

Shinetech Software Inc. is a trusted partner and a recognized leader in providing software development services, systems integration, and solution delivery services. We are committed to long-term cooperation with customers by providing dedicated agile developers.
You can also see our “secret sauce” to find out more about how we do things.

Under the surface:

Since 2001, we have provided premium software development services to over 1500+ companies around the world. With a unique focus on building strong, collaborative relationships with clients, Shinetech has created a solid reputation for exceeding our client expectations with quality work and fast delivery turnaround. When you partner with Shinetech, you will work with the highest-quality development talents and project managers.

What's happened so far

2001
2003
2005
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2015
2016
2019
2020
2021
2022
2001 / Humble beginnings

Our CEO Jerry Zhang entered China's tech industry 1995 after getting his bachelor's in Science from Beijing Institute of Technology, he worked in a technical role for the East Changwei Company and prior to founding Shinetech he served as the editor-in-chief for the Chinese Publication "Internet Weekly", seeing the growth of both global and China's need for software development he decided to establish Shinetech Software Inc. in Beijing

2003 / Journey to the west
Shinetech Software officially entered European and American software development markets, paving the way for further growth. Little did we know this move would open the door to our most significant markets and introduce us to most of our key clients.
2005 / The American dream
After four years of developing software for clients in North and Latin America, we learned that, to service our North American client base properly, we needed to be on the ground with them. On January 13th, 2005, we officially founded our first office in New York City.
2008 / The gold standard

We found a lot of our clients were requesting Microsoft development services. Shinetech decided that it would be in both our and our client's interest for us to become an official Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Software Development. We have been partnered ever since.

2009 / Adapt & Grow
In late 2009, Shinetech was experiencing growing pains trying to compete in the software development market. With leadership from our CEO and an A-team of talented software experts, we decided to empower our engineers to go the extra mile and offer more services outside traditional software development.
2010 / London's Calling
As Shinetech grew its European client base, we knew that we needed to provide a higher, more intimate level of service and offer on-site development & customer service for our European clients. Shinetech entered the United Kingdom to formally open our first (but not last) European office in London. This year, we were first awarded the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific award.
2012 / Gartner, Cool Vendor

Our efforts have been recognized by Gartner, naming us a Cool Vendor in 2012. This milestone is a testament to our commitment to excellence and drives us to continue leading the way in fostering positive change within clients' business.

2013 / Culture shock
By 2013, Shinetech has already amassed a wealth of software development knowledge. However, we understood that we needed to go the extra mile and understand our clients on a deeper cultural level. We decided to send our engineers from various branches to work in our American offices for a few weeks to learn more about the culture and to improve interpersonal communication skills.
2015 / East to West coverage
As we grew our customer base it became apparent that being able to offer on-site services was a key to winning and maintaining great clients. In 2015 we opened two new offices. One in Karlstad, Sweden to service our Nordic and European clients. The other was in Sydney, Australia to service our Oceania & APAC clients.
2016 / North American growth
Continuing our momentum in regards to international expansion, we decided to cover both the east and west sides of the States, and we opened two new offices in North America – one in Vancouver, Canada and another in San Francisco. Having delivery centers in the heart of two high-tech cities has helped us maintain a highly-skilled talent pool and offer a level of onsite/hybrid service unique to Shinetech Software.
2019 / Certification & Awards
2019 was a good year for Shinetech, we have at this point had over 1,500 delivered software projects with 75% of our business being recitative. In 2019 we were entered into two competitions with two of our long term clients; these were HP Inc.-with Shinetech were selected as the finalist for the "Best Global Commerce Expansion" award at the 2019 Adobe Imagine Excellence Awards. Shinetech was also a finalist for the "Best Public Sector Digital Project" at the prestigious Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2019. It was also this year that we officially were rewarded ISO IEC 27001 INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
2020 / The pandemic and our resilience
2020 brought numerous hardships to the world. Businesses worldwide started to work remotely, and our customers were faced with multiple challenges that looked insurmountable at the beginning of the year. Since our customers were facing severe disruptions, Shinetech offered to share the risk and help our clients sustain their businesses through open communication, knowledge exchange (since our development teams primarily work remotely), and transparent actions. As a result, our customers’ businesses were still operational. We helped them set up remote work and opened three new offices (2 in AUS and 1 in NZ).
2021 / Happy birthday!
What started in 2001 as a drive to provide high-quality software development services has grown into a 600-people strong company. This year was all about Shinetech’s birthday; we celebrated our 20th anniversary by organizing a coding camp and the first Shinetech Honor of Kings eSports tournament. In 2021, we also had no pandemic-induced service disruption, helped our clients overcome Covid-19 transformations, and further established new partnerships. One of the top impacts we had was with our partners, NHS Barts Health, where we helped them quickly develop robust training and documentation software for Covid-related treatments.
2022 / Plans for the future
This year, we plan to share our knowledge about everything we at Shinetech do and how we do it. Currently, we are creating a playbook that should encompass our 20-year experience of working remotely. Although out-of-house software development has grown into an amazing industry, we see that it is still closed to the outside world. We want to change that. We plan to develop several articles about out-of-house software development best practices and share them with everyone. We want to condense our whole experience in an easily digestible way, even for someone who has never seen any software development process. If you’d like to have regular updates about software development best practices, sign up on our mailing list, and we will keep you updated!
2001 / Humble beginnings

Our CEO Jerry Zhang entered China's tech industry 1995 after getting his bachelor's in Science from Beijing Institute of Technology, he worked in a technical role for the East Changwei Company and prior to founding Shinetech he served as the editor-in-chief for the Chinese Publication "Internet Weekly", seeing the growth of both global and China's need for software development he decided to establish Shinetech Software Inc. in Beijing

2003 / Journey to the west
Shinetech Software officially entered European and American software development markets, paving the way for further growth. Little did we know this move would open the door to our most significant markets and introduce us to most of our key clients.
2005 / The American dream
After four years of developing software for clients in North and Latin America, we learned that, to service our North American client base properly, we needed to be on the ground with them. On January 13th, 2005, we officially founded our first office in New York City.
2008 / The gold standard

We found a lot of our clients were requesting Microsoft development services. Shinetech decided that it would be in both our and our client's interest for us to become an official Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Software Development. We have been partnered ever since.

2009 / Adapt & Grow
In late 2009, Shinetech was experiencing growing pains trying to compete in the software development market. With leadership from our CEO and an A-team of talented software experts, we decided to empower our engineers to go the extra mile and offer more services outside traditional software development.
2010 / London's Calling
As Shinetech grew its European client base, we knew that we needed to provide a higher, more intimate level of service and offer on-site development & customer service for our European clients. Shinetech entered the United Kingdom to formally open our first (but not last) European office in London. This year, we were first awarded the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific award.
2012 / Gartner, Cool Vendor

Our efforts have been recognized by Gartner, naming us a Cool Vendor in 2012. This milestone is a testament to our commitment to excellence and drives us to continue leading the way in fostering positive change within clients' business.

2013 / Culture shock
By 2013, Shinetech has already amassed a wealth of software development knowledge. However, we understood that we needed to go the extra mile and understand our clients on a deeper cultural level. We decided to send our engineers from various branches to work in our American offices for a few weeks to learn more about the culture and to improve interpersonal communication skills.
2015 / East to West coverage
As we grew our customer base it became apparent that being able to offer on-site services was a key to winning and maintaining great clients. In 2015 we opened two new offices. One in Karlstad, Sweden to service our Nordic and European clients. The other was in Sydney, Australia to service our Oceania & APAC clients.
2016 / North American growth
Continuing our momentum in regards to international expansion, we decided to cover both the east and west sides of the States, and we opened two new offices in North America – one in Vancouver, Canada and another in San Francisco. Having delivery centers in the heart of two high-tech cities has helped us maintain a highly-skilled talent pool and offer a level of onsite/hybrid service unique to Shinetech Software.
2019 / Certification & Awards
2019 was a good year for Shinetech, we have at this point had over 1,500 delivered software projects with 75% of our business being recitative. In 2019 we were entered into two competitions with two of our long term clients; these were HP Inc.-with Shinetech were selected as the finalist for the "Best Global Commerce Expansion" award at the 2019 Adobe Imagine Excellence Awards. Shinetech was also a finalist for the "Best Public Sector Digital Project" at the prestigious Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2019. It was also this year that we officially were rewarded ISO IEC 27001 INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
2020 / The pandemic and our resilience
2020 brought numerous hardships to the world. Businesses worldwide started to work remotely, and our customers were faced with multiple challenges that looked insurmountable at the beginning of the year. Since our customers were facing severe disruptions, Shinetech offered to share the risk and help our clients sustain their businesses through open communication, knowledge exchange (since our development teams primarily work remotely), and transparent actions. As a result, our customers’ businesses were still operational. We helped them set up remote work and opened three new offices (2 in AUS and 1 in NZ).
2021 / Happy birthday!
What started in 2001 as a drive to provide high-quality software development services has grown into a 600-people strong company. This year was all about Shinetech’s birthday; we celebrated our 20th anniversary by organizing a coding camp and the first Shinetech Honor of Kings eSports tournament. In 2021, we also had no pandemic-induced service disruption, helped our clients overcome Covid-19 transformations, and further established new partnerships. One of the top impacts we had was with our partners, NHS Barts Health, where we helped them quickly develop robust training and documentation software for Covid-related treatments.
2022 / Plans for the future
This year, we plan to share our knowledge about everything we at Shinetech do and how we do it. Currently, we are creating a playbook that should encompass our 20-year experience of working remotely. Although out-of-house software development has grown into an amazing industry, we see that it is still closed to the outside world. We want to change that. We plan to develop several articles about out-of-house software development best practices and share them with everyone. We want to condense our whole experience in an easily digestible way, even for someone who has never seen any software development process. If you’d like to have regular updates about software development best practices, sign up on our mailing list, and we will keep you updated!

Shinetech in a nutshell

20

development centers

Throughout china

Served clients

1820+

Most Clients are

Long-term

Found In

2001

Have collaborated with clients from

25

Countries

5070+

completed agile development projects

420+

customer collaborations

Have been ongoing for

2+ Years

Delivery centers in

7 Countries

Covering

  • North & Latin America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • India

530+

employees

300+

ongoing clients

More than

70%

of Shinetech developers stay for 3+ years

Leadership at Shinetech

Jerry Zhang

Jerry Zhang

President and CEO, Founder

As the founder and general manager of Shinetech, Jerry is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Critical factors to Shinetech’s success are his commitment to honesty and the channeling of his active and enthusiastic personality into the company spirit.

Jerry considers “Agile” to be a mindset and an attitude, not only a development methodology. From 2011, he has been committed to leading Shinetech as an Agile enterprise and empowering our people to have an Agile mindset, which goes beyond any process to permeate all activities throughout the workplace.

Prior to founding Shinetech in 2001, Jerry served as a chief editor of Internet Weekly, where he was in charge of internal management. Before joining Internet Weekly, Jerry held a technical director role at the East Changwei Company.

Jerry received a bachelor’s degree in Science from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 1995.

John Vanderpool

John Vanderpool

COO

John joined Shinetech in 2011 and brings more than 15 years of experience as an executive in enterprise software and services companies in the US, Europe and Asia.

John’s cross-functional role focuses on operational excellence within Shinetech by leveraging new business process designs and advanced technology to achieve efficiency while improving client experiences. He has a passion for helping people to become leaders and deliver value, which is an important aspect in leading the business territories.

John has served as a professional in software sales and operations for more than a decade and he is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner and an active member of the Scrum Alliance.

His favorite way to spend a vacation is to pack a few non-fiction adventure books and travel to exotic locations, immersing in the local culture. Most weekends are spent watching his boys play basketball, football and baseball.

Yanmin Wang

Yanmin Wang

CFO

Yanmin is responsible for our internal administration, finance, accounting, clearing, and banking relationships that keep the lights on and maintain our sustained growth. She has worked at Shinetech since 2007 and was the key force in transforming our internal work processes into an automated accounting system and helped built our internal ERP system (codename Beacon).

During the weekends, Yanmin is a certified Yoga instructor and is involved in yoga on a professional level. She also likes to play the piano and currently is learning the art of watercolor painting.

Yanqiang Yue

Yanqiang Yue

Co-CEO, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Asia

Yanqiang manages Shinetech’s operations, internal IT, and administration. He is responsible for streamlining Shinetech’s business management and operational processes across the organization.

Yanqiang joined Shinetech when it was founded in 2001, bringing more than 10 years of experience in offshore software development. Yanqiang’s experience at Shinetech began as a project manager, where he successfully managed several large-scale Shinetech projects to completion. He is experienced in numerous advanced software development methodologies including Agile Scrum and XP.

In 2009, Yanqiang assumed the role of chief operating officer.

Russell Yu Yang

Russell Yu Yang

CTO, Managing Partner of North America Online Channel

Russell Yu has worked at Shinetech since 2006 where he started as a software developer, over time he became a project manager and then became a branch manager. He is now responsible for Shinetech’s internal IT infrastructure and information systems. His goal is to make Shinetech more efficient by analyzing the companies business processes and enhancing them by optimizing information system facilities.

Russell received a bachelor degree in Software Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. Since Russell started as a software developer, his strong technical background made him easily undertake important roles and he led a few large projects to success. The project experience made him an excellent business analyst and project manager.

Russell is a football aficionado and he especially enjoys football tactics analysis and game theory, perhaps this has something to do with his working habits.

Jason Guo Feng

Jason Guo Feng

VP, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Australia

Jason supports Shinetech global branches and delivery centers, he is responsible for helping managers to set up new branches and ensure efficient operation, including evaluating development teams and resolve the challenges through coordinating resources. In addition he helps to identify and produce high-level strategy and is responsible for company wide implementation.

Jason joined Shinetech in 2006 bringing his rich experience in technology & management.

Jason is a Certified Scrum Master, he holds a Master Degree in Software Engineering from Bei Hang University and has attended CEI business school and Peter Drucker academy.

Jack Zhang Tao

Jack Zhang Tao

VP, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Key Account

Jack Tao started his career as a software QA engineer in Shinetech since 2004, has been serving over 20 clients and 120+ projects, with practical experience on providing service for clients. Now he serves as vice president of service quality, focusing on service improvement and motivation for all our engineers across company.

Jack received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology.

Frank Zhang

Frank Zhang

General Manager of London Branch

Frank Zhang has served as Managing Director of Shinetech UK since 2010. He is responsible for the operations of Shinetech UK, including defining go-to-market and business strategy, business processes, technical vision, and ensuring advanced technology adoption.

Frank is a co-founder of Shinetech and has been with the company since 2001. He has been directly involved in both the management and technical aspects of many large projects. Frank also held the CTO position for 8 years and helped build the core IT system.

Prior to joining Shinetech, Frank served as the technology director at eNet Ltd, where he led an engineering team to design and develop the first mature e-commerce platform, as well as a cutting-edge content management system in China.

Frank is a Certified Scrum Master and a true believer of “Great software starts with great people.” He holds a BS degree in science from Beijing Institute of Technology. In addition to his laptop, Frank’s bag usually contains a badminton racquet. He is a very talented player and the founder of a badminton club with more than 250 members.

Andy Zhang

Andy Zhang

General Manager of Sydney Branch

Andy Zhang has been with Shinetech for more than 10 years. During his career, he have proven time and time again to be a reflective problem solver who is keen to deep dive into challenges presented on both a technology level and a business level. During his time with Shinetech he has worked onsite for customers from Singapore, USA and Nigeria, his professionalism, initiatives and enthusiasm demonstrated has highly impressed Shinetech’s clients.

Having the drive and dedication to provide better services and support for our Australian clients, Andy moved to Australia to set up a new branch on behalf of Shinetech Software Inc. in 2015. Since 2015, he has coordinated Shinetech’s global resources and built the cooperation with over 30 new Australian based clients. Our Australian clients have been delighted with Shinetech’s excellent quality and speed of work, and they have established a deep trust and long term relationship with Shinetech.

Ajay Kanigiri

Ajay Kanigiri

General Manager of Delivery Center India

Ajay Kanigiri started his career as a Software Developer and has been serving in the IT Industry for more than 17 years. Since he joined Shinetech in 2013, he has worked with many Fortune 100 clients and projects spanning from Europe, Asia and North America. Now as a Managing Director of Shinetech India, he is responsible for streamlining Shinetech’s business management and operational processes in India by building strong delivery capabilities, partnerships and development teams.

Ajay has rich experience working with multiregional & multilingual teams around the world and from various industries. In his career, he has worked as a Developer, Team Lead, Business Analyst and Project Manager.

Ajay was born and raised in Andhra Pradesh, India and has worked in various countries such as US, UK, Malaysia, China and India.

Jerry Zhang

Jerry Zhang

President and CEO, Founder

As the founder and general manager of Shinetech, Jerry is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Critical factors to Shinetech’s success are his commitment to honesty and the channeling of his active and enthusiastic personality into the company spirit.

Jerry considers “Agile” to be a mindset and an attitude, not only a development methodology. From 2011, he has been committed to leading Shinetech as an Agile enterprise and empowering our people to have an Agile mindset, which goes beyond any process to permeate all activities throughout the workplace.

Prior to founding Shinetech in 2001, Jerry served as a chief editor of Internet Weekly, where he was in charge of internal management. Before joining Internet Weekly, Jerry held a technical director role at the East Changwei Company.

Jerry received a bachelor’s degree in Science from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 1995.

John Vanderpool

John Vanderpool

COO

John joined Shinetech in 2011 and brings more than 15 years of experience as an executive in enterprise software and services companies in the US, Europe and Asia.

John’s cross-functional role focuses on operational excellence within Shinetech by leveraging new business process designs and advanced technology to achieve efficiency while improving client experiences. He has a passion for helping people to become leaders and deliver value, which is an important aspect in leading the business territories.

John has served as a professional in software sales and operations for more than a decade and he is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner and an active member of the Scrum Alliance.

His favorite way to spend a vacation is to pack a few non-fiction adventure books and travel to exotic locations, immersing in the local culture. Most weekends are spent watching his boys play basketball, football and baseball.

Yanmin Wang

Yanmin Wang

CFO

Yanmin is responsible for our internal administration, finance, accounting, clearing, and banking relationships that keep the lights on and maintain our sustained growth. She has worked at Shinetech since 2007 and was the key force in transforming our internal work processes into an automated accounting system and helped built our internal ERP system (codename Beacon).

During the weekends, Yanmin is a certified Yoga instructor and is involved in yoga on a professional level. She also likes to play the piano and currently is learning the art of watercolor painting.

Yanqiang Yue

Yanqiang Yue

Co-CEO, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Asia

Yanqiang manages Shinetech’s operations, internal IT, and administration. He is responsible for streamlining Shinetech’s business management and operational processes across the organization.

Yanqiang joined Shinetech when it was founded in 2001, bringing more than 10 years of experience in offshore software development. Yanqiang’s experience at Shinetech began as a project manager, where he successfully managed several large-scale Shinetech projects to completion. He is experienced in numerous advanced software development methodologies including Agile Scrum and XP.

In 2009, Yanqiang assumed the role of chief operating officer.

Russell Yu Yang

Russell Yu Yang

CTO, Managing Partner of North America Online Channel

Russell Yu has worked at Shinetech since 2006 where he started as a software developer, over time he became a project manager and then became a branch manager. He is now responsible for Shinetech’s internal IT infrastructure and information systems. His goal is to make Shinetech more efficient by analyzing the companies business processes and enhancing them by optimizing information system facilities.

Russell received a bachelor degree in Software Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. Since Russell started as a software developer, his strong technical background made him easily undertake important roles and he led a few large projects to success. The project experience made him an excellent business analyst and project manager.

Russell is a football aficionado and he especially enjoys football tactics analysis and game theory, perhaps this has something to do with his working habits.

Jason Guo Feng

Jason Guo Feng

VP, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Australia

Jason supports Shinetech global branches and delivery centers, he is responsible for helping managers to set up new branches and ensure efficient operation, including evaluating development teams and resolve the challenges through coordinating resources. In addition he helps to identify and produce high-level strategy and is responsible for company wide implementation.

Jason joined Shinetech in 2006 bringing his rich experience in technology & management.

Jason is a Certified Scrum Master, he holds a Master Degree in Software Engineering from Bei Hang University and has attended CEI business school and Peter Drucker academy.

Jack Zhang Tao

Jack Zhang Tao

VP, Managing Partner of Strategic & Business Development Key Account

Jack Tao started his career as a software QA engineer in Shinetech since 2004, has been serving over 20 clients and 120+ projects, with practical experience on providing service for clients. Now he serves as vice president of service quality, focusing on service improvement and motivation for all our engineers across company.

Jack received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology.

Frank Zhang

Frank Zhang

General Manager of London Branch

Frank Zhang has served as Managing Director of Shinetech UK since 2010. He is responsible for the operations of Shinetech UK, including defining go-to-market and business strategy, business processes, technical vision, and ensuring advanced technology adoption.

Frank is a co-founder of Shinetech and has been with the company since 2001. He has been directly involved in both the management and technical aspects of many large projects. Frank also held the CTO position for 8 years and helped build the core IT system.

Prior to joining Shinetech, Frank served as the technology director at eNet Ltd, where he led an engineering team to design and develop the first mature e-commerce platform, as well as a cutting-edge content management system in China.

Frank is a Certified Scrum Master and a true believer of “Great software starts with great people.” He holds a BS degree in science from Beijing Institute of Technology. In addition to his laptop, Frank’s bag usually contains a badminton racquet. He is a very talented player and the founder of a badminton club with more than 250 members.

Andy Zhang

Andy Zhang

General Manager of Sydney Branch

Andy Zhang has been with Shinetech for more than 10 years. During his career, he have proven time and time again to be a reflective problem solver who is keen to deep dive into challenges presented on both a technology level and a business level. During his time with Shinetech he has worked onsite for customers from Singapore, USA and Nigeria, his professionalism, initiatives and enthusiasm demonstrated has highly impressed Shinetech’s clients.

Having the drive and dedication to provide better services and support for our Australian clients, Andy moved to Australia to set up a new branch on behalf of Shinetech Software Inc. in 2015. Since 2015, he has coordinated Shinetech’s global resources and built the cooperation with over 30 new Australian based clients. Our Australian clients have been delighted with Shinetech’s excellent quality and speed of work, and they have established a deep trust and long term relationship with Shinetech.

Ajay Kanigiri

Ajay Kanigiri

General Manager of Delivery Center India

Ajay Kanigiri started his career as a Software Developer and has been serving in the IT Industry for more than 17 years. Since he joined Shinetech in 2013, he has worked with many Fortune 100 clients and projects spanning from Europe, Asia and North America. Now as a Managing Director of Shinetech India, he is responsible for streamlining Shinetech’s business management and operational processes in India by building strong delivery capabilities, partnerships and development teams.

Ajay has rich experience working with multiregional & multilingual teams around the world and from various industries. In his career, he has worked as a Developer, Team Lead, Business Analyst and Project Manager.

Ajay was born and raised in Andhra Pradesh, India and has worked in various countries such as US, UK, Malaysia, China and India.