Insights
Our official whiteboard for blog posts, musings, and occasional swashbuckling.
TurnKey was founded by SaaS-based entrepreneurs who experienced all the pain of old school offshoring and wanted to create a better way.
We made all the mistakes so you don't have to.
We know what it's like to not control your own destiny.
We got burned by offshore firms too and feel your frustration.
So we built the offshore tech staffing firm we always wished we had.
TurnKey's mission is to make finding, hiring and paying offshore developers super painless and hyper transparent.
Most importantly, we get you amazing developers without forcing you to lose control of the team or the product development process.
We'd love to show you the TurnKey difference.
Co-Founders (and Recovering SaaS Entrepreneurs)
Client needs are at the center of everything we do.
We don't believe in delivering the status quo.
To go fast go alone, to go far go together.
We only do those things in which we can be world-class.
The best partnerships are those built on a shared experience.
Sterling Lanier
Co-Founder & CEO
Boris Glants
Co-Founder & CTO
Irina Fesenko
Global General Counsel
Avery Acton
Director, Account Management
Maria Dorokhova
Head of Global Finance
Kateryna Kurochka
Head of Global HR & Retention
Janette Lopez
Director of Latin America HR & Retention
Ed Systun
Director of Global Infrastructure Support
Aleksandra Ivankova
Director of Eastern European Recruiting
Evgenia Sokolnik
Director of Latin America Recruiting
Irina Gutnik
Senior Director, Marketing
Constantine Shtompel
Tech Lead, Employer of Record Platform
"TurnKey is the only offshore firm we've interacted with that really places an emphasis on retention. They seem to be the only ones that understand how important retention is to maintaining strong product development cycles. Our churn rate with TurnKey has been under 5% annually whereas we were at more than 50% with our previous vendor!"
Anya Alisova (US)
We've hired 5 full-time software engineers through TurnKey. To date, not a single engineer has left our contract/arrangement. We worked with several U.S.-based recruitment firms, and none matched the speed and quality of candidates referred by TurnKey. Most impressive and unique about TurnKey is their willingness to reach for the perfect candidate. Our requirements are strict, and they did not compromise.
Kyle Dodson (US)
"It's been nearly two years of us working together and we have not had the need to replace a single developer. The programmers have all performed very well and TurnKey has been able to give us information that has helped to retain our key players."
Mackezie Drazan (US)
We have hired 5 total developers including tech lead, full stack, dev ops and firmware. For each hire, a strong pipeline of candidates was provided, and the TurnKey team performed a lot of pre-screening such that those that entered the funnel were strong and relevant. They also helped with setting salary comp, and closing. Finally they continue to provide HR services as well as legal admin services associated with employment of a geographically diverse group of developers.
Fletcher Wilson (US)
We started with 8 hired developers and there have been no problems with any of the hires. We are currently monitoring them as we do all engineers but there is nothing to report that would make us consider this arrangement with TurnKey anything but successful. The transparent pricing up front as well as the genuine desire to continue improving with each hire we make is a big difference maker for us.
Chris Oh (US)
TurnKey provided high-quality talent at a cost-effective price. We employed TurnKey to manage the hiring/HR/Legal for >80% of our entire Product team - from identifying and hiring Team Leads, to agent level support roles. I also appreciated that they were proactive in suggesting certain criteria and requirements when first starting our search for key team lead members.
Ryan Rice (US)
We reviewed several similar companies and along with the cost the major deciding factor was the quality of experienced candidates TurnKey was presenting to us. The additional team members worked alongside our scrum teams delivering new feature functionality and enhancements to our platform.We're impressed with the quality of their candidates and the work ethic they demonstrate on a day-to-day basis in our agile ceremonies.
Sandy Speirs (US)
TurnKey is well versed in the startup ecosystem and really understands our needs when it comes to offshore dev, particularly how our needs may be different than the needs of a huge public company. I don’t have to explain as much to TurnKey as I have had to do with other offshore vendors—they seem to get it on the first take. But at the end of the day, all we really care about is quality, and TurnKey has delivered the goods on this front better than other firms we’ve worked with in the past.
Pat Williams