“Cyrus‘ culture emphasizes both technical mastery and workplace collegiality. As a Cyrus developer, I‘m inspired every day by my team.” - David A. Black, Agile Team Lead, Author, “The Well-Grounded Rubyist”

“Cyrus has been invaluable to us… Through close collaboration with Cyrus our team has learned (and continues to learn) a great deal about delivering quality code and Agile best practices.” - Brian Madden, Director of IT at Boston Capital

“We chose Cyrus because they got things done. Everyone else was just talk.” - Janet Kasdan, Technology Director, CondéNast Technology, CondéNast Publications

“Our clients are often surprised and grateful when they experience the high caliber of our teams and our results-oriented approach.” - Paul Infield-Harm, Director of Product Development

“Our developers continuously improve themselves, their teams and the craft of software development.” - Rex Madden, Managing Director/COO

“Cyrus has the smartest, most motivated people I‘ve ever worked with.” - Daniel Wellman, Director of Technology

“If you're in NYC and need enterprise web development services, talk to @cyrusinnovation. They 'get' Agile at a level well above average.” - James Shore, Author of "The Art of Agile Development", via Twitter

“Lots of places have people who want to write great code, and many places have work-life balance, but you don‘t hear about many places that have both.” - Laura Dean, Agile Team Lead

“Before working with Cyrus, we spent a lot of time fighting code fires. Now…that has gone away. We are now approaching our software projects in a proactive way. We can plan ahead and rely on those plans.” - Jerry Horowitz, Director Youth Tackle Football, NFL

“The thing that makes working at Cyrus great is its people. They are real people you can talk to and they‘re all interested in your growth.” - Steven Nunez, Junior Developer

“Cyrus not only helps you define professional aspirations, but reach them. At Cyrus, developers are challenged but they are also recognized and rewarded.” - Jason Reid, Director of Strategic Planning

“Working with Cyrus has been great. We‘ve made progress in a matter of weeks - much faster than expected. If you‘re interested in adopting Agile, I‘d highly recommend them.” - Vann Walke, Executive Vice President, Skarven Enterprises

“We have an honest, can-do attitude that clients recognize and value. They know we are going to deliver.” - Debbie Madden, Executive Vice President

“What I really like about Cyrus is that they help you see risks and potential delays right at the beginning of the project when you still have time to do something about it.” - Mark Freidberg, VP Operations, Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions

“Nothing energizes like spending an entire day each quarter with colleagues you hold in high esteem, in a company-wide open space that actually leads to significant, organizational changes.” - Paul Blair, Agile Team Lead

“We need a trusted, reliable source of trained and experienced developers who can step in on short notice and fit our collaborative culture [and] our expectations for quality….Cyrus provides that for me.” - Ken Judy, VP, Engineering Simon & Schuster

“As an Agile shop, we are continually learning and iterating in our own environment. If there is a faster, more efficient, more productive way of developing, we are going to find it.” - Oliver Stewart, Agile Team Lead

“Cyrus cares about its employees - from where they work to how they live.” - Aldric Giacomoni, Agile Developer

“The Agile training we received from Cyrus Innovation was instrumental to introducing scrum to the ATG organization.” - Kristin Moore, Director, Program Management, ATG

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Cyrus is actively involved in the local New York City and Boston communities. We‘ll be sponsoring, organizing and/or speaking at the following events. Hope to see you there.


Date Event               Location
     

April 16- June 20th

2013

Cyrus's Steve Nunez Teaches Back End Web Development at General Assembly

Steve Nunez, a Ruby on Rails developer here at Cyrus, will be teaching a ten week back-end web development course at General Assembly.

 

General Assembly:

10 E. 21st St New York NY 10011

June 8th, 2013

 Goruco

The Gotham Ruby Conference (GORUCO) is a one-day event that will take place in New York City. It is a technical conference aimed at highly motivated programmers interested in all things Ruby.You'll spend the day among Rubyists, Rails developers, and language enthusiasts in New York City, home of Silicon Alley.

135 West 18th Street New York,NY 10011 

June 12-14th, 2013

QCon NYC

Cyrus's own Debbie Madden will be speaking at this year's QCon NYC. QCon is the premier international software developer's conference, and QCon aims to empower those attending by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the enterprise.

Debbie's session, Innovation in the Enterprise: The Intrapreneuers Behind the Scenes will focus on innovation from a people-focused perspective, specifically intrapreneurs working within large organizations.

New York Marriot at Brooklyn Bridge

333 Adams Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

September 19, 2013 

 Agile Day-NYC 

NYC's premier workshop on Agile methodology, sponsored by Cyrus Innovation.

 TBA

 

Meetups

Drop in on one of Cyrus's great meetups!

NYC RubyMotion

This is a developer meetup for folks who want to learn or improve their RubyMotion skillz.  iOS apps in Ruby for everyone!

Location: New York City, various venues.

Upcoming events: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-RubyMotion/

Unearth Ruby

Cyrus developer Steven Nunez, along with Matthew Jording, run this Ruby-based meetup, geared towards Rubyists who want to learn by doing. Through pair programming, participants will be exposed to the various styles, methods, and approaches to problems that make Ruby such a dynamic and exciting language. Sponsored by Cyrus Innovation.

Location: New York City, various venues.

Upcoming events: http://www.meetup.com/unearthruby/

NY Intrapreneur: Innovation in the Enterprise

Cyrus EVP Debbie Madden runs this meetup for anyone innovating within an established company (big or small). Maybe you are trying to bring Lean Startup or Agile into your development process within a larger organization. Maybe you are trying to create a skunkworks team within your company to create a new product or service. Discuss issues, and discover how to inspire the case for change!

Location: New York City, various venues.

Upcoming events: http://www.meetup.com/NY-Intrapreneur-Innovation-in-the-Enterprise

Ruby Blind
Cyrus Scrum Master and Operations Manager Matthew Salerno organized this study-group style meetup for Ruby, Rails, and programming beginners looking to learn from each other. Without an expert walking around handing out answers, members will work together to find the solutions to each others problems. Got a rails app you need some help with? Bring it. Found a sweet jquery plugin? Let's see it! Learning about programming can be a daunting task - Ruby Blind aims to get us there together.

Location: Cyrus HQ

Upcoming events: http://meetup.com/rubyblind

Partnerships
Cyrus is proud to partner with the following groups:

iRise 

Location: New York City
Upcoming Events: http://www.meetup.com/NY-Intrapreneur-Innovation-in-the-Enterprise/

NYC Hacker

Location: New York City, various venues
Upcoming Events: http://www.meetup.com/nyhacker/

CoffeeScript New York Meetup
David Newell, friend of Cyrus Innovation, runs and organizes an amazing local gathering, discussing all things CoffeeScript

Location: New York City, various venues.
Upcoming events: http://www.meetup.com/Coffee-Script-New-York/

Enterprise Tech Innovation

Loction: New York City, various venues
Upcoming Events: http://www.meetup.com/enterprisetech/events/

Notable Industry Events
We‘ll be there, will you?

Agile Day '13 - Co-Organized by Cyrus Innovaition
New York, NY
September 19, 2013