First off, lawdan shojaee aka my better half is now the ceo of axosoft. Shes always been there behind the scenes, but about 6 months ago, after a brief search of potential ceo candidates to run axosoft more on why later, i asked lawdan if she would step into the ceo role. This is me and my wife, lawdan, on one of those rare occasions that i suit up axosoft holiday party. This is where the arizonabased software company axosoft has its home, and ceo lawdan shojaee has her desk in a shared workspace. Net tools provider axosoft llc is shipping version 7.
Its about me, software development, scrum, agile, politics and. Sign in to vbasoftware login using microsoft azure. Axosofts flagship product, ontime which is a software project management tool. While studying computer science at asu, i would bug my roommate to brainstorm on potential software companies we could start. Were all about the people here, said lawdan shojaee, who cofounded the company with her husband, hamid, 20 years ago. Hamid shojaee scottsdale, arizona professional profile linkedin. Axosoft check out axosofts founder, hamid shojaee, as. Scrum, bug tracking, help desk and wiki software for dev teams. In an otherwise nondescript building in scottsdale, right off the 101 freeway at thunderbird, giant windows provide views of the surrounding mountains. He loves software, technology and other cool things. Hamid shojaee founded axosoft in 2002 as a software project manager frustrated with the tools available. Axosoft also plays an integral role in growing the tech ecosystem in arizona by hosting codathons at their office, sponsoring agile and developer groups, mentoring. Ever since i was a teenager, i have known that i wanted to own a software company or do something in software.
See what hamid shojaee will be attending and learn more about the event taking place sep 30 oct 3, 2012 in boston, ma. Interview with axosoft ceo hamid shojaee about software development, agile and scrum duration. Hamid shojaee scottsdale, arizona professional profile. Axosofts lawdan shojaee and pure chats hamid shojaee to. Pure chats founder, hamid shojaee, has spent the last 20 years building software companies and learning a ton in the process. Hamid is the founder of axosoft, the company behind gitkraken, the. Hamid shojaee business of software conference 2012.
Axosoft was born out of the necessity of hamid to problemsolve efficiently and then came gitkraken. Now, the couple are ceos of two sister tech companies. Please contact the friendly axosoft customer success team if you still need help. Similarly, hamid founder of axosoft and pure chat has always had a passion in helping arizonas upandcoming tech talent. Inspired by the actionable advice in the hard thing about hard things, hamid uses this presentation to a group of entrepreneurs on the az tech beat startup bus tour to share his most valuable insights about four pillars of a software company. Follow hamid, or ask questions from him on twitter here. Axosoft makes two product lines for software development. After a few attempts, i finally succeeded with axosoft. Interview with axosoft ceo hamid shojaee about software. They develop powerful agile project management solutions that are used by over 11,000 software development teams across the globe. Theres a great amount of satisfaction that comes from your product being used by a lot of people, says shojaee.
Hamid shojaee, axosoft founder and pure chat founder and ceo, and his wife lawdan shojaee, axosofts ceo, bought the space three years ago. Axosoft, llc was founded by hamid shojaee on august 1, 2000, and is headquartered in scottsdale, arizona. Fully testdriven web development with django and selenium. According to ceo hamid shojaee, the overhaul of software was a response to customer feedback and the need to simplify scrum adoption in agile development teams, we consistently listen to our customers and want to help them solve problems. Its flagship product, ontime, is used by more than 10,000 development.
I am the founder and ceo of axosoft, a software company that specializes in project management tools for software development. Axosoft,gitkraken and pure chat are a few of the ones ive built. The website url for axosoft is is hamid shojaee the only contact you have for axosoft, llc. Axosoft project management software is used by more than 12000 companies everyday, and our latest tool gitkraken is quickly becoming the git gui of choice for. Here youll find answers to faqs, documentation and tutorials. How to create insanely great products hamid shojaee phx. Axosoft, llc in scottsdale, az 480 3621900 company. Jira software is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, and release great software. Their flagship product, ontime is used by more than 10,000 software development companies.
In the past seven or eight years, the things that youre building are webbased and you need the servers, that stuff used to be expensive. Walk through the hallways of airpark software developers axosoft and guests are met with vibrant modern art from local artists and creative furniture. After much internal debate, and concerns that we would open the floodgates to trolls and users who have no idea what they are signing up for, we decided to. As an immigrant from iran, and founder of axosoft and pure chat, i felt it was. He was the founder of axosoft, llc from august 2002 to november 2014. For a few years, axosoft was run by me and several managers, but as the company has continued to grow, i started questioning the value of management and even me. Interview with axosoft ceo hamid shojaee about software development, agile and scrum. I bought a brand new cirrus sr22 g3 my first airplane and picked it up from the factory in duluth, mn. It has been developing gitkraken since 2014, and it has quickly become a popular git gui client for windows, mac and linux developers. Server costs and things of that nature are a lot cheaper today but if you were building a software company in the late 1990s or early 2000s, you didnt necessarily need the servers. Ontime 11 is now free for software startups dev blog by. On buzzfiles professional subscription service we have 11 contacts for axosoft, llc, including 8 contacts with email addresses. Scottsdale, arizona, united states industries apps, messaging, software headquarters regions greater phoenix area, western us founded date aug 1, 2000 founders hamid shojaee operating status active number of employees 1150.
Founder of axosoft, pure chat and transferbigfiles, hamid shojaee, gives an insightful talk about the lessons hes learned building software companies during az tech beats startup bus tour 2015. I think thats one of the driving factors behind why we continue to enhance axosoft and create new products. Lessons learned building 3 software companies pure chat. Located in scottsdale, arizona, privately held axosoft is a leader in providing project management solutions for software development teams. I started out as a programmer from an early age and always wanted to have my own company. Lessons learned building 3 software companies hamid shojaee.
August 23, 2011 hamid shojaee 3 comments on the heels of the ontime 11 release last month, which has been exceptionally received in the marketplace, axosoft and our sister company transfer big files is getting much more aggressive about expanding its team. The tool is designed to help dev managers figure out whos working on what, so that projects can get done on time, says hamid shojaee, axosoft ceo. Edward talks with hamid shojaee about gitkraken, the popular git client. Hamid built a program called ontime so he would know for himself which resource is working on which task. As a company, it is committed to help software developers and teams be more productive. In november 2010, axosoft ontime was named the microsoft visual studio magazine 2010 readers choice award winner for the collaboration, project management and agile solutions category.
Project managers can easily use our intuitive draganddrop user interface. The idea came about at one of their strategy meetings. Axosoft is an agile project management tool that helps teams create. Its been less than six months since its last major release, and weve already made tremendous improvements that will surely please even its most demanding user usually. Scottsdalebased axosoft develops software for software development. Axosoft is a provider of agile project management and bug tracking tools for software development teams. Hamid is the founder and ceo of pure chat, as well as the founder of axosoft. Axosoft as a company exists to help software developers and teams be more productive. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at axosoft. Axosoft, llc is a privately held computer software company with headquarters in scottsdale, az, usa. They discuss gitkrakens origins as a 30 day project, developer productivity, and building developer tools that are easy to use and likeable. My career has been all about developing software and running software companies. Axosofts flagship product is called axosoft scrum, but they also offer a bug tracker product. It is tempting to stop and gawk at the amazing views.
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