Auriga (company)

Auriga is a software R&D and IT outsourcing services provider. The company is a privately held C-corporation, incorporated in the US in 1993, while the development centers are in Russia (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don) and EU (Vilnius, Lithuania).[1] Founded in 1990, Auriga is one of the oldest companies in the Russian software R&D and IT outsourcing industry.[2]

Auriga Inc.
TypePrivate C-corp
IndustrySoftware development
Information technology consulting
IT Services
Founded1990
HeadquartersWoburn, Greater Boston Area, MA, US
Key people
Vyacheslav Vanyulin, CEO
Yuri Kirkel, Executive Vice President
Number of employees
600

Auriga is the full member of RUSSOFT, the association of software developing companies from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.[3][4]

Auriga provides its services to customers in such industries as medical device manufacturers, consumer electronics, digital health, semiconductors, retail & logistics, energy & utility, software vendors (ISVs), industrial automation, etc.

The list of Auriga's clients includes such companies as Chrysler, Draeger Medical, IBM, Lynx Software Technologies, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care, MedLumics, nVent, Stada and many more.[5]

History

Auriga was founded on December 29, 1990, by Dr. Alexis Sukharev, a professor of the Moscow State University, in Moscow, Russia. Named Infort initially, the company was later rebranded as Auriga. In 1993, Auriga Inc. was incorporated in the U.S.[2][6]

In 1991–1992, Auriga launched the first offshore project for ADE Corp. in Statistical Process Control and Quality Assurance and the first offshore system programming projects in real-time area for Aquila Technologies Group Inc. and Encore, Inc. In 1995–1996, Auriga launched the first projects for Interleaf, Inc. (in 2000, Interleaf, Inc. became a Division of BroadVision, Inc.) and Lynx RTS, Inc. (in 2000, renamed LynuxWorks, Inc.; in 2014, renamed Lynx Software Technologies, Inc.). Both companies remain Auriga's clients even today.

In 2002-2003, Auriga became a member of Bitkom, German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media and a member of New Hampshire High Tech Council (NHHTC); Massachusetts Telecommunications Council (MTC); MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge; Secure Digital Association (SDA).

2010 - Auriga opens a Representative Office in Vilnus, Lithuania.

2013 - Auriga engineers ported and enhanced proprietary face-recognition algorithm on Android platform. Over 40 engineers received Certificates of training in IEC 62304 in July 2013. Auriga was included in Global Outsourcing 100 list by IAOP and placed in eight sub-lists, including: Healthcare; Technology and Research & Development Services.

2014 - Auriga performed its first project for Google Glass and developed the second generation of the EnergyMeasure® software suite for Conservation Services Group (CSG).

2019 - Auriga announced the appointment of a new CEO, Vyacheslav Vanyulin.

References
  1. "Office Locations". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. "Russian Software Outsourcer Auriga Seeks Wider Skies". www.eweek.com. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  3. "RUSSOFT – Russian Software Developers Association". russoft.org. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. "About RUSSOFT.org". russoft.org. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  5. "Customer List". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  6. "Facts and Milestones". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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