Bluebird International
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Europe and North America |
Key people | Balazs Refi (Founder), Viktoria Hradek (CEO) |
| Products | IT Staffing, Outsourcing, Software Development, Project Management, Staff Augmentation, IT Services, Web Development, Software Testing, Mobile Development, E-commerce Development |
| Revenue | EUR 8,835,788 (2023)
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| Website | www |
Bluebird International is a midsize Hungarian private information technology staffing and software development company headquartered in Budapest with offices in Dublin (Ireland), Miami (USA), and Vienna (Austria). Bluebird International was founded in 2001[1][2] by Balazs Refi, an IT project manager and business analyst.[3] The Budapest headquartered company has hundreds of clients including several Fortune 500 companies[4] and is known for its labour market survey and tech market research in Hungary.[5][6][7][8][9][10] In January 2024 the founding CEO Balazs Refi was replaced by Viktoria Hradek.[11][12] [13][2] For fiscal year 2023 the Hungary unit posted over EUR 8.8 milion.[2] Since its foundation, the company has been a one-person enterprise. By 2024, the company grew into an over 50-person strong head office, with about 120 IT professionals in Hungary and 10 in Austria, and had completed more than 1,000,000 engineering hours of project work by 2020.[14] [15]
History
[edit]Bluebird International started as a one-person company in an apartment office in Budapest, Hungary back in 2001.[16] During early 2000s, the company executed development projects in IT, after which it slowly expanded operations into other fields. It started to hire tech professionals in addition to Time and Materials[16] in 2005 and by 2007 it had begun recruitment services.
Well into 2012 ,the firm had started its second international expansion after Germany, entering into neighboring Austria under the name Bluebird Personalberatungs GmbH[2][17] In Austria, it hired English speaking Europeans in its office at Vienna and collaborated with T-Systems, Raiffeisen Bank, Erste Bank, BAWAG, Finanzamt, AGES, Payolution, Hutchinson Drei Austria, Scout24.[18][non-primary source needed]
By 2020, it started fixed-price IT Solutions including web development, applications development, and other services.[citation needed]
In March 2023, the company moved to its new office headquarters at the business corridor of Budapest at the H2Offices on Váci Road.[citation needed]
In April 2023, in order to set up presence in North America and the United States, and thus globally by setting Bluebird Global Inc., they opened their first offices in North America, in Florida, USA[19][20][21][22][23] later expanding their workspaces to Dublin, Ireland in September.[citation needed]
From 2024, Viktoria Hradek replaced the founder Balazas Refi as the CEO.[24] [25]
Awards and honours
[edit]Bluebird International has been honoured with multiple awards for its services in IT staffing and software development, including:
- Innovation in Business in Hungary, MarTech Awards 2023[26]
- The company won Lovable Workplaces Award three years in a row (2021, 2022, 2023).[27]
References
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- ^ "Nem kicsit, hanem jelentősen csökkent az informatikusok iránti igény Magyarországon". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Havi 2,5 milliót is kereshet ebben a szakmában". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Bruttó 2 millió forintot is kereshet egy IT-szakember – de van-e miért aggódni a magyar IT-piacon?". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Tovább nőttek az IT-bérek: kezdőként 850 ezret is lehet keresni". Portfolio.hu (in Hungarian). 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Megmutatjuk, mit takarnak az IT-munkakörök elnevezései, és hogy mennyit lehet azokban keresni". ORIGO (in Hungarian). 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Bruttó 600 ezertől indulnak a kezdő informatikus fizetések". hirado.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Havi 2,5 milliót is kereshet ebben a szakmában". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 16 October 2024.
- ^ Global, I. C. T. (5 February 2024). "Új vezető a Bluebird élén". ICT Global (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Hradek a Bluebird élén". mínuszos.hu (in Hungarian). 25 January 2024.
- ^ "A Bluebird International új vezetővel erősít az informatikai piacon". ComputerTrends (in Hungarian).
- ^ "A Bluebird International Zrt. új vezetővel erősít az informatikai HR-piacon - HR Portál". HRPortal.hu hírportál (in Hungarian). 12 June 2019.
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- ^ "BLUEBIRD GLOBAL SERVICES INC. HALLANDALE BEACH, FL". bisprofiles.com.
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- ^ "1221 Bluebird Ave, Miami Springs, FL 33166". Zillow Inc.
- ^ "Can this year bring growth to the IT industry? - Trademagazin". trademagazin.hu. 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Idén vajon növekedésnek indul az IT iparág?". Break The Line (in Hungarian). 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Bluebird International (2023 Winner: MarTech Awards)". Innovation in Business.
- ^ "The Best Software Developers Companies in Hungary - Nov 2024 | The Manifest". themanifest.com.