Xpand IT receives Atlassian Philantropy Partner of the Year 2018

Barcelona, 4 September 2018 – “Moments like these are the ones that remind us that the path of giving back to the community can really make the change for a better world.” These were the words of Pedro Gonçalves, Xpand IT’s Co-Founder, after having received the award for Philanthropy Partner of The Year at the Atlassian Summit 2018.

Xpand IT was the first Portuguese company to join the Pledge 1% movement and by doing so, has committed to donate 1% of product and annual profit to charitable organisations. During the last year, it has been deeply involved with the philanthropic movement, developing a major series of initiatives aimed at giving back to the community.

“Atlassian is thrilled to recognize and honor our 2018 Partner Award recipients“, said Martin Musierowicz, Atlassian’s Head of Global Channels. “Solution Partners are instrumental to our customers’ success and we are excited to be able to highlight some of our top partners who are going above and beyond to support customers and provide Atlassian services.“

Xpand IT plans to raise the bar in disseminating the Pledge 1% mission in 2019 and multiply the number of initiatives aimed at helping those in need – all the while improving companies’ success through better collaboration using Atlassian technology.

Atlassian is the company behind products such as Jira, Jira Service Desk, Bitbucket and Confluence. Their mission is to help every team  unleash their potential. Xpand IT has achieved highest Solution Partner Level, Platinum, and has an impressive track-record of implementing projects based on Atlassian products.

For Sofia Neto, Collaboration & Development Solutions Lead at Xpand IT, being present at the Summit is not only a unique opportunity to meet people and share know-how and experiences, but is also recognition of the continuous hard work: “We’ve had the opportunity to participate in such exclusive events and the experience goes far beyond a traditional one. This is the second year in a row that we have been distinguished by Atlassian, this time recognising our involvement in the philanthropic movement Pledge 1%, and it’s something that truly makes us proud and just makes us want to do more and more. This is definitely a huge part of what it is to be an Xpander.”