Brazil has a strong and growing pool of computer scientists and engineers with a tradition of high quality software and hardware production. According to “Ben Goertzel, CEO of Biomind LLC, a Bioinformatics company in Silver Spring, MD., Brazil advantages include a good knowledge of computer science among IT professionals, a tradition of high quality software engineering, and relatively short flight time to Brazil from the U.S. East Coast; making it feasible to hold in-person meetings several times a year” However, one of the main obstacles with regards to offshore opportunities in Brazil is the relative lack of strong English skills among the ICT workforce
Overcoming its inexperience in selling software and services to US markets is another important challenge. As said above, Brazil is known for its well-developed national software and services market worth over US$7.7 billion in year 2001, which is roughly to that of India, but its lack of exports demonstrates its weakness in penetrating US market.