While software development can be difficult, offshore development presents its own unique challenges. Traditional offshore and virtualized projects have had inconsistent outcomes. Although low hourly rates are enticing, achieving high-quality results can be tough due to varying cultures, communication styles, and time zone differences. In 2012, SRG began looking for alternative near-shore sources of software development talent to create a top-notch technical capability that aligns culturally and communicatively with US-based clients, is dedicated to software excellence, and can provide quality software at offshore prices—a demanding set of standards to fulfill! We discovered sunny Portugal as an ideal and under-tapped source for excellent tech talent. In 2013, SRG founder Dave Wesley relocated to Porto, Portugal, where he built a team of highly talented development partners that has expanded to over 50 individuals, including developers, systems architects, designers, business analysts, scrum masters, project managers, quality assurance specialists, systems integration experts, and other development professionals. Together, SRG's teams in the US and Europe have been revitalizing struggling offshore projects, creating new products and applications, and ensuring customer satisfaction. All team members adopt and practice SRG's modern virtualized organic agile methodology, demonstrating a strong commitment to writing high-quality reusable code, maintaining consistent and transparent communication with our customer project teams, and meeting deadlines for product releases—all at lower rates compared to US-based resources.