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Shift Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社Shift, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shift) is a Japanese software testing company, headquartered in Tokyo, that provides software quality assurance and software testing solutions.

Overview

Shift Inc. was founded in 2005 by Masaru Tange, who was a manufacturing process improvement consultant.[2] In the earliest years, it was a tiny consulting company specializing in manufacturing and business process improvements.[2] In 2007, it entered the software testing industry by undertaking consultancy work for the improvement of E-commerce testing.[3] In 2009, Tange changed the company’s direction from the process improvement consultancy to the software testing business.[citation needed] The company then grew so rapidly to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in 2014.[4] In April 2020, it has the market capitalization of 143 billion yen ($1.3 billion), which is the largest of the listed Japanese companies specialized in software quality assurance and testing services.[a]

The company covers software testing outsourcing, project management office and test strategy planning supports, test execution, test design, automated testing, software inspection, and educational program services.[5][6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ The market capitalizations of other listed Japanese software testing companies as of April 2020 are 32 billion yen of Poletowin Pitcrew Holdings (TYO: 3657), 19 billion yen of Digital Hearts Holdings (TYO: 3676), and 9 billion yen of Valtes (TYO: 4442).

References

  1. ^ “FY 2019 Annual Report (Japanese)” (PDF). SHIFT Inc. October 11, 2017. p. 2. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b “The 156th DreamGate Special Interview – Masaru Tange, Shift Inc. CEO (Japanese)”. DreamGate. 3 December 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  3. ^ “SHIFT reducing search time for bugs. (Japanese)”. The Nikkei. July 31, 2017.
  4. ^ “Outline of Initial Listing Issue – SHIFT Inc” (PDF). Japan Exchange Group. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  5. ^ “3697:Tokyo Stock Quote – SHIFT Inc”. Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  6. ^ “Shift Inc, 3697:TYO Profile”. The Financial Times. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  7. ^ “I wish the day comes when software testing engineers are accepted as worthwhile – Tange, SHIF Inc. CEO (Japanese)”. ZDNet Japan. February 26, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2017.