We know that companies don’t always deal with this section of their website with care. People think, “Who cares about our history? Clients are interested in our services!” But our histories are what shape us. It’s what got us to where we are today as a result of the steps and decisions taken, and this is why we want to share our history with you.
ZEWS history short: from an apartment room to having clients in 8 countries
My name is Fabíán Vargas, founder of ZEWS, and it is a pleasure for me to have the opportunity to tell you a bit about the origins of our company and the evolution we have gone through to date. It is certainly an interesting trip. Thanks in advance for your time.
The Unexpected Beginnings
The company began to take shape, without me thinking about it, in a room that belonged to my grandmother (R.I.P.), in Curridabat (San José), Costa Rica, where I lived for a time while working for a software development company. The year was 1998…
…I was at a work exchange at Lake Tahoe, Nevada where I made friends with people from other countries. When I wanted to show them information on my native town, Pérez Zeledón (in Southern Costa Rica), I only found news about the soccer team online.
Almost four years went by until one day, almost without thinking, I began a virtual community with pictures that I and others took at a game of the Costa Rican national soccer team, which in time became the first digital portal of Pérez Zeledón, and worked until 2016: PerezZeledon.net. It is currently a free commercial directory and site for news of the canton.
Back to town!
After leaving a job I was at for over four years and founding a company that was going through difficulties, I decided to return to my native town to found what was to be the first web development company in the canton.
The first two and a half years were very difficult. There were no projects, and no work. I did everything out of a sense of duty and because I had the firm belief that someday things would be different. Little by little, more work came. We hired additional staff because of the increase in demand.
In November 2005, we left the place that my good friend Carlos Roberto Sánchez (of Desarrollo Urbano) had offered us at his office and we rented our own space (in the picture above), at the same office center where we were before, but with more space and conditioned to serve our clients comfortably.
I also got married at the end of 2005, and my wife Gabriela has been my partner and an important source of support since then. Today, besides our “baby” (the company), we have the joy of being parents to a couple of children who fill us with joy every day.
A New Phase Begins
In 2013 we moved to a new location which provided us with stability and credibility, allowing us to better serve our clients. In April 2015 we began operations in Atlanta, Georgia, where we operate as ZEWS Web Services LLC, and in March 2017 I and my family (wife & 2 kids!) moved to Chiriqui, Panama, for two years, to establish operations there, which is currently ongoing with success.
In 2009, due to the financial crisis that affected almost all countries, we sought external advising, which we still employ, from international consultant Napoleón Alegre. He has been an important guide in our expansion, not only outside the canton, but beyond our borders, allowing us to reach the goals proposed in our yearly plans.
I want to thank Danny and Josué Martínez of Centro Llantero del Sur (our first web client!) who is still with us today; Carlos Roberto Sánchez (of Desarrollo Urbano); José Luis Vargas (owner of El Brillante car dealer) for his advice and support; and Walter Odio (of Selva Mar), a friend of the company, for giving us one of the biggest projects of our early days. But also, of course, each and every one of the clients that have joined this voyage, and those who are still to come… like you? ;)
I also want to thank, of course, my family and our committed staff, who help us every day to continue providing first-class services. I’m grateful to have loyal, experienced and professional workers.
If you have read the entire story, thank you for giving us the gift of some minutes of your time!
Fabián Vargas, Eng.
CEO / Founder
ZEWS S.A. / ZEWS Web Services LLC
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