More about Patrick Gentry
I'm a passionate tech entrepreneur - I got started in Silicon Valley before moving to the Philippines, getting into the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry, and starting some businesses.
There is incredible potential here and in other developing markets. The greatest problems are our greatest opportunities, and change is happening daily. I love being part of the solution, leveraging technology to solve big problems and bring about real change.
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Sprout is a software company aimed to create paradigm-changing solutions for the Philippines— an emerging market with a robust economy and a great need for localized software.
Our goal is to help small and medium-sized businesses grow through our suite of backend solutions that address payroll, HR and recruitment difficulties.
Payroll Pie, established in 2009 to provide a comprehensive online payroll solution for the Philippines’ business market, now has over 2,000 clients and a proven track record as a high quality, cost-saving payroll processing solution.
Sprout HR, a comprehensive and efficient cloud-based human resource information system is a powerful and completely secure solution that not only allows companies to manage all their HR in one place, but also gives invaluable analytics that aid in better high level decision-making.
Our team is all about individuals who genuinely want to make things better, and actually have the courage to do something about it. We believe that local talent, united by a common passion, are not just able to build world-class products, but are also able to ignite change that will revolutionize a whole economy.
There is incredible potential here and in other developing markets. The greatest problems are our greatest opportunities, and change is happening daily. I love being part of the solution, leveraging technology to solve big problems and bring about real change.
..
Sprout is a software company aimed to create paradigm-changing solutions for the Philippines— an emerging market with a robust economy and a great need for localized software.
Our goal is to help small and medium-sized businesses grow through our suite of backend solutions that address payroll, HR and recruitment difficulties.
Payroll Pie, established in 2009 to provide a comprehensive online payroll solution for the Philippines’ business market, now has over 2,000 clients and a proven track record as a high quality, cost-saving payroll processing solution.
Sprout HR, a comprehensive and efficient cloud-based human resource information system is a powerful and completely secure solution that not only allows companies to manage all their HR in one place, but also gives invaluable analytics that aid in better high level decision-making.
Our team is all about individuals who genuinely want to make things better, and actually have the courage to do something about it. We believe that local talent, united by a common passion, are not just able to build world-class products, but are also able to ignite change that will revolutionize a whole economy.
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