History
The company was founded in Coimbra in 1998 by Diamantino Costa, Gonçalo Quadros and João Carreira. The three met while studying for their doctorates in computer engineering at the University of Coimbra. Critical Software's first customer was NASA. While growing rapidly, Critical Software launched the first commercial deployment of csXception™ software. [1]
In 2003, the company became the first Iberian company to be awarded the ISO 9001:2000 TickIT quality certification. [1] Other certifications such as NATO/AQAP 2110, AQAP 150 and CMMI-SE/SW Level 3 followed. Critical Software opened new offices in Portugal (Porto and Lisbon) and the UK (Southampton).
In 2007 Critical Software became the main independent software tester for ESA's EarthCARE space mission projects, contributed to the enlargement of the Schengen area, opened further offices in Brazil, Mozambique and Angola and launched several spin-off companies under the Critical Group such as Critical Links, Critical Materials, Critical Health and Critical Manufacturing. [1]
In 2011, the CMMI-SE/SW certification was upgraded to level 5, making Critical Software one of the few companies to achieve this distinction. [1] A new office was opened in Munich, Germany and the company was listed by Business Week as one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in Europe.
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