Grid Dynamics Increases Revenue Guidance for Q1 2022 and Provides Updates on Global Headcount Expansion

Key Takeaways:

• The company provides an upward revision of its Q1 2022 outlook.
• The company accelerates global headcount expansion in Central Europe, the US, Mexico, and India.
• Approximately half of the company's total headcount is present in the Eastern Europe region, down from two-thirds.

SAN RAMON, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 6, 2022 / Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GDYN) (Grid Dynamics), a leader in enterprise-level digital engineering services and solutions, today announced an upward revision of its Q1 2022 financial performance outlook.

For the first quarter, the company now expects quarterly revenues to be no less than $65 million, compared to the previous guidance in the range of $55 million to $60 million.

Regarding headcount expansion, the company continues to swiftly grow its engineering workforce outside of Eastern Europe, while accelerating relocations from Eastern Europe to Central Europe, Mexico, and other locations. As of today, the number of employees based in Eastern Europe comprises about half of the company's total headcount, down from more than two-thirds as of February 24^th, 2022. Grid Dynamics also continues hiring in western Ukraine. Outside of western Ukraine, the engineering workforce serving enterprise accounts in Eastern Europe is less than 20% of the total headcount, down from 33% five weeks ago. The trend is expected to persist.

In response to increased client demand, the company is accelerating workforce expansion across geographic regions, including Central Europe, the US, Mexico, and India.

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About Grid Dynamics

Grid Dynamics (Nasdaq: GDYN) is a digital-native technology services provider that accelerates growth and bolsters competitive advantage for Fortune 1000 companies. Grid Dynamics provides digital transformation consulting and implementation services in omnichannel customer experience, big data analytics, search, artificial intelligence, cloud migration, and application modernization. Grid Dynamics achieves high speed-to-market, quality, and efficiency by using technology accelerators, an agile delivery culture, and its pool of global engineering talent. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the US, UK, Netherlands, Mexico, and Central and Eastern Europe.

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