GeekyAnts

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Technical Director of Lava Media Pte

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Lava Media develops and produces diverse, compelling stories for global audiences.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire GeekyAnts to accomplish?

• Hire someone who had a solid background in building apps end to end
• A company which can help us build our MVP to release to market
• A company who has proven skills in Flutter development

SOLUTION

How did you find GeekyAnts?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select GeekyAnts over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from GeekyAnts were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Scope included building the app from ground up using Flutter as frontend tech and NodeJS as primary backend technology. The app design was developed inhouse while the architecture and technical execution was outsourced to GeekyAnts. Key deliverables were: 

• Frontend mobile app for iOS and Android 
• Scalable backend deployed on AWS 
• Bug free product that can be shipped to the market 
• Detailed documentation 
• Live ops tools to continue running the app for few quarters without having to manually update server or client code.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• The team's professionalism, expertise, and dedication have been outstanding. The team's ability to work collaboratively with us and communicate effectively has been a key factor in the success of the project.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

From the get-go, the team has consistently demonstrated commitment to delivering high-quality work.

What was your primary form of communication with GeekyAnts?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The Lead engineer handling the project was very cooperative and proactive. He was actively involved in solutioning and providing insights on shortfalls and areas to improve to make the product better.

Are there any areas for improvement or something GeekyAnts could have done differently?

There is always room to improve in all teams; I would specifically like to see improvements in the following areas: 

• Transparency in pricing 
• More communication during the execution of the project during the last phases of the delivery 
• More robust tracking methods implemented to understand the progress and more granular tracking of smaller tasks.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive of a financial services company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

SaaS platform that facilitates collaboration and information gathering, and creates organizational outputs needed to exchange cash in M&A accurately and securely.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire GeekyAnts to accomplish?

• Bug fixes and feature enhancements in the product

SOLUTION

How did you find GeekyAnts?

Online Search

Why did you select GeekyAnts over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from GeekyAnts were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with GeekyAnts?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Our Web application had a lot of UI bugs that needed immediate fix. We had a set of complex features in pipeline to be implemented after bug fixes - features such as Role based Access for different stakeholders using the platform, Audit trails/ progress reports, functionality to invite users to the platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Daily syncup with engineers where they shared the progress they have made and the work they will take up the following day.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Daily syncups were very helpful in keeping the progress of development on track - it helped clear any doubts early and kept us informed of the progress. All items were delivered on time. When one engineer had to leave the project in between because of unforeseen circumstances, GeekyAnts promptly assigned another qualified engineer who ramped up on the project quickly.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• Effective and prompt communication from engineers and project manager 
• Followed best coding practices in the project 
• They showed impressive experience and expertise of engineers in React.
• Daily syncups helped a lot in clearing doubts (if any) early and keeping us informed about the progress

Are there any areas for improvement or something GeekyAnts could have done differently?

Nothing major

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of a German publishing house. We developed the concept for a social media app.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts?

We want GeekyAnts to take over the whole process - design-development-operation and business intelligence.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have had GeekyAnts on our radar for some time. We like their high level of technical competence and especially their expertise in the field of flutter.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We had a basic idea and a very simple Adobe XD presentation of the screens.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The UI team consisted of 6 members.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We are thrilled to write a positive review for the exceptional design team at GeekyAnts! Their expertise in creating an outstanding UI design for our app has exceeded our expectations.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

From the initial consultation to the final product delivery, the team at GeekyAnts demonstrated professionalism and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

They took the time to understand my vision and objectives for the app, and then brought their own creative ideas to the table to enhance the design and functionality. Throughout the design process, the team maintained open lines of communication, providing regular updates and seeking my feedback at every step.

They were responsive, attentive, and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure that the design met my needs and specifications.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The end result is a visually stunning and user-friendly app that I am proud to share with my customers. The design team at GeekyAnts has truly exceeded my expectations, and I would highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a top-notch UI design. Thank you, GeekyAnts!

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No !

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO/Co-Founder of Coin Up - a mobile donation app that allows users to round up and donate their credit/debit card purchases to a nonprofit of their choice.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts?

To conduct an overall UI/UX product review with solutions and insights to improve our app.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We were referred to this vendor by a friend.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We did a comprehensive UI/UX review of our mobile app to understand how we could create a better user experience and inspire users to complete activation of Coin Up mobile donation app.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked with 3 team members - Vaishali, Probin, and Zaid.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We were impressed with the documentation and deliverables that GeekyAnts provided. They were able to explain their process well and provide us with insights that are becoming the foundation for our strategy and continued work.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Amazing - GeekyAnts communicates well, they are responsive to our messages, and set expectations throughout the process.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

That they really dived into the content, the product, and the mission of what we are trying to achieve. They quickly assessed and were able to move forward on providing us with their analysis in a timely manner. The team was also very flexible with us and were able to come up with creative solutions for conducting user interviews and surveys.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No - they were fantastic!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the principle engineer of a B2C dog food retailer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts, and what were your goals?

The company was undergoing a brand refresh which required a complete rebuild of the existing marketing pages. Our initial goals were to launch the homepage, then progressively rollout the remaining pages of the site.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We had worked with GeekyAnts before, developing a great working relationship, and we were very happy with the quality of the work they provided.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The pages were built to the specifications provided by the designs. During the build we would be in constant contact to adjust the designs as necessary and provide guidance on API integration. The pages were all built using Nuxt.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

5 to 6 people at all times.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We are very happy with final result of the launched pages.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We had daily standups, where our team (design, dev, PM) would bring questions/feedback, and the build team would bring their questions. From there we would triage the issues, solving some in the standup, and others later in the day. A single line of communication was established, where all work to be done was to be put in Jira, and the build team would drag that into the sprint post any required clarification. Additional communication was done via Slack.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I was very impressed with the proactivity of the dev team when presented with problems. We would often encounter design issues, and the team would present a number of solutions in our daily stand ups. With the challenge of different time zones, this has been very effective.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of Webknot Technologies, we are a saas company. We operate out of Bangalore, India serving global and domestic clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts?

We hired GeekyAnts for our vendor management mobile application, this is an internal application that we are using. This is a custom made software designed specifically for us and our usecases.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We were looking out for technology experts and came across GeekyAnts, and we had a couple of our connections recommend them as well.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The application enables our business to manage our vendors and their available developers and bandwidth to take up work. We shall be able to visualise and map opportunities to vendors making our process efficient and reducing man power to work on this. The delivery was in 3 milestones, We get deliverables that can be used and tested at the end of every month. After the UAT phase, the scalable production application was deployed to our AWS cloud space.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Our team was in touch with 3 resources

1. 1. Account manager
2. 2. Product Manger
3. 3. Technical lead

Not sure about the number of developers that worked on the product.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Yes, the product was delivered to us in time and at spec. We were able to get started with it as planned and the product is of good quality and we are able to have our vendors receive the opportunities that are being matched with them.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We have had sprint wise demos and milestone demos with them. They are always super responsive and are open to any questions we have.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Commitment and Ownership

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not really

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder of a fintech/legaltech startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts?

We hired GeekyAnts to primarily provide QA support for the mobile application that we are developing in the fintech space.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

They were recommended to us by another vendor. We engaged GeekyAnts because of the availability of good quality resources to work on our project.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Primary manual testing for our mobile application to ensure that our customers had the best possible experience on our app.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Currently working with 1 QA resource.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our app requires a lot of manual testing to identify and correct bugs due to its complex nature with over a hundred screens. GeekyAnts have been instrumental in organizing and implementing a manual testing program that has been extremely effective in quickly identifying issues and prioritizing them for addressing by our dev team.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Communication and workflows have been intense due to to the timelines we are working with. GeekyAnt's resource Suraj has been a key part of the workflow.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The dedication and focus displayed by Suraj, our GeekyAnt's resource has been extremely impressive. He has worked at a fast pace under high pressure to quickly identify and prioritize issues and suggest good solutions. They have quickly learned about our business and customers' needs, which is difficult due to our niche market.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not at the moment

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a Product Manager in the CEO's Office at MPL

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts, and what were your goals?

We hired GeekyAnts as an external vendor to help us design and develop (Frontend) for a Decentralised Broadcaster Tool (GrowStream)

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We had a pre-existing relationship with GeekyAnts and were satisfied and happy with their overall performance and output. Also commercials were viable for us

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

There were several steps:

1. Design - Bring the Product to life from a Design point of view
2. Develop the frontend for 40% of the modules for the GrowStream Product
3. QA testing of the product

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Zia - who is a project manager was our main POC for this

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The product has been launched a couple of months ago for external broadcasters and game streamers - will be able to see better actionable outcomes once we actually scale from a business side

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Overall everything was great and above par. Enthusiastic and always willing to take the first step to improve

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

While there were certain hiccups with regards to the quality of few of the developers, the ones who were finally onboarded performed their duties amicably and in a very professional manner

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Adhering to hiring timelines better

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a payment processing software company. We build middleware that bridges retail POS software and the credit card processors. I am VP of development in the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts, and what were your goals?

We started building our next generation payment processing platform in 2017. Our dev teams were very strong in the processing core logic but lacked web skillset. We hired GeekyAnts as a long-term partner to build the web portal that is interactive and easy to use.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We searched for a software outsourcing company that can meet our requirements:

1. technical skillset.
2. previous project experience.
3. language / collaboration capabilities.
4. price.

After reviewing GeekyAnts profile and portfolios, we believe they were the best match.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We kicked off the team building process soon after engagement. Then we had weekly meetings on future plans, past reviews, and business logic training. We used JavaScript both on the front-end and back-end. We built prototypes, then critical foundations, then core functionalities, then other features.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

At peak, we had 4 people on the team, a part-time project manager, a technical team leader, and 2 developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Upon going live, we got feedbacks from our customers that the web portal is responsive, easy to use, and feature rich.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We generally used agile development process. We had weekly VOIP meetings, on the fly developer Q&A chats, screenshares and other collaboration sessions.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

GeekyAnts handled the development tasks very diligently and methodically. They are quick to understand business domain knowledge and have meaningful feedbacks and suggestions.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

We are satisfied with GeekyAnts' service.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO of a real estate tech company based in Boston, MA. We have 3 locations across the U.S.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GeekyAnts, and what were your goals?

We hired Geekyants team to develop the front end for our platform. It needed to be built in react/typescript so that we could easily scale the product and Geekyants delivered what they promised and beyond.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We found them through a referral and considered them along wth 3 other vendors. Since the project was a high priority engagement, we needed a reliable results driven tech partner who would deliver on time and on budget.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Geekyants designed and developed a react based frontend. We started with a discovery phase to highlight our business challenges. Geekyants then provided timelines to complete the project in 2-week sprints. The final product streamlined our onboarding process and increased the usage by our agents.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were 3 people in the core team, including a project manager, lead developer, and 2 developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We were able to launch the project on time which was a major accomplishment for the entire company. The Geekyants team was great to work with that we decided to extend our contract with them for ongoing development work.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The project manager assigned to our project was great. We always received timely updates from the PM. The PM made sure that the deadlines were met. We communicated via email and WhatsApp.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We had direct access to the development team, which made it very easy to communicate our thoughts and ideas. The development team was readily available late hours if needed.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not that I can think of at the moment.