KMS Technology

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the director of software engineering at Elsevier. I work in the nursing health education department, and I’m part of the data analytics and content team.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with KMS Technology?

We’ve identified opportunities to build new products or enhance existing products within the nursing education space. That being said, we’re partnering with KMS on a couple of different projects.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

KMS is working with our enterprise content management team, primarily helping out with the development and testing of Java-based software. They’re also aiding our insight squad in developing student and faculty-facing dashboards. For this, they use React and Node.js for the frontend and Java for the backend. 

In both projects, they augment our internal teams with their own staff. They do take on some design tasks, but they’re generally focused on execution and implementation. 

What is the team composition?

The way we’re organized is we have product owners for each squad. These product owners are responsible for defining the features that they want to be built. We also have scrum masters or delivery managers that work with the onshore and offshore teams to build out new capabilities based on the requirements of the product owner. 

How did you come to work with KMS Technology?

KMS was already onboarded before I came in. 

How much have you invested with them?

From my perspective, we’ve invested between about $500,000–$1 million. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our partnership began in 2019, and it’s ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We measure success by the actual delivery of software and the required capabilities. We also reach out to our customers to gauge our NPS (net promoter score) and measure user satisfaction. That being said, we’ve seen our NPS go up, which means that KMS has addressed the capabilities that OUR customers need and want. In general, it’s been a very successful partnership. Their work has become a factor in the growth of our business. 

How did KMS Technology perform from a project management standpoint?

They do extremely well in terms of project management. They have their own structure of support to help manage the financial aspects of the project, and they facilitate regular reviews where we talk about deliverables and plan our next efforts. 

We use Jira to manage the project and Zoom and Slack to communicate. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I find them to be very capable, and they work well with my own teams. It’s been a very positive experience working with them. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I have no recommendations for improvement at this point. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

It helps to have some type of onboarding structure or onboarding team that will facilitate your partnership with KMS. A good operating model for augmenting your internal teams will also be beneficial since you’ll need to liaise and collaborate across different time zones. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the chief architect at UnitLeader, a venture capital group. My role involves working on most parts of the deal, including due diligence and term sheet negotiations.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with KMS Technology?

We mostly invest in property technology companies with a software component or SaaS solution in the multifamily space, and we needed help testing that software.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

KMS Technology does software code reviews for the companies we invest in as technical due diligence. They’ve worked on several investments with us, doing software audits; the team does the analysis, and we make a decision based on that analysis.

We have an initial call for each project about the scope, what the software is supposed to do, and what we think it should do. We also tell them the information that would be important in our decision-making process, and they take notes on everything. 

At that point, we usually make introductions to the company that KMS Technology will be working with, and they establish their own NDA. The KMS Technology team schedules interviews, talks through the documentation and challenges, and works through the roadmap of the processes and setups. 

We often have KMS Technology do a code audit; they run the code through their software to look for any issues or best practice problems. For us, the audit is about finding out the software’s quality level, whether it’s scalable, and if it’s doing anything it shouldn’t. The KMS Technology team looks out for anything from minor tweaks that could be made to critical issues with the code that we should be aware of.

Lastly, we try to get a feel of the level of effort for someone to create the software from scratch. This helps us gauge how long it would take for a potential competitor to build the software. KMS Technology estimates how many developers and how much time would be needed. 

KMS Technology usually gives us feedback within 2–4 weeks of our audit request. The results give us an overview of what we’re investing in and the software’s level of sophistication.

What is the team composition?

I interact with Leo (CEO) at the beginning of each process, and then Jeff (VP of Software Services), our main point of contact, gives us the technical breakdown at the end. They also have multiple people supporting the process, though I don’t know how many.

How did you come to work with KMS Technology?

We were originally introduced to KMS Technology through another group that we work with that’s in the M&A space, so they work with many companies that do technical due diligence. This group recommended KMS Technology to us.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent around $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in November 2020, and the engagement is ongoing. Our partnership is on a case-by-case basis.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

KMS Technology does a great job of giving us technical insight. Their reports have good quality, making it easy for us to understand a company’s technical qualities and get a feel for everything. 

The team can express technical information in layman’s terms and understands that we’re looking at it from a business application perspective, so they assess it that way. 

How did KMS Technology perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re very good at project management; I haven’t had any problems with them. They usually send us a statement of work and solidify things via email or Zoom calls, which are our main communication mediums. When I ping them, they usually respond within minutes.

They always meet the timeline, even when it’s tight. We don’t typically give them a heads up because when we get a term sheet accepted, we have around 30–45 days to do an analysis. KMS Technology usually has to work within a tight window, and they’ve been able to do it each time.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The quality and depth of KMS Technology’s reviews have been super helpful not only to us but to the companies that we invest in. They get right into the source code and give line-specific feedback. From what I understand, their level of review isn’t the norm within the space.

The fact that they write code themselves and audits are not their sole source of revenue gives them a differentiator in the market. Even though I haven’t used any other company, we like KMS Technology, and we’ve never needed to try another group.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There have been one or two opportunities when we’ve had to reach out to them for an update. This has only happened a couple of times, though, and they’ve immediately responded, so it’s a very minor issue.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be clear on what you’re going to get out of the engagement with KMS Technology. For us, we understand why we’re doing the process and what the team is consulting with us on, which makes it easy to set up the scope — they tell us what they’ll do, and we create a statement of work.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the VP of engineering at EditShare, a firm in the media and entertainment space. I manage about 50 employees and 20 contractors. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with KMS Technology?

We were trying to scale up our development bandwidth cost-effectively. We needed a team that we could hire and train and then rely on to work on features and bugs independently. So, we hired ​​KMS Technology to provide experienced teammates to augment our in-house development team. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

For the first project with KMS Technology, we interviewed their architect, a manager, and an analyst for our storage system development. They were a good fit for our technology, product, and company, so we brought them on. Once those teammates settled in, they brought in QA and development teammates from ​​KMS Technology that they determined were qualified for our needs. 

We met with the team to do a knowledge transfer on the product we needed assistance developing, onboarding them as if they were in-house teammates. Then, we provided them with bugs to fix of increasing complexity and added in feature development as they proved their competency. Once we were confident in the first team, we brought on a second to work on our media asset management program — KMS Technology covered our entire product. 

Eventually, we decided that we should extend our firm’s coverage to the Asia-Pacific region because we had such a large development team working in Asia through KMS Technology. We ended up bringing on five support teammates from KMS Technology to work in the time zones we needed to cover — those teammates have triaged and addressed customer issues. Essentially, we've built a new corporate engineering headquarters in Vietnam because of KMS Technology's resources. 

What is the team composition?

We work with 25 teammates from KMS Technology. 

How did you come to work with KMS Technology?

I worked with several offshore teams 15–20 years ago, including the precursor to KMS Technology. I knew Josh (Founder) from that work, and when I needed offshore engineering support, I contacted him. I weighed KMS Technology against several offshore and nearshore development teammates, but KMS Technology ended up being the best balance of cost and effectiveness. 

How much have you invested with them?

We've invested $3–$5 million with KMS Technology over the last two years. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement with KMS Technology began in August 2019, and it's ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

KMS Technology's team is coming along nicely, and soon they'll be indistinguishable from our in-house team. In general, KMS Technology is handling 80%–90% of our development cases in the Asia-Pacific region — their issue resolution times are consistent with the rest of our support team. Their development velocity, which is our measure of complexity and implementation, has grown from 0 to 30. Their team is consistently at 30 velocity points and can be relied upon to deliver according to our development intervals. KMS Technology always delivers what we need — their team has never blocked a product release.

Additionally, KMS Technology's work quality has also improved throughout the partnership. Our in-house team provides regular feedback on their source code — the amount of feedback KMS Technology receives has decreased as they've learned our product. Their team is self-sufficient, so our in-house team is now just rubber-stamping their work because it's consistently very high quality. 

How did KMS Technology perform from a project management standpoint?

KMS Technology has better project management than any of our in-house teams. I model a lot of my in-house team's development processes on KMS Technology. Typically, written communication is the best way to discuss projects with KMS Technology, so we use Slack and email. When we communicate through the phone, it can be difficult because of the language barrier. Their team accommodates our workflows, scheduling meetings according to our time zone and working late to attend sprint ceremonies. Honestly, the time zone difference is the biggest communication hurdle with KMS Technology. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I've evaluated a lot of large development shops, but the fact that KMS Technology offers complete resource teams has really made them stand out. They function as a team and work from higher-level directions without needing daily management from our in-house team. Overall, KMS Technology requires less oversight than other firms. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

We occasionally have staffing challenges with KMS Technology because they have difficulty retaining resources — they often hire younger team members who leave after gaining experience. However, KMS Technology does their best to mitigate the impact of the staffing changes.

Additionally, the KMS Technology team's breadth of knowledge is relatively limited. They're always using the latest technology, making it challenging to find resources to work in C++ because it's not widely taught in the region. We're usually limited in the resources we can use from KMS Technology because not as many teammates have the development skills we need. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I'd advise customers to invest time in selecting the proper architect and manager and then slowly provide them with more autonomy as the project progresses. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm working as a Senior QC in ACB Bank

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Project: build ACB Business App (ABA) for business users - Delineate a mobile product roadmap for 2021 Goal: personalized applications to best serve each type of customer, requires rigorous Penetration Testing and also close compliance with security standards. A mobile app designed only for Business Client focus on 3 key factors: Customer Centricity, Data Security, and Time-to-Market.

SOLUTION

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

They demonstrated both proficiency in User-centric Application Engineering and deep expertise in the Banking domain.

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

Scope of Work: Mobile-first Design, provided with a strategic product roadmap, and the tools and people to execute it Project Steps:

built an Activity Log with asynchronous processing --> ensure data security --> viable builds every 2 weeks Key deliverables:

Mobile App including features:

• React Native
• MobX
• Google Maps
• Firebase
• Reanimated
• React Navigation
• Biometric Authentication

Backend:

• Java
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• PostgreSQL

Web Portal:

• React JS Technologies
• Katalon Studio
• Katalon TestOps
• Kobiton
• OWSAP Zed Attack Proxy

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

11 people from KMS Solutions along with our in-house staff. Their positions are:

• 1 Scrum Master
• 2 Front-end Developers
• 2 Java Back-end Developers
• 1 Back-office Developer
• 3 Test Engineers
• 1 DevOps Engineer
• 1 Business Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

With its experience in the banking domain, KMS Solutions ensured that the application architecture is user centric from not only the technical but also the business perspectives. The minimum viable product was released only 04 months after the project was kick-started

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

They demonstrate the owner of architecture, maturity, cost, serviceability and reliability of product; KMSS team has been flexible in adapt ad-hoc cases, they pay attention to details and transparent in their business dealings

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

We was amazed with pricing arrangements, support and company stability that KMS Solutions show the whole time on board project. The team was so enthusiastic and full of energy. They worked closely with ACB Dept, often at ACB headquarter, to make sure everything is aligned and agreed-upon.

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

Not that I could think of

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Vehicles selling and investment. I'm working as a Senior Marketing executive.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire KMS Solutions, Inc., and what were your goals?

We contacted them for a software development project as KMS is a leading IT companies in Vietnam with a wide range of services. We request them to provide a proposal to develop a mobile application for customers. The main purpose is to sell the vehicles online and provide customer services as well as tracking their maintenance schedule. The application needs to be able to support at least 1000 visitors at a time and have functions such as: booking, check the cars and its features, chat function for customers...

SOLUTION

How did you select KMS Solutions, Inc. and what were the deciding factors?

The main reason why we chose them is their reputation in the field, the capabilities to consult and execute the project, their professional working style as they receive our request and work on it with lightning speed, response fast and open for discussion to help us understand what we should do and what is the best for us.

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

They conducted a virtual call with us (because of Covid) to understand our goal and business expectation, who is our customers and their behaviors. Then they discussed clearly about our requirements, every single detail of the project, both on business user and technical side. They bring a project team including developers, tester, PM to interlock with our internal team and finish the project based on the methodology of Agile.

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

There are 4 people from their sides including PM, developers and testers. The real number of people who joined to support the project actually more based on the need.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The end results was very good, our customers happy because they now have a new channel to communicate with us, booking for their care check and maintenance. Beside that the team is friendly and professional, they have technological expertise and good communication skill

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

The team applied Agile DevOps, Design Thinking, Automation Testing the project. They preferred direct communication to avoid misunderstanding, we also discussed via email and online meetings using Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom.

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

Their culture of working with customers, listening before speaking, understanding, and then consulting. I'm quite impressed with their professional working style which is straightforward and clear, with newly adopted technologies and best practices.

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

I think the main problem is the cost of services. It's high compared to other IT companies in Vietnam and makes KMS Solutions somehow less competitive than the others but I think it depends on the quality of services and their positioning in the market. They are IT solutions leaders and they invested alot in technology as well as their expertise. It's matching with their customer profiles of international enterprises and big firms.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the CTO of a construction company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our company designs and builds robots for construction automation. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire KMS Technology to accomplish?

• Build a team to build out an online data processing platform.

SOLUTION

How did you find KMS Technology?

Referral

Why did you select KMS Technology over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from KMS Technology were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Developing a cloud platform for processing CAD data for constructions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Successful release of the first version of the product and continued engagement with KMS to continue furthering the product. 

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

The team has been excellent at meeting our needs, communicating issues, and working with us to meet objectives within everyone's constraints.

What was your primary form of communication with KMS Technology?

Virtual Meeting

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

We highly value the team in Guadalajara that is co-located. While a remote team, they work together in person frequently and in our time zone. We fly down monthly to work in person with the team for a week at a time allowing immense amount of collaboration and similar work cultures. 

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

We have been very pleased working with KMS 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Technology Officer of Optimatech

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a utility Bill management and sustainability reporting company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire KMS Technology to accomplish?

• Help with Development

SOLUTION

How did you find KMS Technology?

Other

Why did you select KMS Technology over others?

Other

How many teammates from KMS Technology were assigned to this project?

Other

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

KMS Technology has been our extended development team at Optimatech, and they've been fantastic to work with.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Diep, Hoa and Quang in particular stand out. They're genuinely committed, work incredibly hard, and approach every request with a "let's make it happen" attitude rather than reasons why something can't be done. What I value most is that they feel like part of our own team rather than an outsourced vendor. They take ownership, stay responsive, and consistently deliver. I'd happily recommend KMS to anyone looking for a reliable, hard-working development partner.

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

Always deliver on time 

What was your primary form of communication with KMS Technology?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They find solutions and not problems 

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

NA

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the VP of engineering at Advisor360°. We provide an AI-powered platform for financial advisors and firms, streamlining workflows and data to deliver scalable, actionable insights and a unified client experience across the wealth management industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire KMS Technology to accomplish for your AI-powered wealth management platform?

KMS Technology has been involved in multiple strategic projects, primarily focused on scaling our platform features to be offered to the RIA market in a cost-effective model.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

KMS Technology provides full-stack development. They’ve worked on our digital onboarding, account, document storage, and mailing products.

What is the team composition?

We work with 16 teammates from KMS Technology.

How did you come to work with KMS Technology?

We found them through a referral. We chose them because they were a great culture fit.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in September 2025, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We track quality for all deliverables by defects and subsequent production incidents. All engineers are measured by this, and KMS Technology’s engineers consistently provide exceptional quality deliverables.

How did KMS Technology perform from a project management standpoint?

We manage the project management of the deliveries, and KMS Technology’s engineers execute the work. We communicate via virtual meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The level of research and documentation into complex issues is very impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing they need to improve.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-Founder of (a/an) Real estate

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

SAAS company focusing on customer and employee feedback for the real estate industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire KMS Technology to accomplish?

• Identify opportunities in code base
• Identify strengths and weakness in technology infrastructure
• Open source scan of code base

SOLUTION

How did you find KMS Technology?

Referral

Why did you select KMS Technology over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

What was the size of KMS Technology’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

KMS interviewed and analyzed information provided to them to evaluate the tech stack, infrastructure, security protocols, and open source code base. Key deliverables included summary reports with recommendations and line by line open source code base analysis for use as seller side due diligence.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Cost to Value
• Priority Based Recommendations
• Short Turn Around Time

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

KMS scoped out the project, provided feedback based on prior experience, delivered report on time within an acceptable timeframe. Response to questions and communications was always prompt and thorough.

What was your primary form of communication with KMS Technology?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email
• Messaging App

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

Small, boutique and the willingness to help and answer questions. They're reliable and experts in what they do. 

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

Nothing. They provided a wonderful experience.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an Executive of Activated Insights

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Activated Insights helps senior care providers collect feedback from their employees and residents to improve and build their brand.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire KMS Technology to accomplish?

• Due diligence - tech assessment report

SOLUTION

How did you find KMS Technology?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select KMS Technology over others?

Referred to me

What was the size of KMS Technology’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

We engaged KMS to prepare our engineering and product teams for a potential sale process, including assessing the current state of technology, team, and process readiness; and recommending documentation and positioning updates.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

KMS deliverables included:

• Recommendations regarding updates or creation of technical and product documentation
• Verbal coaching in preparation of diligence meetings (this is not a written deliverable)
• Technical short and long-term recommendations
• Detailed Technical Assessment Report (Word formatted) with details on findings and recommendations found in the Static Code Scan

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

KMS Technology was very professional and responsive - they helped us prepare for the sale of our company in a thorough and thoughtful way. Highly recommend!

What was your primary form of communication with KMS Technology?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Pattern recognition across other tech company stacks

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

Nothing to improve