Soluntech

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

RED Strategy Group offers strategy consulting for a variety of clients from all over the world, ranging in size from 10 million to 2 and a half billion dollars in annual revenue. We have fewer than 10 employees and are based in Seattle, Washington.

I am the CEO [Chief Executive Officer] of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with SOLUNTECH?

Aside from strategy development, one of our value propositions is an online system for tracking execution against strategy. Our existing SharePoint platform had been developed some time ago by a third party. We were unhappy with its performance and look-and-feel and hired another vendor for a major rewrite. After working together for more than 6 months, we came to the conclusion that the project was going to be a failure. We looked for another vendor and found SOLUNTECH.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

SOLUNTECH was hired as a broad band-aid, in order to take a look at our existing system and evaluate potential technology replacements. SOLUNTECH concluded that, at least for the first few releases of the platform, NAC would be a good foundational technology. SOLUNTECH also took into consideration what should be done to our system in order to make it more powerful, compelling, and easy to use. SOLUNTECH was also in charge of the technical work which came with launching, maintaining, and updating the platform.

We worked with 3-4 resources from SOLUNTECH, based on our timesheets. Our client contact was directly through their CEO.

How did you come to work with SOLUNTECH?

I used to be a programmer a long time ago; although I didn't program on cards, I didn't miss it by much. Since that time, I've done other work and have been the CEO of 5 different technology companies. As such, I could make an evaluation of potential solutions and look at both proprietary and open-source implementations of SQL databases. I concluded that NAC was at least a possibility.

I contacted 3-4 companies from the NAC site, and SOLUNTECH was the most responsive. I had several phone conversations with their CEO and concluded that he was the right person for the job. We decided to move forward and evaluate our work along the way.

How much have you invested with SOLUNTECH?

The total cost of our project with SOLUNTECH is expected to range between $10,000 and $50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with SOLUNTECH 6 months ago. The total duration will be at least 2 years.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

SOLUNTECH is 3 times as far along as our prior vendors, at a third of the price. SOLUNTECH has been spectacular in terms of efficiency and economy, accomplishing far more than our previous company.

How did SOLUNTECH perform from a project management standpoint?

SOLUNTECH's estimates on timelines were always tight, and they've met or exceeded all of them. SOLUNTECH runs a very transparent project management system, notifying us about any requests entered in when the work was started for them, and when it completed. At any given time, without picking up the phone or sending an email, I will know where we stand on the project.

What did you find most impressive about SOLUNTECH?

The quality of our product has been outstanding, but SOLUNTECH especially stood out in terms of responsiveness. I've never experienced anything quite like it, throughout my collaboration with tens of vendors over the years. Most often, we have instantaneous communication over Skype, and the speed of resolution of both problems and additional feature requests has been excellent.

Are there any areas SOLUNTECH could improve?

I have nothing to say.

What tips or recommendations could you share that might increase the likelihood of success with SOLUNTECH?

I advise other clients not to take up all of SOLUNTECH's time. We want to use them more.

Through my experience as the CEO of a number of companies, I've been careful in establishing tight definitions of what was being built in my collaborations with other vendors. I was a little uncomfortable with SOLUNTECH's approach of building the product through iterations, in an agile way, but I encourage other clients to be open to this method. It's highly efficient and has been a factor in keeping our cost down and improving speed.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

Divorce the Smart Way is a divorce mediation organization. I am the owner of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with SOLUNTECH?

We've used SOLUNTECH for a number of projects, with an underlying theme of moving our basic paperwork processing within the separation and divorce market into the online world and reducing costs.

We had developed an application in-house using NAC, but realized that we had taken it as far as it could be taken and that we needed some professional help.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We decided to stick with the NAC technology, which is a rapid database tool that can integrate with a document merging app called WebMerge. We also use Zoho as a backend CRM.

How did you come to work with SOLUNTECH?

We'd worked with other developers, but I wanted to find someone with NAC experience. We looked at offshore companies but liked SOLUNTECH because they were in the same time zone as us and had perfect language skills, a good work ethic, and were very professional. Often, when working with a developer, they will want to get to coding as fast as possible. I asked SOLUNTECH to first make a wireframe design for the frontend, and back-fill it from there. SOLUNTECH was very responsive and had a professional approach to our project.

How much have you invested with SOLUNTECH?

The total cost of our project was under $10,000. We had a bootstrapped approach, as part of an initiative from a university in Toronto for modernizing the way in which divorce is done and lowering costs.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with SOLUNTECH at the end of October 2015. They have completed the portions that we assigned to them, and it was our responsibility to further refine and test the work. We could be further along, but time and resources on our end are limited.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

It's too early to have any metrics yet. In terms of quality, what mattered to me was being able to provide a description of a job, make wireframes, and have a product delivered. SOLUNTECH was able to do this.

How did SOLUNTECH perform from a project management standpoint?

Given that SOLUNTECH has been constantly holding our feet to the fire, I think that they performed well.

What did you find most impressive about SOLUNTECH?

I've worked as an IT project manager before coming to this company, and I love SOLUNTECH. There were only a few things which we needed to clarify or change, versus other organizations I've used, where there were daily or hourly questions which we had already clearly answered in the requirements document. After investing time and money into building specifications and wireframes, I don't want to hear additional questions. We can review the documentation, but after that, I expect the work to get done. The work has been delivered 90% by SOLUNTECH, as per the requirements.

Are there any areas SOLUNTECH could improve?

I work in a field which gives me insight into how people interact. I'm a mediator, dealing with the human element, and I've found that they are less prone to pressing clients and asking difficult questions. They're very polite and don't want to ascend, but sometimes there's a need to ask the question that's on your mind and be direct.

What tips or recommendations could you share that might increase the likelihood of success with SOLUNTECH?

Clients should spend time at the requirements stage, ask questions, and have the developer express their view on the work. This isn't cake mix, where someone can add water, stir the ingredients, and stick it into the easy-bake oven. There is time which needs to be invested upfront.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We operate in the real estate realm, providing title insurance. I am the Senior Systems Administrator.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with SOLUNTECH?

We were doing some work with the NAC technology, trying to develop a platform where clients could search for some of our agents.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We engaged SOLUNTECH for some JavaScript coding within our platform, bringing fields over into other forms, downloading certificates, and other tasks which went beyond our scope. We started out with some basic features and added in geographical functionalities, search and download logging, extended search fields, and so on. We've made numerous tweaks over the course of a couple of months. Everything done by SOLUNTECH was within the NAC platform, using JavaScript. There were 1-2 developers working on our project.

How did you come to work with SOLUNTECH?

SOLUNTECH is listed as an NAC-authorized developer and provided one of the 4-5 quotes we received after making a post on the NAC website.

How much have you invested with SOLUNTECH?

The total cost of our project with SOLUNTECH was under $5,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with SOLUNTECH in May 2016. Our work was completed in August, but we have engaged SOLUNTECH for little additions since then.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

Most of the feedback we've gotten has been good, but as with any project, there were a few items which needed changing. SOLUNTECH has been quick to work with us, and there haven't been many complaints. Any change came after we decided that we needed something different.

Our site is being used by a few dozens of people currently, and it will eventually have thousands of users. It's being used in a production environment, but is still in the testing phase.

How did SOLUNTECH perform from a project management standpoint?

SOLUNTECH had a pretty good process in place, and sent us emails whenever there were changes in the project, or when the work was completed.

What did you find most impressive about SOLUNTECH?

I was pleasantly surprised by the level of communication, given that SOLUNTECH is overseas. There were a few back-and-forth emails in the beginning, but we ended up handling most of the communication through Skype. Whenever we needed something, we could have a quick 5-minute chat. SOLUNTECH’s turnaround time was also good; if I requested a change, it was usually done by the next day, with 10 hours of coding. We never waited more than 48 hours for anything.

Are there any areas SOLUNTECH could improve?

There may have been 1-2 times when a solution was worked on, even though the capability was already built into the system, but there wasn't anything major.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie is soon to be the largest law firm in the South-West. We handle a mixture of energy law, corporate transactions, litigation, gaming, intellectual property, and everything else across the board. I am a project manager for the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with SOLUNTECH?

I was working closely with the marketing team in order to come up with a cross-selling tool for our attorneys. We do business across a vast board of legal services, and it was important for our members to sell more than just the services that a particular attorney could provide to a client.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

SOLUNTECH has built an attorney knowledge database, enabling us to provide short blurbs about different segments of law and contact information, also giving us access to info on prospective clients, and what questions would better assess their needs for each particular area.

We started off using the NAC [Network Access Control] database technology, and tasked SOLUNTECH with cleaning up the look and style of the product. Because of their advanced knowledge of all things e-commerce, HTML, C#, PHP and so on, we quickly moved away from NAC.com and moved to a custom solution hosted on Amazon Web Services. SOLUNTECH's team built our product from the ground up, allowing us to install it on all attorneys' phones. The app can not only perform an employer contact search for fellow lawyers but also handles general search terms, specific to the area of law in question. Attorneys can use the data to either further a conversation, or put the client in contact with the right person.

SOLUNTECH assigned at least 4 developers throughout the process. I found them to be amazing, mainly because our marketing department had many ideas, but no cohesive vision on how to move forward. SOLUNTECH's team had to weed through different requests, getting a feel for what we needed, and presenting us with multiple options. This involved C# and HTML development, and building out a complete database platform hosted on AWS. SOLUNTECH handled all the paperwork that came with this, and configured our DNS, building our product from scratch.

How did you come to work with SOLUNTECH?

I found SOLUNTECH on NAC.com. As a special project manager, any project that doesn't fall into the scope of IT becomes my responsibility. I will then try to find the cheapest, fastest, and most robust solution. The initial platform, though functional, did not meet the visual aspects and branding of our company. SOLUNTECH was brought in to tailor our product into a marketing branding solution. The process was great, seamless, and, as difficult as it was for us to come up with a vision, SOLUNTECH was quick in returning wireframes, estimates, and so on. If we had an idea at noon one day, SOLUNTECH was able to at least get us a simple layout which I could present to our Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at the end of the business day. Having this ability was quite amazing. Contractors typically have a few days of waiting time, but SOLUNTECH's principal always assured us that they'd be able to get things done faster in order to save us money.

How much have you invested with SOLUNTECH?

The original quote for our project was $50,000. We were able to get our product online for our users within a few months, meeting all design criteria for under $15,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We've worked with SOLUNTECH from February till June 2016. The project has been completed. If I will ever have a need for SOLUNTECH's services, I will call them immediately. I wish that SOLUNTECH could come work directly for us.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

I received a huge number of pats on the back from the executive committee, the managing partner, and all the users involved. Some of the best attorneys in the South-West have used the product and are happy with it. Marketing is beyond ecstatic about having such a robust product. It was everything that they asked for, and there was no negative feedback.

Our marketing department had trouble coming up with a cohesive vision, so we had a process of building whatever they asked for, presenting it, and finding that the marketing people themselves had forgotten to ask for something. SOLUNTECH's team was quick to get those features installed. If I had a problem at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it would be solved by 5 o'clock.

How did SOLUNTECH perform from a project management standpoint?

SOLUNTECH performed amazingly in this regard. Not only did I get cost breakdowns, but also a regular weekly timesheet which matched those. If a task took 15 hours to complete, we were given access to timesheets letting us know exactly how that time had been spent. We had many meetings with SOLUNTECH, making sure that we were comfortable with the decisions being made, understood the scope of work, and had realistic expectations. SOLUNTECH was available to us 24/7.

What did you find most impressive about SOLUNTECH?

We are a massive company, and it would have been very easy to gouge us for money. Not only did I feel that our time and budget were respected, but SOLUNTECH also took the initiative in addressing requests from us which weren't necessarily going to work long-term. SOLUNTECH did what was asked of them, but also wrote alternatives, and presented us with them, giving our company best and worst case scenarios for any design. SOLUNTECH did some honest work, ensuring that no one's time was wasted, which is one of the most important things in our business.

Are there any areas SOLUNTECH could improve?

No. I couldn't be happier with SOLUNTECH.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Marketing Director of a film equipment rental company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Film and Television Equipment Rental

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Application Development

SOLUTION

How did you find Soluntech?

Referral

Why did you select Soluntech over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Soluntech were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Support with application design, developmet and implimentation. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Delivering on time and as per my project brief 

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

The project management was fantastic, excellant communiation and proffesionalim. Always delivered on time. 

What was your primary form of communication with Soluntech?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their expertise in the application system Knack impressed us.

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

No. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the COO of an asset management company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Soluntech?

We needed help with database and coding that was outside our area of expertise.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Soluntech developed automated processes for collecting and aggregating financial reports that we otherwise hard to collect manually. The team built custom tools to scrape and download reports behind protected websites. Soluntech also built a tool to grab reports from SFTP and reformat them into our desired layout.

What is the team composition?

We worked with three teammates from Soluntech.

How did you come to work with Soluntech?

A friend referred Soluntech to us; they were successful in helping them with their data project.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from February to April 2024

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We had ongoing demos via screen sharing, and once the tools were in production, we successfully integrated them into our workflow. The tools saved us two hours of work per day, which led to meaningful efficiency gains.

How did Soluntech perform from a project management standpoint?

Soluntech delivered on time and within budget. We communicated via email and calls.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I was impressed by Soluntech’s speed and accuracy.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing I can come up with.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CPO of Credixone, an IT services company. We provide a platform for the sale and management of mortgages and other loans.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Soluntech?

We hired Soluntech to create our first prototype.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of work with Soluntech?

Soluntech has created the design of the prototype and the MVP proposal along with the subsequent stages. The deliverables have been four prototypes for different user views, including filters, drop-downs, simple calculations, and auto-completion of fields.

What is the team composition?

We’ve been working with two teammates from Soluntech.

How did you come to work with Soluntech?

We found Soluntech through a referral. We chose them because we liked their way of working, speed, and ability to understand our needs.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in April 2025, and the project is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The completion of the prototype has been the main measurable outcome of the project. We’ve conducted usability tests, and all of them have been satisfactory. The platform is simple to use, and users quickly understand it.

How did Soluntech perform from a project management standpoint?

Soluntech’s project management has been extremely professional. The team has been highly involved in the project and has met the agreed deadlines. We communicate via email and WhatsApp.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’ve been impressed with Soluntech’s predisposition of resources and capacity for understanding our needs.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there’s nothing I’d have them improve.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Catering

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a service provider that connects customers with vendors

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Time Saving Copy & Paste Features

SOLUTION

How did you find Soluntech?

Referral

Why did you select Soluntech over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Soluntech were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Develope copy and paste featuers within Knack to provide time saving for order processing

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The compondents for copy and paste were created and successfully used.

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

Top notch project management and speedy responses

What was your primary form of communication with Soluntech?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Soluntech's organization, friendly, and understanding of the Knack system impressed us.

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

Everything was perfect 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an Executive of a healthcare company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

virtual medicine within USA

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• staff augmentation - full stack cloud engineers and DevOps
• good quality software and platform deliverables
• on time and within budget at reasonable rate

SOLUTION

How did you find Soluntech?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select Soluntech over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Soluntech were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Key deliberables included admin dashboard and some parts of patient journey. also DevOps automation

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

deliveables on time and quality. 

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

Several deliveables took longer than planned. Delivearbales had lots of bugs, took longer to test and retest. The engineers did respond but it dragged the project timeline. We like the current Soluntech team members.

What was your primary form of communication with Soluntech?

Virtual Meeting

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

Soluntech's engineers are hardworking. 

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

communication is a big issue. Engineers don't ask questions. Language barrier could one of the reasons.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director - Technical Services of Stubbenedge

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Fin Tech Company who also deals with Insurence via Lloyds of London

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• To create an automated data entry system to create a PDF doc

SOLUTION

How did you find Soluntech?

Referral

Why did you select Soluntech over others?

• High ratings
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Soluntech were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

To create an automated pdf document and then an autmated connection to another server to send a work package to Lloyds

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

very happy with the outcome, we are now able to create a pdf and then send this in a work pacakge to lloyds

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

VEry responsive and no issues

What was your primary form of communication with Soluntech?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They are all such nice people.

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

none