Sombra

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation of an investment management company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ours is an investment manager with industry-leading management capabilities providing a comprehensive range of domestic and global solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Develop custom software solution

SOLUTION

How did you find Sombra?

Referral

Why did you select Sombra over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Sombra were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Custom software solution to support investment management operations.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

bi-weekly software releases

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

agile and outcome-oriented team

What was your primary form of communication with Sombra?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They were technical, professional, and efficient

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

none

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I ama department executive at Ener-i.AI Inc

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Grid Modernization planning software and renewal energy siting software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Support Software Development

SOLUTION

How did you find Sombra?

• Referral

Why did you select Sombra over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Sombra were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Support Product Development with a development team. The development roadmap is managed and created by the corporate team of senior developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Releases of the product software and new functionality that was developed

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

Yes, but most project management is handled by our corporate team.

What was your primary form of communication with Sombra?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Great value and flexibility to support our project

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

We are happy with our current team and progress

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Software Engineer of a telecommunications company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Providing both hardware & software of wireless communication devices, along with management system & helper apps

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Angular developers to assist WebUI development

SOLUTION

How did you find Sombra?

Other

Why did you select Sombra over others?

Other

How many teammates from Sombra were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

• Continuous development & enhancements of the EMS (Element Management System), with Angular UI and multiple backend services & databases. 
• v3.2: Last Docker version on Centos 7.9 
• v4.0: First K8s version on Ubuntu 20.04 
• v5.0: First demo version with gNB capabilites targeting Dec, 2023

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have Jira to track progress & completion and now we moved to Scrum where story points can further assist in that

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

Always quite on time with high quality. They were very accommodating and understanding of our requirements.

What was your primary form of communication with Sombra?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Provide highly capable developers & keep communication channels open

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

Not that I can think of

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Lead Engineer of Kyrio

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Kyrio works with many of the world’s largest network operators and network solution suppliers, providing innovative software solutions, product testing and creative solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Developing mobile clients for our adaptive route control products

SOLUTION

How did you find Sombra?

Online Search

Why did you select Sombra over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

What was the size of Sombra’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Our product leverages existing smartphones on the customer’s premises as backup connections. To enable this functionality, we need mobile devices to act as hotspots.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have been taking the mobile applications developed by our Sombra developers to demos and they are being rated highly by our customers.

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

Our colleagues at Sombra are highly responsive to our needs. Regular sync ups have been helpful and the projects have been managed successfully!

What was your primary form of communication with Sombra?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Resilience that has been shown in every possible aspect. The team at Sombra is always receptive to ideas, sensitive to timely requests, and adapts to the project's needs.

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

NA

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder of an early-stage startup that focuses on online media copyright enforcement.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Sombra?

We were looking for an outside vendor to develop the web-based interface for our service. It needed to include all user functions and interact with a complex backend.

What were your goals for this project?

We aimed to build a working MVP interface for beta users.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I was responsible for the selection process. I checked through other freelancer platforms and evaluated three finalists. Our priorities for this project were technical expertise, relevant experience, working reference projects, and an emphasis on communication.

Can you go into detail about the services they provided and the scope of the project?

The Sombra team created a web interface for the provided service. Their scope included both frontend and backend development. The technologies they worked with include Spring, Angular, MySQL, AWS S3 integration, and Spring boot deployment over Amazon.

What was the team composition?

Sombra provided one dedicated full-stack developer and one project manager. I managed specifications, dev management, and coordinated testing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The project is progressing according to our pre-defined schedule. Sombra has managed development according to our specifications and raised issues with design/implementation, which have been promptly solved. The quality of development from their team is very high. Sombra’s developers bring the knowledge required for implementation and reliably select the right tools and solutions.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Sombra assigned a project manager to manage administrative issues and oversee communication. We usually do day-to-day work with the assigned developer, and communication has been very fluent and clear.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The Sombra team is very well organized in the way that they work. Communication and procedures stood out to us, while a clear status and clear results are always available. Development quality and pace are very good. Any question that comes up is promptly answered.