Tech Foundry, LLC

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Cryptographer of Confidencial Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Confidencal provides encryption services and workflows to help companies secure their data, even in the case of a breach.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Tech Foundry, LLC to accomplish?

• Design for ease of onboarding and self-setup in an enterprise-targeted, private-cloud-based cryptography service in a way that is digestible to the average consumer.
• Understand end-user information needs and requirements to inform the design of high level dashboards and drilldown interfaces.
• Conduct Stakeholder research and interviews
• Produce Information Architecture wireframes for their development team to use in implementation

SOLUTION

How did you find Tech Foundry, LLC?

previous engagement

Why did you select Tech Foundry, LLC over others?

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

How many teammates from Tech Foundry, LLC were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

TechFoundry helped design the user experience for a new encryption product. This included user interviews, technical discussions of our backend systems and proprietary technology, and design of both a user experience and user interface to allow users to most effectively use our technology.

TechFoundry delivered planning documents, wireframes, and colored designs which will be directly implemented.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• A simple and beautiful user interface that reflected both our capabilities and the desires of our prospective users.
• Clear onboarding steps for new implementations
• Making the product more sticky through engaging dashboards
• Provide visibility into the impact of the system implementation on an organization in advance

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

They were always on time and were incredibly responsive. The communication and project management were both excellent. 

What was your primary form of communication with Tech Foundry, LLC?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

It is very hard to find their impressive combination of product management, deep technical knowledge, and beautiful design.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Tech Foundry, LLC could have done differently?

Tech Foundry, LLC is awesome! 100% recommend. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & CEO of Team Excel

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Team Excel is a digital platform that helps school improve student performance and well-being, by leveraging the power and excitement of teamwork and competition.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Tech Foundry, LLC to accomplish?

• Build a new portal to highlight the positive work and student success stories from our school partners.
• Create a CMS that allows school partners to publish and manage their own Team Excel league pages.

SOLUTION

How did you find Tech Foundry, LLC?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Tech Foundry, LLC over others?

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

What was the size of Tech Foundry, LLC’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Tech Foundry fully developed our new portal to support our Team Excel platform and school partners. The goal of the new platform was to create a portal where the community could follow score updates based on student success metrics, and read about positive student success stories. One of the additional requirements of the new portal was to include a CMS so school partners could update their own student stories and manage their Team Excel league pages.

In addition, the portal had to interact with an existing platform to display some of the data for score updates on the new portal. Tech Foundry delivered on all of the goals and surpassed all expectations and we were thoroughly pleased. Their attention to detail was incredible and they provided recommendations and strategy input during the entire process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Project complete on-time
• Scope of work completely fulfilled

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

The project management was incredible. They were always on-time and did a great job communicating where we were in the process. If we had any changes or questions they were very prompt and accommodating in their response.

What was your primary form of communication with Tech Foundry, LLC?

Virtual Meeting

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

Not only are they super smart when it comes to the technology, they also have great people skills that helped us think strategically about our requests to explore other options. They are very competent and overall very easy and fun to work with.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Tech Foundry, LLC could have done differently?

None. They were awesome!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Marshall Construction, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Remodel residential kitchen and bathrooms.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Tech Foundry, LLC to accomplish?

• build a professional website
• build an IMS for job records

SOLUTION

How did you find Tech Foundry, LLC?

Referral

Why did you select Tech Foundry, LLC over others?

Good value for cost

What was the size of Tech Foundry, LLC’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Tech Foundry designed and build a custom information management system to organize sales, and customer records to more accurately identify weaknesses in our contract development stage. Tech Foundry also built a custom website and preformed on-site work to capture projects during construction and final products.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Web Traffic
• better job prediction

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

Tech Foundry's management was above and beyond. they kept us informed on not only the progress but when there were issues as well. They quickly identified any issues and addressed them promptly. From the get-go, Tech Foundry excelled at grasping our vision for the IMS and turning it into reality. It was a very enjoyable experience.

What was your primary form of communication with Tech Foundry, LLC?

• Email or Messaging App
• In-Person Meeting

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

Tech Foundry, LLC's personable touch is impressive. The team was ready to answer questions or give updates at a moments notice.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Tech Foundry, LLC could have done differently?

This was our first time developing software but did not find any shortcomings that stood out during this project.