Dreamix

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Position - Head of Product Organisation - British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Description - The BBFC is independent and not-for-profit, and we’re here to help everyone in the UK choose age-appropriate films, videos and websites, wherever and however they watch or use them.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Use machine learning and AI to optimise BBFC services

SOLUTION

How did you select Dreamix and what were the deciding factors?

Impressed with their deep understanding of machine learning models and artificial intelligent solutions. Fantastic work ethic and worked hard to understand our organisations needs.

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

The scope of our project was to use machine learning models and techniques to make the most of our data to optimise our services. The project is largely confidential with a patent pending.

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

Hristo T. - Partner, Manager at Dreamix and Georgi Y. - Partner at Dreamix

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Dreamix have kept us updated throughout the project, been open about any challenges faced, and gone above and beyond to deliver the agreed scope. They have worked with us to patent our solution.

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

Dreamix have been open about any challenges faced throughout the project, they have communicated well with our team, they've provided timeline estimates.

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

They have a deep understanding of machine learning models and artificial intelligence solutions.

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

We've been really impressed with Dreamix and look forward to continuing to work with them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We re-platform Mainframe applications to the cloud. We have mainframe language compilers and runtime services to enable legacy languages, COBOL, PL/1, JCL etc to run cloud native.

I am Director of EMEA , with responsibility for Product Management, Sales, Partner Enablement

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dreamix?

Developing our core compiler products and tooling and runtime around this. We create compiler technology with extremely complex technical challenges and we needed highly specialized 10x programmers to solve these challenges

What were your goals for this project?

To build a co-located team that could extend our current product set with new features. We also have a roadmap of new products and languages and wanted to build technical competence to be able to work in these new areas.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We had previous experience of working with Bulgarian companies and found the people to be of extremely high quality with great character. Our focus quickly narrowed down to Dreamix when we read some reviews and our initial contact points were incredibly efficient and just give us a confidence in their competence

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Our product is built in C and Java and we have a devops environment comprising, Jenkins, Makefiles, Git, Mercurial, Python, PHP. We also expect our people to work with modern languages but understand Mainframe systems and languages.

Dreamix supplied high quality people that could master the entire Stack of technologies. Initially starting with code fixes, the dreamix team quickly progressed to building out new features and suggesting improvements to not just our products but also our development processes.

What was the team composition?

We started with 2 people, quickly added a 3rd and have a plan to continually add people to the team over the next year

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our product was built to move z/OS mainframe applications to the cloud. The dreamix team added added a whole new mainframe environment, DOS/VSE, to our product in less than 6 months.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We communicate multiple times a day using slack and have daily scrum calls. We supplement this with occasional onsite visits to share and transfer knowledge. Heirloom has been built with a remote development workforce so there was very little change for us to work with a new team remotely.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Technical capabilities are a given, but the character and integrity of all the people that we work with and have met at Dreamix are of the highest order.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Dreamix have actually been a source/driver for improving our own internal communications and staff facilities.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We help insurance companies and insurance brokers to do data migrations, conversions and improve their data quality. I am the managing partner in direct communication with the developers in the role of product owner.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dreamix?

We developed the first version of our policy migration, conversion and quality improvement application ourselves. But getting further we needed more development capacity that was not available in our country.

What were your goals for this project?

The solution had to be flexible, so it could adjust to different customer needs and auditable, so that we could trace back all changes and why they were made.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We started by selecting companies near the good technical universities. Selected about 20 companies, that we wrote to have a discussion with a lead programmer, review some code that they made and evaluated their pricing model. Based on that analysis we created a shortlist of three companies that I visited. During the visit we interviewed the management team and the developers, which lead to the final selection of our software development partner.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The Apollon application is a configurable application in which you can import and export insurance data in a flexible format. On the data in the system business rules can be executed to identify issues and update fields (also based on external data sources). The data can also be manually improved by users via a configurable user interface. The application is fully fuctional and working for multiple customers. We are currently working on improving our customer onboarding process and improving the way that the business rules can be defined by customers.

What was the team composition?

The development team consists of 4 developers, assisted by architects and subject matter experts within Dreamix that are external to the core development team. The core developmentteam consists of two senior developers, a medior and a junior developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

For two months we are doing an active acquisition of new insurance broker companies. After 15 visits to companies, more than 80% of them are very positive and want to be onboard. The customers that we have currently got are very satisfied with the solution and especially with the speed that changes are implemented in the application.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The team is self-directing, based on the scrum methodology. Responsibility for the sprint items are not put on a single developer but are always the responsibility of the team. This has been proven very effective for me.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I would definitely say the culture that they implemented throughout the entire company. It's a caring and sharing culture that is managed internally as well as externally and to their customers (or partners as they like to call). The developers are all really motivated and are encouraged to dive deep, not only technical but also in understanding the customer processes and business needs.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I am very happy with the way that we are collaborating at the moment. Dreamix is always open to suggestions and is willing to put the effort into implementing the suggestions.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

scheduling/automation of RSS feeds to Twitter

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dreamix?

rebuilt backend; built new features

What were your goals for this project?

I initially hired Dreamix to fix a major bug that was causing Twibble web application to shut down every week or so. Moreover, the users were unable to log in. Massive db problems due to Elasticsearch. Basically nothing worked and the entire backend had to be rebuilt.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I met Stoyan Mitov in San Francisco who introduced me to the team and I became convinced they were a great dev team.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

When they joined, they started debugging, scrutinizing through the code and system. It appeared that Elasticsearch was used as a database which was a problem because Elastic doesn't support ACID transactions. In short, it led to no guarantee that Twitter's authentication token will be available when someone wants to login.

We fixed the many memory issues one by one, moved the database to MySQL and the web app started to operate smoothly. After the fix, Dreamix team started working on new features and was responsible for the support.

What was the team composition?

2 Senior Fullstack Devs

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The backend rebuild was a success; Twibble grew to 5x its original revenue within 2 years of their work; ended up in the top google search results for RSS to Twitter and similar

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

heavy reliance on slack, asana

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were dedicated, and they had raw talent. They also had a personal passionate interest in our company

Are there any areas for improvement?

Heavier reliance, and stricter adherence to, Asana project management; implementing Trello or similar would have been helpful as well

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Manager of Performance Buildings AG

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We offer a digital operating system for Buildings

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Core platform software development
• Tap into Java expertise

SOLUTION

How did you find Dreamix?

Referral

Why did you select Dreamix over others?

Evaluation Competition

How many teammates from Dreamix were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Development of self-contained product components for our Building Technology, Access Control, Parking Management, Video Intercom, Sigange and eCommerce platform.

• Conception
• Design
• Development
• Handover and deployment
• Beta roll out and production support

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Components are deployed in production on project sites.

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

They adapted quickly to our style and methodogy of working and contribute proactively to get projects well defined and on track.

What was your primary form of communication with Dreamix?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Extremely high level of technical competence and ability which we initially managed to establish by an evaluation process. Dreamix was the only company able to solve the specific problem we set them and competitors during this process.

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

Nothing comes to mind 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the IT Manager of EMKA JSC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We’re a manufacturer of cables, insulated cords and winding wires.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Develop a custom solution to digitalize our tracking of materials, waste, workflows and production, and integrate it with the rest of our systems.

SOLUTION

How did you find Dreamix?

Referral

Why did you select Dreamix over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Dreamix were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Dreamix conceptualized the solution and built it from scratch. They delivered a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), integrated it with our APIs, and helped us set up our servers and architecture.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Increased productivity
• Decreased defective products
• Increase predictability in our manufacturing
• A clearer, more transparent internal supply chain

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

They were always on time, very responsive, flexible and aligned with our needs.

What was your primary form of communication with Dreamix?

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

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

Their attitude. They’re obviously very technologically competent, but what made an impression was how much they cared about our project. They were always available, proactive, and goal-oriented - it felt like we were working toward a shared goal, not just outsourcing.

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

Not that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the VP of Engineering of an other industry company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

A safe AI collaborative space for enterprises.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Assist in developing our software platform.

SOLUTION

How did you find Dreamix?

• Referral
• personal connection

Why did you select Dreamix over others?

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

How many teammates from Dreamix were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Assist in developing our web-based platform. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Various KPIs.

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

Excellent comms. Proactive in handling our needs. Flexible in accomodating our evolving needs...

What was your primary form of communication with Dreamix?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

They're very proactive in trying to guarantee customer success.

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

nothing major.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Director of SCHOELLY OPTIX OOD

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are experts in manufacturing rigid and flexible HD endoscopes for medical and industrial applications, 3D-HD endoscopy and visualization, fiberoptic components (glass or plastic) as well as objectives and oculars for all known kinds of endoscopes.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Development of internal software-based testing approach for endoscopes

SOLUTION

How did you find Dreamix?

Referral

Why did you select Dreamix over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Dreamix were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Development of a web system for an automated production quality control of endoscopic devices. The deliveries include web interface as well as integration of a hardware cameras used for image capturing of the end product into the software platform. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The measurement of the outcomes represents the testing software in real life production environment. The dedicated team worked within an established product roadmap and tech stack, using Jenkins, .Net, Angular, Postgres, and more.

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

The dedicated team responded on time and flexibly adapted to the needed changes to ensure timely project progress.

What was your primary form of communication with Dreamix?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Professional way of cooperation, responsibility and great cultural fit.

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

No suggestions

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Board member and now one of the Executive Team in MCO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

As our business grew, we looked for a software development partner and found Dreamix. We wanted strong technologists that could supplement our team and help deliver quality solutions to our expanding customer base.

SOLUTION

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

We initially started off with 2 Dreamix team members. They quickly integrated into the team and delivered high value. We have continued to expand our relationship with Dreamix and they are now a strategic partner of MCO

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

The team are highly skilled in our core technologies - Java, Angular, Oracle - but are also strong at analysis and design for new enhancement and components.

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

team has grown from 2 to 40+ people.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are very pleased with the work of Dreamix. The Dreamix team are very much part of MCO and work seamlessly with our other teams.

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

All Projects are delivered following the MCO development model and strict security processes.

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

people - both partnership mindset and core skills.

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

no

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Software Development Manager for Aer Lingus, we are an Irish based airline.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Build and deliver new AWS native services to consolidate and replace multiple legacy services in customer communication domain.

SOLUTION

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

Based on previous experience, deciding factors include level of professionalism and dedication to both their people and our requirements.

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

Replace legacy email services, during initial analysis the Dreamix lead recommended new extensible AWS services as opposed to the proposed lift and shift approach.

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

There are seven Dreamix guys on the team, augmented with our Product Owner, Scrum master and QA colleagues. The roles include technical lead and a mix of engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The first deliverable services has been constructed and are close to deployment for UAT phase.

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

The team work in 2-week sprints, and use Atlassian suite (Jira/Confluence) to manage work items. Communication is done via MS Teams.

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

The approach to people and true partnership is second to none from all the folks at Dreamix.

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

Not so far!