Erevu TechWorks

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the CEO of a car rental company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Erevu TechWorks?

They developed our reverse rental car auction platform, which allows rental companies to bid on customers' jobs.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They built our solution from end-to-end

What is the team composition?

We work with four people.

How did you come to work with Erevu TechWorks?

We were referred to them and contacted them for an interview. Right away, we were able to see that they had great experience and knew that they were the best choice for this project.

How much have you invested in them?

We spend about 6,000,000 Colombian pesos a month (approximately $1,700 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in 2017 and still have a couple more stages of the project left to develop.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They provide great partnership and communication skills in different languages.

How did Erevu TechWorks perform from a project management standpoint?

We had assigned tasks and schedules, and they were very flexible and patient during complex processes.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The website’s security and user experience are outstanding.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Now that they are growing as a company, I believe that they should think about growing their staff.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there

I am the CEO of a transportation services company. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Erevu TechWorks?

Our company has grown constantly and it became very difficult to have local databases in local servers. We were looking for a solution and were suggested to transfer our information to a cloud based platform in Amazon.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Erevu TechWorks provided cloud consulting services to transfer our information to AWS. They were responsible for the infrastructure and migration.

What is the team composition?

We had one main point of contact at Erevu TechWorks.

How did you come to work with Erevu TechWorks?

I found them online. After contacting different companies that offered the services we needed, they were the ones that seemed the best and most trustworthy. 

How much have you invested in them?

We invested between $5,000–$6,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in August 2018, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They have great knowledge and experience. From the first moment, they made us feel secure. We were able to confirm that we were right about that after our project was concluded. 

How did Erevu TechWorks perform from a project management standpoint?

We used Zoom to communicate. Most of the project was carried out remotely but they showed great responsibility and great follow-up even after the project was concluded.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their development skills blew us away.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, we had a very good experience. However, they should continue with their constant training and updating on new technologies. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I was the former big data manager at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Erevu TechWorks?

We needed to form a unified structure for court and prison records across the country. We used Alabama’s structure as a template, and we needed to put these court records into a one-format JSON document. With the prison records, we hoped to restore votes for people who were convicted and then paid their fines. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The first project I had contracted Erevu TechWorks for was to build a database in Azure. They also worked on cybersecurity around an application, which was a harvesting and data mining bot. 

We also needed their help to do complex queries on a large JSON document. We had 20 million court records, and one document was one megabyte, so performance could degrade. They helped us have an architecture to manage the JSON document and make the application perform well. 

We had to target documents in such a way that their performance wouldn't degrade. Philip (Founder & CTO) and his team worked to make that happen. It was essentially a staff augmentation engagement with project management services.

What is the team composition?

There was a team of 3–4 people for the first project, and then we worked with 2–3 people on the second one. 

How did you come to work with Erevu TechWorks?

I used to run a professional services firm in South America, and I hired Philip back in 2010 when I was searching for nearshore firms. I wanted to make sure that I had somebody with the experience and ability to take on clients. 

How much have you invested with them?

We invested around $43,000 on the first project and $39,000 on the second one. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked with them from January 2018–January 2020. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our goals were met within a relative period of time. Since I was working with lawyers and we were going by the timing of the next legislative sessions, we were able to fit in as many features as we could without looking at an exact target date. We made all of our sprints successful. 

How did Erevu TechWorks perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project management was great, and the development sprint was smooth. The way I managed Agile development was relatively light on documentation and easy to maintain. Making sure that the technical requirements were documented upfront was key to our success. It worked out really well with Erevu. 

The deployment went smoothly as well. I definitely had no complaints. The way Phillip managed the overall deployment of the test production, the use of test environments, and the communication with other vendors that I was working with were exceptional. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Good programmers have good ideas, and they know how to solve problems. Phillip was one of the best programmers I've met. He was able to coach any of the other staff members that I was working with, and that was ideal because it gave me some level of comfort. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

The most important thing is to make sure they're keeping tabs on whatever metrics they're working with. Since the money I was spending was donated to the nonprofit, I really had to be careful about the spending and auditing of what was being delivered. I had to answer to not only the CFO but also the donors. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Executive of Above or Beyond Incorporated

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Above or Beyond is a trusted boutique Management Consulting firm with offices in Florida, USA and Kingston, Jamaica. With 70 years of combined expertise, we work with individuals and organisations to solve problems and deliver outstanding results. We take you Above where you are OR Beyond your wildest dreams!

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Erevu TechWorks to accomplish?

• Assessment of a Problem
• Automation of Testing

SOLUTION

How did you find Erevu TechWorks?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select Erevu TechWorks over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Erevu TechWorks were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Automation of reporting for psychometric assesment

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Timeliness of updates
On time deleivery

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

Yes they did

What was your primary form of communication with Erevu TechWorks?

Virtual Meeting

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

We were impressed with the ease of working with them.

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

No. Not at this time.