Geomotiv

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Product Officer of Accountability

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Accountability is a SaaS financial management platform exclusively for marketing and advertising agencies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a mobile app to make Accountability's time and expense management functionalities accessible through mobile devices.
• The app needs to delight users with a simple, intuitive, and appealing experience.

SOLUTION

How did you find Geomotiv?

• Referral
• Employee previously worked with the Company

Why did you select Geomotiv over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Geomotiv were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The Time and Expense mobile app extends our Accountability platform to enable time tracking and expense management on iOS and Android devices. The core deliverables include a weekly timesheet system with daily entry, expense claim management with receipt capture, and corporate credit card transaction processing. The app requires integration with SSO providers, offline functionality, and support for all currencies. 

Key features include:

• Time tracking with automated compliance and submission workflows
• Expense management with multi-currency support and tax handling
• Corporate card transaction processing and allocation
• Receipt capture through photos, gallery, or email
• Master data synchronization for employees, clients, jobs, and task type

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The measurable project outcomes demonstrating success include delivery of comprehensive Figma wireframes and a prototype that supported effective user research and design validation. Through regular sprint demos, we tracked incremental progress, achieving a UAT version within 6 months of project initiation. The efficient development timeline enabled us to have users in production in less than a year from project start.
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Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The partner provided project management at no additional cost, with their Business Analyst playing a particularly valuable dual role. She excelled at both translating requirements to their development team and handling initial project management responsibilities. Her deep understanding of the requirements and ability to communicate effectively with developers was a significant asset to the project.

While their initial project management approach met basic needs, the project's visibility and efficiency notably improved after our team took ownership of sprint planning and review processes. This transition resulted in:

• Better alignment with our priorities and timelines
• Increased transparency into development progress
• More effective sprint planning and execution
• Clearer communication about deliverables

This evolution in project management structure ultimately created a more productive working relationship, though it required our team to take a more active role than initially anticipated. The BA's strong technical and communication skills provided a solid foundation throughout this transition.

What was your primary form of communication with Geomotiv?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Anastasia Sakatkova, their Business Analyst, stood out as an exceptional asset. She brought a comprehensive skill set that combined deep product development experience with strong technical acumen. Her ability to creatively troubleshoot challenges while keeping the development team aligned was invaluable. What made Anastasia particularly effective was how she balanced our feedback with insights from her own experience, leading to better solutions.

Their Account Management Lead, Tamari Basaria, demonstrated strong commitment to our success through consistent engagement throughout the project. She was instrumental in ensuring a smooth transition to support and showed remarkable flexibility in working within our budget constraints to maximize the value of our partnership.

What truly set this company apart was how seamlessly they integrated with our organization. Rather than maintaining a typical vendor relationship, the team operated as a true extension of our own team, demonstrating genuine investment in our project's success and understanding of our goals.

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

While the overall partnership was successful, there were some challenges with communication due to language differences and time zone coordination. These occasionally impacted the efficiency of our interactions and required additional clarification steps in technical discussions.

The time zone differences between our teams created some scheduling challenges for real-time collaboration, though this is typical when working with international teams.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Engineering of Zooplus

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Zooplus is a pet-related retail and e-commerce platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Our goal is to scale our business; we hired Geomotiv to help us do that.

SOLUTION

How did you find Geomotiv?

Referral

Why did you select Geomotiv over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Geomotiv were assigned to this project?

We work with less than 10 software engineers from Geomotiv

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

The developers from Geomotiv primarily work in a Java environment; their team acts as an extension of our existing team. Geomotiv's developers have been responsible for handing over full products; one of these products includes a customer service program. This product enables our customers to self-service and cancel orders. The majority of software we produce is internal custom-made solutions, so we purely use Geomotiv’s software engineers. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We measure success through the Geomotiv team’s ability to deliver on their commitments, which they consistently do. We’re very happy with their ability to deliver, and the time it took to onboard the team was extremely short. The team from Geomotiv started delivering value very quickly. 

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

The team is highly organized, and we use Java and Confluence for project management. 

What was your primary form of communication with Geomotiv?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They’re a reliable partner who understands our needs. We are extremely picky when bringing in new individuals, but they always deliver the right candidate. 

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

We’re satisfied with the collaboration.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Product of Embrace

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Create Solutions for semi-government and corporate organisations around CRM and intranet

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Join our engineering force
• Bring expertise on several fronts

SOLUTION

How did you find Geomotiv?

Referral

Why did you select Geomotiv over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Geomotiv were assigned to this project?

25

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

The goal was to create a full suite of software services for intranet, workflow management, CRM, several integrations and a custom CMS. In addition to automated migrations from legacy systems. The Geomotiv team joined our 12 scrum teams and delivered and are still delivering value toward these goals.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We created the required software suite, and customers are adopting the new applications and running production systems using our new software.

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

Project management was fully our own responsibility. Geomotiv did not play a role here.

What was your primary form of communication with Geomotiv?

Virtual Meeting

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

The quality of the Geomotiv engineers and the flexible way of working Geomotiv has adopted are impressive. There are no long-term contracts, but we're building a relationship based on trust.

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

Due to our long relationship, at times, Geomotiv engineers left Geomotiv and had to be replaced. This causes some stress from time to time, but this is to be expected. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & CEO of Ormi Labs, Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ormi Labs is a Web3 data infrastructure company that provides of high performant, reliable data infrastructure solutions tailored to demanding blockchain workloads. We power top blockchains, decentralized finance applications for their most aggressive data needs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Developer highly scalable, fault-tolerant core foundational infrastructure for blockchain data.
• Internal research and development on distributed systems in blockchain context.

SOLUTION

How did you find Geomotiv?

Referral

Why did you select Geomotiv over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Geomotiv were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Launched two live products with world's largest Decentralized Finance and blockchains as customers. Team managed low level distributed system task that handles millions of requests and tens of terabytes of blockchain data. Team was able to optimize performance from OS and bare metal up and built out blockchain industry's fastest and most reliable indexing/ETL system. 

• 0xdb: https://0xdb.xyz A Web3 Postgres database specifically optimized for extensive blockchain data access. It is ideally suited for applications that require large data volume, such as Machine Learning, custom Business Intelligence, LLM/GPT-4, and API workflows. 
• 0xgraph: 0xgraph: https://0xgraph.xyz A high-speed subgraph hosting solution, delivering performance that is 3x faster than Graph Protocol. With the added advantages of one-click migration and 100% spec-compliance for any subgraph on The Graph’s hosted and decentralized networks, 0xgraph eliminates lag and downtime.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Geomotiv provided the top distributed engineers you can find on the market. Prior being a Founder at Ormi Labs, I spent 5+ years at Microsoft and graduated from top engineering school in the world (Cornell University), I know what it is like to work with the world's best engineers. I can say that Geomotiv provided the best engineers to be a foundation for our success. 
• The team Geomotiv provided enabled us to build blockchain industry's fastest ETL process, we were able to achieve 17billion database row writes per hour that beats competitor by 20x. 
• Our data query API and speed beat competitor by 5x. 
• Because of the engineering achievement, we were able to go to market fast and secure deals with the top blockchain provider and decentralized finance projects which had over 3 billion assets under management.

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

They 100% met my needs and expectations. As a founder, my goal was to hire the best engineers in the world. Coming from Microsoft I know what it is to work with the best in the world; and Geomotiv delivered our staffing needs. The engineers are self-reliant and detail driven they are capable of solving any low level engineering problems.

What was your primary form of communication with Geomotiv?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

We've been truly impressed with the quality of candidates they offer, their flexibility, the interview process, and their pleasantness to work with. They fulfilled our research and development talent very well.

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

N/A. Everything has been great so far!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of a Programmatic Advertising Optimization company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our challenge was quickly finding resources to work at a high level on systems with critical performance requirements beyond the requirements for most software systems.

SOLUTION

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

I was thoroughly impressed with the level of expertise and professionalism displayed by the team at Geomotiv. The resources they brought on board possessed or gained quickly a deep understanding of the programmatic advertising landscape.

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

Working with Golang, NodeJS and JavaScript Geomotiv added, optimized and improved crucial technology in the rapidly evolving world of programmatic advertising. The system they developed for us was able to handle high volumes of traffic and large amounts of data with ease. They developed both oRTB systens and high volume anti-fraud systems.

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

1 developer as Software Engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The solution developed by Geomotiv improved delivery time of new features and provided key capabilities that allowed us to land and retain new business. The anti fraud system developed was able to efficiently handle the high volumes required while achieving cost targets.

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

Communication was adaptable and flexible to our needs.

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

In addition to their technical capabilities, the team at Geomotiv was a pleasure to work with. They were highly responsive to our needs and were always willing to go the extra mile to make sure we had the resources and approach we needed.

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

Not at this time.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Creative Director, Partner at Bright Bright Great.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Bright Bright Great had been looking for a reliable technology partner for almost a year. Geomotiv was recommended to BBG through a mutual friend and we immediately started work.

We hired Geo for WordPress development, technology implementation and more. The main goal was to build a steady working relationship between our two teams adding bandwidth to the BBG team, while working with a communicative intelligent partner.

SOLUTION

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

BBG had an introductory call with the Geo team and we left that meeting feeling positive and wanting to run trial projects. We almost immediately had their team jumping in with the BBG team as additional support.

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

1. WordPress development
2. Technology integration
3. API integration
4. PHP
5. Technology audit and estimation
6. Backend development

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

• Account Manager
• Project Manager
• 3 Developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Jumping into previously started work is always difficult, however, the Geomotiv team not only helped us maintain deadlines but deliver ahead of time.

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

They are very communicative. We have a daily stand to review all project work.

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

BBG clicks with Geomotiv. We understand each others needs and work to collectively get things done. Also, they are great people. We look forward to speaking to them every day.

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

Nope.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

PebblePost is a marketing technology services company. I'm the Chief Technology Officer responsible for building our platform and maintaining our production cloud systems.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Geomotiv ?

We needed to hire and scale an engineering team very fast in order to rebuild our platform completely from scratch. The original platform was initially built as a proof of concept, but the business took off at such a high scale trajectory that the platform was falling over since it would not perform or scale to the business needs. We could not hire a team with the needed big data and tiered web skills fast enough in NYC and I had experience with using an offshore team extension through Geomotiv from my previous company the Rubicon Project days. I reached out to Geomotiv and asked them to help me to again grow a highly skilled team aggressively fast. They we extremely helpful in collaborating to find, recruit, close, and maintain a highly skilled team quickly.

What were your goals for this project?

We successfully rebuilt the platform from scratch in 6 months and we're now working together to further scale the business, platform, and extend our product lines into other areas. The platform now essentially scales linearly with big data technologies. The platform has high performance in both speed and in accomplishing client goals.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I had successfully worked with Gemotiv at my previous company the Rubicon Project so they were my go-to first choice for building a fast high skilled team here. We discussed our needs which were different than before. Before it was mostly high performance high scale computing engineers that we were primarily interested in. This time the focus was more around big data technologies. Gemotiv felt confident that they could find engineers with the big data skills and so we worked together to accomplish that.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The project was to rebuild a big data graph systems from scratch, big data reporting, and build a new workflow campaign and creative management system. The big data was primarily Spark and GraphX. The web technologies were a Java/Spring backend and a react front end.

What was the team composition?

The teams were balanced around 70% onshore and 30% offshore.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was hugely successful in that it was built in 6 months and accomplished all of our core goals of infinite scale, high performance, reliable and maintainable through automated testing. The new workflow management web application allowed our client services team to handle 20x more clients per person than before.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We are an agile team (scrum) so project management is handled within the self organizing team. The Geomotiv team was essentially an extension of our team.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Geomotiv is able to find highly skilled engineers much faster than we are are able to in NY at an equivalent or even higher quality.

Are there any areas for improvement?

If there were areas to improve we would have already done so. I did mention some changes that would help us to create better success early on and the Geomotiv team responded and improved them quickly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I was the CTO of N Technologies. They offer an advertising audience-management platform tailored for B2B interactions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Geomotiv?

We needed help developing a real-time bidding system based on RTBKit (open-source software package). Afterward, they helped us out on several smaller projects.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to introduce functionalities the business required: a bidder with highly specialized logic and 3rd party-systems integrations.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I worked with them as an outsourcing partner at a previous company. We sent them an inquiry, along with other candidates. They offered a developer who was perfectly suited for our needs, so we hired them.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We brought them on solely to handle highly complex coding tasks. We provided them with some requirements, but they also developed some of them themselves. They also migrated an ad server from Ruby to Node and did several integrations (Salesforce, Facebook API, Google API).

What was the team composition?

We worked with two senior developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I call the project a success because other developers were able to extend their code without major issues. They fulfilled all our requirements.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

It was quite one-sided. We provided user stories, and they provided deliverables. They were always available on a chat channel, and we had daily phone calls.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their professionalism was great. They tried to up-sell me some, but not to an unacceptable degree.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I can’t suggest anything serious to improve. I think they’re headed in the right direction, and their work ethic is great. You should expect above-average service.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are an advertising technology company focusing on the development of technologies for the automation and targeting of linear television. I am the chief executive officers and one of the co-founders.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Geomotiv?

We needed to develop a platform in an evolving, developing field. There were many dependencies still in the process, and we needed an Agile development partner to help us with that.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The platform used in development was Java-based, and it required integration with several APIs. The role of our platform is the automation of a media buying process and to connect various sources of media inventory and third-party data.

How did you come to work with Geomotiv?

We conducted a search process where we looked at many firms, narrowed them down, and interviewed the top firm, which was Geomotiv. We had a thorough screening process which allowed us to understand their capabilities, projects that they have worked on in the past, and their references. We initially gave them a smaller project at inception as a test, which went well, and then we expanded the scope of the work from there. They were the first agency to work on our project.

How much have you invested with Geomotiv?

That is confidential.

What is the status of this engagement?

Since June 2014 and ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since we are still in the early stages, the feedback I have is qualitative. We have worked with a number of brands and agencies that already gave very strong reviews and feedback on our platform.

How did Geomotiv perform from a project management standpoint?

They do a good job of adhering to an efficient process for managing dates and deadlines and accomplishing the tasks that need to be done.

What did you find most impressive about Geomotiv?

Beyond their development work, they are a great thought partner. In the past, I have had experiences with development firms where you had to be very specific on your requirements and what you are looking for. With our business in an emerging space, they have been a very effective thought partner in thinking about solutions to our problems.

Are there any areas Geomotiv could improve?

The one thing I would like done is to manage deadlines that we work with efficiently since dates change, especially with a tough assignment like ours.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are an internet advertising company specializing in the automation of advertising. Traditionally we serve the publishing industry and help them to monetize ad spots on their websites, mobile applications, or other digital platforms. We've now moved to a more cohesive platform and are building out automation technologies to help advertisers automate their purchasing.

I am the senior vice president of the technology buyer side.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Geomotiv?

We couldn't hire smart people fast enough on shore. It takes a while to find the right people with the right skill sets, experience, and culture. In order to move faster with our platform development, we decided to formulate a relationship with an external company.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Geomotiv finds the candidates and pre-screens them according to our specifications. We then formally interview the candidates and hire them through Geomotiv. They then co-manage the engineers and provide them with office space, computers, and tools. We then treat the engineers as an extension of our team. Work was primarily around data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, and other big data frameworks. They also help us with high-performance and high-scale development for our real-time platform for buying ads.

How did you come to work with Geomotiv?

I've had really good success in the past working with consulting agencies in Eastern Europe. They generally have a lot of good, high-quality candidates coming from good schools. The company that I used to work with shifted their focus, so I was looking for a new partner. I met with the two principals of Geomotiv and we talked about the type of work they've done in the past. I checked their references for what they've done with other companies. I talked about what we were looking for in the way of skill sets and gave them job descriptions. We agreed that it would be most efficient to find a pool of eight to ten candidates that would work with us to have a sufficient team size. They were very accommodative to helping us move faster almost immediately and then scale up quickly.

How much have you invested with Geomotiv?

The investment started at $5,000 a month and is up to $36,000 a month now.

What is the status of this engagement?

We have been working with Geomotiv from November 2013 to present day.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

My team leads are very happy working with them. The quality of candidates that we get from the interview process is good. Geomotiv was flexible about accommodating our hiring and management processes. They do first level candidate screening and do a pretty good job. The success rate post their screening is probably 80%. They're finding good engineers with the right skills and culture for our needs quickly.

What did you find most impressive about Geomotiv?

I've really only worked with two companies from that area of the world, and I was really happy with both of them. They're very responsive to our needs. Early on, the quality of some of the code wasn't as good because they weren't writing sufficient tests. We gave them some feedback and they took it to heart and set up an internal process so the people who were better at development/testing were then mentoring the new hires on the team how to do the automated testing in the way that we required. Their flexibility and following our guidance is something they do well with.

I'd also say they do a good job of putting up with our dysfunctionality. We're somewhat of a bureaucratic organization, and they're pretty patient with our financial, accounting, and legal teams who make them jump through hoops.