ilink

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m co-founder of a disruptive payment solution, a financial instant messenger like a bank in your pocket. A full-featured application that is designed to be simple to use for personal or business purposes.

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

It’s a super app that combines the financial social sphere and commerce, providing an opportunity to communicate with other users, purchase goods or services, send and receive funds. It is built on the third generation block chain platform. Lack of a messenger that would allow not only to communicate, but also to share funds.

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

My acquaintance referred me to them.

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

They developed the store providing functionality for both the buyer and the seller. They did integration with a banking solution, providing the ability to use bank cards and fiat funds inside the application, and integration with the UnionPay payment system. And they implemented our most important idea it's the ability to pay for goods using cryptocurrency. They also made features like an internal auction using NFT tokens, a bot for performing currency exchange inside the application, a helpdesk system for user interaction with technical support.

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

Over the years, there were around 38 developers.

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

Our users will can fully use the application: disruptive messaging technology, escrow, gift cards, shopping, payment, etc. ilink has been doing there work very responsive and effective

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

They have their system down pat. Their project managers communicate well and relay any issues or concerns we have. They are extremely responsive. Everything we asked for was completed.

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

We're impressed with their customer focus, quality of work, and technical knowledge. We also appreciate their willingness to go above and beyond for the client are their greatest strengths.

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

I haven't got any criticism. Еhey were responsive and really happy how everything going on.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Product owner

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

Our goal was to create a cryptocurrency wallet mobile application.

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

We decided to create a cross-border payment app with an intuitive design to enable businesses and individuals to transfer money internationally. We needed a partner who could turn our scratch into a real product.

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

We spoke with more than 10 vendors prior to selecting ILINK and their expertise was far superior when compared to everyone else'. They clearly understood our requirements and what had to be built and how we saw the final product.

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

I mostly dealt with the Project Manager but the team changed depending on the project stage. Project manager, Blockchain Solution Architect, UX/UI designer, dev engineers, QA engineers.

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

Ilink helped us to build a fast, transparent, and highly secure solution for sending payments overseas. Actual blockchain technology lets our clients process global payments in no time at substantially lower costs. We chose blockchain because it shortens the terms of money transfers and lowers their price, while raising the level of security of such transactions to a completely new level.

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

Their project management seems to be on the level. We explained what we wanted to see, discussed the terms. They offered to divide the work into sprints.They are very organized and communicate professionally. We felt freedom to make changes during the development process. We found some brilliant ideas and solutions when the development was in process already, but they still found the way to include it as well.

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

We are impressed with their dedication and passion for this project. I have experience in working with some vendors before in the tech space, and I see that many just see the work as another task. The ILINK team felt like an extension of our team and put in the time and hours required to carry out tasks as and when necessary. I believe that their focus and commitment were vital to our project success.

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

No

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm Product Manager at TrustedHR. Located in Latvia, Riga. Currently im working remotely.

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

We had a problem in trusting employees in companies. Our goal was to create a platform that will allow companies to make the process of finding and hiring employees as transparent as possible.

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

We were looking for a software development partner company with blockchain competencies. After meeting with the director of the company, we decided to try to work together.

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

They helped us edit the business plan and draw up a roadmap for the project. The first stage was the development of the project architecture with business processes. After that, the iLink team implemented the design and launched work on the development of the project backend. The work of the project is carried out in two-week sprints. At the moment, the main project is under closed beta testing and at the same time, we are developing our own private blockchain.

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

10 people work on our project from the iLink team, including:

1. 1 project manager
2. 1 designer
3. 1 analyst
4. 1 QA and
5. 6 front/back-end developers.

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

Over the past three months of development, 5 sprints have been successfully completed, thanks to which our project is now at the stage of closed beta testing.

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

The project management is really good. The team is open to new ideas and many of them appeared during the development process. Communication was established during the first weeks of collaboration. We use Zoom, Redmine, Telegram.

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

The main communication was through the project manager. But several times a month the entire project team gathered and discussed current and future work.

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

Researching new directions and technology stacks.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of Z-union, a software company. We create solutions based on machine learning and data learning technologies on the fundamental level.

What challenge were you trying to address with iLink?

We needed additional help with our custom software development efforts.

What was the scope of their involvement?

iLink has helped us migrate from one blockchain architecture to another while applying architecture alterations. Their team also supports our customer service efforts by providing technical support and generating solutions for those in need of crypto wallets.

What is the team composition?

iLink has about seven engineers that work with our own engineering team.

How did you come to work with iLink?

One of our partners that had a great working experience with iLink recommended their team to us.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent $100,000 so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in May 2020, and it's ongoing.

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

iLink presents high-quality work despite the intricacies of our project —  they handle all its technical aspects with expertise and urgency.

How did iLink perform from a project management standpoint?

We use Jira as our primary project management tool. We work with iLink on sprints, listing down tasks to be accomplished for each week.

What did you find most impressive about them?

iLink delivers impressive deliverables within equally impressive turnaround times. Blockchain migration is a challenging task that requires expertise — iLink takes our project seriously, thus delivering our particular needs.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They are blockchain experts, while our team has good experience in AI development. There've been instances wherein we've had misunderstandings because of our different areas of strength, so we can benefit from explanations or processes on blockchain that are more digestible.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Hire iLink's team — they’re a great team that understands their client's needs.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm an executive at an Austin based fintech startup.

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

We hired ilink to develop a multi-currency wallet with cryptocurrency and fiat support.

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

We first came into contact with ilink when a business partner referred me to them.

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

They designed and developed our digital wallet from scratch. Some of the key deliverables were Fiat support, in the form 2 different currencies along with a list of cryptocurrencies and an 'investment' module that we wanted to support as well.

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

We worked with 8 people in total; including developers, the project manager as well as an analyst and designer.

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

All deliverables were met, and we were left with no complaints.

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

Deadlines were met and communication was handled smoothly. We communicated mainly through a messaging app, where any messages were always promptly answered.

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

We appreciated the speed at which they worked, their availability and their deep knowledge of the blockchain/fintech domain.

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

There was nothing obvious that we felt could have been done better.