Building Web and Mobile Tools that Increase ROI
The Jed Mahonis Group specializes in building custom iOS, Android, and Rails mobile and web solutions.
Our decade-long experience building iOS, Android, and Ruby on Rails business tools has increased funding and national recognition for startups, sped up the sales pipeline for small businesses, improved communication for growing mid-size companies, and streamlined processes to add millions of dollars of revenue to enterprises’ bottom lines.
From applications to infrastructure, from development to support, The Jed Mahonis Group helps businesses get more out of their digital tools. We take pride not only in building powerful web and mobile business tools, but also in building long-lasting relationships with our clients.
We're based in Minneapolis (really, the winter isn't that bad), but we work with companies all over the U.S. We’re a remote team, but we aren’t new to remote work. We’ve been working remotely for over ten years (before it was called “remote work”) so we know how to successfully integrate and communicate with your team regardless of how they work.
Whether you need a strategy and roadmap for an idea, have a vetted project and need a development partner, or have existing tech that needs support, The Jed Mahonis Group is your tech partner for turning big ideas into functioning software. Just check out our awesome reviews!
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Great Clips, Profile by Sanford Health, Green Mill Restaurants, a Fortune 500 Health Care company, VSI Labs, Chess.com, Kwikly, Kevin Murphy, PCA Partners, Kindu, Target USA CUP, TurnSignl, Little Free Library
Nationally awarded, iOS/Android de-escalation apps
Technically, this project brought more integrations than a standard project, along with the element of 24/7/365 video calls between drivers and legal representatives.
Socially, TurnSignl was facing repeated pressures of individuals being murdered during traffic stops and knew their product was needed immediately to mediate and deescalate these situations in order to save lives.
The timeline to build out a structure to support a 3-sided marketplace with this level of technical integration is typically 6-9 months. Because of the high priority of this app to serve the community, we compressed the entire development process into 3 months for launching iOS and Android apps.
Based on previous experience with similar technologies and our team’s dedication to support TurnSignl’s mission, we were able to move quickly designing the UI, integrating the live video component of peer to peer calls, syncing user signup and payment information with our servers, integrating push notifications, and all the other facets that go into running a complex app like TurnSignl.
Knowing TurnSignl’s plan to expand the product nationally after its Minnesota pilot, we structured the app with scale in mind, readying it to technically support the amount of users a nationwide launch could bring.
The Minnesota pilot launched in May 2021 to thunderous applause from investors, customers, and media and has since expanded to additional states and been profiled by NBC News with Lester Holt as well as many others.
iOS/Android apps & data management web tool
Little Free Library’s (LFL) web-based map for finding book-sharing locations around the world was a popular feature of its website, but the map’s functionality didn’t meet today’s user experience expectations.
The Little Free Library nonprofit organization saw this as an opportunity to create iOS and Android apps that were user-friendly mobile maps at their core, yet also served as a valuable business tool for alleviating the administrative burden of managing the ever-changing details of Little Free Libraries.
JMG developed custom iOS and Android apps with features allowing users to search for libraries near them, create mapped routes, track visited libraries using check-ins, leave messages for LFL stewards, and more.
JMG also built a Ruby on Rails-powered admin portal that integrated tightly with Salesforce for Little Free Library stewards to manage their library details and interact with guests.
By giving stewards the ability to create and edit their specific library’s information, LFL staff was relieved of this data management (up to 25 staff hours per week went into managing it) and a valuable resource was returned to its small team: time.
The app has been received very positively by the LFL community with a 4.5 star rating on the App Store and reviews calling it “a must-have for LFL users” and “well thought out and easy to use.”
When the app publicly launched, it surpassed 18,000 installs in its first two weeks. It continues to see 300 - 700 daily installs.
Internal resource management & communication tool
Kevin Murphy wasn’t satisfied with their legacy software vendor. They first approached The Jed Mahonis Group to extract data from a broken app and found the fluid relationship they were looking for in a development team.
Kevin Murphy had an outdated, legacy B2B dashboard for their distributor network. Various old systems were held together by bandaids or never fully implemented.
With scattered ways of doing business and no central location to access all touch points, a single, scalable system was needed for conveniently connecting distributors and salons with sales, marketing, and educational content.
JMG consulted on how the tech should be stacked to support the next 10+ years of business. With mobile access needed for marketing and educational content, yet data spreadsheets better suited for desktop view, we proposed and developed a hybrid digital experience with a single point of contact for all of Kevin Murphy’s digital assets with native iOS and Android apps and a mobile-enabled website.
The ALL.ACCESS app gives Kevin Murphy distributors and salons immediate access to real-time data, digital marketing assets, sales tools, and educational content.
Distributors in 53 countries now have Kevin Murphy’s digital assets available at their fingertips.
Delivering a quality user experience for take-out
Green Mill worked with their longtime IT partner to develop an app using Xamarin, a tool used for cross-platform mobile app development. The app’s functionality was buggy and difficult to use for the average user, so Green Mill initially approached JMG to fix the functionality issues they were experiencing.
Since Xamarin is a platform we don’t work with at JMG, we first started by trying to solve the surface-level problem by finding a different vendor who could solve their immediate problem. We reached out to a handful of agencies, but ultimately we were unable to find a vendor who we felt was able to deliver a world-class solution.
Our willingness to help Green Mill find a vendor led to their Chief Marketing Officer asking our opinion of what their next step should be. Our answer: rebuild the apps from scratch using native frameworks for each platform.
Aligning with Green Mill’s focus of providing the best restaurant experience, we focused on creating the best mobile app experience for their customers. The Green Mill app allows customers to browse the menus of its 19 locations and place online orders for take-out or delivery.
With limited resources and documentation from Green Mill’s original backend provider, we reverse-engineered the app and reconstructed it from scratch, building out native iOS and Android apps to expand the brand’s take-out and delivery services.
Since its launch, we continue to provide ongoing support and lead efforts to improve the app with features like push notifications for marketing and building out a backend for supporting rewards and coupons.
The app adds another touchpoint for Green Mill’s customer base, which has resulted in increased sales and brand awareness.
When indoor dining services closed or were limited as a result of COVID-19, Green Mill experienced a sharp increase in online orders, and JMG worked hand-in-hand with Green Mill and their other vendors to make sure the app scaled to support the influx of online orders.
iOS/Android apps for Target USA Cup
National Sports Center (NSC), the world’s largest amateur sports facility in Blaine, Minnesota, needed a user-friendly tool for disseminating team schedules, field locations, and division standings to the participants of its annual Target USA Cup soccer tournament. They needed data from their GotSoccer software transformed into an interactive user experience, and they needed it ready on a short timeline, just months ahead of their next tournament.
A company of 70 employees, NSC didn’t have the resources to develop an app themselves but considered training someone internally to build it so they could make changes on the fly. After consulting with the Jed Mahonis Group on the project, they confidently pivoted from this idea without looking back.
We developed custom native iOS and Android apps to integrate with GotSoccer’s API. Focusing heavily on the user experience, we created an interactive mobile tool for tournament participants to view team schedules and check current standings.
We designed an interactive graphic map to overlay on a user’s location so they can quickly navigate their way through the NSC’s 600 acres worth of fields. We also implemented a handy “Follow Me” feature so coaches, families, and players could effortlessly switch between their favorite teams for scores, schedules, and game locations.
For NSC’s marketing team, the app has become an invaluable resource for disseminating information. The app’s downloads and positive feedback from participants have paved the way for future collaborations between NSC and JMG for building out new features.
With primary goals accomplished for the initial version, new features will turn the app into a communication system for tournament directors, using push notifications for weather-related changes, recruiting events, and sponsorship sales.
The Uber app equivalent for on-call physicians
Parrot.MD CEO Tim Steele and his partner came up with the idea for an app to facilitate call assignment trades for physicians, process the exchange of payments, and maintain anonymity of physicians. But building an intuitive, 3-sided marketplace with a focus on confidentiality isn’t easy.
JMG handled each stage of the app’s development lifecycle, from strategy and design to development, testing, and deployment, in conjunction with Parrot.MD’s team, to create custom iOS and Android apps.
We took a step-by-step approach to building the apps by collaborating with multiple focus groups across various medical specialties.
User testing sessions with physicians sparked universal, over-the-moon excitement, and the apps gave the Parrot.MD team the confidence to complete its first raise of $650,000.
IT partnership with an autonomous vehicle research
VSI needed an IT partner to help build them into a subject matter expert on technical and applied research for the autonomous vehicle industry.
JMG created a web-based platform compatible across multiple devices for the user interface of VSI’s autonomous vehicle news portal with backend services for content management. We also built an engine to scrape websites for content and then integrated a paid subscription service for companies and their employees to access the portal and view information.
Success of this syndicated news portal evolved into the development of a custom database for all the components used in a self-driving car.
The collaborative innovation between VSI and JMG has led to the pioneering of a line of API services which will be used by several Fortune 1000 organizations to enhance their internal research projects.
Mobile and web apps for a dental staffing platform
Kwikly's team wanted to create a mobile, on-demand ecosytem to match dental offices with local professionals in real-time.
JMG’s challenge was to take their ideas and turn them into something sustainable, on budget, and quick to prototype.
JMG built a complete system matching their vision: a backend using Ruby on Rails, front end native iOS and Android apps for the dental professional side, and a web dashboard for the dental offices.
Along with building out their mobile apps and web app, we came on as CTO, advising on the staff they would need to hire, the third-party dependencies needed, and the route they should go with the tech platform.
With the launch of Kwikly’s web application, dental offices can fill open positions with more efficiency, giving dental offices increased visibility and flexibility.
Kwikly’s mobile app gives dental professionals that same flexibility, eliminating calls and emails from staffing agencies and providing better control of schedules.
Kwikly continues to work with JMG to support their apps and launch new features.
Process Streamline to Save Time & Money
Adopt A Classroom provides flexible and accountable funding for teachers and schools through its proprietary and easy-to-use fundraising platform. Its web-based application serves as a middleman between the data from vendors and its ecommerce platform, where schools and teachers can purchase tools for the classroom.
Any new vendor partnerships or changes to an existing partner’s online offering required a new data file to be uploaded to the application. This was a 17-step process which often needed up to 48 hours to complete.
With the upload process cumbersome and technical, AAC had to rely on a specialized contractor to manage it, and with a database containing over 100,000 products, the application frequently struggled to handle large batch files, causing it to go offline from timeout issues.
Right before the bustling back-to-school season, AAC struggled to update listings because the tool kept failing. Because they couldn’t push new product files, AAC was missing out on new product vendors selling critical personal protective equipment (PPE) for schools.
With the back-to-school timeline on the horizon, it was important to stabilize usability and baseline functionality quickly, as well as improve the data intake process for AAC staff.
JMG took the headache of a 17-step, multi-day process and simplified it into a single step, 45-minute process, by cleaning up the code, organizing messy historical data, and rebuilding the tool with added efficiencies like error reporting. Now if the application experiences a problem uploading a file, it can tell AAC where that issue is, making it easy to resolve.
With all tasks now tied together into one command, a specialized skill set for uploading vendor data files to its application was no longer needed, and AAC was able to move management of the process out of the hands of a contractor and into the hands of an internal employee, saving time and, most importantly, money.
iOS/Android apps for Profile's member base
Profile was working with mobile apps built using Xamarin for nearly 7 years. The apps regularly didn’t function as Profile and its membership base wanted them to and averaged well under 3-star reviews on the App Store and Google Play Store.
To create a better mobile experience for their members, Profile needed full-time development resources to redesign the apps natively for iOS and Android.
Without a technical team on staff fluent in custom mobile app development, Profile's CTO Eric Aasheim decided early on to augment his team, knowing that a dedicated team with proven mobile app expertise was critical to the project’s success.
Profile partnered with JMG to develop custom iOS and Android apps for its members. Eric landed on JMG based on the knowledge conveyed, overall friendliness, and ability to ease into their team.
Acting as a remote part of Profile’s team, we developed a custom mobile app called Journey for both iOS and Android. The Journey App provides members the convenience of their personalized healthy weight loss plan when and where they need it. Giving them the power to schedule coaching appointments, set reminders, track progress and more, it helps take the stress and overthinking out of weight loss.
We consulted on niche features specific to developing mobile apps, providing guidance on areas such as push notifications, deployment to each app store, and distributing builds to testers.
When new firmware using Bluetooth Low Energy commands struggled to connect members’ scales to their correct WiFi signal, we wrote code which allowed the scale to communicate directly with the app via Bluetooth without members needing to enter their WiFi credentials.
Even with a roughly 250 mile stretch of farmland between Profile’s HQ in Sioux Falls and JMG’s office in Minneapolis, communication and collaboration were effortless. And Profile's new mobile communication tools allowed them to sell more services and add an initial $3 million to their bottom line!
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App Development for Nonprofit Organization
''They feel like a part of our organization rather than just a separate consultant.''
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m an executive at a nonprofit organization. We focus on helping people start book exchanges.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We needed help building a mobile app.
What was the scope of their involvement?
The Jed Mahonis Group created a mobile app for us from scratch and integrated it with our existing database. The core feature of this app is a map functionality; we asked them to make it very user-friendly with easy search methods for different criteria. The product also has a login system for different kinds of users.
Regarding the technologies, they’ve used Ruby on Rails to create the iOS and Android versions.
What is the team composition?
We’ve worked with 3–5 members of their team, including a set of developers.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
They were referred to us by a technology consulting group that we work with. We received a proposal from them, and we liked their collaborative and hand-holding approach. Overall, we felt they had the skill set to build us what we wanted for a fair rate.
How much have you invested in them?
We’ve spent around $120,000 with them.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in January 2021, and the engagement is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve had around 30,000 downloads since the app went live and public.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
They’ve been great; it’s not their strongest area, but they’ve adapted to our feedback, so everything is satisfactory. They’re also quick and efficient communicators, and in terms of tools, we’ve used weekly Zoom calls, Slack, and Trello.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their collaborative approach is outstanding; they feel like a part of our organization rather than just a separate consultant. We also work with the same 3–5 people throughout the process.
Are there any areas they could improve?
We’ve had some timeline issues, which were partially our fault. Despite that, we’ve been very happy with their results, and I prefer that rather than a rushed-out bad product.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
I recommend working with them.
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Web App Development for Educational Nonprofit
"The Jed Mahonis Group’s price point was great, and they had the ability to resource it rather quickly."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the technology project manager at a nonprofit organization called Adopt a Classroom. I put out classroom coordinates, tech development projects, primarily using our Salesforce-based platform, as well as other tools that we’ve integrated into our ecosystem.
Adopt a Classroom is an online nonprofit that helps teachers and schools raise money for classroom supplies and educational materials. The organization has been around since 1998, and it’s one of the first crowdfunding platforms on the internet.
The way it works is teachers and schools can create a fundraising page on our website and then share it with individual donors to contribute. Donors have the option to choose if 100% of their donations go directly to the teachers. Teachers can spend those funds at a network of educational vendors we partner with — we have 30 total vendors. We often partner with a number of corporate sponsors as well as foundations on seasonal programs and grant opportunities.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We had a web application that was built in Heroku using Ruby on Rails. It was a middleware that we used for inventory management. The Heroku-based tool was built in 2017 when we were converting our systems over into the Salesforce ecosystem. Initially, the tools developed were one-time-use tools with the idea that eventually we would develop something else for the vendor data.
As a nonprofit organization, we always tried to look for where we could save, and we used this tool too much longer than we had originally anticipated. It was very inefficient and took a lot of staff time. The tool also had many errors, and it didn’t have built-in error reporting. There would be manual workarounds needed in order to manage this database. The tool was eating up a fair number of resources on the Heroku side, which we got billed based on time usage.
We needed to have a tool that was more stable, so we could be confident that we could update the inventory for all our vendor partners. In addition, we needed something that wouldn’t require as much human intervention to work, especially during busier times of the year, including school season when it was most critical for us to have the most up-to-date product information.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We had a web application that was designed to import data from CSC files of a product detail that our vendors would supply. The Jed Mahonis Group would ingest that data and export it in a format that was readable by our e-commerce platform. They also analyzed our existing tool, suggested changes, and advised us on either restructuring the tool or replacing it with a new application.
What is the team composition?
We worked with three people from The Jed Mahonis Group: a dedicated developer, a project manager, and a customer-facing specialist.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We were getting quotes from a number of potential partners, and one of our board members was on a podcast that The Jed Mahonis Group hosted. This person told us that their team knew Ruby on Rails, so we reached out to them. They came with the closest estimation to our projected budget, and they had immediate availability because it was a high-priority project for us. We had an introductory call with The Jed Mahonis Group with our requirements and business mission. Then, they came back to us with a proposal that we signed.
How much have you invested with them?
We spent around $5,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started the project in August 2020, and it was wrapped up in October 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We measured the difference in staff time. I was the person managing this before, and I was tracking all the hours I spent. It was easy for us to go back and look at how much time we were spending a month before the changes. We found that our hours vary depending on the time of year, but we saved 8–12 hours of staff time per month.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
We simply checked in on a weekly basis, and we used Google Meet video calls.
We worked on a short-term project. In fact, our initial estimate was 25 hours, but we ended up expanding the scope out. The Jed Mahonis Group finished the project in closer to 40 hours.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The Jed Mahonis Group’s price point was great, and they had the ability to resource it rather quickly. We discovered later in the process that The Jed Mahonis Group was very flexible in working with a nonprofit organization. After that, we ended up using some ideas that we didn’t consider before. We reached out to their team, and they took care of the changes without a new contract. That was very pleasant and helpful.
One of my colleagues also interacted with the same developer a few months later, and he was happy to answer all questions. The Jed Mahonis Group’s ability and willingness to provide follow-up support and assistance from a maintenance perspective was definitely different from the developers we had worked with in the past.
Any advice for potential customers?
Having clear outlines and the use case in advance will be helpful. Based on my own experience as a tech project manager, I tend to not over-communicate with teams while they’re working because I don’t want to wait until a weekly status meeting. However, The Jed Mahonis Group has a high level of ability to communicate with all their team members. I also recommend taking advantage of their quick response time and openness to ongoing communication because that can definitely lead to faster results and more efficiency in the project overall.
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iOS App Dev for Real Estate Agent Marketing Platform
“It’s been an amazing engagement, they’re phenomenal at what they do.”
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the owner of American Way Realty. Our product is a real estate app called The Branded Agent.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
I wanted to create an app for a real estate agent to seamlessly market their properties in a way that continues their branding. I brought The Jed Mahonis Group on to help create the platform, and there’s nothing on the market similar to it.
What was the scope of their involvement?
I had a general concept, and they helped me develop the app and implement different ideas I had. They also let me utilize their internal marketing resource to handle the marketing pieces of the platform after it was live. The app is currently available in iOS and we’ll build the Android version in phase two.
What is the team composition?
I worked with Tim (Co-Founder), Rob (Co-Founder), and Jenny (Marketing).
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
I found them online, and they had good reviews. It also turned out that a friend of mine had done an app with them as well. He had a great experience with them. What’s more, I loved that The Jed Mahonis Group was from Minnesota because that’s where I live too.
I did call and talk to a few other agencies to get a feel for who I wanted. I talked with Tim and discovered right away that he understood what I was looking to do and he’d be realistic with the timeframe.
How much have you invested with them?
I invested between $15,000–$20,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The project ran from April 2018–August 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
It’s been a slower launch because I wanted it to be a little more organic. The timeframe was extended because of me more than them. They were great at letting me change things as we went along. I had them do a lot of graphics but once I saw them, I hated it and went back to the drawing board.
The Jed Mahonis Group has been nothing but wonderful about accommodating my change requests. I’m really Johnny on the spot, and they’re flexible to that. I’m well aware I’m not their only client but they always make me feel like I am.
A highlight was definitely the marketing aspect because after building the app, they took it to the next step, which I wasn’t expecting when I initially hired them. It’s been an amazing engagement, they’re phenomenal at what they do.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
They were incredible. We communicated through email, Zoom, Slack, and text. They were available all the time and extremely responsive.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their willingness to understand the project and communicate with me. They brought such a different eye to my ideas and were very engaged from the beginning. No one else actually sat down, reviewed, and talked with me about my ideas, plans, and phases. It was clear that they were invested in my project.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, I’ve been nothing but happy with them; they’re amazing.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Sit down and do a consult with them. Be open-minded to how they can bring your idea to fruition and make it seamless. The opportunity to collaborate and work with them has been great for me.
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Web Dev for Automotive Research Group's Portal
"They’re very diligent and tend to bring creativity to the table."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the president and founder of VSI Labs. Our company provides research and advisory to companies that design, develop, or sell into the market for active safety or automated driving. We’re a supplier and consultancy largely to the automotive industry, but also to the overall technology industry.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We basically needed a website, but really we needed more than that. We needed a cloud-based platform that would allow us to host our research assets. Not only did we want a host, but we wanted a platform where our clients could consume our research and that’s really device-independent.
What was the scope of their involvement?
The Jed Mahonis Group designs and maintains our research platform. They also handle the backend work associated with it, so a lot of databases, API calls, and tasks like that. We do the website ourselves, but the platform that they work on is really how we deliver our products and services. We use third-party hosting sites like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Trello is used for all of the staging when developing or modifying the platform.
What is the team composition?
There is one main point of contact on their team that handles the vast majority of the work and they delegate among their team.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
A friend of a friend introduced me to one of their teammates. I knew I needed a partner like The Jed Mahonis Group to embark on this journey, but beyond that, I needed creativity and design work. We had some meetings and started working together and it has worked well.
What is the status of this engagement?
We began working together in October 2014 and then launched our first product in about 6–8 months. We continue to work together and make enhancements.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I can speak to more qualitative measures and they are very hands-on with personable service.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
The team is very open and there isn’t any hesitation to communicate with us. They’re very good about sticking to their time tables and communication as well. In terms of managing our expectations, they’re pretty accurate about that.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The Jed Mahonis Group is pretty flexible and never afraid to try something new. They’re very diligent and tend to bring creativity to the table. When I have a new idea, they help formulate it.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, there is nothing.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Being open and transparent with them always helps; you’ll get the most out of it that way. They will be most efficient when it’s a two-way street.
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Medical App for Healthcare Provider Shift Swap Startup
“They’re smart and have a wealth of knowledge. I’m impressed with their acumen.”
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the CEO of a new healthcare app, designed to allow specialty positions to trade call shifts.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We needed help with app development and had started off with a vendor that didn’t meet our standards. We wanted to find someone new to build our app.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They built our app on iOS and Android. The team also created the functionality of our app on our website as well. Additionally, the team actively participated with focus groups we held for physicians at a golf club.
What is the team composition?
We work with two people from their team. I know they have a couple of coders they subcontract work out to as well.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
They were referred to us and we decided to meet. We really liked their leadership team and decided to work together from there.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent about $144,000. We trust them so much that we gave them a small stake in our company.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in March 2019, and our work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I’m pleased with their leadership and they’re very honest. They were flexible with their fee when we first started, too.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
We have a weekly call via Zoom. Before COVID-19, we would meet at their workshop 1–2 times a week. They’ve always been great at meeting deadlines.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re really interested and passionate about our app. The team was especially grateful when we gave them a stake in our company, and were driven in helping us succeed.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There are always growing pains. When we first started, they coached us to do an MVP that we could actually deliver. Balancing what we wanted and what we needed was one of our biggest hurdles.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Anyone will have a good experience. They’re smart and have a wealth of knowledge. I’m impressed with their acumen.
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Native Mobile App Dev for Dental Staffing Platform
“The app The Jed Mahonis Group built is very robust, requiring a minimal level of support or maintenance.”
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I'm one of the founders of a dental staffing app. We provide an on-demand staffing platform that connects dental offices to temporary staff.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We wanted to build a platform that would help dental offices find temporary staff solutions online, so we were looking for a vendor to build both the mobile and web app.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We provided wireframes to JMG and their team developed the app for iOS and Android as well as an online platform. We check in with their team weekly to follow up on progress.
What is the team composition?
We work with a few project managers along with a frontend designer, frontend developer, backend developer, and a database manager.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
We found them on Clutch and chose to work with them based on their positive reviews among a handful of others we were considering.
How much have you invested with them?
We've invested around $75,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in December 2016 and the app was ready by November 2017. They continue to provide support and maintenance.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The app JMG built is very robust, requiring a minimal level of support or maintenance. They also delivered the app on time, despite our frequent requests to change certain elements. They were very accommodating and receptive to our needs.
How did The Jed Mahonis Group perform from a project management standpoint?
They were responsive and professional overall. They seemed to understand our project from the start, which is why we felt comfortable working with them. They're also reasonably priced compared to others and do great work. We communicated mostly through Slack and kept track of projects through Trello.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They're hardworking and dedicated to getting your project right the first time around. They made sure the whole process went as smoothly as possible for us. They did a great job of making me feel comfortable and took the time to educate me about the process as they developed our code and built the platform.
Are there any areas they could improve?
We were very pleased with the service we received from them overall. The Q&A took a bit longer than we expected, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it's something that could be improved on.
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Mobile App Development for Education Company
"They are willing to try to innovate undiscovered features with great enthusiasm"
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the director of marketing and business development at Fielding Nair International (FNI) and oversee FNI’s brand, marketing efforts, communications, and media relationships. I am also the project manager for innovative initiatives and ensure that all marketing efforts are executed with integrity and clarity.
For what projects/services did your company hire The Jed Mahonis Group?
FNI and TJMG collaborated to create a MVP mobile app that assists our school clients in scheduling the innovative education spaces to support student-directed learning.
What were your goals for this project?
Our goal was to create a scheduling app based on device locations within a school building and to create an MVP to beta test with an FNI school.
How did you select this vendor?
FNI took recommendations and scouted local firms. We selected The Jed Mahonis Group because we enjoyed their collaborative way of working that echoed FNI work with school clients. This group had previous experience with device location detection as well.
Describe the project in detail.
FNI crafted a discovery workshop with teachers and students from our potential beta test site. They created a concept and outline for what we wanted the app to do as a MVP and beyond. Their team experimented with the hardware to determine outcomes and developed the web-based dashboard, the mobile interface, the hardware setup, and developed the MVP.
What was the team composition?
I worked with their project manager and a team of developers.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
The MVP was delivered with the features we asked for and on the deadline. They were innovative as the task involved unique hardware setups and interfaces.Their product is now to be tested with a school community.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
They communicated through Slack and had occasional face-to-face meetings at both of our offices. TJMG always answered questions promptly and skillfully guided us through the app development process with an agreeable nature.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
They are willing to try to innovate undiscovered features with great enthusiasm and easily communicated the complexities of tech development. Their interactions with me always brightened my day.
Are there any areas for improvement?
They could provide very short monthly updates, but that's something I should've asked for.
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Development for Health and Wellness App
"I couldn't be happier with the results of our business together."
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I am the founder and CEO of Supplement Snoop. We are located in Erie, Pennsylvania, and involve ourselves in the health and fitness industry.
I developed my company in response to the growing dietary supplement industry and the constantly changing, overwhelming world surrounding it.
The challenge I faced was how to give people quick access to the unbiased information they needed when choosing a supplement, whether it be for diet or exercise needs. The market used to be the bodybuilding industry, but now supplements have become commonplace in most every household. With the FDA not regulating the data that goes on the labels, I decided it was time to do something about it. No easy task.
I found The Jed Mahonis Group on a random Google search for app developers. I reached out to them in an email and was very happy to see how quickly and professionally they responded. There was no pressure, and I immediately knew that they were a group of people that just enjoyed helping people achieve their goals. They were friendly and energetic, as well as being very professional.
The project was a smartphone app that contained a barcode scanner that would allow people to access a massive database of information quickly and easily. This would allow them to make the right decisions when standing in a store or looking online to make a purchase.
The main project was completed in the 3-month timeframe they quoted me on, but I was so happy with their work that I am continuing our professional relationship as we add more features to the app.
I couldn't be happier with the results of our business together. I had no idea what I was doing when it comes to creating an app. I just knew the information it needed to contain. We worked together closely to build a great product for people. I constantly emailed and changed my mind, but they were always accommodating.
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App Development Partnership With Creative Agency
"The Jed Mahonis Group is very responsive."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please describe your organization.
Bionic Giant is a creative agency. We do a lot of creative communications for our clients. Sometimes our clients are direct brands and other times we work with other agencies to help augment their in-house capabilities.
What is your position?
I’m the founder of the agency.
What business challenge were you trying to address with Jed Mahonis Group?
My team was working to pitch some mobile app work to a client of ours.
Please describe the scope of their involvement in greater detail.
Jed Mahonis has provided iOS and Android applications for us. Together we have created both business-to-business and business-to-consumer apps. We do all the user experience and design in-house. Jed Mahonis codes the apps.
How did you come to work with Jed Mahonis Group?
I met The Jed Mahonis Group organically right around the time my team was working to pitch the mobile app work. Our teams really hit it off so I put together a couple coffee meetings with them to get a feel for how they do work and it seemed like a good fit. We have ended up using The Jed Mahonis Group on about four projects so far.
What distinguishes Jed Mahonis Group from other providers?
The Jed Mahonis Group is very responsive. We always try to get back to our clients the same day and they operate the same way. We’re like-minded about what we like and don’t like about apps. They really don’t have much in the way of design capabilities and that’s where we’re strong. It’s a good marriage in capabilities.
Is there anything Jed Mahonis Group could have improved or done differently?
They could improve on the Android side of development. A lot of their capabilities in-house are iOS related. They do have Android capabilities but they’re out of house. It is one degree removed from them, so at times that means the development is two degrees removed from us. It can be frustrating but it’s never been a deal breaker.
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Time Sheet App Development For Health Care Company
"They're always on budget, and they do good work."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please describe your organization.
We are a provider of in-home health care.
What is your position?
I'm the president and run the day-to-day operations.
What business challenge were you trying to address with The Jed Mahonis Group?
Prior to The Jed Mahonis Group, I had already been using an electronic time sheet, and I wanted to convert that into an app so employees could use their phones to enter their time instead of needing to find a computer.
How did you come to work with The Jed Mahonis Group?
I interviewed a few companies, and I ended up going with Jed Mahonis because they were more reasonably priced, and they were local. They had done some work in the past that I thought was comparable to what we wanted.
Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?
I've been working with The Jed Mahonis Group for a couple of years now. Between all the projects, the total is around $50,000.
Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?
All of my users are much happier with the app formats. The Jed Mahonis Group is responsive to working through bugs, and we've been very happy with them.
What distinguishes The Jed Mahonis Group from other providers?
I appreciate most The Jed Mahonis Group's responsiveness, communication, and ability to finish projects on time. They're always on budget, and they do good work. They're creative with coming up with solutions within the app or database for what we want to do.
Is there anything The Jed Mahonis Group could have improved or done differently?
Although they finish projects on time, there always seems to be last-minute rushes.
The app that The Jed Mahonis Group created has had around 30,000 so far! Their ability to adapt to feedback allows them to deliver a satisfactory project management experience. The team also praises their collaborative and consistent approach throughout the engagement.