Mobilist

Please describe your company and your position there.

Sekizbit provides SaaS solutions for private healthcare organizations such as Dentists and Nutritionists. I'm founder and current CEO of the company with technical background.

For what projects/services did your company hire Mobilist?

As we provide software solution to healthcare industry and working with more than 1000 clients, our platform needs to be up and running 7/24 without any service interrupts. Also the data that we manage on this platform is very critical since it includes both personal information and health history of the our clients patients, the security is one of the most important aspects of our systems with uptime guarantee.

We worked with Mobilist to set up and manage our infrastructure on AWS to both reduce our server costs and provide security with uptime.

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

I already knew the co-founders from market since they attended as a keynote speaker on some important events of industry. While we were in need of this transformation, we got an offer from 3 different companies including Mobilist.

Their offer was not the lowest one but their approach on the project and also their proposal document demonstrated us that their analyze capabilities of our needs are much better than others.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

They started with inspecting our current metrics and requested our business plans to calculate requirement on technical sources depending on our growth plan. After they they created a POC with some AWS services to show us how some bottle-necks can be solved with cloud infrastructure, such as moving some background tasks to Amazon Lamda and some conventional databases to AWS Managed Databases.

After successful POC, we decided to make partial migration. Since our database infrastructure is Multi-Tenant Architecture, it was easy for us to migrate some of our clients as a Beta program. In this process we were expecting more problems than we faced, however this process went very smooth and painless that none of our Beta program clients had any major issues. In addition to this, now we work with Mobilist to implement Amazon Chime on our new Telehealth product.

How many resources from the Mobilist team worked with you, and what were their positions?

2 Senior and 1 Architect.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

There are 3 different outcomes on this migration project. Budget, Security and Uptime. I can state that Budget is not much more than our previous server cost however, as about same budget we know have more reliable and secure infrastructure.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Just give them your project and see how they stick with it, you can not tell the difference between if they are your employee or outsource.

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

Their work includes fastness, a responsive approach, and professionalism on the large enterprise's progress.

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

The service we bought from them is AWS and AWS Consulting, since we located in Turkey and our budgets are prepared in Turkish Lira, however high fluctuation rate of USD/TRY creates some risks on this kind of projects. As a reseller they might not have an option to offer prices in TRY but we would love it if it would have happen.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of Yönetim.Academy, and we give certified AWS consulting and training solutions. 

What challenge were you trying to address with Mobilist?

We needed help in mobile app development. 

What was the scope of their involvement?

Mobilist created our mobile app for Android and iOS. They built a marketplace that connected beauty professionals and women. The former could provide at-home beauty services, while the latter could receive service whenever and wherever they wanted. We wanted to make a functional app that would be easy to use for both 20-year-old and 60-year-old users.

What is the team composition?

I worked with Mobilist’s founder, two iOS developers, two Android developers, and other teammates that handled documentation and invoicing. 

How did you come to work with Mobilist?

Mobilist joined one of my AWS classes.

How much have you invested with them?

I spent around $150,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from January–December 2020.

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

I was mostly satisfied with Mobilist’s work, which exceeded my expectations. They completed the project on time, within budget, and with acceptable code quality. 

How did Mobilist perform from a project management standpoint?

Mobilist’s project management was exceptional. We used sprint methodologies, and they provided outstanding services. Their communication was excellent, and the technical capabilities of their team were outstanding. Although we faced some challenges, I could say I had been happy working with Mobilist. 

We used Trello to collaborate, but whenever we encountered any problems, I could always call one of their developers.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Mobilist’s agile approach and technical expertise were impressive. I also liked that their team wasn’t too big or too small. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Consider working with Mobilist because they will spend a lot of time and energy fixing your problem and developing your project. You will be happy with their team’s dedication. 

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the head of Risk and Controls for Philip Morris EMEA region.

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

Philip Morris International (PMI) is a company subjecting to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation. To this end, formalized internal control structure must be established towards achieving measurable and sustainable financial reporting over internal controls environment. In order to do so, controls are defined and assigned to business process owners.

The challenge we had experienced was that no ownership awareness could be established and therefore timely and appropriately control execution had not been performed across the board. This lack of formalized structure was leading to control deficiencies and compromised company's disclosure to SEC (Security Exchange Commission).

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

PMI has certain vendor selection process upon which bidding and RFP (request for proposal) is required and hence formal vendor selection process was followed to make the best possible decision on the vendor to work with. Per our procurement selection cycle, we asserted that Mobilist not only had quoted the best price but also digested our challenge and provided us with a roadmap in order for us to have the best possible solution.

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

As described above, our challenge was to create an environment through leveraging evolving technology where we could hold control owners accountable for the controls they are responsible for, and have control owners execute the controls in a timely manner and appropriately as well as monitor the status of control execution. In this regard, Mobilist developed PMIcons tool based on php by which we were able to assign every single controls to the relevant control owners.

Moreover, the tool has state of art features like reminding control owners in case of an overlook which has eliminated management effort towards notifying control owners with regards to pass due controls. Amongst numerous useful features, the tool also has provided us with data analytics features which enables us to pull together management reports with no additional manual effort needed.

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

There were 3 people in the core team. What we most liked is that co-founder of the company - Ekin – was one of the members of the core team and he has acted as project manager and stepped in to the project every time needed. By this way, we had seamless project experience.

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

Compared to what we had or what we didn't have before this project, we have reduced our control deficiencies by 80% following the implementation of the project in 6 months. We believe that with the tool being as much user friendly as possible has underpinned this accomplishment.

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

Co-founder of Mobilist - Ekin acted as project manager and due to the fact that, I believe, he has also been considering the sake of his company, he did his best in terms of communication and project deliverables. For tools, they were using Jira within Mobilist. We wanted a broader monitoring and they set up Trello for us to track the project.

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

The most impressive thing about Mobilist was that they really learned our processes and the way we do business. This wasn’t necessary to develop the software. However, this is why we achieved a seamless digital tool at the end of the day. I think this is the best part of working with a digital solution partner rather than just a software development company.

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

I don’t think there isn’t any area for improvement. They delivered what they proposed, on time. Back then, we just started the transformation for Agile Practices, so we decided not to get involved in their sprints. They might have encouraged us more to get involved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of One Up Technologies, a start up company developing the OneUp app empowering people's digital actions with physical activity, charity and financial gain.

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

We hired Mobilist to take over development of the post MVP version of our app.

By providing their CTO and iOS development expertise our goal was to create a market ready version of our app using up to date designs, best practices and prove an overall better experience than our MVP version as well as bringing online the monetization system of our platform.

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

We selected Mobilist due to their wide expertise in the realm of mobile app development, excellent previous work and high level of professionalism during our initial introduction. Providing a competitive price, clear communication and thorough understanding of our goals.

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

After a series of discovery meetings we where we laid out all of our goals and our budget we refined our goals to key deliverables being the overhaul of the apps performance, UI, addition of monetization system, content sorting algorithm and other key features.

It was also decided to continue using firebase for our backend. In this phase a code review and project manager was selected to be the main POC.

After the initial laying out of the project scope Mobilist immediately began setting up lines of communication between our team and theirs as theirs before beginning to develop the app in agile sprints. After sprints were finished our team performed bug testing until the builds were in acceptable state before moving to the next.

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

A project manager was assigned to our team who was the main POC and delegator of tasks to their team working on various differnt aspects of our project from backend, UI, front end. Team members numbered 4 with some replacements and additions over time as focuses shifted to other areas of expertise.

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

Overall we received a professional and stable version of the app which we are now much more confidently able to market. Leading to an increase in overall downloads and the added benefit or being post revenue.

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

We heavily relied on slack for communication and zoom calls when necessary. Overall their responses were professional and quick helping us feel more confident during development that our vision was being fulfilled.

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

Their attention to detail and flexibly of management is the most impressive part of this company. I could clearly see that when certain tasks were harder resources would be pulled to our project in order to continue on pace.

This goes to show the level of attention they are willing to pay to their projects in order to assure that their clients needs are met.

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

One area which they could have improved was in the estimating of the length of time which certain features were going to take. Our project being unique in its scope of work and already having and existing MVP brought up unexpected hurdles which made us have to decide to reduce the scope of the project.

This was however handled well as it was clearly told to us and we were able to adjust as a team.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company is one of the top insurance companies in Turkey. I am the lead of agile transformation.

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

We wanted to develop a feedback app which is integrated with our HR systems and rewarding tools. With this app, we want our all employees to communicate with each other easier and give feedback.

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

Our IT governance team recommended Mobilist to us. This is the best and fast choice for us. They are working agile. Their collaboration capabilities were very high.

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

We told our project and our purpose. They firstly understand what we want and what we need. Based on our needs, they immediately made suggestions how we can develop it. After all discussion, they rapidly started to work on it. In a short time, they provied crucial deliverables (profiles, wall, users, admins, etc.)

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

Top team participated in our meetings. I don't know how many resources worked behind the project but they easily completed the project before our launch.

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

We won two awards with the project: Brandon Hall reward and Sabancı Altınyaka. In our company, this app still is most useful app. Mobilist made an app that was more than our dream. 

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

They are applying agile project management methodologies.

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

They are always supporting. When we need anything about the app, in a short time, they are answering and producing solutions. This is very important.

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

I don't know what i can say.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Gini Finance is a consulting solutions provider targeting the Middle East, Turkey, and Europe. I work as a Business Development Manager.

For what projects/services did your company hire Mobilist?

We were the systems integrator in a large holding company in Turkey. We needed to manage several different subcontractors. Mobilist provided the services needed in Mobile Development part.

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

We collected 3 offers from the market. We checked the references, example candidate profiles from the team, and also the prices. Mobilist was not the cheapest but they were more qualified and the performance/price ratio was better.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Our client was a distributor of heavy trucks and machinery. One of the mobile projects was a mobile rental marketplace for machinery. The project included integration with ERP systems and also the development of mobile apps for both Android and iOS platforms. Mobilist successfully delivered these with a team of 4 people.

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

4. 2 Android and 2 iOS developers

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our client was quite happy with the service provided by our subcontractor.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We introduced a senior team lead from Mobilist team to our client. They take care of everything and there was no need for a man in the middle. The process was extremely efficient.

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

We can rely on them. They understand and simply deliver with the best quality.

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

Not really

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a mobile application enthusiast, who works in the consumer care business

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

We have contacted Mobilist on April 2021 to develop our IOS mobile application, Drink Water Reminder Daily. We have targeted to release the first release of water reminding application including all its features and capabilities.

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

We have contacted to Mobilist initially via a convention.

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

The key deliverable for our project was to release the mobile app and maintain its features. Moreover, we have also raised a rich amount of change requests on the application based on our product management strategy.

The project has started with the definition of the key end user journey on the app which was then transcribed into the application features (app design) by the Mobilist development team. During the development we have performed E2E testing of the mobile application and (Both SIT and UAT) before we release the initial release of our app.

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

A project manager and two software engineers were constantly involved during the entire development process.

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

We were able to release a mobile application which has considerable amount of features and connectivity around 2 months. For running business, we have reached our downloads/day target.

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

The project manager was well involved throughout the engagement. We were quickly resolving all queries via communicating from Slack

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

They are adept to respond quickly on ad hoc design changes & have customer first approach.

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

Mobilist can improve in transcribing the consumer/end user journey to key development flows

Please describe your company and your position there.

A telecomminication Company which provides internet and cloud services to end users

For what projects/services did your company hire Mobilist?

To regulate sensitive data to KVKK (KVKK:Which is local GDPR of the country) in a hybrid cloud system. The system allowed to keep sensitive personal data inside the country which is a must for KVKK.

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

The customer references, ability and knowledge of Mobilist make us to choose them for the project.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Mainly, we needed a “hybrid cloud” for personal data not to be kept in an abroad database.

Site to site VPN Local Network has been established via seabone cable between Frankfurt-Turkey. Personal data has been operational on Sparkle, and anonymous data on AWS cloud. The project has been carried out with the steps of collection of the requirements, analysis, server and VPN setup, data preparation, testing, and deployment.

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

Total of 6 people took part in this project:

• System Engineer
• Amazon Certified Developer
• Backend Developer
• Analyst
• Tester
• Project manager.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project is the first sample of this kind of work for us.  General usage and data reports can be transferred under 60 m/second.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The Mobilist Team was easy to reach and responsive for the entire project time. They were leading us to the direction that is more efficient for our project with their result-oriented and to-the-point ideas.

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

Mobilist Team has an excellent knowledge of AWS. They have quickly obtained necessary info for this kind of a niche project and achieved an effective result.

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

For our project we are glad to work with Mobilist. We did not encounter any problem, so we cannot state any points that need to be improved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of Ottoo, Connected Car & Mobility Platform.

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

As a connected car & mobility platform, where we track driving habits for drivers and provide real-time processing of behavioral, diagnostic and contextual data, we required a robust, plain yet powerful app for our users.

We got full-stack services from project planning to implementation and deploying to mobile app stores.

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

We chose this vendor based on their past projects, and their partnerships network. We first saw the company at a Developer event at Microsoft Turkey. They were giving a speech related to the latest trends regarding mobile development, and the rise of hybrid development.

As an Engineering company founder, I found their experience and knowledge impressive for the time. We asked for an MVP for our mobile app, they delivered in a short time with high quality code. So we decided to work with them for our mobile app.

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

The scope of the work was delivering mobile apps for our mobility platform where drives will be able to track their car usage. That includes real-time communications, native app components etc.

We mostly care about the work progress and final app. The project's steps are planned according to our plans.

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

1 project manager, 3 mobile app developer

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

We needed to deliver quickly not only for the customers but also for the investment oppurtunities. By providing an MVP even before the final launch, we were able to present our work in progress.

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

The project manager had an engineering background which make the communication very clear. He was also very proactive on communication, and follow up on all the deadlines, and provided regular updates with actual work progress.

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

The knowledge on their proficiency. Mobile app development is an area where you must keep educate yourself and your company. As an engineer background business owner, I find that pretty valuable

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

I can't say anything about that since I have received the services and outputs timely without any communication failure. That is all care about and they delivered all that.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Insurance and Life Pension/Digital Transformation Specialist

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

Page arrangements, designs, etc. for our internal website. We received service.

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

We continue with them because they are a company we have been working with for years.

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

The website needs were determined, the middleware/intranet was prepared, and the client was released.

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

1 person worked, now 2 people are working, arrangements are being made in the middle layer.

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

In general, we are satisfied.

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

They are good at accessibility.

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

Accessibility

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

They can work with more people.