Montevideo Labs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the VP of Engineering of a business services company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provides a platform for analyzing, predicting and improving the performance of athletes at all levels using computer vision, machine learning and biomechanical models.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Montevideo Labs to accomplish?

• Architect and implement SaaS on AWS

SOLUTION

How did you find Montevideo Labs?

Referral

Why did you select Montevideo Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Montevideo Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Augment current engineering staff to design and implement both the front-end and backend of a complex SaaS with a rich UI. 
• Architectural infrastructure and software designs 
• Operational plans and tools 
• Software implementations of written specification 
• Robust, event-driven, high-volume, low-cost batch processing solution

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Work continues to be completed on-time with high-quality and attention to details. Able to cope with ambiguities while making progress to ultimate goals.

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

• Very timely delivery 
• Excellent communication of current status and estimated remaining work 
• Daily meetings to ensure alignment 
• No delay in response to needs or concerns

What was your primary form of communication with Montevideo Labs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

• Extremely easy to deal with 
• They are highly flexible in terms of changing needs and requirements 
• Works very well with a start-up and the chaos that implies 
• A true contributor of ideas; not just "bodies doing the assigned work" 
• Commitment to excellence

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

No. This has been a great partnership.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Engineering of Pixability

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We run highly optimized advertising campaigns on YouTube and CTV.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Montevideo Labs to accomplish?

• Analyze and improve one of our Advertising optimization ML systems
• Use machine learning to classify video assets

SOLUTION

How did you find Montevideo Labs?

Referral

Why did you select Montevideo Labs over others?

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

How many teammates from Montevideo Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Analyze, document, and improve on a key component of our advertising platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Montevideo Labs has generated reports detailing the capabilities of the current solution and comparing these with the improved implementation.

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

The team attends all agile meetings, delivering product value as members of the squad. They have been very responsive and maintain an active dialog on Slack.

What was your primary form of communication with Montevideo Labs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I have been very impressed with the high caliber of the individuals working with us, who have quickly become integral members of the team.

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

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Disruptel is focused on applying machine learning to the TV viewing experience. We focus on computer vision, natural language processing, and monetization through ads. I am the CTO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Montevideo labs helped us with end to end development. They helped us build new features, scale up existing stack, and were involved in all of our development.

SOLUTION

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

I met with several vendors, Montevideo Labs was the clear cut favorite. All the engineers are very strong and great communicators. Most important, Montevideop Labs has a great culture across the board.

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

• Designed and developed reporting database.
• Scaled up existing infrastructure to handle production
• QPS>Performance optimizations.
• General system maintenance and improvements.

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

3 people:

• Senior Software Engineer (Team Lead)
• 2 Software Engineers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All projects were delivered at a high quality and on time!

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

All deadlines met. Communication open at all times.

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

1. There is a very strong culture, these are the type of people you want for your company.
2. Strength of the team.
3. Communication skills.

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

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Indigo Ag is a software platform for the agriculture industry. I am a Sr Dir of Engineering

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had to add many data pipelines to move data into our data lake.

SOLUTION

How did you select Montevideo Labs and what were the deciding factors?

Through a referral and the fact that they had skills in platform/data engineering

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

The project was more staff augmentation to our data platform team. The MV labs team added over a hundred data sources to our data lake.

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

6 platform/data engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It has been a huge success, customers of our data lake are very happy with having access to so much data.

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

They were very good, but we handled most of the project management through our agile software development practices.

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

They're smart and collaborative engineers that spoke English really well.

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

Longer lead times for them to hire senior engineers.