Propelling Businesses Using Technology
Pace Wisdom Solutions is a deep-tech Product engineering and consulting firm. We have our offices in San Francisco, USA & Bangalore, India. We specialize in designing and developing bespoke software solutions that cater to solving niche business problems. We engage with our clients at different stages:
- Right from the idea stage to scope out business requirements.
- Design & architect the right solution and define tangible milestones.
- Setup dedicated and on-demand tech teams for agile delivery.
- Take accountability for successful deployments to ensure efficient go-to-market implementations.
Pace Wisdom has been working with Fortune 500 Enterprises and growth-stage startups/SMEs since 2012. We work as an extended Tech team and at times we have played the role of a Virtual CTO too. We believe in building lasting relationships and providing value-add every time and go beyond business.
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Taunusanlage 8Frankfurt am Main, HE 60325Germany
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Deloitte, MediBuddy, Philips, Syngene, Zinnov
Financial Services
The client is an old financial planning and insurance brokerage company that helps individual and corporate customers with their financial planning for a secure future.
Financial experts and agents at the client site were relying on face-to-face interaction with their potential customers to give information about their services and help them invest. This was an inefficient model since they had to accommodate their limited financial experts at the location and time slot as per the convenience of their clients.
Hence, they now wanted to move these operations to a web-based platform with an intention of providing financial coaching to a large client base.
Given our vast experience in digital engineering, we took this project up with confidence and keen interest. After a few design discussions with the client, we decided to go in with a website that included the following features:
- After taking bare minimum information from the users, a model financial plan was to be given to them that would help them achieve their short term, midterm, and long term financial goals.
- Generated financial health report(with the help of some tools designed by us) for the users and also provided various options available to them in terms of mutual funds and also showed the rating of each mutual fund
- Provision to buy mutual funds directly from the platform
- More functionalities and features here - https://pacewisdom.com/resources/case-studies/mywealthjunction
E-commerce Mobile App
Store King is an e-commerce enterprise focusing on rural India. They facilitate local kirana shops ( mom and pop stores) to deliver products to customers around them without the shops needing to own any inventory. Store King’s goal is to address the last mile delivery challenge. In other words, they wanted to service the rural section where big e-commerce giants found it challenging to deliver their products.
When Store King approached Pace Wisdom back, they wanted to design an ‘assisted e-commerce’ app to be used by end customers of rural India. The purpose of the app was to enable the rural folks to place orders for products and be able to receive them via Store local shops that were associated with Store king. The app had to be made available in four south Indian vernacular languages in addition to English.
Those were the days when slow mobile data was an expensive thing in metropolitan cities in India. 3G networks were nearly unavailable in rural villages and 2G service was slow and expensive. We had to work around the sparse availability of mobile internet in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in India while providing them with access to millions of products via online catalogue.
With mobile internet out of the question, we decided to use SMS gateway to our advantage. We designed the app such that it came preloaded with a product catalogue. Further, if the customers wanted to access more products, they could borrow a memory card with more products in the catalogue. Such memory cards would be available at their local shops. Alternatively, the local shops could act like a kiosk, displaying products from the SD card on a TV.
First, we designed an android app that could communicate with the Store king servers via SMS. Then,we assigned product codes to each item in the catalogue. Whenever a customer wanted to buy a product, the Store king app would send the associated product code to the servers as SMS and receive a response from the server in the form of another SMS. Thus, within 2-3 SMS exchanges, the purchase could be completed. Few days later, the product would be delivered to the associated local shop in the customer's village.
More features of the app can be found here - https://pacewisdom.com/resources/case-studies/storeking
AgriTech Solutions
Criyagen is a life science company with a mission to deliver low-cost, eco-friendly inputs for sustainable agriculture and develops carbon-neutral energy means for a better tomorrow.
The challenge was Criyagen wanted to develop an app to bridge the information gap between the farmers and the scientific developments in the agriculture sector. Through the app, Criyagen also wanted to provide the farmers with a platform where they can discuss crop-related problems with scientists and experts. Additionally, they wanted to keep the farmers informed about the most optimal farming practices and to provide them a guided crop calendar.
Further, the biggest challenge for us was to make the app work seamlessly in remote villages of the country where high-speed internet is not guaranteed all the time. We had to keep in mind that the image exchange between the farmers and scientists through the chat feature in the app did not take up too much data bandwidth. Providing support in 13 Indian languages and yet keeping the app light was another technical challenge for us.
We were thrilled to take this project up because we believed that something as useful as the Agri app was much needed for the farmers of our country. We invested some time to thoroughly understand the requirements of our client. We also brainstormed to identify more features that could be beneficial for the app and subsequently, the farmers.
Our approach was to design a simple, easy-to-use UI (User Interface) keeping a basic literate farmer in mind. This was done in an Android environment. In the backend, we implemented a Laravel PHP based Admin control.
More features of the app can be found here - https://pacewisdom.com/resources/case-studies/agriapp
Reviews
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Mobile App Dev for Nonprofit Educational Organization
"We were totally impressed with the team's patience and rigor they had set to do things right."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the Founder CEO of CLT India, a non-profit in the Education Technology sector
For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions, and what were your goals?
We wanted PACE Wisdom to develop a mobile APP for teachers and students to access our curricula-aligned STEM content. This was a unique proposition for the under-served communities to access content on their regional languages on an affordable platform.
How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions and what were the deciding factors?
We did a lot of research to identify a partner that had integrity, expertise, good team and execution. We shortlisted from 5.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
We had a series of meetings to discuss our goals and objectives. We provided their team with wireframes and designs. They delivered the Beta version of the Android apps on the projected date. They incorporated our feedback, changes in UI, payment gateway modifications and Push Notification features and delivered the revised version.
How many resources from the Pace Wisdom Solutions team worked with you, and what were their positions?
Team size - 6 Designations: Co-Founder & Director Business Head Android Lead Developers Team Lead
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
Outcome of the project -Bug free app with reduced loading speeds . -Increased number of downloads & improved search results on Google Playstore. -Improved usage experience for all users.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.
The project was extremely well streamlined from projections of cost for each deliverable to timelines, testing and delivery.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
This mobile APP was for first generation technology users. We needed to do many trials and start all over again for some components. We were totally impressed with the team's patience and rigor they had set to do things right.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
PACE Wisdom was very transparent and meticulous in letting us know about the cost for each phase. Because, we are a non-profit, we still found it challenging at times. I appreciated their cooperation in phasing it out to help us manage the expenditure. I find their services extremely professional from the top management to every single team member that has worked with us.
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Lead Z Challenge Site Development
"The team has been prompt in fixing defects and ensuring quality."
the reviewer
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the Programs Director at 1M1B Foundation. 1M1B is a UN accredited non-profit with a mission to activate 1 million young leaders who will impact 1 billion people for a sustainable world. 1M1B works closely with youth globally, activating and nurturing them to create real impact solutions for the biggest challenges.
For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions, and what were your goals?
Pace Wisdom was hired to create a new kind of website - Lead Z, that would allow youth from across the world to participate in challenges shared by non profits and organisations and win rewards for their efforts. Lead Z is a new age platform that provides young leaders in high schools - the Generation Z, opportunities to solve challenges, develop innovative solutions towards a better future and in the process develop their leadership capabilities.
The platform connects organizations who are solving big problems with young passionate students who can use their creativity and innovation to bring fresh perspectives to problem solving and come up with innovative solutions. Students can participate in multiple challenges, compete with students from other schools to gather points to race to the top of the Leaderboard and win some big prizes and opportunities!
How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions and what were the deciding factors?
Pace Wisdom was recommended by a friend. We evaluated their past work, their capability to build the platform we envision and if they have the competencies required for the job. First a project concept and wireframe was shared by the Pace Wisdom team which helped us evaluate and make the decision to move forward.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
The scope of work involved building the complete web app from scratch. The team worked on creating the logo and brand identity. Then we worked on the vision of the platform and the key features to be added. We explored the key stakeholders and users. based on that each development feature was planned sprint-wise and developed.
A web app which allowed students to login, participate in challenges, make submissions and a leaderboard was developed.
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
About 5 people worked with us, A Business Analyst, designer, developers, and a client service manager worked with us to develop the platform.
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
The newly launch web platform has been very well received by students. We have over 3500 students enrolled on the platform and participating in challenges. We have also launched the Lead Z teacher awards which is gaining good traction on the platform. We hope to reach over 10,000 students in the next 4 months.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
The project was well managed. Since I was coordinating directly with the project team our communication was mainly through phone calls, whatsapp and email. We had weekly Zoom calls for sync up and review the development progress. The timelines were well met. Each month was divided into 2 sprints. After the first month the process was very smooth.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
This is the first time we were developing a new platform for the students. Saqib who was the business analyst from Pace Wisdom helped a lot.
The discussions on why a particular feature is needed and the various scenarios that can arise helped shape the tool and make it productive from a user perspective. The team has been prompt in fixing defects and ensuring quality.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
Not much. Initially since we were working together for the first time there were some minor challenges but after that it was a smooth sailing and nothing to complain.
the project
Mobile App Dev for Agritech Company
"We are a bootstrapped company and they understand our needs and budget."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the Product Manager at the AgriApp Technologies Pvt Ltd head office is located at Doddaballapur.
AgriApp is an Android-based mobile application. It provides complete information on Crop Production, Crop Protection, smart farming with agriculture, and allied services. In addition to being an information portal, AgriApp is also an online marketplace for bringing in farmers, Agri input, retailers & fulfillment services on a common digital platform.
AgriApp powered by passionate professionals and dreams about making agriculture more sustainable, in terms of both ecology and economy, with the help of technology in a short time. This is an agriculture app for farmers that will be greatly beneficial to the farming community.
For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions?
We had a plan the developing the application that should have to connect the farmers using IoT and Big data and connect all farmers digitally but we are not having the in house engineer team so we went to the 3rd party service providers there we found the Pacewisdom team and started working with them.
What were your goals for this project?
AgriApp goal is to fill the gap between farmers and accurate strategic Agricultural information. And also farmer needs to get all his information at his fingertips.
How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions?
We were looking for someone who understands more than coding and brings perspectives of multiple items that matter to customer engagement. Also, we wanted a young team that is dynamic and willing to work with us on the dynamic project. After a few sitting with Pace Wisdom, we found them as suitable associates. It’s been 2014, we are going strong.
Describe the project in detail.
Once we selected the vendor we had a series of meetings to discuss our goals and plans, that they come with the SRS document after a few interactions and discussion with Our management team we finalized the design and provided our feedback the Pacewidom come with the wireframe for android app and concepts like Package of practice, crop calendar, news & videos, and m-commerce as app features for the front end and backend work and they stared the work on the after 6 months they come with the product and after many changes, we went live and the team continuing maintenance part of the app and web.
What was the team composition?
They assign to our project 5 members of the team 1 project manager, 1 senior developer for the back end development,1 android developer, 1 designer, and one QA person,
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
After 6 months they have given the complete product and then we launched in the play store and the app got some crashes and they fixed the issue and now working properly and also we face a few backend issues that they solved after many discussion and meeting them over the call and F2F discussion.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
The communication between the team was going through the mail and phone call and discussion, if the initial project manager is average and he will be understanding what we telling him putting that into his team, after changing the project manager not understanding what we telling getting confused with us and team that will be made the lot mistakes and eaten more time. And the project also delay. I would say the team an average workflow.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Pace wisdom is quick and agile. Their founders, especially Azzan, go all the way out to fix the issues like the owner. They are practical and deliver value for the project. We are a bootstrapped company and they understand our needs and budget. They actually come with options to choose in place of constraints with which we typically get overwhelmed. They are hungry, they are committed, they are design thinkers, they are impressive.
Are there any areas for improvement?
The team need to follow the deadlines and the project managers need to have knowledge of the project and convey the client requirement to the team
Pace Wisdom Solutions created a bug-free and friendly-user app successfully. As a result, the number of downloads and keyword searches on the Google Play Store increased significantly. Their team's project management ensured the project's success. They were a determined and accommodating team.