Perfsys

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of OlivPay

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

OlivPay is a cross-border platform that enables people abroad to pay directly for goods and services delivered by verified local merchants across Africa, instead of sending cash.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Perfsys to accomplish?

• We hired Perfsys to build the production infrastructure for OlivPay, implement and integrate the remaining platform features, establish a secure and scalable AWS environment with CI/CD, and prepare the platform for a successful production launch. Their role also included providing technical guidance and ensuring the solution was production-ready, delivered on time and within budget.

SOLUTION

How did you find Perfsys?

• Online Search
• Other

Why did you select Perfsys over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Other

How many teammates from Perfsys were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Perfsys was engaged to take OlivPay from a near-production state to a fully production-ready platform. The scope of work included designing and deploying our AWS cloud infrastructure, implementing the remaining platform functionality, integrating third-party services, establishing a secure CI/CD pipeline, and preparing separate development, staging and production environments. Key deliverables included a scalable and secure AWS production environment, automated deployment pipelines, completion of the remaining platform features, integration of external payment and verification services, performance and security improvements, comprehensive testing support, and a production-ready release.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project successfully delivered a production-ready version of OlivPay on schedule and within budget. Perfsys established a secure and scalable AWS infrastructure, implemented the remaining platform functionality, and prepared separate staging and production environments with an automated deployment pipeline. They also helped us establish a robust GitHub pull request (PR) workflow, which streamlined our ongoing development process and created a structured approach for reviewing, testing and deploying future enhancements. As a result, we progressed from an in-development platform to being fully ready for launch, with a stable production environment, an efficient release process, and confidence that the platform can scale as our business grows.

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

Perfsys managed the project exceptionally well from start to finish. Deliverables were completed on time and within budget, and communication was clear, proactive and consistent throughout. Whenever questions or challenges arose, the team responded quickly with practical solutions and kept us informed of progress, giving us confidence at every stage of the project. As a non-technical founder, I particularly appreciated the guidance they provided. A special mention goes to Mykyta, who was great throughout the engagement. Overall, the entire Perfsys team was a pleasure to work with, and their professionalism, technical expertise and commitment to our success played a significant role in getting OlivPay ready for launch.

What was your primary form of communication with Perfsys?

Email or Messaging App

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

What impressed me most was Perfsys' personal approach. As a startup, we didn't need a large, complex organisation we needed a knowledgeable team that was accessible, responsive. Perfsys struck that balance perfectly. They brought a high level of technical expertise while remaining flexible and easy to work with. We had direct access to the people doing the work, decisions were made quickly, and communication was straightforward. That combination of technical capability, responsiveness and a genuinely collaborative working relationship made them an excellent fit for a startup like OlivPay, and it's one of the main reasons we look forward to continuing to work with them.

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

Overall, we were very satisfied with Perfsys and there were no significant areas for improvement. This was our first time engaging in a project of this nature, and the team provided the guidance and support we needed throughout. Our experience was overwhelmingly positive, and we would happily work with Perfsys again on future projects.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Project Manager of an AI solutions company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We're an AI solutions company that enhances government processes for grants, permits, and agreements through a single intelligent platform, delivering measurable cost savings and faster citizen services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Perfsys to accomplish?

• Establish the AWS platform.
• Implement AI Solutions that drive the platform.
• Implement the hard-coded structure of the platform, including databases.
• Complete the current phase of our MVP with the above components.
• Complete the current phase by connecting the MVP behind a secure login on our company website.

SOLUTION

How did you find Perfsys?

Published Bid for Interested Parties

Why did you select Perfsys over others?

• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned
• Performance through Vendor Process

How many teammates from Perfsys were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We're developing the first phase of its enterprise QARQ Platform for government services management. This phase delivers a comprehensive, production-ready qualification management system designed to serve both citizens applying for government services and we and government administrators managing workflows and compliance. The platform will include the following deliverables: a Citizen Portal; Government and our Admin Portals; a Workflow Engine; AI/ML Integration; a CI/CD Pipeline with automated testing, blue/green deployments, CloudWatch dashboards, and AWS X-Ray tracing; and Architecture Requirements built on an AWS serverless-first stack using S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, Step Functions, and CloudFront. The system will feature no hard-coded logic—workflows will be externally configured—and leverage AI/ML through AWS Bedrock and Textract, with compliance and observability integrated from day one to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Milestone Delivery: All 9 planned milestones (M1-M9) were completed within Phase Z, covering Citizen Portal, Government Portal, Admin Portal, DevOps infrastructure, Workflow Engine, and AI/ML integration.

Platform Functionality:  Delivered Concrete, working features include: a no-code dynamic workflow configuration engine (DynamoDB-driven, no deployment required for new grant programs), a fully functional 3-portal system, CI/CD pipeline with automated testing on every PR, structured logging via CloudWatch, and role-based access control.

Budget:  The project was scoped and executed within budget. 

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

The milestones have been delivered mostly on time, however there have been some employee availability issues that have caused some delays. 

What was your primary form of communication with Perfsys?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What stood out most about Perfsys was their genuine depth of experience in government and financial technology. This was not a generalist shop trying to learn our domain on our dime. They came in with relevant background and understood the complexity of what we were building from day one.

Beyond their technical credentials, the team was enthusiastic, committed, and a genuine pleasure to work with throughout the engagement. They brought energy to the project and stayed invested in the outcome, not just the deliverables. That combination of domain expertise and a collaborative, client-focused attitude is harder to find than most people realize.

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

No significant complaints. If anything, the one area worth noting is around scheduling and timeline management. Factoring in holidays, vacations, and employee availability upfront rather than adjusting in real time would have helped keep the project on a smoother track. That said, this is a two-sided observation. Our own team could have done better anticipating next steps and being ready to move when the work required it. A more proactive approach on both sides to staying ahead of what was coming would have tightened the overall timeline.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & CEO of KaZang, Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

KaZang is a global streaming music service for pop, rock, hip-hop, reggaeton, electronica, Afrobeats, Afropop, Latin Pop, and K-Pop

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Perfsys to accomplish?

• Fix faulty integration of fiour different AWS cloud-based analytics programs
• Improve platform performance issues, including content loading times on home page
• Revise the patent-pending navigation bar

SOLUTION

How did you find Perfsys?

AWS IQ

Why did you select Perfsys over others?

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

How many teammates from Perfsys were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The scope of the work has been wide-ranging, including the integration of AWS Pinpoint, Cognito, Athena, and Amplify. Perfsys improved overall site performance. The work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

There have been four Sprints so far. We are discussuing the Sprint backlog items for Sprint 5. The completed tasks are too numerous to list here, but to give you an idea of the extent of completed work, Sprint 1, included:

1. UI/UX Enhancements
2. Sideba & Table Enhancements
3. Changes to metric displays
4. Configuring data storage,
5. Backend & Performance Opimization
6. CloudFront Intergration

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

Perfsys delivered all the work on time. The team addressed every issue I raised with speed and dedication.

What was your primary form of communication with Perfsys?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

First and foremost, what was most impressive about Perfsys was the team's domain expertise. AWS cloud software is complex. Generalist full-stack developers couldn't get the job done. Perfsys did.

Our perspectives aligned on developing a product for a global marketplace. Our streaming music service features songs from 40 countries on 6 continents. We liked that Perfsys could bring international cultural perspectives to KaZang's development.

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

No  issues. They call themselves Perfsys. We call them the “Dream Team.” If you know the NBA and Olympic basketball, you’ll know that’s high praise. The Perfsys team fixed all AWS analytics issues for our early-stage music app, KaZang. They resolved a bug that froze our metrics on a specific date, Then, they restored KaZang's data flow across four AWS services (i.e., Pinpoint, Cognito, Amplify, and Athena).

Over a period of six months, three different sets of full-stack developers failed to integrate AWS cloud analytics with our platform. Perfsys succeeded. If you have a tough job you need done to the highest standards, do yourselves a favor and hire Perfsys. On a scale of five stars, we give them a six!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Foounder of Roligt AB

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Creating web based system for digital signage.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Perfsys to accomplish?

• Create a platform for administration of content and media players

SOLUTION

How did you find Perfsys?

Online Search

Why did you select Perfsys over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Perfsys were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Develop a web-based system for managing content for digital signage and communicating with and updating media players, including fetching and processing data from external sources. 
Overview Structure: The system should be capable of hosting multiple clients in separate instances, with several users per client. A client can upload materials such as videos and images and link them to specific dates and media players. Some content will be fetched from external databases. 

1. Media Players: The administrator creates media players and integrates them with the system. The task involves building an API solution based on the requirements of the media players. The media players will continuously query the server for available settings, playlists, and video clips. 
2. Material Management: Develop a solution where clients can upload materials in the form of images and videos and create sequences with these files in the browser. On the server side, the sequences will be transposed into video clips in a specific format. 
3. Material Storage: Implement features for uploading and storing materials that clients can retrieve to create material as described in point 2. 
4. Content Planning and Scheduling: Build functionality for adding materials and publishing settings. It should be possible to create different playlists, group content, and sort content locally for each media player and globally for multiple media players. 
5. Retrieval of Data from External Databases: Retrieve video materials, publishing settings, and information on where the content should be displayed from clients' booking systems. Automate the process of creating and publishing incoming content. 
6. Data Retrieval for Scheduling: Based on clients' schedules, retrieve data and automatically publish content according to the schedule. For example, "Show ad X when ferry Y departs from port M."

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We now have system that runs 24/7 and are used on daily bases. And our monthly cost have been lower then every because of the server less solution we selected togheter with PrefSys. In general we now have a stabile solution that we can trust.

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

During the main project we hade weekly calls together with the project ledare and head developer. Between the weekly meetings we communicated in our project management system. They always answering directly and solving the issues fast.

What was your primary form of communication with Perfsys?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The knowledge they had about working with serverless solutions from AWS was impressive and together with fast developing and quick respons in communication make them to a prefect partner.

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

Not directly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am part of the engineering team for a startup engineering firm with a development presence in the UK providing a niche B2B software solution and we are building out web services to support licensing and provide customer management tools.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Perfsys?

We had developed a customer dashboard web app for our new business, which needed a deployment pipeline.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed someone to take on the responsibility of provisioning AWS resources, finishing up a CI /CD workflow, and clearly documenting the setup of web app while following current industry best practices.

SOLUTION

How did you select Perfsys?

We approached a number of individuals and teams and interviewed a selection to identify someone that would be able to both meet the goals and fit in with our team generally.

After a couple of initial calls, we selected to work with Perfsys based on their approachability and domain experience.

Describe the project in detail.

Once we selected Perfsys, they were eager to engage and deep-dive on our needs as a startup.

We worked closely with a project owner to scope out the deliverables - with recommendations on technology and strategy - early on in the project, and milestones were rapidly marked off by both the project owner and his team.

What was the team composition?

Our main interactions were through a single point of contact, though there were named contributions from another developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was completed easily within the expected time-frame, allowing our internal engineering resources to focus on core business decisions while the cloud deployment was taken care of by Perfsys.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was tightly integrated with how we like to operate. Everything was communicated through Slack, with regular updates. Code commits, and build status updates set up to automatically notify the engineering team of progress.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was very impressed with the communication and willingness to teach and transfer knowledge so that we were left in a great place to continue maintenance in the future.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None at all!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Ingmar Bornholz, my-vpa Gmbh, CEO and Co-founder of germanies largest provider of virtual assistant services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Perfsys?

We've hired Perfsys team in 2017 to help us migrate our production environment to AWS, including CI/CD configurations, cluster monitoring. Setup and configure SSO solution based on Keycloak Identity provider. Later we asked Perfsys team to migrate Test environment to AWS as well Also Perfsys team did AWS Cloud solution for AWS Connect.

What were your goals for this project?

Migration to AWS cloud, setup Production and Staging environments. Get support through our journey as my-vpa business. Setup SSO for our applications like Webapp, Owncloud, AWS Connect

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

From Upwork and other references

Describe the project in detail.

Execute migration from private cloud to AWS. Deploy, setup and configure Kubernetes cluster on AWS. Setup monitoring and CI/CD pipelines. Maintain updates and deployments.

Architect and implement a custom SSO solution based on Keycloak that would federate users to our internet MySQL database. Help us on a daily basis with updates and mobile app development. Design and develop a system for Call Center in the Cloud, implement custom voice mail solution using AWS Connect.

What was the team composition?

1 Devops engineer, 1 Project Manager, 1 AWS Developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have our web app running in AWS cloud available with a link https://http://app.my-vpa.com/. SSO solution is available with a link https://kc.my-vpa.com

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Having the same idea of how to approach projects in an agile way, the communication and workflow was outstanding from the beginning.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are proactive and have creative ideas on how to approach the very unique set we have in our company. Almost always finding professional thus effective solutions.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Would be good to move even closer together :)

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder and CEO of Audience Genomics... Moneyball for Content. We deliver data to support content creation and distribution decisions which, up until now, were made purely by gut. Our data is tailored to help storytellers to understand the interests, attributes and values their target audience responds to.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Perfsys?

We hired Perfsys to develop a complex Extract Transform and Load project

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to be able to dynamically assign descriptions, labels and categories to people places and things.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Perfsys came highly recommended by an existing client.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Perfsys built a serverless architecture system that allows us to quickly and cost-effectively search terabytes of data, find the relevant record, extract the relevant values from the record and append the information to our database. They also built a front end user permissioning system.

What was the team composition?

The team consisted of two dedicated developers and the company's principal who provided hands-on strategic direction.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The work that Perfsys delivered replaces manually work that would have previously taken hundreds of man-hours. We now have a system that can scale and handle any demand in just minutes.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We worked in two week sprints, communicated multiple times a day over Slack and the team was available to join us for phone calls and/or videoconferencing with screen shares whenever it was needed. The project management was highly effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

What was most impressive was their strategic thinking. The team was far from one that just followed direction blindly. They truly took ownership over the project and they gave it the same level of thoughtfulness, care and attention to detail as if it were their own software.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There is very little I would recommend as areas for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of Intro, Inc.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Perfsys?

We hired Perfsys to create a serverless website and a CodePipeline for building and deploying sources. 

What were your goals for this project?

 The goal was a cloud-based website that met our requirements. 

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We selected them based on recommendations from our partners.

Describe the project in detail.

They built the website using AWS S3 and AWS CloudFront. The project also required experience in Python, API Gateway, and AWS Lambda. 

What was the team composition?

They provided one full-time Python developer, one full-time Javascript frontend developer, and one development operations manager. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I trust them. I can go to bed at night and know that I will not wake up in the morning to a user complaint about website or login errors, something I experienced on a weekly basis with my previous agency. I have a very high level of confidence with Perfsys. Their maintenance package includes built-in alerts, none of which have been triggered yet. If something were to go wrong on the Perfsys side, I am confident they will know about it and resolve it before I hear of it from a user. 

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Their development workflow was based on the Agile/SCRUM approach. We had daily sync calls as well as weekly planning meetings.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Although we may suggest an idea, they will always keep us straight on industry best practices. The maintenance package I pay now is less than the retainer I for the previous agency, who regularly complained that the retainer was not enough to cover the number of hours they worked each month.  

Are there any areas for improvement?

They need to be more proactive in creating bespoke elements on the website and in suggesting better enhancements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I was the CTO of a company that was building applications focused on healthcare integration.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Perfsys?

We hired them for full-stack application development.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to develop a scalable and configurable product that could be deployed to a customer site or hosted in our datacenter.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We used an internal rating process in which we choose three vendors and have a formula with which we weigh their strengths and weaknesses. We do this in numerous ways, but mainly through interviews and open-source research.

Can you go into detail about the services they provided and the scope of the project?

Perfsys provided full-stack development using technologies such as Node.js, Docker, NoSQL, Hadoop, and Ext JS.

What was the team composition?

The team scaled from three to five people depending on the amount of work for a specific time frame. They also provided development and architecture support.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

We successfully built and deployed the product to production environments, and were able to gain business from the scalability and ease of configuration that the solution offers.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project was managed by an internal project manager. We used Google Hangouts, Mind Maps, and internal sprint management tools.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their ability to meet a deadline and implement complex solutions with little rework is remarkable.

Are there any areas where they can improve?

None that I can remember.