Postdata

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Product of PYGIO

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

PYGIO is a software engineering and data science consultancy. We are headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with offices in Poland, Ukraine and New York.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build an Analytics Platform for an Enterprise Client

SOLUTION

How did you find Postdata?

Referral

Why did you select Postdata over others?

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

How many teammates from Postdata were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The client required an analytics dashboard for business users to make more informed decisions. This included:

• Setting up custom ETL pipelines from existing data sources across the business.
• Creating a cloud-based data warehouse. 
• Building a custom analytics dashboard with analytics views.
• Maintenance and support of the platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Client was able to gain insights into their products and customers previously not possible. This resulted in an increase in efficiency of their business processes as well as more informed product strategy going forward.

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

Project moved very smoothly. Deadlines were kept to, and communication was always very quick (even on weekends).

What was your primary form of communication with Postdata?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The whole PostData team had very deep insight into the appropriate technologies to use. They were also able to very quickly and seamlessly incorporate machine learning (in the form of predictive forecasts) into the dashboards, providing unique value to the platform.

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

No.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the lead of strategic partnerships for a data science platform company. We try to automate as much data science as possible.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Postdata?

We needed someone to build proof of concept (POC) solutions for our platform. We wanted to develop solutions with real marketable value.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Postdata developed a custom recommendation engine on our platform. They used Python to build the solution, which was an Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML) model. They developed everything from scratch.

What is the team composition?

We worked closely with two senior team members. I don’t know if there were more people involved.

How did you come to work with Postdata?

I found them on Clutch.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from July–September 2022.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Postdata executed the project in about a month; they were fast and professional. Moreover, they did an excellent job with the solution. The team delivered a well-rounded and fully-functioning product. The nature of their submission was premium quality; the documentation was superior and impeccable, and they captured everything.

How did Postdata perform from a project management standpoint?

They were particular about their work every step of the way. However, the communication was top-notch. We communicated via email, phone calls, and mostly Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The one thing that stood out was the quality and presentation of their work.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They didn’t overcharge, but they could’ve been more flexible with their pricing structure. Additionally, they were more particular about project management than necessary. I felt they were too systematic, although that could be nice for some companies.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Spend more time upfront setting out the expectations and value proposition to ensure their decision-makers understand them. Once they know the value proposition, they set out to deliver the best. Since they’re meticulous about their project management, they’ll deliver just what you ask. Therefore, set a larger vision and guide them; if you start asking small, they’ll deliver small.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of RSOFT GROUP which is a software development service company based in Poland with offices in Poland and in Czech Republic. We deliver Software Development outsourcing services to international clients and we work on projects end-to-end starting from requirements gathering, design, implementation, deployment and testing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We were in need of Data Science professionals with a startup mindset ready to ideate and test a solution without supervision. Take a lead in developing a solution. Postdata develop, test and ship ready to use solutions.

SOLUTION

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

Based on recommendations and positive reviews. Postdata team have experienced Data Science researchers who completed successful projects in various domains from Fintech to Computer Vision. The portfolio works proves that they know what they are talking about.

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

A system meant for managing fish, shrimp and oysters production data required additional modules for the data analysis. The Data Science work required included a number of classification problems, choosing the best candidates for mating in maritime agriculture production, as well as regression analysis including phenotype and genetic data. There was a number of Machine Learning algorithms implemented and tested to satisfy the business requirements, and the Data Science work has been finally accomplished with the usage of Deep Learning methods.

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

There were three people involved. Andrey Rohovy as a project coordinator and data scientist. Oleksii Piddiachyi - data scientist focused on research. Pavel Filatov - full-stack developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The delivered Deep Learning solution has fullfilled needs of our client with the expected classificaton and prediction accuracy measured by a number of statistical measures. The solution has allowed our client for a better effectiveness in the agricultural production, as well as mating process chosing the right animals for further mating, growth, and production.

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

Postdata was very agile in managing the project, listening to the requirements, and delivering on time. They were a team of great communicators - they give fast responses, even at non-working hours.

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

The communication and the quality of the work they have delivered to us given limited time.

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

I cannot think of anything.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Best Solution

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Marketing, community management

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Analytics of clients requests
• Locations of clients
• Cross sails

SOLUTION

How did you find Postdata?

Online Search

Why did you select Postdata over others?

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

How many teammates from Postdata were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Thanks. All services was good: High speed, good quality, great price and very comfortable communication

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Good analytics of data base and possibilities to know zone of growing

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

All was in time. Each request done good

What was your primary form of communication with Postdata?

Virtual Meeting

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

They were very flexible and communicative. They provided great value for our money.

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

No, all good