Queble

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of EduPlated, which is an online nutrition coaching platform. The platform connects individuals with their own personalized nutrition coach.

One side of the platform consists of individuals wanting to make smarter food choices, and the other side consists of a community of certified dieticians. This process is done online with the convenience of a secure iPhone app.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Queble?

We needed someone to take the reins of an existing iPhone app and completely revamp it.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The platform that Queble designed is the technology infrastructure that matches clients to dieticians. Jackson [CEO, Queble Solutions] and his team took the app itself and solidified it. They made significant improvements and changes –everything from cleaning some technical debt out of the codebase to developing new features.

From there, we engaged them to also create a marketing website and a technology backend infrastructure for managing the backend of our systems. We work with Jackson on the web side, the marketing site, as well as the iOS and the design side. He transformed it from a Ruby on Rails site to a PHP platform.

Jackson works in sprint iterations. Together, we would outline a monthly agenda ahead of time, agree upon the scope and the actual details of the functionality or the design and everything in between.

What is the team dynamic?

Jackson [CEO, Queble Solutions] was my primary point of contact. His platform is very scalable. If we needed 30 people, there would be 30 people. If we needed five people, there would be five. We worked with an iOS developer, a designer, a web person, and a QA professional. So, there were at least four or five others that I interact with regularly.

How did you come to work with Queble?

Jackson [CEO, Queble Solutions] reached out to me years ago, before we ever launched EduPlated, to pick my brain on my last technology startup, which was in a similar industry that he had some experience in. When it came down for us to post the job opportunity, he came calling. He really “wowed” us.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in May 2017 and the work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

There have been daily iterations of product improvements over time. People have been very impressed with the work that Queble has done, especially given where EduPlated was before we started working with them.

How did Queble perform from a project management standpoint?

Phenomenally well. They are super organized, very communicative, and can manage multiple initiatives at once –I was very impressed. We communicated with them through daily Slack conversations and phone calls thrice weekly.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I would describe Queble in four words: They get stuff done. They’re probably the hardest working organization I’ve ever worked with. Jackson [CEO, Queble Solutions] is a pure entrepreneur, a pure hustler, and when he says he’s going to do something, he backs it up. He’s a tireless work professional. He’s a pretty young guy, but he comes across a lot more mature. That speaks volumes to him. There are a lot of folks in the industry where quality is questionable. With him, what you see is what you get.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I have no constructive criticism for them. They nailed it.