Rubico Inc.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Director of Operations for an organization that supports the fundraising efforts of high school and youth sports teams.

For what projects/services did your company hire Rubico Inc., and what were your goals?

We hired Rubico to develop an app that operates as a sales platform for our teams to use while fundraising. We had been using the technology of our third party vendors for a number of years - we were looking to streamline our processes and own a proprietary function of our business.

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

They were recommended to us by a peer ad trusted business advisor After meeting with Ben, we were impressed by their thorough project evaluation and reasonable timeframes.

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

We had a group meeting to detail the objectives and timelines. Then we were assigned a project manager and the lead developers were established. They delivered wireframes for the initial app, and began working to design and develop the staging site. Once the staging site was thoroughly tested and the UI/UX was approved, the live app was launched. We continue to implement updates and enhancements to the admin site and live app.

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

Roughly a dozen team members from Rubico have been working on our project at a time. Our project manager steers the ship, the lead developer charts the course, and the back-end and front-end developers and testing staff are skillfully working aboard.

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

We successfully ran the busiest sales season in the history of our business exclusively on the platform Rubico designed and did not experience a single glitch in service from an administrative, client, or end user standpoint. All of our clients raved about the ease of use and helpfulness of the sales app, and our back-end processes were much simpler since consolidating POS systems.

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

We had weekly standup meetings via Zoom with all the members of their team, and they've presented every single deliverable on time thus far. We use Asana for project and task management. They've been very responsive and highly communicative throughout.

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

Rubico Inc.'s ability to pivot or problem-solve when presented with a potential challenge has been very impressive.

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

We were brand new to the app world, and none of our teammates had any technical development experience. Providing a bit more hands-on guidance in some of the technical aspects that we were responsible for as a client (i.e. email client selection, payment gateway setups, etc) would have been helpful but they always answered questions to the best of their ability.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Trevali is a Zinc mining company. I lead the data engineering and analytics team.

For what projects/services did your company hire Rubico Inc., and what were your goals?

On our mining sites, many forms were still paper-based, and the data captured via them was never captured in a digital format. We contracted Rubico to create a digital-forms solution to replace the existing paper-based forms, and thus make previously inaccessible data sources accessible.

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

I had worked with Rubico in the past.

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

Rubico designed and developed a digital forms solution with assistance from our team. The solution included a Laravel backend, Angular web frontend and mobile application. The mobile application had to have an offline-saving mode in order to cater for areas in the mine without connectivity. The forms created in the solution was custom-built by Rubico: functionality to dynamically create new forms was purposefully left out.

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

There were 5 people in the core team, a project manager, backend development, frontend developer, mobile devloper and devops engineer. We also used a UI designed at key points in the project.

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

Rubico were able to successfully create a number of forms that are used in our mines. The application was implemented and is actively used on site.

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

In general project management was well-structured. Slack was used as the de-facto communication tool with weekly standup meetings to share progress. Timelines provided to us as the client were realistic in terms of what to expect.

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

They were a trustworthy and honest vendor. Team is excited about the work and will keep at it until they have successfully completed it.

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

Ask questions early in the process, before progress is made in the wrong direction.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CFO of a non-profit U.S. based company

For what projects/services did your company hire Rubico Inc., and what were your goals?

we are developing an app for our remote workers to record activity metrics.

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

Referral

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

serires of meetings to develop a wireframe and then after review and approval moved ahead

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

Accoutn mgr, project mgr and three other workers

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

There was a clear idea and great coordination with our needs and our staff

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

The project was managed with regularly scheduled meetings and on-line documentation and interaction. Very professional.

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

Their quick understanding of our business needs and their rapid and prompt response.

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

Not really. They operated within our budget constraints and were very communicative about progress