Techwards

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of Aetherum.ai

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Simplifying Tokenized Asset Management

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a scalable, secure backend infrastructure for our platform
• Optimize our cloud architecture for cost efficiency
• Launch our project ahead of schedule

SOLUTION

How did you find Techwards?

• Referral
• board member

Why did you select Techwards over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Techwards were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We engaged Techwards to deliver a scalable, secure platform while addressing key challenges in compliance, AI integration, and cost optimization. Their work included:

Platform Development: Built a robust backend architecture, integrated APIs, and ensured scalability for high traffic.
Compliance & Security: Implemented automated KYC/AML tools and advanced cybersecurity protocols.
AI Integration: Deployed AI models for predictive analytics and anomaly detection.
Optimization: Audited and optimized infrastructure to improve performance and reduce costs.
Support: Provided ongoing project management, updates, and team training.
Techwards delivered exceptional results, meeting all deliverables on time and exceeding expectations.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Optimization and Cost Management:

Objective: Optimize existing systems to improve performance while reducing costs.
Deliverables:Audit of current technology stack and infrastructure.
Recommendations for cloud architecture improvements.
Implementation of cost-saving measures without compromising quality.
Project Management and Support:

Objective: Provide seamless project execution and post-deployment support.
Deliverables:Weekly progress reports and updates.
Dedicated support for troubleshooting and iterative improvements.
Knowledge transfer and training sessions for in-house teams.

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

Their comprehensive expertise and commitment to excellence made them a critical partner in achieving our  goals.

What was your primary form of communication with Techwards?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What stood out most about Techwards was their deep expertise, commitment to innovation, and seamless integration of advanced technologies. Their ability to understand our unique needs and deliver tailored solutions—particularly in complex areas like AI, blockchain, and compliance—was impressive. They brought a high level of professionalism, maintaining clear communication and providing valuable insights throughout the entire process. Their proactive approach to problem-solving and their dedication to exceeding expectations made them a standout partner in achieving our goals.

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

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an undergraduate researcher at Stanford's Fuller Lab – a lab in the Chemical Engineering department.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Techwards?

We hired Techwards to annotate data on a novel platform we created. Techwards staff needed to learn how to use the new platform, learn how to annotate the images we provided in a highly specific manner, and deliver in key milestones.

SOLUTION

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

I selected Techwards through Toogit – another consulting service. Techwards' great pricing, English communication skills, and professionalism stuck with me.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The project entailed a) teaching Techwards staff how to use our annotation software b) working with Techwards staff to critique + improve their annotations and c) giving Techwards milestones to asynchronously contribute towards.

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

Their CEO was our main point of contact. He is extremely easy to work with, and communicates fast.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Working with Techwards has allowed us to annotate data in a cheap and cost-effective way – boosting our model's performance.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was extremely effective, and I had no issues working w/ the Techwards team.

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

I found the company's speed and organization to be unique. It is very hard to find a freelance annotator/IT provider with this level of professionalism and focus.

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

I can't think of anything they need to improve on.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a director of engineering working on enterprise security software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Techwards was hired to provide additional engineering help (both development and QA) for our Proxy initiatives as well Application research to enhance our content database.

SOLUTION

How did you select Techwards and what were the deciding factors?

Techwards was selected based on their domain expertise and the fact that we had previously worked with the team. We had confidence in the team and knew that they would perform to expectations.

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

The projects were incorporated into existing Agile processes (Scrum and Kanban). This included daily stand-ups, planning meetings, and demo. The team participated in full E2E lifecycle including design, estimation, managing work using Jira, bug fixing, testing, and demos.

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

Techwards helped me with 2 projects. Each had a project manager. Project 1 included 4 developers and 2 QA engineers, and project 2 included 6 researchers/analysts.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The contracts were designed based on time and materials. Techwards met the expectations and ensured that scheduled were met.

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

We had daily stand-ups with the team. Work was managed in Jira and Github was used to maintain source code.

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

Because we had previously worked with Techwards, We have high confidence in their performance and ability to meet our needs. I would expect that the can handle any project as the team has a versatile skill set.

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

No Major areas. We had a good experience.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm an engineering director at a prominent semiconductor manufacturer. I have teams in the US and India.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We inherited a legacy codebase that was not compliant with supported versions for Python and Angular. These needed to be modernized and updated.

SOLUTION

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

The engineers at Techwards actually had a relationship with our team and some had familiarity with the codebase. Also, they had the experience necessary in our particular tech stack to make the change.

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

Our codebase is > 10M lines of code, so it is a big effort to convert everything over. For Angular, there are many structural changes when converting from AngularJS so it's more than just hitting an "upgrade" button and validating. For python, there are many places in code that need upgrades in libraries first, change the syntax to support both, then update again, in a step-wise fashion.

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

We worked with about 10 engineers on the techwards. They are all software engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This work helped free up a larger number of engineers to focus on other feature deliverables while keeping us up-to-date with the latest frameworks. This is a win for security and compliance.

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

We defined milestone deliverables together and tracked those in Jira. We meet every week to check on progress and remove any impediments.

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

The team is very responsive and willing to work with flexibility to achieve something that fits with our particular organization. When we had some challenges on our side with QA and verification we huddled together and figured out a better way to work as a whole.

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

Can't think of any

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of a Data Catalog startup. We are currently launching our product with our first customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Techwards to help both with front and backend development. We needed their help to tackle the massive challenge of creating an enterprise ready SaaS solution.

SOLUTION

How did you select Techwards and what were the deciding factors?

We selected Techwards after conducting a series of interviews with former and current customers of theirs.

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

They helped develop a integrations with Open Source solutions, deploying the product on AWS and implementing a variety of features related to data management. On top of that they used AWS Cognito and Django to create a user management system.

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

We worked with 1 project manager, 1 front end engineer, 1 back end engineer and 1 data architect.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The deliverables were all met in a reasonable time frame and as a result we now have a working Data Catalog which we can deploy.

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

Techwards has been very friendly, communicative, and polite. All of their employees have a deep respect for what they do.

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

Techwards has been a blessing for our organization, and we're grateful to have found such a great development partner. Their team has been nothing less than exceptional in helping us define, create and deliver our product.

The organization as a whole is competent, conscientious, and caring. It has been a pleasure to work with them and I am looking forward to many more successful milestones.

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

There was some turnover in their team structure, but they did their best to cover holes where they came up quickly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Playroom

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

AI & Game Infrastructure

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build infrastructure
• Innovation in AI
• Extended engineering team

SOLUTION

How did you find Techwards?

Referral

Why did you select Techwards over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Good Engineering Talent

How many teammates from Techwards were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Building serverless backend
• Custom AI Integration
• New infrastructure from Zero
• Cloudflare /JS /TS / LLM
• DevOps 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Delivered projects on time
• Our product was able to handle scale from 0 to 20 Million users
• High Quality code

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

The team at Techwards works at a Silicon Valley pace and take accountability of their work. This made our partnership much easier.

What was your primary form of communication with Techwards?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The Techwards team has been an invaluable partner in scaling our company. As a Silicon Valley-based AI startup, we operate at an unprecedented pace, constantly pushing the boundaries of new technology. Techwards’ highly skilled engineers consistently deliver not only on time but at a level of quality we’ve come to expect from our experience at Google and Meta. We’re grateful to have found such a strong and reliable partner. It's been more than 2 years of partnership and we are now scaling our relationship with Techwards.

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

Not really.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-Founder of a supply chain, logistics, and transport company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

To revolutionize businesses in emerging markets with a cloud-based supply chain platform that empowers them to streamline operations, gain real-time visibility, and unlock unprecedented growth opportunities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Deploy MVP for our delivery app

SOLUTION

How did you find Techwards?

Referral

Why did you select Techwards over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Techwards were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Techwards helped us by extending our Engineering team to help build Oware technology. Oware provides integrated technology for on-demand warehousing and logistics to help businesses meet supply chain demands. Techwards provided an engineering team for the Oware Rider mobile application. 

Engineers from Techwards researched, modeled, designed, developed, and deployed the rider mobile application. This includes working with ReactNative for mobile applications and integration for the existing backend.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

APP MVP Deployment

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

On time and went out of their way to complete our project and also engage other resource free of cost for successful completion.

What was your primary form of communication with Techwards?

In-Person Meeting

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

The strong emphasis on values and creating a good culture for their employees.

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

Nothing, they really helped us get on track in our platform development.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of Lucid Lane

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We help to prevent persistent opioid use for chronic and surgery pain patients while improving pain and mental health

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• build out the product and service for the company

SOLUTION

How did you find Techwards?

Referral

Why did you select Techwards over others?

Great culture fit

How many teammates from Techwards were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Build out the product and services for the company

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

successful launch of the project

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

Techwards worked closely with the engineering team in US to deliver the features inline with the timelines for the roadmap

What was your primary form of communication with Techwards?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their team consisted of very nice people who wanted us to be successful.

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

Would have liked to see more senior engineers in the mix

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Product of e-bate

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

SaaS solution to manage complex rebates.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Intergations with SAP Hana

SOLUTION

How did you find Techwards?

Referral

Why did you select Techwards over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from Techwards were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Make all required changes to the platform in order to upgrade to SAP Hana. This included both UI and backend changes to integrate with the latest version of SAP. Techwards provided the Product Owner, Developers and QA resources to manage the project in a scrum agile format.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The work was completed on time and within budget.

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

The project was really well managed, daily stand ups, and all progress was well documented throughout on the tracking system.

What was your primary form of communication with Techwards?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The team's communication was impressive, and the work was completed to a high standard.

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

Techwards were great and I would not suggest any areas for improvement.