Uptalen

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Partner of (a/an) Hospitality & leisure

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We organise group leisure activities with a sustainable character in the Spanish region of Alicante and sell locally produced and sourced organic products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a website including an ecommerce section for our product.

SOLUTION

How did you find Uptalen?

Other

Why did you select Uptalen over others?

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

What was the size of Uptalen’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Delivery of a new website including an online shop from scratch, working according to a pre-defined sitemap, as well as specific customisation of our specific online activity offer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Have managed to create a functional, rapid and responsive website within a short timeframe. They are very responsive to requests regarding specific development details.

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

They delivered everything on time, although no tight timeframe was defined beforehand. They were very responsive to all questions and managed to answer them within the same day.

What was your primary form of communication with Uptalen?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Speeds of work and agile way of dealing with specific client requests.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I`m the CEO of an IT system integrator and services provider company. We service many industries, including banking, software development, mobile services providers, transportation, governmental, legal, non-profit, financial, and manufacturing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We won an important contract and we need extra resources for our inhouse dev team for at least 2 years as long as the contract runs.

SOLUTION

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

Uptalen provided a senior python developer based on our specific requirements.

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

First we signed an NDA and we spoked with a specialist from Uptalen and explained what we are looking for, the mandatory skills and the nice to have. Uptalen got back after a few days with 4 profiles, all matched our skill set and after the interviews we chose Paul, who was available to start in one week. We signed the contract and started to onboard Paul.

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

The team for this project consists from 8 in-house developers and 1 external python developer, Paul, from Uptalen. By the end of the year we foreseen another python developer from Uptalen, for this contract.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The feedback so far is very positive. The fact that they matched us with a great python developer fast and that we can scale anytime without having to spend time and money for recruiting.

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

For their project management, I have one word — effective!

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

There are more things that we like, the most important is the communication and that they listen to our feedback, concerns and delivered the best solution we could have.

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

None, so far.