**BACKGROUND** Please introduce your company and your role. I am the Co-Founder, overseeing Product and Operations at Auxa Health. Summarize what your company does in one sentence. Auxa Health equips frontline care teams with real-time, actionable insights across Medicaid, Medicare, and community programs. Our platform clarifies fragmented data, facilitating smooth transitions of care, coordination of covered benefits and services, and fostering scalable, person-centered outcomes. **OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE** What specific goals or objectives did you hire App Streams Ltd to achieve? They were tasked with designing and building the frontend of our platform, establishing our engineering QA system, and providing ad hoc backend support prior to a crucial customer launch. **SOLUTION** How did you come across App Streams Ltd? Through a referral. Why did you choose App Streams Ltd over other options? Their pricing aligned with our budget, they fit well culturally, offered good value for the cost, were recommended to me, and their company values resonated with ours. How many team members from App Streams Ltd worked on this project? Between 2-5 Employees. Please detail the scope of work and key deliverables. Auxa, a seed-stage startup, has collaborated with App Streams for over a year to create, build, and launch our initial product suite. During this period, we've worked with a team of 3-4 engineers, designers, and QA analysts from App Streams to consistently meet critical internal milestones and customer deadlines. Key contributions include: - Comprehensive UX/UI design for our web application, from initial wireframes to production-ready interfaces. - Frontend development of our web application utilizing modern, scalable frameworks. - Implementation of both manual and automated testing processes to enhance the quality and reliability of our releases across frontend and backend services. **RESULTS & FEEDBACK** What measurable outcomes have resulted from the project that indicate progress or success? App Streams has been an outstanding partner, consistently surpassing expectations in all major areas of work. Their design and engineering contributions have expedited our product roadmap and improved the experience for our customers. Notable outcomes include: - Customer Web Application: App Streams' UX/UI design and frontend development support allowed us to design, build, and launch our first customer implementation in under four months—a crucial achievement for a seed-stage product. Additionally, their assistance was vital during our platform migration, ensuring user experience remained uninterrupted while they continue to support new feature releases routinely. - Clickable Prototype: In close partnership with our product team, App Streams developed a high-fidelity, clickable prototype that has proven essential for business development discussions and investor presentations. - Application Testing: App Streams managed to automate testing for about 50% of our platform within three months, reducing regressions and increasing our confidence in each new release. - Internal Tools: They also designed our internal admin panel, which has streamlined manual workflows by roughly 50%, enhancing our operational scalability. Users frequently commend our product's intuitiveness and user-friendliness—a testament to the quality of frontend development and UX/UI design provided by App Streams. Collectively, these accomplishments have significantly advanced the maturity, stability, and usability of our platform, and we regard App Streams as a vital long-term partner in our success. **PROJECT MANAGEMENT** Describe their project management. Did they meet deadlines? How did they address your needs? App Streams has exhibited exceptional project management throughout our collaboration. Their team operates seamlessly within our internal product and engineering organization as a natural extension of our staff. They are friendly, easy to work with, and have consistently met deadlines. Their frontend engineer, in particular, works at an impressive pace, prompting our backend team to sometimes hasten their efforts to keep pace. They are always responsive to our requests and willing to accommodate last-minute needs or put in extra hours to help us reach critical milestones. This adaptability has been crucial for a rapidly evolving startup like ours. Their CEO, Stoyan, is also highly accessible and collaborative, approaching every challenge with a solutions-oriented attitude and proving to be a genuine partner in our success. What was your primary means of communication with App Streams Ltd? Virtual meetings and emails or messaging apps. What impressed or distinguished this company the most? After working with various nearshore and offshore engineering teams, App Streams is by far the best partner we've had. Their unique strengths include: - In-depth understanding of U.S. healthcare and the broader U.S. context. - Excellent language and cultural compatibility with our team. - Strong design, QA, and engineering capabilities. - Thoughtful collaboration and true partnership. - Consistent professionalism. What stands out is how proactively and independently their team engages with our product and engineering teams. Each member takes the initiative to thoroughly grasp the issue before offering solutions, anticipating challenges, asking clarifying questions, and suggesting practical solutions. Their foresight and ownership have been invaluable, and we can't express enough positive sentiments about the team. **AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT** Are there any areas for improvement or suggestions for App Streams Ltd? Honestly, there are no areas needing improvement. The team has been exceptional all around. My only desire is that we had the budget to engage even more of their talented members!