**BACKGROUND** Please introduce your company and your role. I work as an executive at Learn Squared. In one sentence, how would you summarize your company's purpose? Learn Squared is an e-learning platform that provides a wide array of courses in design, art, and motion graphics, taught by industry experts and designed to cater to both novices and seasoned artists, with a focus on practical applications and techniques. **OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE** What specific goals or objectives did you engage Pagepro to achieve? - Modernize the platform - Create new features - Streamline existing functionality **SOLUTION** How did you discover Pagepro? Through the Clutch website. What made you choose Pagepro over other options? - High ratings - Budget-friendly pricing - Good value for cost How many Pagepro team members worked on this project? Between 2 to 5 employees. Please elaborate on the scope of work, including key deliverables. - **Replatforming from Drupal to NextJS:** Transitioned the entire platform from Drupal to NextJS to enhance performance and scalability. - **Infrastructure Setup on AWS:** Created and optimized our Amazon Web Services infrastructure for efficient deployment, scaling, and security. - **Database Management with PostgreSQL:** Integrated and managed our database using PostgreSQL to ensure data integrity, security, and high availability. - **Custom CMS with Strapi:** Built a custom CMS using Strapi, providing a tailored content management solution that met our specific business requirements and workflows. - **Custom Frontend and Backend Features:** Developed unique functionalities to meet our platform's specific needs without sacrificing necessary features during the technology transition. - **E-commerce System via Shopify API:** Integrated custom functionalities into our Shopify-based e-commerce system through its API, enabling us to retain unique features from our previous setup while benefiting from Shopify's strength. **RESULTS & FEEDBACK** What measurable outcomes demonstrate the project’s success or progress? After switching to NextJS, our platform has significantly improved in speed, user-friendliness, and ease of updates, resulting in heightened user satisfaction and engagement. The custom Shopify functions created by PagePro have streamlined our e-commerce operations, making actions like adjusting product prices and running sitewide sales more efficient. Moreover, the changes have led to reduced AWS costs, underscoring the optimization and cost-effectiveness of the new setup. The Strapi CMS developed by PagePro has transformed our team's ability to manage content, offering a user-friendly interface for updates. Finally, adopting this modern framework has not only improved our current operations but also facilitates the easy integration of future features, thanks to the ongoing support and expertise from the PagePro team. How was their project management? Did they deliver on time? How did they meet your needs? The responsiveness and communication from the PagePro team have been consistently professional and thorough from the project's start. Collaborating on new features or reviewing desired functionalities, every suggestion from our team was seamlessly incorporated and executed promptly and efficiently. What was your main form of communication with Pagepro? Virtual meetings. What impressed you most about this company? What stands out to me about the PagePro team is their excellent communication skills and timely responses. Despite being in almost opposite time zones from most of our team, we successfully launched the new platform with minimal friction and have been very pleased with the results. Are there any areas for improvement or things Pagepro could have done differently? I can't identify any specific areas where PagePro could improve if we were to start a new project together. Their project management, customer relations, and development capabilities are exceptional, with no notable weak links in the process.