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1 We turn hard problems into great software.

2 We are passionate individuals focused on crafting impactful solutions to our clients most complex problems. CPO and Cofounder Ingrid Alongi 2

3 We Develop Applications Design Interfaces Integrate into your Team Consult on your Product 3

4 QUICK LEFT IS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY THAT OFFERS COMPANIES INNOVATIVE DESIGN, & DEVELOPMENT 4

5 // Quick Stats 50 Passionate Web & Mobile Crafters Located in Boulder, Portland, & San Francisco Makers of sprint.ly #223 on the INC. 500 Fastest Growing Companies 5

6 // Our Clients 6

7 // Our Awards Quick Left has rapidly been recognized as a leader both locally and nationally in business, culture, and domain expertise. 7

8 // Our Services CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT UX DESIGN STRATEGY PRODUCT CONSULTATION TEAM BOOST Our developers work Great design is After six years, Hiring is hard. Spin up in pairs on projects research, analysis, dozens of products, your own Quick Left large and small to iteration, and and a quarter-million designer or produce lean, test empathy. It s working lines of code, we ve developer to help driven code on with a client to find gotten pretty good at introduce a new platforms ranging the right problem spotting where a technology, get a from Ruby-On-Rails to before we try to project can go wrong, fresh set of eyes, or HTML5, and beyond. begin solving it. and knowing how to boost project velocity. fix it quickly and correctly. 8

9 Custom Development Our developers work in pairs on projects large and small to produce lean, test driven code on platforms ranging from Backbone to Ruby-On- Rails to HTML5, and beyond. 9

10 // Agile Quick Left takes pride in its Adaptable Agile approach to projects. The Adaptable Agile methodology solves software problems faster by combining a bespoke, flexible approach to craft development and continuous team interaction. We leave clean, responsible code behind with your team leveled up in both process and new technologies. Quick Left listens to the client, challenges assumptions, and assures that the application evolves throughout the process. We dramatically speed up development by implementing tight iterations, continuous feedback and test-first methodology as part of our development approach. Quick Left has defined a proprietary process through which strategy, talent and technology are leveraged to facilitate a clear, measured path to client end goals. 10

11 // Range of Tech Services 11

12 // Our Expertise CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK VARIETY OF LANGUAGES TEST-DRIVEN APPROACH BUSINESS CONSCIENTIOUS Our developers work Quick Left developers pride Craftsmanship is a core At Quick Left, your success directly with your team to themselves in being fluent in value at Quick Left, and is our success, and in spec, plan, and build your multiple programming the number one way to order to build the best product. We utilize daily languages. This trait allows guarantee that we deliver product, we align our stand-ups and weekly them to evaluate software quality software is test- team with your business check-ins to seek feedback design patterns and principles driven development. We goals from day one. early and often, ensuring from multiple languages when continually write Rather than simply asking that your vision is always architecting solutions for your automated tests that verify the "how", we'll act as a being represented in what business, resulting in software the functionality of your member of your team and is being built. that is of higher quality and product, ensuring that challenge you to answer easier to maintain for future what works today will work the "why". developers. tomorrow as well. 12

13 UX Design Great design is research, psychology, analysis, iteration, and empathy. It s working with the client to identify the appropriate problem before we try to solve it on-screen. 13

14 // Methodology DISCOVERY & RESEARCH WIREFRAMES & PROTOTYPING HI-FI DESIGNS USABILITY & TESTING At Quick Left we believe Getting ideas onto High Fidelity Designs, or Our designers strive to the best solutions for paper starts the visual Hi-Fi, are pixel perfect build with usability in your application require portion of our journey. user interfaces ready for mind. A functional rationale. Interviews, The User Interface, or development. We solution is not enough. competitive analysis, UI, begins to take shape create style guides Great designs are persona use-cases, and and we can begin to along with the Hi-Fi accessible and experimenting all lead pragmatically attach Designs to make sure empathetic. We ll test to uncovering your business goals to the the final product our application until it product s success. appropriate screens to maintains the best creates a sense of ease see what is working, and craftsmanship possible. and delight for the user. what is not. 14

15 Case Studies

PingAccess, which manages security settings

administrator configuration utility that had a

The Ping Identity team built the back end and

16 PingAccess, which manages security settings for network applications, needed an administrator configuration utility that had a slick UX/UI. Prior to bringing us on, the client s customers were using manual terminal commands. The Ping Identity team built the back end and API while we simultaneously built out the front end, resulting in increased customer satisfaction. 16

Old Navy & CP+B Old Navy needed a technical solution that could handle the

The solution had to run on a single server, talk to an existing MySQL database,

17 Old Navy & CP+B Old Navy needed a technical solution that could handle the traffic of Black Friday. The solution had to run on a single server, talk to an existing MySQL database, create customer lists using Redis, and work with their CDN. Quick Left created a Node.js solution, which handled 10MM+ hits on the first day and allowed millions of people to create their holiday wish lists successfully. x *We weren t responsible for the art direction nor did we get to work with Mr. Takei 17

Awe.sm is now part of Unified Social, and is a

for viewing, querying, and visualizing the ROI of

18 Awe.sm is now part of Unified Social, and is a platform for tracking and analyzing social media marking data. With a featurerich API already in hand, we collaborated with the Awe.sm team to develop a dynamic, interactive dashboard for viewing, querying, and visualizing the ROI of social media investment. The new front-end UI helped Awe.sm increase revenue as it drove more customers into their analytics ecosystem. 18

19 We built Sprint.ly to meet our project management needs. Our goal was to focus on usability and front-end performance. Story Creation is at the heart of the process. We used some of the latest JavaScript libraries including Backbone.js to create a robust management platform that we use everyday internally and with many of our clients! 19

Gociety approached us to create a new mobile experience building

Taking advantage of their existing API, we designed and

introduced the concept of sharing and joining plans, making it

20 Gociety approached us to create a new mobile experience building on their web-based social network for outdoor enthusiasts. Taking advantage of their existing API, we designed and developed a cross-platform app built with Apache Cordova which introduced the concept of sharing and joining plans, making it quick and easy for users to browse & locate activities or partners on the go. 20

TrainingPeaks, a software development company in the

athletes and coaches, needed a more scalable

Our team helped rewrite their main application in

21 TrainingPeaks, a software development company in the athletic industry whose platform is widely used by athletes and coaches, needed a more scalable application than their current technology platform. Our team helped rewrite their main application in HTML5 and JavaScript and migrated it over to the new technical platform. 21

Jones E-Global Library needed to support a wide array of

reuse shared HTML and JavaScript across mobile phones, tablets

js to accomplish this task, partly due to the client s desire

22 Jones E-Global Library needed to support a wide array of devices which prompted our use of Apache Cordova in order to reuse shared HTML and JavaScript across mobile phones, tablets and desktop browsers. Quick Left used Node.js and Backbone.js to accomplish this task, partly due to the client s desire to embrace new technologies, but also because of our expertise in these areas. 22

the product matured, it was decided that a

engineering team, we were able to convert a

23 We began using an evolving API as an interface into Photobucket s systems, but as the product matured, it was decided that a direct integration into Photobucket s code stack was needed. Working closely with Photobucket s engineering team, we were able to convert a standalone API based javascript application into a directly integrated part of their application. 23

24 WE ARE UNWAVERING IN OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN CRAFT. THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PRODUCT IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN. 24

25 Website: quickleft.com Phone: SAN FRANCISCO BOULDER PORTLAND rd St. #105 SanFrancisco, CA, USA Pearl Street Boulder, CO, USA SW 3rd Ave. 2nd Floor Portland, OR

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UI/UX BASICS. What is UX?

UI/UX BASICS. What is UX? What is UX? UX stands for user experience or user experience design. It s also sometimes abbreviated as UXD, UED or XD. UX is the naked experience of a product: how a product functions, not how it looks.