Prototype (MVP) for the Toronto Experience App CLIENT VENUE TORONTO LAUNCHED 2013 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Co-designed and developed a mobile app in HTML5 / PhoneGap * This was the Prototype / Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Android and iOS * The app features Toronto venues and enables finding locations by mood.
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Customer Service App CLIENT GEEKSPEAK LAUNCHED 2013 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Designed and developed mobile app in HTML5 / PhoneGap * Launched the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Android and iOS * Designed to be white-labelled for retailers
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PHONECASH
LAUNCHED
2006
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HIGHLIGHTS
* Mobile payments consumer product
* Enables secure mobile transactions
* Developed a portion of the productRead On 
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SECURE ELECTRONIC COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGIES (SECT) INC.
LAUNCHED
2003
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HIGHLIGHTS
* Product design for a software start-up company
* Assisted raising $1.2M in venture capital
* Technology for the pharmaceutical industry
* Digital signatures for clinical trials and audits
* Designed to speed-up medical research
* User interface analysis and architecture design
* Designed for various authority user scenarios
* Used in various medical research facilities
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Secure Electronic Compliance Technologies (SECT) provides digital signature management solutions for achieving electronic compliance in regulated industries. Even in today's high-tech world, signatures are still recorded and administered on paper. Medical research requires practically a million personal signatures throughout the design of a new drug. Managing and auditing these 'signature vaults' takes many years.
The FDA produced Title 21CFR11, a law that pressed the life science industry to speed up the management and auditing of signatures using electronic signatures. This is ment to speed up medical research. SECT’s flagship product 'Afferent' is a middleware compliance technology specifically developed to enable life science organizations to fully address the regulatory need created by 21CFR11. 'Afferent' seamlessly integrates electronic signature data from across multiple and disparate networks and software applications, dramatically reducing implementation costs, and providing a centralized reporting facility for audit trails and workflow processes.
SECT needed a well thought out user interface for 'Afferent' that is universal enough for doctors, administrator and other personnel to use on a regular basis.
After studying 'Afferent' inside out, Giant Step developed a user interface architecture for the middleware product. The interface had many requirements. It had to be modular and scalable, as to fit all types of implementations. We also developed a visual way to simulate the process of approving and declining signatures, based on registered authority levels. The interface was used in various medical research facilities.
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Digital Signage Ad Network (beta) CLIENT SAROLTA TECHNOLOGIES INC. LAUNCHED 2006 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Ad-serving infrastructure Beta project * Web-based media server design + development * Beta project was expanded to a suite of products * Proprietary digital signage advertising network * Point-of purchase video ads at over 40 retailers ABOUT THE PROJECT Sarolta Technologies provides a network of digital signs for Point Of Purchase(POP) advertising. Sarolta broadcasts TV-style commercials to digital displays in over 40 retail locations in Toronto. In order to manage the ad content and administer the machines remotely, Sarolta needed a web-based system that will be reliable, track all activity, and be easy to use. In 2003, envisioning the coming Digital Signage revolution, Sarolta contracted Giant Step to develop a beta project of the Sarolta Media Server. The web-based software included many features, communicating with many computer-aided digital displays. It allowed Sarolta to see what is currently playing on each machine, upload video files, track play time for each machine and so on. Expanding on the beta project, Sarolta offers a complete Digital Signage Advertising Network including a Media Server and Campaign Management tools.
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CLIENT
STARTIPZ
LAUNCHED
2004
HIGHLIGHTS
* Pin-based affiliate promotions marketer
* Pins in US/CDN trading cards + other products
* Customers enter pin codes to view online content
* Celebrity content include John Daly videos
* Developed pin-allocation database system
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Startipz is an integrated marketing promotion vehicle, designed by Star Digital Media Inc. Affiliate promotional materials, such as trading cards, drink packaging and others, urge people to go to the Startipz web site and enter the pin number on the package to see free steaming videos of sports celebrities giving tips about their golf swing, batting, etc.
Startipz uses their web site in various promotions around the United States and Canada, and needed support in the design and management of the pin allocation system.
Giant Step designed a scale-able architecture for the allocation of pin numbers to each promotion. The system allows for the creation of new promotions of any size, which use pin numbers and apply them automatically for use in the Startipz web site for each particular promotion.
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Menteer Mentoring Platform Client Deployments CLIENT CAREER SKILLS INCUBATOR LAUNCHED 2016 Visit Career Skills Incubator Visit Menteer HIGHLIGHTS * Menteer is a product of the Career Skills Incubator * Funded by CIRA as aa platform for connecting mentors and mentees * We customized the platform for various client implementations: * Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) * Emerging Leaders for Solar Energy (ELSE) Canada * New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) * Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC) * University of Western Australia (UWA)
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