What We Do
Mobile.
- Mobile User Experience + User Interface Design
- Visual Design
- Native iOS + Android Development
- Mobile Optimized Websites
Web.
- Web User Experience + User Interface Design.
- Visual Design
- Ruby on Rails Web Applications
- Custom WordPress Themes
- Facebook Pages
Our Work
Teengage Paparazzo
Twote.It
World Trade Center Seattle
Nikestore iPhone App
Hashgram
Carogram
Whiply
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Teengage Paparazzo
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Twote.It
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World Trade Center Seattle
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Nikestore iPhone App
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Hashgram
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Carogram
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Whiply
The Xhatch Team
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David Hoang, User Experience Architect + Principal
David (@davidhoang) has more than seven years of experience in interactive design and has worked with world-class clients such as Expedia, Microsoft, Hotels.com, Nike and Nordstrom. Prior to co-founding Xhatch, David worked at ExactTarget as a consultant on their global accounts team. His passion is User Experience + User Interface Design because of the need for creative thinking and coming up with concepts and creating the solutions. David’s main role at Xhatch is to design workflows, wireframes and UIs. In his free time, David likes to travel + spend time with his 23 pound tabby cat, Wilson (AKA MegaKitty).
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Adam McDonald, Software Architect + Principal
Adam (@raid5) is a web/mobile developer currently living in Seattle, WA, with a passion for open source software and tinkering with the latest development technologies.
Adam is motivated by the ability to make a difference in the world through the projects he works on. As a co-founder of Xhatch, Adam’s responsibilities sit on the development side of the fence, ranging from full-blown webapps and mobile applications to hacking up some simple javascript.
Outside of work, Adam enjoys snowboarding during the winter months, and riding his motorcycle during the summer. Being a dog lover, Adam’s Alaskan Malamute, Roxy, keeps him entertained year-round!
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Jason Dinsmore, Software Engineer
Jason (@dinjas) specializes in Web Development + Programming and enjoys working with both the JavaScript and Ruby languages.
At Xhatch, Jason collaborates closely with Adam on web-related projects. Whether writing back-end code in Ruby to support the functionality of a mobile app or manipulating the front-end DOM with jQuery Jason enjoys wearing many hats and loves the fast pace and passion of the agile environment.
In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, wakeboarding, and collaborating on projects with friends. Jason is based in the Portland Area.
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Jake Moore, Mobile Developer
Jake (@jcob) is a mobile developer living in southwest Washington. He has over four years experience writing mobile applications across several platforms, and currently spends most of his time programming for iOS and Android. Jake holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Washington State University. When not writing software, he is usually spending time with his family or reading (about software). He also enjoys playing basketball and watching football.
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Enelia V. Faithful, Interactive Designer
Enelia (@evfaithful) has over five years of experience creating design solutions for businesses and non-profits. Originally from Colombia — and having relocated every few years since her move to the United States — she brings Latin flavor, Southern charm, Midwestern values, and Northeastern efficiency to the Xhatch team. She received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She is fluent in Spanish and dabbles in German. During her free time she enjoys photography, being nerdy with her husband, and teaching her dog, Emma, manners. Enelia is based in the New York City area.
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Kimberly Berkley, Graphic Artist
As the Adobe Illustrator master, Kimberly’s primary duties at Xhatch is to be the team’s graphic artist. She specializes in logo design and illustration as well as branding + identity. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Northwest College of Art and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Why Hire Xhatch?
1. Smaller Team = More Attention.
If you’ve ever taken a class where there were 500 students as opposed to 30 or 40, you understand how vital one-on-one time (and potentially limited) the time with the professor is. Xhatch is not an agency, and we don’t have sales representatives and project managers. You talk directly to the building designing an building your solution!
2. Agile Development. Quicker. Lighter. Efficient.
We’re not here to take you to the cleaners financially. All we are looking for is to build great applications we’re excited about in exchange of a fair rate. Our goal is to get your idea to market as soon as possible, even if that means releasing a few versions. Our Agile methodology allows us to be in constant communication with you and more flexible with the project lifecycle.
3. 100% Independent.
We don’t take anything off the top for admin or sub-contracting. The money you pay us goes straight to our team—that is if you care about that sort of thing.
4. Size Matters + the Power of Numbers.
We’re not a one-man team that tells you we can do everything. We’re also not a huge agency where you’re just another client. We’re at the perfect size to effectively execute on your ideas. We use what we need to get it done, not throw a bunch of moving parts at you to complicate the process.
5. Informed. Innovative. Skilled.
Everyone on our Xhatch team has professional experience, whether it was creating their own startup or working for world-class and innovative clients. All members of the Xhatch team collaborates on every project we do, even if it is just providing feedback. This is our quality control to make sure that we are all on the same page, that the project was executed to its best capability and that it is the best thing we as a team can possibly put out there.
6. Team Familiarity.
Co-Founders David Hoang + Adam McDonald have known each other and collaborated for more than fifteen years. Every member of Xhatch is professionally one step removed (or less) from David or Adam. Our team is a close one, and we all know each other very well.
7. No Bullshit.
We formed Xhatch because we don’t like bullshit. Our team consist of hard-working designers and developers who are honest about what can be done in the allotted budget or time. We’re not going to sell you something that doesn’t work because we’re the ones also building it for you—we care about it!
Pricing + Scoping
If we told you how much everything costs without even knowing what you’re building, we would not be giving you an accurate estimate. That’s why we don’t. Here is our project scoping process:
- Coffee or Phone Call. We get together to learn more about the project, but just as importantly, you. Synergy and cooperation is important to us. This engagement is to go over your idea and see if we’re a good fit to design and build it for you. If things go well we take it to step 2.
- Project Scoping. In this step we determine the feature set based on our conversations. We ask for vital features that need to be in version 1 and (if necessary) a feature set of what you would like to have in version 2. Our goal is to get your idea to market as quickly and as effective as possible.
- Pricing. In Step 3 we determine the price. Our preference is to bill hourly and provide a “level of confidence” in the amount of hours it can be achieved in. For example, we might say we are 90% confident that we can complete this product/feature in X amount of hours at Y dollars per hour. In our experience, hourly billing keeps us in constant contact with the client and it typically is a quicker process to get the product to market.
- Statement of Work. Once you agree on the project scope and pricing, we draft a statement of work (or sign a contract you provide) to begin the work.
- Billing. We bill at NET15 and vary frequency depending on the project scale. Typically, in engagements 3 months or less we invoice upon sign-off of each phase with an up-front deposit of 33% of the hours estimated. We use those hours as credited hours and then begin billing after that.
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