Our Work
Ten Forward has worked with businesses from Fortune 500 companies to startups. Our customizable plans allow us to meet you where you are, and give us the flexibility to scale with your business.
Ten Forward has worked with businesses from Fortune 500 companies to startups. Our customizable plans allow us to meet you where you are, and give us the flexibility to scale with your business.
Whether you're looking for a straightforward marketing site, complex administrative site, or something in-between, we've got you covered.
Design? Copy? Code? We do it all! Focus on what you do best, and leave the rest to us.
Ten Forward also has expert mobile developers; we've built everything from exercise apps to emergency response apps, native or cross-platform, for both iOS and Android.
We'd love to show you what we can do for your business.
Client Projects | Open Source & Pro Bono Work | Presentations
Client Projects
Client Projects
Widen, an Acquia company
Taking a mobile app product into the future through collaboration and attention to detail.
MyCoach
Ten Forward's mobile app whitelabeling software, Cloudfive, empowers this business owner to meet his clients needs and grow sustainably.
Mobile Doorman
Their platform - two native mobile apps and a robust backend with deep integrations - allows managers of luxury apartment buildings to better communicate with residents.
Virtual Badge
Virtual Badge is a platform that utilizes mobile devices to increase security and intelligence for on-site personnel management.
FestBuddy
Changing the way festival events are organized, planned, and experienced with a full stack mobile and web platform.
BrandScope
BrandScope is a cloud software solution for companies selling branded products of all sizes.
Pump It Up Party
Pump It Up is where your imagination comes to play, and our app makes brings locations, schedules, and special events right to your fingertips.
Threadflip
A new dashboard, that you can take with you on the go. We worked with Threadflip to create a mobile responsive one-stop site for sellers to do everything they need.
Open Source and Pro Bono Work
Open Source and Pro Bono Work
Volunteering Evaluator
A tool we built for determining if a specific volunteering opportunity is likely to be a good fit.
Faker::Measurement
Faker is a library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers; we contributed the "Measurement" component for filler weight, height, length, etc.
Subspace
Subspace is a Ruby gem meant to make provisioning as easy as Capistrano makes deploying (origin of the name). It is powered by Ansible.
Presentations
Presentations
Ruby Rogues Podcast
"The Significance Of Salary Transparency With Hilary Stohs-Krause"
Making a return appearance on the Ruby Rogues podcast, co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause explains how they were able to implement salary transparency at her company and why it is important. Moreover, she shares their company's process on how to decide on their employees' salaries.
RubyConf AU 2023
"How to Make Your Website Not Ugly: Basic UX for Programmers"
Even with zero design training or background, there are numerous small, simple and practical ways you can vastly improve the look and usability of a website. In this talk, co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause explores 10 of them, using research and proven solutions to see how the impact as a whole for both clients and users is greater than the sum of its parts.
RubyConf Mini 2022
"How We Implemented Salary Transparency (And Why It Matters)"
In this presentation, co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause discussed why salary transparency matters, ways it can manifest, and how to pitch it to the rest of your company, by using Ten Forward's experience implementing various forms of wage transparency as a case study.
Madison Nonprofit Day 2021
"10 ways to improve your nonprofits relationship with Tech"
Many nonprofits can't afford to accommodate an in-house tech team. But even those with a dedicated tech team frequently find themselves trying to speak two very different languages. Co-Owner Hilary Stohs-Krause presented some practical steps that organizations can take to improve their technical security, longevity, and efficiency, no matter their size.
THAT Conference 2021
"What I learned my first year as a full-time programmer"
Co-Owner Hilary Stohs-Krause gave a talk focused on early-career developers that shared tips and tricks for being successful in tech and clears up various misconceptions about being a programmer.
Middleton Chamber of Commerce 2021
"Straight Forward Strategies for making informed business decisions about software"
Co-Owner Hilary Stohs-Krause's presentation explored key considerations for how to decide what kind of software is right for which specific business needs, allowing folks to make confident choices more quickly and save their energy and focus on what matters.
RubyConf 2021
"Why we worry about all the wrong things"
Our world is increasingly complicated, and our fear response hasn't kept up. Co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause gave a presentation about what contributes to our sense of risk and how we process fear, how we can channel it into productive outcomes that make us safer, happier, and less stressed.
Treehouse Festival Winter 2020
"Beer, Bylines & Booleans: Exploring the Secret Superpowers of Non-CS Techies"
Hilary Stohs-Krause discusses how non-technical backgrounds point to superpowers that are increasingly valuable for technical positions.