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.
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 | Presentations
Client Projects
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.
Wellbe
Patient-Centered Solutions for the Whole Care Continuum. We helped Wellbe get to the next level with agile process consulting and expert Ruby on Rails development.
1stGig
Turn a connection into a career. We built 1stGig's platform from the ground up to connect recent college grads with their first professional careers.
Minute Menu Systems
We worked with MinuteMenu to improve and maintain 3 PhoneGap/Sencha Touch based mobile applications.
Open Source
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
RailsConf 2019
"What I learned my first year as a full-time programmer"
A talk focused on early-career developers that shares tips and tricks for being successful in tech, and clears up various misconceptions about being a programmer.
JSConf Hawai'i 2019
"How to Make Your Website Not Ugly"
Basic UX and design principles for programmers to make your website more beautiful.
Bifrost Conference 2018
"The secret skills of non-CS techies"
A look at how managers and folks who hire can capitalize on the unique skillsets that folks without CS degrees bring to the table, and how to harness their potential.
Madison+ Ruby: Chicago 2018
"How the service sector & liberal arts can secretly prepare folks for tech careers"
Exploring the under-appreciated skills and value that people without computer science degrees bring to the industry.
That Conference 2017 (keynote)
"We've Always Been Here: Women Changemakers in Tech"
This talk takes an expansive look at the history of women in tech, including when (and why) tech switched from being mostly women to mostly men, past and present women tech pioneers, and how you can help change the narrative.
RailsConf 2017
"We've Always Been Here: Women Changemakers in Tech"
An expansive look at the history of women in tech, including when (and why) tech switched from being mostly women to mostly men, past and present women tech pioneers, and how you can help change the narrative.