Edify is dedicated to furthering the empowerment of knowledge through innovation.
GoWe believe that education in all its forms is the purpose of our craft.
GoBetween the tension of creative innovation & marketable change we find success.
GoOur decades of experience in enterprise software development creates an effective but flexible team that match existing processes and infrastructure for the minimum cost and maximum efficiency.
Our team has been central in the development of a variety of educational, learning, and content management systems. Our customers rely upon our pragmatic computer science practice with a comprehension of the education and knowledge marketplace. We offer strategic solutions that encompass our customers' organizational culture, business needs and lifecycle development processes.
Our decades of experience in enterprise software development creates an effective but flexible team. We strive to match existing processes and infrastructure for the minimum cost and maximum efficiency.
Knowledge. Applied.
Florida Virtual School (FLVS), one of the largest, most recognized Internet-based public schools in the United States, was faced with the challenge of adapting the Blackboard Learn™ LMS platform to a unique set of requirements covering diverse functional areas. Our team implemented an overhauled alerts and notifications system; developed a completely new, guided learning path for students; revamped the grading interface; and developed customized usage and tracking reports. FLVS turned to BlueFletch Consulting and Edify, working alongside Blackboard’s own in-house consulting team, to fulfill a key role in the development of these customizations to the Blackboard product.
The main challenges for this project stemmed from the design, development and stabilization of Blackboard extensions that interact deeply with (and in some cases even replace) out-of-the-box functionality. From a student perspective, FLVS envisioned a powerful Adaptive Learning Path that provides an intelligent, individualized and student-centric approach to course content and outcomes. Teachers were given enhanced control and visibility into their student’s progress by means of specialized course tools and modules. Administrative users benefited from specialized reporting and data integration capabilities as well.
BlueFletch and Edify helped bring FLVS’s vision to life by creating and deploying a set of Building Block extensions that harnessed Blackboard’s pluggable architecture and API, in turn providing a customized LMS user experience. To achieve this, our team applied our deep knowledge of the Blackboard platform and the mechanisms through which the tool can be shaped according to our customer’s specific requirements. Additionally, we were able to integrate and interact fluidly with a multi-company, internationally distributed team.
As a result of our collaborative effort, our client was able to fully utilize the off-the-shelf Blackboard platform and revolutionize their e-learning product offering.
Knowledge Elements (KE) partners with and advises US Christian Colleges and Universities on various areas such as accreditation, compliance, training, mentoring, online learning and course creation, to name a few.
Edify started working with Knowledge Elements in 2010, as their technology adviser and programming and development team. As a consequence of working with other providers, KE didn’t have a development process in place, was not making scalable applications, and was not able to integrate well with other teams or customers. Edify worked with KE to define a plan to solve these known problems. As a result, Knowledge Elements now has an efficient, versioned and strong workflow that goes from conception of an idea to product deployment. This has allowed them to integrate with their customers much more succinctly and efficiently.
With KE’s trust, Edify has become a proactive partner, extending their product portfolio with two new services based on open source solutions for their customers’ students: ScreenPadPad, a real time, collaborative tool for notes and drafts, and Connection Mine, a video conference environment for instructors and students. These tools integrated well with KE’s key software offerings Atheneo and iCourseCreator, which are also maintained and enhanced by the Edify Team.
Thanks to our partnership and their expertise, Knowledge Elements remains a leading education network in their marketplace.
Doug Blumhardt, Chief Operations Officer of Knowledge Elements, has this to say about Edify:
"I have been particularly impressed with Edify's knowledge and skill in open source development. There are so many possibilities that exist via open source that would simply be impractical or overly cost-prohibitive in a ground-up development process. As phenomenal as those possibilities are, you can't tap that potential unless you have sharp developers who are on the leading edge in that world. We have found that Edify knows how to integrate frameworks and open source objects in a very effective way. They also touch the resultant apps with a lot of creativity and finesse. It would be very costly for us to replicate Edify's skill set via an on-shore development group. We are thankful for everything Edify does to lift our business model to another level!"
Kaplan is a pioneer in online education, providing services to students of all ages—from first-graders learning to read to professionals seeking postgraduate training. With over 500 locations in more than 30 countries, they educate more than one million students each year. Edify helped Kaplan design and develop new features and products for their k8-Precollege LMS (Smart Track). Under the Smart Track umbrella, Edify also helped create a web-based Content Delivery Engine for students and a rich media Educator Portal for students, parents and teachers.
Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions (KTPA) is a market-leading provider of tutoring services and preparation materials for standardized tests. As a complement to their existing product portfolio targeting institutional students who wish to prepare for the SAT and ACT tests, KTPA wanted to provide a toolset for institutional administrators and educators to help improve classroom performance. Edify and BlueFletch Consulting (our partner company) responded to this need by creating a Web application known as the Educator Portal.
Edify’s challenge was to design and implement the server-side batch processing tools that generate data for several system usage and student performance reports. These data processing tools were required to handle large quantities of complex information, including content usage, lesson outcomes and test performance at various levels of aggregation. As a result of our collaboration, KTPA successfully deployed their vision of the Educator Portal as a valuable addition to their product lineup.
Measured Progress, an industry leader in the development of customized, K-12 student assessments for schools, districts and states, was faced with the need to integrate some of their legacy systems with a user-friendly application that could more easily be used by their employees. Measured Progress turned to Pure Source (our partner company) and Edify to create a team to help realize their goals. We built a web Portal application based on a Liferay Enterprise instance and used web services to remotely access their existing data. As a result, we created an elegant and solidly designed application that was adopted by their in-house IT department after a knowledge transfer hand-off.
Athlete Information System (ATHIS) is one of Edify's in-house projects. A robust and innovative software system for the professional sports industry, ATHIS allows organizations to analyze data and statistics of players and results to make better decisions. It can be configured by the user for any type of sport or competition.
Specifically, the creation of this system was done in conjunction with “Liga Deportiva Alajuelense", one of the premier soccer teams in Costa Rica. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense is currently the three-peat national champion, has won 26 national championships and two major international tournaments, and is recognized as one of the most important teams in the country. ATHIS is Liga Deportiva Alajuelense's backbone of analysis and we expect it to soon be used by several other professional soccer teams. Further, we hope to roll out the system to other sports worldwide.We believe that the educational world and e-learning are constantly growing, the future will consist of fully immersive experiences.
At Edify we believe that we live in a knowledge powered world. Our vision is to combine some of the most talented computer scientists to engage the forefront of education technology. That vision powers our knowledge based world. As we see change across the globe we also recognize that societies and individuals are awakening to the power they hold over our combined future. Only through excellent education can we create a future where all are treated equally and given great opportunities to contribute.
Computer science as a discipline has proven an excellent tool for scaling massive change inside existing social systems. Our vision is to empower ourselves, our partners, and our customers through exceptional technology innovation.
We recognize that not only through our own efforts but the collaborative efforts of others we create an innovative education marketplace and opportunities for a better future for humanity.
We are a passionate group of strategic thinkers and creative minds, pushing way beyond the boundaries of e-learning.
Software architect experienced in delivering technological solutions for financial institutions, commercial businesses and educational organizations, with strong skills for designing software components and modeling databases. Currently focused on learning management systems and content management systems; particularly interested in designing solutions exploiting collective intelligence and knowledge discovery from content. Also interested in academic work on cognitive science research to improve HCI on computer mediated learning processes. Diego holds a BS in computer engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica and is currently pursuing a MSc in cognitive science from Universidad de Costa Rica.
Jennifer focuses on Operations Management and North American Client Relations. Her background is in Technical Support, Network Engineering and Project Management, she honed these skills at Norfolk Southern Railroad, Tachyon and Earthlink before heading up Roundbox Global. She spent the last 10 years at RBX learning the ins and out of owning, managing and growing a 3 person company in her living room to a multi-national software development organization with offices in the US, Costa Rica and Chile. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Kennesaw State University. She is a self proclaimed foodie who loves to travel the world with her husband, Justin. She also enjoyes seeing indie films, concerts and art shows in her free time.
Federico is a software architect and developer with extensive experience in J2EE application design and development chiefly in the education technology industry. His main areas of interest include performance analysis and optimization and business rule engine implementations for large, complex systems. He holds an MSc and a BS in Computer Science at the University of Costa Rica, where his research has focused on machine learning and bio-inspired computation. Federico's non-work interests include music, travel and reading about psychology and physics.
Javier is a technical manager and software architect with extensive experience managing teams and implementing enterprise solutions in several industries (education, financial, e-commerce, marketing, gambling, data mining). He has great technical skills to design and build application services/tools applying mature open source technologies (J2EE, Php, Ruby), but also he has developed soft skills to organize, lead, manage and coordinate small to large project teams. He holds a BS in Computer Science at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR). Out of the office Javier invests his time practicing sports (non-professional triathlon, soccer) and spending quality time with his family.
Julio is a Web application developer and open source lover. He works with different technologies from Java, Ruby to NodeJS. He is always looking for the next cool and interesting technology. From backend to UI he concentrates his efforts on achieving the best experience for the end user. Julio holds a BS in computer engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. His interests outside of Edify are surfing, music and conservation of Costa Rica’s natural wonders.
Geek and hacker by heart. He's been a front end developer for about eleven years, honored with the first of his awards at the age of 17. Passionate about web standards, mobile technologies and engaging user experiences as he is, you'll most often find him speaking at conferences, presenting online seminars, or just enjoying the chance to share ideas and brainstorm with other developers. Jasson is passionate about open source and has been contributor for world known projects like jQuery UI, PhoneGap and Appcelerator Titanium and is the creator of other not-so-famous libraries and tools. He has been technical reviewer in books used by the government entities as a benchmark to evaluate their web sites' effectiveness. He likes to research on new ways to make web applications, read sci-fi, play backgammon and drink coffee.
Adrián is a seasoned Project Lead and Technical Manager with development skills in Ruby, PHP, J2EE and mobile platforms. Adrian has also deployed, and supported multiple application tiers across complex production environments. He has extensive experience doing technical training for development and support teams, developing Learning Managing Systems and other types of applications like MMO games. Adrian holds a BS in Computer Science from Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.
Come work with us!
Interested in working with an innovative group of collaborators in a relaxed and fun work environment? We are always looking for talented individuals to join the Edify family. Edify is not a typical company, we value our team members input, life experience and cultural differences.
We have a deep understanding of e-learning. Our knowledge is the bridge between a creative idea and an exceptional execution.
We put our client's needs first by adapting to different development processes, ranging from the waterfall approach to agile development. Our team integrates successfully with management, quality assurance, business analysis and user experience design teams.
We provide strategic design services for robust, high performance technology solutions that embrace our customers' business needs.
We are engaged in all aspects of software application design and development, either by providing and managing our own in-house development team or by providing key persons to incorporate in the customer's team.
We build the tracks for your company to go into the right course during the necessary time to achieve success and continue on it...
Great ideas come from all around us. They are an essential part of a creatively effective team. But to see those ideas brought to action is what builds great success. We believe that through collaboration with Edify great ideas get exceptional execution. Exceptional execution means that the technology product we develop for you is effective for your customers, essential to your business, and empowering your future.
We also believe that exceptional success is not gained one single formula of project methodology or software architecture.
It is instead an expression of the most applicable tools, processes, and talent to executing your vision. Our engagements are customized from our experience with all types of project methodology, technologies, and architectures to the most applicable key performance indicators as defined by our customers. We are active listeners, expressing solutions through our customers success.
If your interested in specific technologies or talents we have on staff please let us know. We'd be happy to show what our experience has to offer.