Interview with Harikrishna Patel, CEO - Softqube Technologies

Harikrishna Patel  

CEO, Softqube Technologies

Give us a quick overview on Softqube Technologies. When and how did you begin this journey and what were your motives to be successful in app development?

Softqube Technologies is an ingenious setup that is passionate about providing high-quality software design and development services. We focus on the development and creation of customized software systems for web, mobile, and cloud platforms. Our client collaborations are extensive and varied from India to various parts of the world. We provide universal software solutions by building creative apps and systems that match with our customers’ needs.

Softqube’s journey began half a decade ago. As a founder, I recognized the great influx of the digital revolution slowly pacing up into the tech ecosystem. Platforms like eCommerce and mobile application services encouraged digital shopping sprees to buy and engage online. With the shifting market trends tilting towards developing problem-solving products and services, I decided to create and develop value-based software solutions that can contribute to fulfilling the rising demands of the targeted audience.

With this motive, I began operations from one living room and went on to become a global setup with over more than 500 application developers, designers, product experts, project managers, and much more.

What is your role in the management and development of Softqube Technologies?

At Softqube, my role is to nurture and nourish high-ticket, foremost projects, and facilitate client-collaboration. Besides, I show up to play a lead role in various ongoing projects during various stages such as design creation and business analysis. With this, I ensure to pre-eminently get involved at each stage of the project development. Moreover, I strongly believe that my experiences and business acumen are meant for contributing to the company in creating result-oriented strategies and plans that can be framed jointly with heads of accounting, talent acquisition, and technical departments.

Tell us about your biggest achievement in the industry

Over the years, we take pride to have built enough capacity to develop trust and strong collaborations with our clients. Our working patterns are in convergence with the core values of our company. So far its sustainability and a strong backup of proficient and skillful team members are our biggest achievements.

How do you schedule the development phases of the apps to promise the timeline to your clients?

At Softqube, we break down the app development process into four different stages namely, pre-design, design, development, deployment, and support.

How do you help your clients in choosing the right yet profitable platform for app development?

Our most preferable method remains in understanding the clients’ expectations, needs, and requirements for the mobile or web application. Secondly, based on these inferences, we conduct market analysis and check the project viability. While implementing these phases, we generate adequate insights whether our clients’ ideas and the business model can provide enough profitability or not.

Which would you suggest for a successful and profitable business progression, Native or hybrid apps? How do you define the factors that influenced you to make this choice?

This decision is taken after undergoing a thorough business analysis and the core values of the clients’ business model. Then comes brainstorming with the developers and the client, post which we incorporate the preferences and requirements into the development phase. The decision on whether to choose native app development or adopt a hybrid model totally depends on the kind of project, market trends, and client requirements.

How do you scheme your pricing model? How do you fix your budget?

Our costs are determined based on the type of project and the time taken to finish the project. The team members give more time to finish the task; the higher shall be the cost. There are several projects that require backend development, cross-platform development, and lots more before the deployment stage. And hence in such projects, we need more team members. Moreover, our pricing model remains either on a project basis or on hourly billing rates.

How helpful are the mobile apps developed by your team, for enhancing your clients’ business?

Our mobile applications are designed and developed with an aim to augment and accelerate our clients’ business performance. At the onset of the project, we take care to incorporate the core concepts and values at each level of the development phase. This helps to provide result-oriented benefits such as higher conversions, increasing organic traffic, higher user engagement, and scalable markets.

What according to you are the best practices to attain client satisfaction?

Softqube has pioneered in providing software development services at various levels. We take forward our projects only after envisaging the core values of our customers’ business model. This helps us to build and develop products that encompass their core values and are cohesive to their requirements.

Since the commencement of the project, we prefer to walk an extra mile in delivering services beyond the customers’ expectations. At Softqube, we make the impossible practically possible. We take up challenging projects that are hard to crack and deliver viable and bespoke solutions that scale our customers’ business to the next best level.

How do you update your business system to be in pace with the technological advancements?

To keep up with the pace of technological changes takes a lot of talent. Knowing the fact, since the inception, we ensure to identify the current and the estimated loopholes. In accordance with the same, we select the right technologies that can be adopted to overcome the loopholes. We involve our team members, and focus on training and orienting them about the changes and provide them enough insights to implement those changes. We implement the changes by conducting various pilot operations at a smaller level in some departments of the company. Based on our experiences, we confront the deviations and try to convert them into feasible solutions.

What are your thoughts about AR, VR and Internet of Things (IoT)?

The convergence of all three has remained the hottest topic of the year. The global spending on AR, VR, and IoT is poised to double each year beginning from 2020. Especially, AR is obtaining newer dimensions with the IoT’s capability to connect and use digital transformation from physical devices. Already, IoT has already gained a lot of traction among businesses. The versatile combination of all three is set to bring a phenomenal revolution into the digital economy where it will enable businesses to scale to newer heights and give promising careers to several IT experts, developers, and professionals.

What do you think will be the future of Mobile technology?

Future innovations in mobile technology are going to be distinctive and phenomenal. We will see and experience dynamic designs in terms of flexibility, bendability, and foldability of mobile devices. In terms of technologies that shall be incorporated, we would see the increasing usage of IoT and trending software implementations. The smart phones would not be lesser than future remote controls that will manage the entire world surrounding us.