• Read more about Mobomo, LLC Ranked #48 in Washington Business Journal’s Corporate Diversity Index for Small Companies List

The Washington Business Journal has released a ranked list of the most diverse small companies in the greater D.C. area. To evaluate these companies, the Journal reviewed the percentage of people of color at the company as well as taking a look at the amount of POC in executive leadership positions. Mobomo, LLC was proud to be seated as #48 most diverse small business in the DMV.

“We are honored to be ranked top by the WBJ Corporate Diversity Index. Our focus on diversity from day one allowed us to achieve Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America for eight years in a row! We are extremely proud of our elite team that is delivering mission critical solutions to top federal agencies like Voice of America, NOAA, and NASA” – Barg Upender, Founder

Mobomo was founded by a diverse group of individuals who found inspiration in the different experiences they each culminated. As such, the company embraces differences and equality at every opportunity. When recruiting talent, we are an equal opportunity employer and believe your experience and skill sets speak volumes. By championing diversity, we have been able to cater our processes and projects to highlight best practices from individuals who have varying backgrounds and experiences.

As a small company, Mobomo has cultivated this culture of inclusion and empowerment by having open doors of communication. Our executive team prides themselves on engaging with all levels of our organization and championing a flat-hierarchical organization. This direct line of communication has helped to develop and standardize some of our best practices that we promote across all teams.

The full list of companies included can be found here: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/subscriber-only/2021/03/19/corporate-diversity-index-small.html

Join Our Team:

If you’re interested in working for Mobomo and support our diversity and inclusion initiatives, feel free to check out employment opportunities here or to send us an email to hiring@mobomo.com with your resume. We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals to join our team of experts.

About Washington Business Journal:

The Washington Business Journal is the leading source for business news and data for the Washington, D.C., region. The Business Journal publishes all the information and insights you need to succeed in business — through the weekly edition, website, email products and our events and awards programs. Owned by parent company, American City Business Journals – the Business Journals brands are recognized on the local level in 43 markets and have 400+ journalists entrenched in their local markets and industries.

• Read more about Mobomo, LLC Ranks No. 233 on Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the D.C. Metro Region

Mobomo has been ranked No. 233 on Inc. magazine’s second annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: D.C. Metro list for the fastest-growing private companies. This regional list represents the most successful independent small businesses in the D.C. area and Mobomo is proud to be listed among the other dynamic leaders.

The majority of our successes stem from our incredibly hardworking team, our dedication to developing a first-class project management approach for our clients, and our inventive human-centered design solutions that have led to awards such as Vega Digital Awards, the Webby Awards, and Muse Creative Awards.

“I am extremely proud of this team,” said Mobomo CEO, Brian Lacey, “The team’s award-winning process and prioritization of customer service and product quality is the proven driver of this growth. Congrats to all of Team Mobomo.”

The complete results of the Inc. 5000 Regionals: D.C. Metro can be found at https://www.inc.com/inc5000/regionals/washington-dc. 

More About Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Regionals

Methodology

The 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2017 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2017. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2017 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. 

About Inc. Media

The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com

• Read more about Mobomo Receives ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification

Mobomo is pleased to announce that we have successfully earned the ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system. It provides a model for all companies to use to build and operate an effective and efficient quality management system.

Mobomo’s certificate was issued by Intertek (certificate #0110786), a Total Quality Assurance provider that has helped companies ensure the quality and safety of their products, processes, and systems for 130 years. The certification is applicable to user experience, design, mobile, web and cloud development services provided to businesses, government and non-profit organizations.

To become certified, Mobomo underwent two audits conducted by a professional with Intertek. During the first audit, the Intertek team member evaluated our scope of management system, understanding of the standard’s requirements, confirmed the status of our internal audits and reviews, and that our implementation of management system verifies that we were ready for audit number two. For Audit II, our team reviewed our management system with the evaluator to confirm that it met all the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 standards and that we have effectively implemented the system.

Mobomo is extremely proud of the work that has gone into the development of our quality management system. Through this system, we are anticipating improved overall performance, and improved quality and satisfaction with our customers. We are extremely dedicated to the routine maintenance and adjustments that will be necessary to continue to evolve and adapt.

“Our ISO certification is vital to ensuring our ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction and quality by producing superior products and services to our customers.” – Brian Lacey, CEO.

More about the ISO 9001:2015 certification:

ISO 9001:2015 is based on the continual process of planning, assessing, and revising in order to maintain effective quality management as an organization and with the services offered to clients. In its entirety, it provides a process-oriented approach to documenting and reviewing the organization’s structure, responsibilities, and procedures.

ISO 9001:2015 covers the following seven principles in detail:

The benefits of ISO 9001:2015 for our clients:

By certifying as an ISO 9001:2015 organization, Mobomo has been trained and confirmed compliant to having a structured and efficient Quality Management System in place. We can guarantee to our clients that we:

• Meet all regulatory requirements that are related to our services
• Continuously monitor and suggest process improvements as necessary
• Adapt to the challenges of changing markets and changing customer needs
• Capable of implementing well-thought out and structured approaches to risk-based thinking; therefore, managing any unexpected situations
• Can support global organizations

For more information on Mobomo and our services, please click here.

• Read more about Mobomo, LLC Won Three Awards from the 2020 Vega Digital Awards: Season 2

The Vega Digital Awards has released their 2020 Season 2 winners and Mobomo has proudly won three different awards:

• Centauri Award for NOAA Fisheries under the Science Website category
• Arcturus for NOAA Fisheries under the Government Website category
• Arcturus for the PRAC Pandemic Oversight work under the Government Website category

The Vega Digital Awards recognizes and honors digital content creators worldwide for their exemplary talents and creative minds. These awards are open to all, no matter the affiliations or experience of the creators. To evaluate the entries, a panel of experienced judges evaluates and critiques each entry, providing a rating on a scale of 100.

Mobomo is honored and proud to receive these three awards. We know how hard the two teams have worked from researching, designing and developing both the fisheries.noaa.gov and pandemicoversight.gov sites. Our hats go off to them and thank each and every team member for their dedication to the project and to the clients’ overall happiness with the work we’re conducting.

More about these projects:  

NOAA Fisheries:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, also known as the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), is a federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat. Their services include: conservation and management of U.S. waters to promote prevention of overfishing, declining species, and degraded habitats. NOAA Fisheries manages five coastal regions broken down by department, fisheries management, science centers, and labs. Each office ran their own independent site creating inconsistency and overlap in content and design as each isolated digital property.

Mobomo partnered with NOAA Fisheries to assist in restructuring and redesigning their digital presence. Merging all their core web properties into one Drupal site allowed users to go to one destination to find and discover information they need. Mobomo focused on improving content efficiency, design consistency, and unifying NOAA Fisheries voice. Mobomo followed a user-centered approach that consisted of discovery, research, design, and validation phases to deliver a comprehensive, documented and validated user-centered design and information architecture that unified the 16 previously disparate web properties into one site.

Within one year, we launched the framework for their next generation site.

The NOAA Fisheries site is more than a conveyor of marine life information and research. It offers a large variety of information; from summaries of upcoming rules, permits, funding opportunities, to various types of helpful resources. Each section had its own challenges for the Mobomo team to learn and develop automated solutions around. The goal was to automate and simplify the content for users to locate, as well as for editors to post and manage.

The PRAC:

In 2020 the Coronavirus reached the United States calling for the development and passing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). To help inform the public of the spending provided by the CARES Act, the PRAC (Pandemic Response Accountability Committee) and Mobomo teams launched PandemicOversight.gov. The overarching goal of this site is to promote transparency for the government’s spending in response to COVID-19 by displaying the details of who received the $2.6 trillion relief and how they will be spending it. The site also provides helpful resources for reporting fraud and funding abuse.

Mobomo’s objective was to redesign, develop and deploy a new website for the PRAC built using a Drupal content management system (CMS) and deployed into the Microsoft Azure cloud. The website needed to support displaying interactive graphics for showcasing Coronavirus relief funding, as well as various government reports surrounding pandemic response and instances of fraud, abuse and mismanagement of relief funding. Due to resource circumstances, the new website had only a 5-week timeframe for redesign, develop and deployment of the new website.

Within the tight turnaround, Mobomo successfully launched the new site. The layout was designed using Mobomo’s human-centered design process. This resulted in a modern and clean look that is easy for viewers to use and understand the data and funding information provided.

• Read more about NOAA WIN

MOBOMO, LLC WINS $13M CONTRACT FOR NOAA WEB MODERNIZATION

Mobomo, LLC is honored to have been awarded a new web modernization contract with National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Within this new contract, Mobomo will support NOAA Fisheries, NOAA, and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) in improving the efficiency of web content management and enhancing the user experience for NOAA customers. We are excited to continue our award-winning partnership with the Agency and to continue to develop a first-class experience for NOAA’s online audience.

Keys to Success

This new contract will continue Mobomo’s long-standing partnership with NOAA. Mobomo previously worked closely with NOAA Fisheries on a Drupal 8 Web Modernization project that resulted in a new cloud-based, mobile-first responsive design to create an up-to-date, trusted, mobile-friendly website (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov) using Acquia’s Cloud Enterprise (ACE) Platform where visitors can easily find information on the science and management of our nation's living marine resources and their habitats. This modernization has won numerous awards and industry accolades. Two key factors led to this tremendous success and provide the foundation for continued improvement for NOAA in this new partnership:

Mobomo and NOAA Awards and Recognitions:

We are incredibly proud of the outstanding work that came from our work with NOAA. The efforts of all parties involved led to many awards and recognitions including:

• 2019 Webby
• 2020 Webby Honoree,
• 2019 W3 Award
• 2018 Muse Award
• 2018 Acquia Engage Award

We look forward to continuing this mission to improve NOAA’s digital engagement and service to its customers.

About NOAA:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, also known as the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), is a federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat. Their services include: conservation and management of U.S. waters to promote the prevention of overfishing, declining species, and degraded habitats. NOAA Fisheries manages five coastal regions broken down by department, fisheries management, science centers, and labs.

• Read more about Mobomo redesigns and re-launches website for Pandemic Response on Drupal 9 in an incredible 5 weeks

2020 has been a year full of unexpected surprises and challenges. In March, the coronavirus had reached the United States and had begun spreading quickly causing federal and state governments to take action to ensure public safety, including the development and passing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). As the pandemic spread, many more eyes turned to the government to watch how they were navigating this new unmarked territory. 

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) created PandemicOversight.gov to display the details of the $2.6 trillion coronavirus relief spending provided by the CARES Act. The website allows the public interactive tools for understanding who received coronavirus funding, how much they’ve received, and how the funds are being spent. The website also provides tools for the public to report fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of coronavirus relief funding, as well as helpful information to protect yourself against fraudulent activity. 

Mobomo was brought in to perform the redesign and development of the website, which had initially launched as pandemic.oversight.gov earlier this year. The Mobomo team was able to do a complete overhaul of the legacy platform and re-launch the system in just over five weeks’ time with the new website having been officially launched to the public on September 10th. Since the launch, the website has received thousands of visitors interested in learning more about who, where, and how coronavirus relief funding is being spent. 

“Transparency in government is critical in these uncertain times and the mission of the PRAC strives to provide that public service. I’m very proud of what our team has developed and hope the website helps people see how relief funding is being distributed.” – Brian Lacey, CEO.

Not Your Average Government Website

The Mobomo team redesigned PandemicOversight.gov with the goal of incorporating modern theming and a clean design that many of your traditional government information sites lack, but did so while incorporating 18F and US Web Design Standards best practices.  Mobomo’s User Experience team worked with the PRAC to develop mobile-first, responsive design templates that mesh the innovative branding and theming with the high-fidelity interactive visualizations that are key to communicating coronavirus funding activity. 

Let’s Get Technical

The legacy pandemic.oversight.gov was developed in Drupal 8 and hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). For the redesign and re-launch of the site, the Mobomo team decided to rebuild the content management system leveraging the latest version of Drupal 9 and deployed the solution within the Microsoft Azure Websites platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment. Mobomo developed a number of custom feature integrations with visualization partners Domo and Woolpert, enhanced search indexing for browsing various oversight reports and investigations, and optimized process for users to communicate instances of fraud, waste, and abuse through secure channels. 

In order to meet the tight five-week window for design, development, and deploying the new website – the Mobomo team leveraged containerization and Lando for streamlining local development and hooking into the continuous integration, continuous development (CI/CD) pipeline. Mobomo also worked with the Smartronix Azure Cloud team to architect a zero-downtime deployment procedure to allow seamless promotion of new code the public environment. 

“This is a great team on both sides of the table. For such an expedited delivery schedule, it is critical for all the contract partners and government stakeholders to stay Agile and collaborate effectively to succeed.” – Austin White, VP of Federal Services.

For more information on Mobomo’s work with the Federal Government click here.

About the PRAC

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) was established by the CARES Act as part of the committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). The PRAC has developed a Strategic Plan for the next five years that details how PRAC will serve the public by promoting transparency of funds and by preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of said funds. The committee will work closely with the Federal Inspectors General to support all affected by the pandemic. 

Our Partners
Pandemic Response and Accountability Committee (PRAC)
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)
Smartronix
Domo
Woolpert
Grant Thornton

• Read more about #23 Top-Performing Small Technology Company

Mobomo, LLC Ranked #23 in the 8/28/2020 issue Washington Business Journal’s Top-Performing Small Technology Companies

The Washington Business Journal has released a ranked list of the Top-Performing Small Technology Companies in the greater D.C. area in its in the 8/28/2020 issue. To evaluate these companies, the Journal reviewed revenue from 2019, and only companies with fewer than 150 total employees headquartered in the DMV region could qualify. Mobomo, LLC was proud to be seated as the 23rd top-performing company. 

This placement shows not only the tremendous growth of our organization but also the well-deserved accomplishments of all members of our small team. To reflect on some specific achievements in 2019 that lead to our successes.

"Mobomo is excited to be recognized and listed amongst this impressive group of DC area businesses," said Brian Lacey, CEO. "Our team's dedication to innovation and client satisfaction continues to drive our year over year growth." 

The full list of companies included can be found here: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/subscriber-only/2020/08/28/top-performing-small-technology.html

About the Washington Business Journal:

The Washington Business Journal is the leading source for business news and data for the Washington, D.C., region. The Business Journal publishes all the information and insights you need to succeed in business — through the weekly edition, website, email products, and our events and awards programs. Owned by the parent company, American City Business Journals – The Business Journals brands are recognized on the local level in 43 markets and have 400+ journalists entrenched in their local markets and industries.

• Read more about For the 8th Time In Row, Mobomo LLC Appears on the Inc. 5000 List!

Inc. magazine today revealed that Mobomo LLC is No. 4742 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. 

“This is all about our awesome team,” said Mobomo CEO, Brian Lacey. “You can't make it on the Inc 5000 list 8 years in a row without an elite team of designers, developers, operations engineers, and managers leading the way and that is exactly what we have here at Mobomo. Congrats and thank you to all of Team Mobomo, both past and present, that have been a part of this accomplishment.” 

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology

The 2020 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2016 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

About Inc. Media

The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference, visit http://conference.inc.com/.

• Read more about Mobomo Earns its Second 1st Place at PRNews Digital Award with Maximus

The PRNews Digital Awards program recognizes the most innovative and industry-altering digital communicators and campaigns. This year, the Maximus New York State of Health (NYSOH) Mobile Upload app received first place in the Mobile App category. Mobomo has been a partner to Maximus for product design and development for the last three years and now have won back-to-back PRNews awards – also winning the 2019 PRNEWS Digital Award for the Healthy Louisiana Mobile App.

ABOUT THE APP

In partnership with Mobomo, Maximus launched the NYSOH Mobile Upload app in October 2019 which streamlines the health insurance program eligibility process, significantly reduces intake and processing time and enables New Yorkers to access insurance benefits sooner. The app allows New Yorkers to take pictures of and securely upload the required documentation needed to finalize their health insurance program eligibility determination. The functionality of the app helps consumers identify the documents they must submit by choosing from a list, capture the best possible photo by using edge detection and auto capture functionality and securely upload personal information.

Prior to the NYSOH Mobile Upload app, consumers who were applying for insurance coverage through the NYSOH Marketplace needed to submit supporting documentation by mail, fax, or computer upload. The process was time-consuming, inconvenient and caused delays in beneficiaries receiving insurance coverage. By eliminating the need documents through the mail, and instead, consumers can send documents directly into a secure system, with greater confidence that their information is being handled appropriately. The new app now allows faster access to the most vital health insurance programs.

NYSOH Mobile Upload has seen incredible user adoption success. In the first 90 days after the app launch, submissions via NYSOH Mobile Upload surpassed fax to become the second leading channel for document submissions to Maximus, and in April 2020 the app surpassed mail submissions to become the leading channel for consumers to upload relevant materials. In addition, the NYSOH Mobile Upload App currently has a 4.8 out of 5 rating on the iOS and Google Play app stores.

Prior to NYSOH Mobile Upload, consumers applying for insurance coverage through the New York State of Health Marketplace needed to submit supporting documentation by mail, fax, or computer upload. The process was time consuming and often caused unnecessary delays in consumers receiving insurance coverage. By eliminating the need for submitting documents through the mail, consumers can now send documents directly into a secure system, with greater confidence that their information is being handled appropriately. The new app now allows faster access to the most vital health insurance programs.

“Maximus continues to be recognized as a digital innovator in supporting our state clients’ efforts to improve the customer journey when applying and accessing state benefits programs,” said Bruce Caswell, President and CEO of Maximus. “This award puts a spotlight on the real achievement of building technology that enhances the consumer experience and helps ensure Medicaid beneficiaries receive vital health coverage efficiently and expeditiously.”

ABOUT MOBOMO

Mobomo is a world-class developer of high-performance applications and websites which we carefully craft to fit the needs of government agencies. We work hand-in-hand with our clients to deliver mobile, web, and cloud solutions using advanced DevOps techniques, which we integrate with our proven Agile software development methodology. For more information, visit mobomo.com.

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• Read more about Mobomo Announces Membership with Digital Services Coalition

Vienna, VA - July 13th - Mobomo is thrilled to announce its membership into the Digital Services Coalition (DSC). As a digital services agency, we strive to stay at the forefront when it comes to efficient, innovative technology services. This partnership is a perfect fit with our mission, and we are excited to make an impact in the digital world together.

The Digital Services Coalition is redefining how the government does digital. We are honored to join this community to bring innovation and agility to the commercial digital services provided to the government. The digital transformation that the DSC strives to push forward directly aligns with our company vision for the future in the digital services space.

The Coalition is made up of small-sized and mid-tier businesses that perform digital services work and align with DSC values. The pillars that this community is built on are education, advocacy, partnership, and impact. The design and development firms that make up this community strive to educate the civic tech ecosystem on best practices in digital services, promote policies that remove barriers to innovation in government, cultivate enduring relationships with government partners, and make a meaningful difference in the daily lives of users through improved interactions with government.

We, like the DSC, are laser-focused on the long game of changing government through digital transformation and proven innovative solutions.

About Mobomo

Mobomo is a world-class developer of high-performance applications and websites which we carefully craft to fit the needs of government agencies. We work hand-in-hand with our clients to deliver mobile, web, and cloud solutions using advanced DevOps techniques, which we integrate with our proven agile software development methodology.

About DSC 

The Digital Services Coalition is comprised of companies from across the United States that are equally determined to enhance the world of digital services. The DSC is a collection of agile technology and design firms that strive to provide innovative solutions while serving the government.

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