Software
Internal platforms that replace spreadsheets
Quoting, approvals, scheduling and reporting in one system with permissions, history and validation.
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Custom software, digital products, creative work, intelligent systems and growth programs, from one senior team. DF Intelligence Group combines engineering, design and business expertise to turn ambitious ideas into working solutions.
- Seven disciplines
- Software to operations
- Senior-led
- Founders on every project
- Measured
- Baselines before work starts
Seven disciplines, one team
Software leads. Everything else is built to work with it.
Most firms do one of these well. We connect them, so the software, the data, the design and the growth work are designed together instead of bolted on later.
- Software DevelopmentCustom platforms, SaaS, internal tools and integrationsInternal tools that replace spreadsheet operationsCustomer portalsIntegration layers between CRM, ERP and commerceExplore software development
- Web Development
- Application Development
- Digital Marketing and Growth
- Graphic Design and Animation
- Data Science and AI
- Business Operations and Transformation
What we build most often
Solutions that start with a business problem, not a technology.
Each of these combines at least two of our disciplines. That is the point.
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Technology, design and intelligence working together
Bought separately, they never quite fit.
An agency designs it, a dev shop builds it, an analyst reports on it. Three vendors, three plans, one frustrated team.
Designed together, they share one plan.
Our engineers review designs as they are made. Our data work shapes what the product measures from day one.
The result is a system, not a set of deliverables.
Software, experience and insight that reinforce each other, run by a business team that understands all three.
Engineering
- APIs and integrations
- Cloud infrastructure
- Automated testing
Design
- Interface systems
- Brand and motion
- Prototypes
Intelligence
- Data pipelines
- Dashboards
- AI agents
Selected work
Platforms, products, brands and operations we have shipped.
We publish work only with written approval from the client. Case studies are being prepared; in the meantime the site you are reading is a working example of how we build.
Web · Design · Engineering
This website
Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind 4 and Motion. Server-rendered, accessible, consent-gated analytics, a validated contact pipeline and a design system documented in the repository.
Motion · Frontend
The hero system canvas
The interactive visual at the top of this page is built from SVG and transforms only, so it runs smoothly on mobile and disappears cleanly for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
Backend · Security
The contact pipeline
Schema validation, honeypot and timing checks, rate limiting and transactional delivery. Nothing is simulated: if delivery is not configured, the form says so.
How an engagement runs
Discovery to optimization, in weekly increments you can see.
The same six steps whether the work is a platform, a brand or a growth program. The steps are a sequence, so they are numbered.
Discovery
1 to 2 weeks
We learn how the business works before proposing how to change it.
Strategy and scope
1 to 2 weeks
What to build, in what order, and how we will know it worked.
Design
2 to 4 weeks
Design made for the medium it will live in.
Build
Weekly increments
Working software every week, in your repositories and accounts.
Launch
Planned, not rushed
A launch plan, a rollback plan and a quiet first week.
Optimize
Ongoing
The work is measured against the plan, then improved.
Where the work applies
Industries where systems decide the margin.
We are not a vertical agency. These are the contexts where our mix of engineering, operations and growth has mattered most.
Consumer products and ecommerce
Direct-to-consumer and omnichannel brands with subscriptions, inventory, fulfillment and growth challenges. Our deepest operational experience.
Health, wellness and regulated products
Categories where claims, labeling and data handling are constrained, and accuracy matters more than volume. Compliance requirements are verified, never assumed.
Software and SaaS companies
Product teams that need engineering capacity, a modernization plan, or data and AI features built into an existing platform.
Professional services and B2B
Firms replacing manual processes with internal platforms, client portals and reporting that scales with the business.
Media, creators and education
Content businesses that need publishing systems, membership platforms and the production pipelines to turn long-form content into more.
Logistics and operations-heavy businesses
Warehousing, fulfillment and distribution companies where systems integration and operational visibility decide margins.
About DF Intelligence Group
A technology company run by people who have operated businesses.
DF Intelligence Group was founded by Ryan Foster and Luis Despiau to connect the disciplines companies usually buy separately: software, design, data, marketing and operations. The founders stay on every engagement.
Senior people do the work
The people you meet in discovery are the people who design, build and ship. No handoff to a junior team after the contract is signed.
Measured against a baseline
Every engagement starts by agreeing what good looks like in numbers, and ends by reporting against them, not by claiming results in a proposal.
Built in your accounts
Code lives in your repositories, data in your cloud, analytics in your properties. You can walk away with everything at any point.
Honest about what we don't do
If a problem is better solved with an off-the-shelf tool, a different partner or no project at all, we say so in the first conversation.
Insights
Thinking we would stand behind in a meeting.
Engineering · 6 min read
When custom software is the right answer, and when it isn't
A decision framework for choosing between off-the-shelf tools, configuration and custom development, with the questions we ask before recommending a build.
ReadData and AI · 7 min read
Putting AI agents to work in back-office operations without losing control
Where agent workflows deliver real leverage in operations today, the controls that make them trustworthy, and the mistakes that turn pilots into liabilities.
ReadGrowth · 5 min read
Your website's performance is a growth channel, not an engineering metric
How load time, layout stability and accessibility shape conversion and search visibility, and the practical standard we build to.
ReadTell us what needs to move forward.
Describe the project, the problem or the idea. We reply within two business days with questions and a recommended first step.
- 1
You write to us
A few sentences is enough. Attach nothing you would not share with a new vendor.
- 2
We reply with questions
Within two business days, from one of the founders, with a recommended first step.
- 3
We agree on scope
A short discovery or a direct proposal with phases, deliverables and success metrics.