Technology studio · Dixon, Illinois
We design and build the software your business runs on.
iDev is a technology studio that designs and builds software, platforms and websites for businesses. A small senior team, from the first conversation to launch day, and long after.
- 8+ years building software
- Platforms, CRMs and websites
- English and Spanish
- Based in Dixon, Illinois
What we build
Software shaped around the way you work.
We build what off the shelf tools cannot: systems designed around your business, that you own.
Custom platforms and portals
Client portals, member areas and internal platforms with roles, permissions and a design your customers remember.
- Client and member portals
- Roles and permissions
- Courses, files and progress
CRM and operations
One place for leads, sales, payments and the daily work of your team, built around your process instead of a template.
- Pipeline and follow ups
- Payments and proposals
- Dashboards your team trusts
Websites
Fast, careful websites that explain what you do and turn visits into conversations. Phones first, ready for search.
AI integrations
Assistants, transcription, search and analysis connected to your own data, with clear limits and your keys kept safe.
Automations
Reminders, follow ups, reports and emails that run on their own, so your team spends its time with people.
How we work
A clear path from idea to launch.
Five steps, the same on every project. You always know where we are and what comes next.
Discovery
We learn how your business works today, what slows it down and what success looks like. You get a written scope and a plan.
Design
We design the screens and the flows first, with your real content, so you can see and change everything before it is built.
Build
We build in short rounds you can try along the way, with security, permissions and data handled properly from day one.
Launch
We move your data, test with your team and launch with care. Your domain, your accounts, your code.
Care
After launch we stay: improvements, monitoring, backups and help from the people who built it.
Selected work
Real projects for real organizations.
A few of the platforms and websites we have designed and built.
Client projectBusiness platform
Oracle Portfolio Management
We replaced a slow WordPress site and a handful of rented tools with one system the business owns: a landing page, a CRM for the sales team and a members portal.
Read the case studyClient projectRecruiting website
Sterling Police Department
A recruiting site that shows future officers what the job pays, what the schedule looks like and every step to apply.
Read the case studyClient projectAccounting firm
Fernández & Asociados
A site for an accounting firm with more than 20 years of history that explains its services in plain words and turns a visit into a short, guided case intake.
Read the case studyUX and UI optimizationOnline store
Boston Leather
UX and UI improvements to the online store of a Sterling manufacturer that has made leather gear for uniformed professionals since 1938.
UX and UI optimization on the existing site. Not a full rebuild.
Read the case studyThree ways to work with us
One studio, three paths.
The same craft, focused on three kinds of clients.
Info business founders · Latin America
Platforms for info business founders
Premium platforms, CRMs and member portals for founders who sell programs and mentorships. In Spanish.
Visit idev.softwareLocal businesses · Sauk Valley
Websites for local businesses
Websites for businesses in Dixon, Sterling and Rock Falls. See your new homepage before you pay a cent.
See local websitesIn Spanish · Sauk Valley
Websites in Spanish
The same local website offer, entirely in Spanish, for Spanish speaking business owners in the Sauk Valley.
See it in SpanishHow we build
The details are the work.
What stays the same on every project, large or small.
You own it
Your code, your data and your domain. Nothing important is rented or locked in.
Security first
Permissions checked on the server, secrets encrypted and private data visible only to the people it belongs to.
Fast everywhere
Built for phones first and tested on real devices, not only on a fast laptop.
Designed with intent
Type, motion and every state considered, so the product feels as good as it works.
Plain communication
Short updates, honest timelines and no jargon. In English or in Spanish.
A small senior team
You talk to the people who design and build your project, from start to finish.
Contact
Tell us about your project.
A few lines are enough. We reply personally within one business day with the next steps.
- 8+ years building software
- Platforms, CRMs and websites
- English and Spanish
- Based in Dixon, Illinois