We Are Digital Common Sense
We believe that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That’s why you’ll find us living at the intersection of common sense and creativity, where we deliver our smart digital solutions. Understand our approach and why businesses love working with our digital marketing, website design and development, app development, cloud services, and language localization services below.
Our Approach
We Keep It Simple
We believe that the toughest problems can be solved in the simplest ways. This belief is ingrained in our approach and blog, and is why our management team is intentionally small to avoid complex overhead.
Common Sense
Anyone can make something more complex. It takes real genius to simplify. We break industry expectations with our fresh and expert perspectives in problem solving. We only settle for solutions that are easy to use and simple to understand.
Obsession with Simple
We live and breathe simplicity. That’s why you’ll find us asking ourselves these two questions repeatedly when solving any problem: 1) is there a better way to do this and 2) are we driving results?
OUR DNA
Why We Stand Out
Whether it’s your marketing, website, or application, we approach every project as a true partner, not another vendor. Your goals guide every decision we make, from strategy through execution. That’s why clients continue to choose our common sense solutions again and again!
Skin in the Game
If you succeed, we succeed. From start to finish and top to bottom, we treat each project as one of our own and feel the importance of making it a success.
Expert and Diverse Team
From a mix of strategic, technical, entrepreneurial, and Fortune 100 experience, our team has the recipe to tackle your digital problems with fresh and expert perspectives.
Digital Reach
Our team serves clients across 30+ countries, and a broad range of industries. Our digital marketing efforts position your business to grow in existing and/or new markets.
The Leadership Team You’ll Work With (Literally)
We call Columbus, Ohio, home and have partnered with some amazing companies across the world. You’ll find that when you work with us, you’ll literally work with us! We’ve purposefully built Uplancer this way because 1) we love getting to know the people behind the business, and 2) we wouldn’t be comfortable with just anyone delivering high-quality work that you deserve. Get to know us better below:
Huy Nguyen, MBA
President
Columbus, Ohio
Abhi Chakrabarti, MBA
VP Business Development
Chicago, Illinois
Dave Schramm
Chief Strategist
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Melaku Asefa
VP Technology
Addis Ababa
OUR FOCUS
Who We Partner With
Anyone who needs help! But, we find our DNA is a great match with the small to mid-size businesses. We have happy start-ups all the way up to satisfied Fortune 100 clients. And no matter the size of your business, we apply our talents equally to achieve one thing: results.
Small to Mid-Size Businesses
Believe us when we say, “we’ve been in your shoes.” That’s why we’re here to help! We’ll craft a solution around your fingerprint that is right-sized for you. Check out some tactics you should be doing as a small business.
Enterprise / High Growth Businesses
Sometimes an outside perspective is needed. Or simply more resources. If you’re a large or enterprise business, we can work alongside your existing team and integrate seamlessly.
Our Practice Areas
Uplancer brings together amazing talent from a wide variety of backgrounds. When you work with us, you get a team of experts with a lot of digital talent.
Website Design and Development
Your customers make decisions on whether they like your website and marketing collateral in micro, subconscious moments. We focus on the most pleasing design and user experience to get your customers where they need to be and take the actions you want them to complete.
App Development
The Development and QA team at Uplancer is focused on one thing: bringing your solution to life through a web or mobile app. We embrace change and we do what needs to be done. We’re not about creating code-as-artwork. We’re giving life to a beautiful design.
Quality Assurance
Bugs exist. Things break. We can accept that. Our QA Team is the most delightfully anal-retentive group of folks you’ve ever met. We get it right the first time.
Digital Marketing
Who is my customer? What competitive pressure am I facing? How am I driving demand? These are all questions our digital marketing strategy will tackle for you. We’ll make sure your brand is strongly positioned and driving all the right things.
Local IQ™
Are you competing across countries? Do your users speak a variety of languages? At Uplancer, we don’t believe in machine translation. We believe in providing the best user experience. That’s why our proprietary and innovative Local IQ™ approach will localize your content, collateral, website, etc. with both language and cultural cues that your customers expect.
Cloud Services
Leverage the cloud to scale and future-proof your business. Uplancer supports migrations for all or part of your day-to-day business operations to the cloud. Like all of our services, we take a common sense approach, solving complicated problems in the cloud with solutions that are not only easy to understand, but easy to use.
Our Practice Areas
Website Design and Development
Your customers make decisions on whether they like your website and marketing collateral in micro, subconscious moments. We focus on the most pleasing design and user experience to get your customers where they need to be and take the actions you want them to complete.
App Development
Quality Assurance
The Development and QA team at Uplancer is focused on one thing: bringing your solution to life through a web or mobile app. We embrace change and we do what needs to be done. We’re not about creating code-as-artwork. We’re giving life to a beautiful design.
Digital Marketing
Who is my customer? What competitive pressure am I facing? How am I driving demand? These are all questions our digital marketing strategy will tackle for you. We’ll make sure your brand is strongly positioned and driving all the right things.
Local IQ™
Are you competing across countries? Do your users speak a variety of languages? At Uplancer, we don’t believe in machine translation. We believe in providing the best user experience. That’s why our proprietary and innovative Local IQ™ approach will localize your content, collateral, website, etc. with both language and cultural cues that your customers expect.
Cloud Solutions
Leverage the cloud to scale and future-proof your business. Uplancer supports migrations for all or part of your day-to-day business operations to the cloud. Like all of our services, we take a common sense approach, solving complicated problems in the cloud with solutions that are not only easy to understand, but easy to use.