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PROJECT 2 WORKING SMARTER . FASTER . TOGETHER .

Launched in 2010 by partners John Joyner and William

O ’ Donnell , Project 2 is celebrating 10 years of successfully serving clients throughout many industries both private and public , and is now celebrating five years of working in the mental health sector with the State of California Regional Centers system to assist service coordinators with their ever-increasing workloads . Specialists in business process and application development , this Stockton-based company has strategically honed its focus over the years to become one of the most innovative providers of custom application design and development .
“ We offer business process simplification , enhancement and design ,” says Joyner , partner and principal business strategist . “ We work closely with clients to understand their business processes , diagram those processes , then calculate which steps we can eliminate and make recommendations to streamline the process . Once a client approves our changes , we develop software that enables that client to maintain governance over their new process . The end goal is to help our clients operate more efficiently and optimally , especially during this pandemic .”
In its earlier years , Project 2 designed websites , provided search engine optimization , . NET and application development , but now the company focuses on streamlining clients ’ business processes and building custom software applications to fit their specific needs . “ We are a 100-percent USA-based development team in your time zone and are proficient in multiple platforms . Our competencies also include Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft 365 , Amazon Web Services and other cloud-based solutions , and can greatly benefit any business with 50 or more employees ,” says O ’ Donnell , partner and chief technology strategist . “ We are not locked into any one particular solution and that allows us to be nimble and adapt to our clients ’ needs .”
Project 2 ’ s Discovery process , the degree to which it works to understand clients ’ needs , sets the company apart . Making recommended process improvements visual helps clients comprehend advantages . “ Among multiple benefits of streamlining processes , our solutions make it easier for adoption among new employees or those learning the system and give clients an auditable solution that they can use for verification . Our Discovery provides a clear roadmap to success for our clients ,” notes O ’ Donnell .
Project 2 has found a niche market in the mental health sector and is currently providing solutions for Valley Mountain Regional Center in Stockton , one of California ’ s 21 Regional Centers under the Department of Developmental Services . It is currently in discussions with additional Regional Centers regarding their solutions . “ Our software has been saving service coordinators one or more hours on paperwork for each of their cases , time that can now be spent with those specialneeds clients . We ’ ve also taken proactive steps the moment the COVID-19 pandemic hit to incorporate new tools for tracking time and cost directly into our applications — something we know is important to our Regional Center partners ,” says Joyner .
Project 2 developed two solutions from the ground up , its Atticus Case Management system and Early Start Evaluation Scheduler , aka ESES , that are greatly useful to the Regional Centers . The company ’ s goal is to implement the software in all 21 Regional Centers statewide . “ In creating these tools , we worked intensively with actual service coordinators , senior service coordinators and program managers with the Regional Center in Stockton , so they weren ’ t developed in a vacuum but with actual input from users in the field adhering to current state regulations ,” says Joyner .
Project 2 is striving to be heavily invested in California ’ s mental health sector and growing outside of the state as well within the next 18 months . “ Our hearts and souls are in this , and we ’ ve found our calling ,” says Joyner . “ We want our tools to touch every mental health institution in California and beyond , to put time back into the day of the service coordinators so they can spend that time where it ’ s most important — with their clients .”
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