Catalyst Resources provides strategy, user interface design and rapid application design for mission critical software applications.

Our specific areas of expertise include Financial Services, Software as a Service (SaaS), Rapid Application Design and Rich Internet Applications using AJAX and Flex.

Since 1994 we have designed and developed more than 300 software applications for many of the world's leading organizations.

We use highly experienced multi-disciplinary teams that can reliably deliver validated UI design for most applications within 100 to 120 days.

Everyday millions of users utilize software designed by Catalyst Resources.

To clients like Cisco, Ceridian, Fireman's Fund, VISA, and JPMorgan Chase we are the team who has transformed businesses by providing a competitive edge and a focus on positive bottom line results.

We are masters at delivering user-validated design and code with a minimally disruptive, speedy process.

We provide UI Design and Rapid Application Design services for leading global organizations, as well as VC-funded software ventures.

Review our user interface design & rapid application design clients.

Catalyst Resources has extensive experience and expertise in four primary areas:

1. Financial Services
   Application design of mission critical services for large numbers of users – e.g. general ledger, payroll, online banking, benefits, budgeting, trading systems
2. Software as a Service (SaaS)
   User-validated interface components that adapt when deployed into any customer environment
3. Rapid Application Design
   Well-validated application design with a detailed functional definition and clickable model, before you even start to build the software
4. Rich Internet Application (RIA) Fast Track
   Quickly get a handle on how to leverage AJAX or Flex UI in your application - where it will have the greatest impact, what tools to use, and best practices for implementation

Our proven Agile UI Development approach uses multi-disciplinary teams woring in 4-6 weeks sprints to ensure the delivery of a well-validated UI design and development in 100-120 days.

Our teams always engage at least three specialists:

1. UI Architect
   Focuses on user input, business requirements and data and flow of screens
2. UI Designer
   Interprets all the architectural input into concise screen interactions and information flow
3. UI Developer
   Writes modular code and reusable UI components that reflects the blueprint

Catalyst Resources is made up of highly seasoned UI designers, UI architects, presentation layer specialists, coders and business experts.

Focused Teams of Senior Professionals
We hire only the most highly skilled people in the industry so clients are assured they are always interacting with senior level professionals.

Innovative & Experienced Leadership
Paul Giurata, managing partner, is one of the pre-eminent UI application designers in the U.S. He has a long track record of delivering innovative and successful application design to clients in financial services, SaaS and VC-funded ventures. As creative lead of the Catalyst team, he is actively involved in every application design project.

Choosing a company to help you design your SaaS application is an important decision. Finding the right match is difficult. To make it easier, we offer several ways for you to learn how we think and to take us out for a test drive.

SaaS Blog
Our thoughts about user experience design, SaaS and RIAs. We encourage you to comment and ask questions.

SaaS Application Design Resource Center
Points you to the articles, blogs and web content that we are currently reading.

SaaS Roadmap @ Lunch Workshop Series
A free bi-weekly online workshop that delivers a roadmap for for SaaS application design, including a set of recommendations and benefits for what customers can achieve in practical and incremental steps. Ask for our input on your current application or project.