Case Study

Architecture Delivery & GTM Consulting for GRC Product Startup

Empowered an American GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) product startup to accelerate growth and achieve market leadership. Delivered end-to-end enterprise architecture for product management and cloud operations, and defined a cost-effective GTM strategy—driving agility, scalability, and competitive advantage.

Objective

  • Transform a monolith codebase into microservices and define a robust release strategy
  • Deliver end-to-end enterprise architecture for GRC product management
  • Enable cloud consumption and operational excellence
  • Establish a cost-effective GTM roadmap and operational architecture for a SaaS product

Our Solution

  • In-depth discovery of GRC product goals and business objectives, mapping operational attributes to technical components
  • Defined a lean product management framework and agile-driven product delivery architectures
  • Established a cloud-native architecture, refactoring the codebase into modular microservices
  • Architected customer onboarding, subscription, and license management flows
  • Implemented automation for seamless customer experience and operational efficiency
  • Designed a BOM management framework for presales and a customer success framework for post-sales operations
  • Provided strategic GTM consulting for rapid and cost-effective market entry

Technology Stack

AWS Cloud Microservices Docker Kubernetes Node.js React PostgreSQL Redis CI/CD Terraform

Solution Architecture

graph TB subgraph "Client Layer" A[Web Application] B[Mobile App] C[API Gateway] end subgraph "Application Layer" D[User Management Service] E[GRC Core Service] F[Compliance Engine] G[Risk Assessment Service] H[Reporting Service] end subgraph "Data Layer" I[(PostgreSQL)] J[(Redis Cache)] K[(Document Store)] end subgraph "Infrastructure" L[AWS ECS] M[AWS RDS] N[AWS ElastiCache] O[CloudWatch] end A --> C B --> C C --> D C --> E C --> F C --> G C --> H D --> I E --> I F --> I G --> I H --> I D --> J E --> J F --> J H --> K D --> L E --> L F --> L G --> L H --> L I --> M J --> N L --> O style A fill:#e1f5fe style B fill:#e1f5fe style C fill:#fff3e0 style D fill:#f3e5f5 style E fill:#f3e5f5 style F fill:#f3e5f5 style G fill:#f3e5f5 style H fill:#f3e5f5 style I fill:#e8f5e8 style J fill:#e8f5e8 style K fill:#e8f5e8 style L fill:#fff8e1 style M fill:#fff8e1 style N fill:#fff8e1 style O fill:#fff8e1

Implementation Timeline

Phase 1 (Weeks 1-4)
Discovery & Architecture Design
Comprehensive analysis of existing systems, business requirements gathering, and high-level architecture design with stakeholder alignment.
Phase 2 (Weeks 5-12)
Microservices Development
Refactoring monolithic codebase into microservices, implementing core GRC functionality, and establishing CI/CD pipelines.
Phase 3 (Weeks 13-16)
Cloud Migration & Testing
Deployment to AWS cloud infrastructure, comprehensive testing, performance optimization, and security validation.
Phase 4 (Weeks 17-20)
GTM Strategy & Launch
Final GTM strategy implementation, customer onboarding flows, and production deployment with monitoring setup.
85%
Reduction in Deployment Time
60%
Cost Savings in Infrastructure
99.9%
System Uptime
3x
Faster Time to Market

Benefits Delivered

  • Simplified change management and enhanced business agility, tightly correlated with technical components
  • Accelerated release management with business-aligned service contexts
  • Cost-effective, vendor-neutral cloud-native architecture enabling independent scaling and multi-dimensional competitiveness
  • Resilient enterprise architecture, ready for scaled operations and future growth
  • Strategic freedom for platform adoption and evolution
  • Fully enabled GTM approach for competitive leadership and future product strategies
  • IP protection through personalized development practices
← Back to Case Studies