Improving Student Access While Reducing Administrative Costs
Overview
A leading Ivy League university engaged ImagineX to transform its financial aid and mortgage platforms. The project focused on replacing legacy systems, automating manual processes, and creating user-friendly applications for students and faculty. ImagineX provided software engineering and product management expertise to ensure a smooth digital transformation that enhanced accessibility, efficiency, and user experience across the university’s operations.
Problem
Legacy Oracle WebLogic software limited scalability and modernization.
Financial aid processes were inefficient and manually tracked.
Mortgage application process relied on spreadsheets and manual workflows.
University needed to enhance financial aid accessibility for diverse student families.
Solution
ImagineX embedded highly skilled developers into the university’s Financial Aid team, delivering technical velocity while integrating seamlessly into existing workflows. On the product side, ImagineX defined agile development processes, enabling efficient requirements gathering, design, and roadmap execution. The team built a modern, custom web application to replace legacy Oracle systems, automated the financial aid application process, and developed a fully functional Mortgage Borrower and Agent site with pre-qualification processing capabilities. Close collaboration with stakeholders ensured alignment with university goals and long-term operational efficiency.
Outcome
Successfully deployed a modernized Financial Aid application, enhancing accessibility for families earning $100K or less.
Built a visually appealing, functional Mortgage Borrower site with automated pre-qualification.
Developed an Agent site to streamline mortgage application processing.
Improved operational efficiency and user experience across financial aid and mortgage workflows.
Technology Consulting
Technical Management
Agile Delivery
Assessment and Analysis
Software Engineering
Java
Angular
Spring Boot
Hibernate
Oracle
