software partnership since 1999

Your Missional
Software Partner

We help mission-driven organizations and values-led software teams build, maintain, and scale the platforms their work depends on—through long-term, embedded engineering teams.

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FWO+

Trusted by teams at Focus on the Family, Wycliffe, OneHope, Prison Fellowship, Ligonier, and more

Modernization & AI v2 → v3

Evolving what you can't replace

Staff augmentation 5 engineers

Engineers who stay

avg 9 yrs

Scoped project 78%

Defined work, clear finish

Plan Build Launch Done

Consulting Advisory

Direction from builders

Architecture review

Stack assessment

Roadmap workshop

The reality

Your mission is growing.
Your software team is stretched.

Too many priorities

Your roadmap keeps growing, but your team cannot scale fast enough.

Legacy systems still matter

Critical platforms cannot break, but they slow innovation.

Hiring is hard

Finding reliable developers who stay is increasingly difficult.

QA & maintenance pile up

Your team is stuck supporting instead of building.

Our approach

A long-term software team
for long-term mission impact

EC Group provides dedicated developers and QA engineers who integrate into your team and stay with your systems over time. We combine U.S.-based leadership with our Chennai development center to deliver consistent, reliable engineering capacity—without the churn of traditional outsourcing.

Embedded, not outsourced

We work inside your tools, processes, and roadmap—as part of how your team already operates.

Built for continuity

Long-term team stability means less re-training, deeper system knowledge, and more progress.

Aligned with your mission

We partner best with organizations where purpose drives the work—not just the deliverables.

Fit & focus

Who we serve best

We're deliberate about the partnerships we take on. Here's where the relationship works—and where it doesn't.

Best fit

Where we add disproportionate long-term value.

Faith-based and mission-driven organizations
Nonprofits with internal platforms or digital products
Ministry and content delivery platforms
Values-led SaaS and product companies
Teams with ongoing software needs—not one-off projects

Not a fit if…

Other models will likely serve you better than ours.

You need short-term contract developers
You are optimizing for lowest cost only
You want a transactional vendor, not a partner
You don't have ongoing product or platform needs

Proof

Trusted by teams
doing meaningful work

“

EC Group has been the perfect fit for the needs of the Focus on the Family IT department. We were looking for a long-term partner to deliver exceptional quality, significant cost savings and the control that we need. EC Group has delivered.

— Bob Wood, CIO at Focus on the Family

Multi-year

Long-term client relationships across our portfolio

Embedded

Dedicated teams integrated into client workflows

Proven

Experience across complex software ecosystems

Capabilities

Where we help

From day-one execution to long-term platform stewardship—our teams cover the full software lifecycle.

Dedicated Software Developers

Extend your team with engineers aligned to your stack and your standards.

QA & Testing Support

Ensure quality without slowing delivery. Manual, automated, and regression coverage.

Platform Development & Maintenance

Keep critical systems stable and evolving—not just patched and forgotten.

Product Roadmap Execution

Build new features, integrations, and capabilities at the pace your roadmap demands.

Legacy Modernization

Improve what you already rely on—incrementally and without breaking the business.

AI-Enabled Enhancements

Apply AI where it adds real operational value—not as decoration.

The partnership

How it works

A simple path from first conversation to a long-term embedded team.

Understand

We learn your systems, team, and roadmap—before we suggest anything.

Assemble

We build a dedicated team aligned to your stack, scope, and ways of working.

Grow

Your team becomes part of your long-term delivery engine—not a temporary fix.

Grand Rapids · Chennai - since 1999

The advantage isn't just offshore.
It's offshore with alignment.

Our Chennai development center gives you access to highly skilled engineers—but the real difference is how we support them. Long-term employment, strong culture, and structured communication ensure your team stays consistent, productive, and aligned with your goals.

You aren't renting developers. You're gaining a long-term team.

Long-tenured leadership

The people who lead the work

Years of accumulated context across both offices—the continuity behind every long-term partnership.

Grand Rapids

United States · HQ & Customer Success

Chennai

India · Engineering & QA

Backed by a broader team of engineers, QA specialists, and operations staff across both offices.

Since 1999

A business built
with a purpose.

EC Group was founded in 1999 by Tom Sudyk, alongside Hephzibah Stephen. The company was built with two purposes from day one: to give U.S. companies safe access to India's engineering talent, and to use a successful business as a sustainable force for good in the communities it touches.

Through our Chennai operations, we support

Slum schools
across India

Orphanages

Homes for people
with disabilities

Natural disaster
relief

“We believe it is our duty to not only provide professional services but To invest in our people so that they can provide ongoing value to our clients and create a positive impact in our circles. ” EC Group's founding mission · 1999

Your MissionalSoftware Partner

Your mission is growing.Your software team is stretched.