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Insurance carriers, agri-tech companies and public agencies across Des Moines work with OlDevs the same way our Vancouver neighbours do: one accountable team, weekly working software, and full ownership of the code and accounts.

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Des Moines, in short

Yes, OlDevs serves Des Moines clients remotely from the Vancouver studio, travelling to Iowa when a workshop or launch benefits from being in the room.Central Time runs two hours ahead of us, so most of your afternoon lines up with our morning. Our work covers web development, web apps, Android and iOS apps, full-stack engineering, AI development and performance marketing.

Key facts

01Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
02Time zone
Central Time, two hours ahead of our Vancouver studio
03Working hours overlap
About six hours daily: 11 am to 5 pm in Des Moines is 9 am to 3 pm here, and every call and release is scheduled inside that stretch.
04Privacy law
the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act (in force from January 2025)
05Accessibility
ADA (Title III litigation risk for public-facing sites); the 2024 ADA Title II rule requires state and local government web content to meet WCAG 2.1 AA (compliance deadlines April 2026 for populations of 50,000+ and April 2027 for smaller entities); Section 508 for federal work; we build to WCAG 2.2 AA
06Languages
English

Built for Iowa

What Des Moines projects need us to get right.

The local rules and realities we design for from the first call.

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Built around the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act

The Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act has been in force since January 2025. We inventory what you collect, add consent and preference handling where it belongs, and make deletion and access requests something staff can action rather than a manual scramble.

Iowa CDPA · Consent · Data requests

02

Accessibility for public and private sites alike

State agency and city content falls under the 2024 ADA Title II rule at WCAG 2.1 AA, with deadlines in April 2026 and April 2027 depending on population, while private sites carry ADA Title III litigation risk. Federal contracts add Section 508. Our baseline is WCAG 2.2 AA.

WCAG 2.2 AA · Title II deadlines · Section 508

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Plain English that reads well on any device

Des Moines audiences work in English, so the gains come from clarity rather than translation. We write short headings, label forms honestly, keep reading levels sensible for insurance and government content, and test the wording on small screens and slow connections.

Plain language · Content design

04

United States hosting for Iowa workloads

Applications, databases, backups and log storage can all sit in United States regions, which suits reviewers at insurers and agencies who ask where records live. We list sub-processors in writing and register hosting and analytics in your own organisation's name.

Data residency · Vendor review · Account ownership

Sectors

Who we work with in Des Moines.

Insurance and financial services

Quoting, policy servicing and claims work all live or die on the form. We build flows that people complete, wire in analytics so drop-off is visible, and keep audit trails and role permissions clear enough for a compliance review.

Agribusiness and agri-tech

Field data, equipment telemetry and grower portals need interfaces that work in a truck cab as well as at a desk. We build responsive tools that tolerate patchy rural connections and pull sensor or ERP data into something a manager can read quickly.

State government

Public services need content people can find and forms they can finish, with WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility built in rather than retrofitted. We work inside procurement and security review processes and hand over documentation your own staff can maintain.

Data centres

Operators and their suppliers need capacity dashboards, customer portals and clear technical marketing. We build interfaces on top of your monitoring data and write the site content so prospects understand what you actually run.

Process

Working with OlDevs from Des Moines.

  1. Discover

    A short series of Central Time calls covers goals, current systems, security review requirements and what success looks like for your Des Moines team six months out.

  2. Design

    You get interface designs and flows to review asynchronously, then a working session inside the shared window to settle open questions and lock the direction.

  3. Build

    Development runs in weekly cycles. Each Friday there is real software on staging, not a status slide, so Iowa stakeholders can click through progress and redirect early.

  4. Launch

    Accessibility audits, load testing, privacy review and content migration happen before go-live. We release once the shared window opens late in your morning and stay online for the rest of the Des Moines business day.

  5. Grow

    Post-launch we handle SEO and content, paid search and social, email lifecycle and CRO experiments, reporting on a rhythm that matches your planning cycle.

FAQ

Des Moines — questions we hear first.

There is not. OlDevs is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and we have no Iowa office or local staff. Des Moines clients are served remotely, with video calls held in Central Time, and we fly in when a project genuinely benefits from being on site, such as a discovery workshop or a launch.

It barely does. Des Moines is two hours ahead, so 11 am to 5 pm for you is 9 am to 3 pm for us and roughly six hours overlap every day. Standups, demos and releases sit in that block, and anything raised late in your afternoon usually still reaches us before we finish for the day.

We treat it as a design constraint. That means collecting less, recording consent where it is needed, and building admin tools so your team can find, export or delete a person's records without engineering help. We do not offer legal advice; your counsel decides how the statute applies to you.

Yes. We are used to questionnaires, architecture diagrams, sub-processor lists and accessibility documentation, and we prepare them as part of the project rather than after the fact. Because you own the code and accounts, nothing is locked behind a vendor login when the contract ends.

We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, one step beyond the WCAG 2.1 AA level the 2024 ADA Title II rule sets for state and local government content, with deadlines in April 2026 and April 2027 by population. Section 508 applies to federal work. You get the audit results in writing.

Send a short note describing the problem, whether that is a slow site, an ageing internal tool or a marketing programme that has stalled. Every enquiry gets a reply within one business day, followed by a call inside the shared window and a written scope. Request a quote to begin.

Still have a question? Ask us when you request a quote

Let’s connect

Tell us about your Des Moines project.

We’ll reply within one business day, in your working hours, with next steps and a tailored quote — no obligation.

We’ll only use your details to prepare your quote. No lists, no spam.

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