Custom Integrations

Do your systems make people copy data from one screen to another, or break every time a vendor changes something? We connect them so an order, a customer change, or an invoice entered in one system reaches the others without anyone retyping it. Our engineers use AI-assisted development to read your existing systems faster, so your integrations go live sooner, tested against copies of your real data.

We can build and run the integrations for you, or build them with your team so they can maintain them.

Where Integrations Go Wrong

The same customer can have a different ID in every system.

A status such as "closed" can mean paid in one system and canceled in another. We map those differences before we connect anything, then build on the platform that fits: Azure Integration Services, Boomi, or custom APIs. We're alliance partners with both Microsoft and Boomi.

Know What It Takes Before You Commit

Before we connect anything, we map every system involved, the data that moves between them, and the rules each one follows, in a Discovery Workshop with your key people in the room. You leave with an integration plan, an estimate, and a recommended platform.

If the discovery doesn't provide value, you don't have to pay for it.

What Custom Integrations With Trailhead Deliver

Application & Cloud Integration

Application-to-application (A2A) and cloud-to-cloud integration link the systems your business already runs on, like your CRM, ERP, and cloud services. Unlike platform systems integrators, we aren't tied to any one integration platform, so we use off-the-shelf connectors where they fit and build custom ones where they fall short.

Custom APIs & EDI

Custom APIs and electronic data interchange (EDI) let retailers, suppliers, and customers exchange orders, invoices, and account data with you directly, without email attachments or manual uploads. We manage those APIs with access control and usage limits and monitor them, so your team gets an alert when a connection fails.

Real-Time, Event-Driven Integration

With event-driven architecture, your systems react as soon as an order ships or a record changes, instead of waiting for tonight's batch job.

Data Sync & ETL

Data synchronization and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes keep records consistent across systems and feed your data warehouse, so reports from different departments agree.

Legacy Integration Migration

We move aging SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and BizTalk integrations to Azure Integration Services, such as Logic Apps and Service Bus. We carry over the mappings and business rules they depend on, then retire the servers they ran on.

AI Integrations

We connect your existing systems and data to AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot by building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that set what records an assistant can read and what actions it can take. Those connections can also power the AI features we build into your own software.

Who Does the Work

A senior engineer leads the work, and your IT team reviews the data mappings with us as we build each integration. You own all of the code, configuration, and documentation.

You'll see working integrations at the end of every sprint, and test them against copies of your real data before anything touches production.

What Happens After Launch

Integrations need attention after they go live: a vendor updates an API, a partner changes a file format, or the business adds a system. We can stay on to maintain them and add new connections through Feature Development, or hand them over to your team to support.

Tell us which systems aren't talking to each other, and we'll set up a call with an engineer who has done this kind of work.

Integration Work We've Done

Montage needed to sell its furniture and jewelry protection plans directly through retailers' online storefronts. Trailhead built a Shopify plugin that integrates with checkout, uses AI to identify eligible products, and sends plan sales to Montage's backend.
Avail needed a modern dispatcher view for high-volume transit operations. Trailhead designed and built a live dispatch map that integrates with their existing systems.
Arctic Express needed better logistics visibility for its mobile delivery workforce. Trailhead built a custom Android inventory app, integrated with their existing DSD software, that adds real-time GPS tracking, navigation, and dispatch oversight through a companion web app.
In Trailhead we found a long term partner that understands our business needs, can help us make technology choices, and swiftly implement new features across our solution. They helped us integrate our system with a B2C partner and streamlined our development process, continuous integration, and cloud deployment.

– GORDON KENASTON, CTO at PDR Mobile

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Montage Portal

Montage Furniture Services provides furniture protection plans and claims processing services to a wide selection of furniture retailers and consumers.

Project Background

Montage was looking to build a new web portal for both Retailers and Consumers, which would integrate with Dynamics CRM and other legacy systems. The portal needed to be multi tenant and support branding and configuration for different Retailers. Trailhead architected the new Montage Platform, including the Portal and all of it’s back end integrations, did the UI/UX and then delivered the new system, along with enhancements to DevOps and processes.

Logistics

We’ve logged countless miles exploring the tech world. In doing so, we gained the experience that enables us to deliver your unique software and systems architecture needs. Our team of seasoned tech vets can provide you with:

Custom App and Software Development

We collaborate with you throughout the entire process because your customized tech should fit your needs, not just those of other clients.

Cloud and Mobile Applications

The modern world demands versatile technology, and this is exactly what your mobile and cloud-based apps will give you.

User Experience and Interface (UX/UI) Design

We want your end users to have optimal experiences with tech that is highly intuitive and responsive.

DevOps

This combination of Agile software development and IT operations provides you with high-quality software at reduced cost, time, and risk.

Trailhead stepped into a challenging project – building our new web architecture and redeveloping our portals at the same time the business was migrating from a legacy system to our new CRM solution. They were able to not only significantly improve our web development architecture but our development and deployment processes as well as the functionality and performance of our portals. The feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Trailhead has proven themselves to be a valuable partner.

– BOB DOERKSEN, Vice President of Technology Services
at Montage Furniture Services

Technologies Used

When you hit the trails, it is essential to bring appropriate gear. The same holds true for your digital technology needs. That’s why Trailhead builds custom solutions on trusted platforms like .NET, Angular, React, and Xamarin.

Expertise

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

  • Project Management
  • Architecture
  • Web App Development
  • Cloud Development
  • DevOps
  • Process Improvements
  • Legacy System Integration
  • UI Design
  • Manual QA
  • Back end/API/Database development

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

Our Gear Is Packed and We're Excited to Explore with You

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