On November 15^th 2016, OneLife was awarded the Finance Team of the Year, for the agility of the project management, creation and successful launch of its new App.

Christophe Regnault, Digital Marketing Manager, and Eric Lippert, CIO, receiving the trophy. © Dominique Gaul

It all started from our employees

Our Digital Marketing plan initiated last year started with our employees, encouraging them to come to us with any ideas they would see or have as digital should be first and foremost seen as a business enabler.

While the app was a key milestone to us, it is one of our employees, Valérie Vaes, who really triggered this thanks to a great example she saw during a meeting with one of our business partners. It then quickly became a cross department teamwork (wealth structuring, tax and legal, IT, client services, etc…).

 « CR: Digital is a business enabler creating value by contributing in a tangible way to the whole business. Digitalization also creates a new mind-set and dynamics that enables a company like ours to move forward in terms of innovation. »

A digital dynamic …

As a result of stepping into a digital approach, the first key challenge was speed of delivery. In the end, we had the business case validated by our executive committee in a week. And our App finalized in 3 months.

The second was to find the right partner. And we found an amazing one. We chose Ainos (link) for their involvement and commitment. We felt like being part of the same team throughout this project and I think this is just the beginning of a very interesting collaboration. We also had to choose the development platform.  We were convinced by Xamarin, recently bought by Microsoft, that enabled us to develop native App for each OS we selected (iOS & Android).

Another key factor was the way we integrated the workflows into the App. For this critical part, our Architect, Marc Leoka, and our internal teams played a key role. 

“EL: In the case of the App, this is the perfect example that demonstrates how we have both worked together to link the workflows and the web services to feed the App with the information we wanted to provide to our business partners.”

… worked in a phased approach

OneLife has taken a phased approach, building momentum internally by engaging our employees in the digital and social media dynamics.  Then, we moved on implementing CRM and campaigning softwares all linked to a brand new and disruptive website launched at the time of our rebranding in June this year. Then came the mobile part focused on reinforcing our relationship with and creating value to our business partners.

Two years ago, we started a huge project which resulted in the complete overhaul of our infrastructure and the implementation of new SOA software architecture. The foundations were ready to further develop our digital strategy, enabling it to build upon top notch foundations. In the case of the App, this is the perfect example that demonstrates how we – with our partner – have both worked together to link the workflows and the web services to feed the App with the information we wanted to provide to our business partners.

Read more :

“A TEAM IN THE RACE FOR INNOVATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF OUR EVER-CHANGING CLIENTS” >>> Here.

AVEC AINOS, ONELIFE ENCLENCHE UNE NOUVELLE ÉTAPE DÉCISIVE DE SA TRANSFORMATION DIGITALE >>> Here.