MPH International

MPH International is a software development shop based in the Philippines that designs and builds web and mobile applications, with a particular focus on AI integration. The company was founded by Mike Hogan, a serial entrepreneur with three successful software exits (including one acquired by Microsoft) and an IPO, totaling over $2B in aggregate company value. The team works with B2B SaaS founders, startups, and enterprises across fintech, oil & gas, banking, supply chain, cybersecurity, and other verticals.

The founder-led model is central to MPH's pitch. Rather than assign a junior account manager, Hogan and other founders provide business and product strategy guidance directly to clients—often at no cost. The company positions this as differentiation: you get someone who has already built and sold successful software, not a salesperson.

Services and capabilities

MPH offers a tiered engagement model. The core offering is turn-key software development: you describe your vision, the team produces clickthrough wireframes for validation, then builds a fully functional application. The process includes UI/UX design, full-stack development, quality assurance (both automated and manual, with accessibility compliance as standard), DevOps/deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

The company also provides staff augmentation—placing engineers into your team on a temporary basis to fill skill gaps or accelerate projects. They claim an average engineer tenure of 5 years, significantly higher than industry norms. Pricing sits at roughly one-third the cost of U.S. engineers.

Urgent projects are a third pillar: integrations, proofs-of-concept, prototypes, and workflow automation delivered quickly by a dedicated rapid-response team.

A dedicated product manager runs the agile process on each engagement, manages timelines, maintains a visible project dashboard in Jira, and builds domain expertise over time. QA engineers are cross-trained in test automation tools and accessibility standards; they log everything to Jira for client visibility.

On the technical side, MPH's engineers work with Kubernetes, Scala, React, Lambda, LangChain, Golang, and modern CI/CD toolchains. The company created Carbonetes, an open-source container security tool, which signals in-house security expertise. For data-heavy projects, MPH offers data integration and visualization: connecting disparate systems (ERP, POS, databases) via ODBC, centralizing data in Snowflake or Postgres, and serving role-specific dashboards in PowerBI.

AI is a recent emphasis. MPH claims early adoption of generative AI (back to GPT-2 and GPT-Neo) and has integrated AI into banking, oil & gas, social media, supply chain, and legal verticals. The company offers AI consulting and custom model integration.

Notable work

MPH has built several products in-house or as case studies: DeepData, a web app for oil & gas operators to optimize well design and production, claiming to cut design time by 50 percent; Carbonetes, the container security testing platform mentioned above; SaaSConsole, a cloud-based onboarding and team management platform; Ready Agent, a real-estate mobile app matching the Uber model; Breached.Me, a cybersecurity app; Kuponji, a coupon creation tool; and LoanWatch, a lending platform for automated borrowing-base calculations.

Most notably, the company was involved with RoboBurger, an automated burger-making robot that appeared on Shark Tank. Judges Michael Rubin, Lori Greiner, and Kevin O'Leary gave on-camera endorsements. While the source doesn't specify MPH's exact role, the company markets this as a win.

How they work

MPH operates on three primary models. Turn-key engagements start with a 30-minute call with the CEO to establish vision, move to wireframe design (often used to validate product-market fit or raise funds), then build the full application over weeks or months with regular sprint cadence and transparency. Staff augmentation follows a four-step process: assess your needs, source talent from their pool, integrate the team into your organization, and provide ongoing support. Urgent projects deploy a rapid team and deliver solutions in days or weeks.

The company also offers a B2B SaaS investment program: Mike Hogan invests in qualifying niche SaaS startups, providing MVP development, fundraising mentorship, marketing, and sales support if the founder applies and is accepted.

Payment terms are not explicitly stated in the source, though the company emphasizes "high-velocity, low-cost" delivery and one-third pricing versus U.S. equivalents.

Team and credentials

MPH is led by Mike Hogan (CEO and founder), described as a serial software entrepreneur with three successful exits (one to Microsoft) and an IPO. The company claims to have built apps with founders who have achieved over $2B in startup valuations. Team size is not disclosed, but the company operates in the Philippines and can deploy dedicated teams or individual contractors. No formal certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) are mentioned in the source. The company does emphasize accessibility compliance (ADA) and secure code practices (citing Carbonetes).