Problems Red Corner Solves
Tired of your tech holding you back?
Lack of effective technical leadership
Defective products. Slow updates. No strategy,
Unhappy customers
CTO isn't doing CTO level work.
A Full-Time CTO is often not needed when your team has the rigth processes in place, they can run autonomously.
A Full-Time CTO that is doing low level work should not be a CTO at all.
CTO without experience as a business leader
Most CTOs come into the job with no strategy between business and technology.
Short-term thinking. Unability to scale
It’s time you had confidence in your technical leadership
Benefits
Trust in your tech with a world-class FCTO
Our FCTOs bring decades of tech expertise – ensuring your technology strategy is robust, forward-thinking, and reliable.
10 CTOs for the price of one
No single person knows everything about technology – but 10 highly-skilled CTOs all with 20+ of experience, are pretty close. Your FCTO meets with the Council of CTOs regularly to pool their collective knowledge and get expert advice just for you.
Business-focused tech strategy engineered for growth
Red Corner FCTOs specialize in bridging the gap between tech and business goals. With 200+ years of combined tech leadership, your engineering team will be at peak productivity – driving growth, scalability, and market competitiveness.
Hailify, Last-Mile Logistics
“We hired Red Corner to lead our off-shore engineering team. Without our Red Corner FCTO, we would not be in business today"
Engineering Manager at a client
"Red Corner spent countless days and weeks with our team to level them up, level-up our tech stack and processes. In the end we didn't need to keep Red Corner for more than 10 months "
How It Works
Tech expertise without the hassle
CTO Services We Offer
Fractional CTO Leadership for SaaS Startups
You’ve got the idea. You see the opportunity. But when it comes to building the product, the roadmap is unclear and you don’t even know what questions to ask. That’s where we come in. As your Fractional CTO, we’ll help you navigate the technical unknowns, avoid common early-stage mistakes, and design a plan that actually gets your SaaS to market and ready to grow.
Shopify Development and Maintenance Services
Most Shopify developers focus on launch. We focus on what happens after performance, integrations, business intelligence, and scalable growth. Red Corner builds and maintains Shopify stores that drive real revenue.
Whether you’re aiming for your next million or planning beyond your next ten, we engineer your e-commerce foundation to scale with you not against you.
Custom Headless E-Commerce Solutions, Designed for Growth
Most e-commerce builds are bloated, slow, and stitched together without strategy. We don’t do that. Red Corner delivers custom headless commerce that actually performs, fast, flexible, and built to scale. Backed by a seasoned Fractional CTO who’s done this before, your stack won’t just work. It will work for your business. Shopify Plus, Magento, BigCommerce, custom APIs, whatever gets results, we integrate it. No fluff. Just real outcomes.
Build MVPs with a FCTO Who Thinks Like a Founder
Most founders think their biggest risk is the tech stack or choosing the wrong dev team. It’s not. The real problem is what happens after the MVP ships, when you’re left alone, holding a product without a plan, no technical partner in sight. At Red Corner, we don’t just build to spec. We help you define the real MVP, the one that validates your core assumptions, and we stay in the trenches with you as your FCTO, shaping the technical path ahead.
DevOps Transformation & Consulting
DevOps isn’t just tooling, it’s how your business ships, scales, and survives. At Red Corner, our fractional CTOs step into your team and untangle the mess behind slow releases, brittle systems, and firefighting ops. We’ve built DevOps from scratch, fixed it mid crisis, and evolved it to support product teams moving at speed. If your engineers are stuck babysitting deployments or scrambling on Slack every release, we can help. And we won’t throw buzzwords at you, we’ll show you what works, what doesn’t, and what to do next.
Get Reliable, Always-On Data Engineering Without Hiring In-House
Managing your own data stack is messy, expensive, and full of distractions. With Data Engineering, you get continuous, real-time data flows managed end-to-end without needing to hire, train, or babysit a team. Our fully managed service delivers the uptime, performance, and flexibility growing businesses need to make smarter decisions, faster.
PHP Development and Maintenance Services
If you’re stuck with an aging PHP system that’s slow, fragile, and frustrating to maintain, we get it. Red Corner provides seasoned technical leadership that knows how to bring stability, clarity, and performance back to legacy PHP. We step in where most agencies and freelancers flinch, getting to the root of the problems and fixing them the right way.
No duct tape. No fluff.
Just a serious path forward for your PHP-based assets.
Healthcare Software Built by Proven HealthTech Leaders
We’ve overseen the rollout of HealthTech platforms across Canada’s largest hospitals and thousands of clinics, integrating with government systems, improving workflows, and delivering reliable outcomes at scale. At Red Corner, we don’t just build software; we’ve lived the operational complexity that makes or breaks healthcare technology.
Technical Vendor Management
Most businesses aren’t equipped to technically vet or manage a custom development vendor. That’s where we come in. We help you choose the right dev shop, define your project clearly, ask the tough questions in meetings, and catch problems before they snowball. You’ll have a Red Corner FCTO by your side, keeping things aligned, protecting your budget, and making sure nothing gets lost in translation between business goals and technical output.
CTO-led Application Modernization for Legacy Systems
Your legacy systems aren’t just slow, they’re bleeding money, blocking growth, and draining your best talent. Red Corner brings in a battle-tested FCTO who’s done this at scale. No layers, no delays, just aggressive execution. We modernize like a startup with everything on the line, but with the discipline enterprise demands. Fast results, zero tolerance for waste, and a clear path to ROI.
Python Development and Maintenance
You don’t need more Python developers. You need someone who’s built, maintained, and scaled Python systems for real businesses and knows what breaks when things grow. At Red Corner, your Python assets are led by seasoned fractional CTOs who treat your stack like their own. No fluff. Just sustainable code that moves your business forward.
Independent Advisory for Selecting and Managing Software Agencies
Choosing a dev agency isn’t easy. It’s stressful, high-stakes, and full of unknowns. One wrong move and you’re locked into the wrong team, wrong scope, and wrong spend. That’s why we give you what no agency ever will: a seasoned, impartial CTO who works only for you. We help define the project, select the right team, oversee the work, and de-risk the entire engagement, start to finish.
Custom Web Development - CTO Led
We don’t just build what you ask for, we build what your business actually needs to grow. At Red Corner, we develop web platforms like they’re our own. Then we help you run your engineering team like real partners, not vendors. The result? A faster path from idea to revenue, with fewer tech headaches along the way.
End-to-End SaaS Application Development
You don’t need an army of devs. You need one sharp, experienced FCTO who treats your SaaS app like their own. At Red Corner, your FCTO embeds into your team, or brings in our trusted engineering crew, to build your SaaS product in a “do it with you” or “do it for you” approach. It’s like having a technical co-founder, minus the equity strings.
FAQ
How does a Fractional CTO's role differ from a full-time CTO?
Traditional full-time CTOs take on management and technical tasks – even basic coding work – just to keep themselves busy throughout the day.
A Fractional CTO works 1-2 hours per week and that’s the secret! Your engineering teams do the bulk of the work, so your FCTO spends a lot of time preparing them to operate independently – including setting strategic technical direction, enhancing skills for self-sufficiency, and streamlining processes for efficiency.
What level of involvement can I expect from a Fractional CTO?
Your FCTO will be involved at every level – the executive level, the engineering team level, and even the code level.
Our FCTOs are chameleons that adjust to the situation at hand, including:
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managing the engineering teams day-to-day
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managing software releases and handling issues
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working with product management to execute their plans
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representing our clients at conferences
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advising everyone in the company
This versatile approach ensures they're a dynamic asset in both executive decision-making and technical execution.
How does a Fractional CTO integrate with our existing teams and operations?
Our FCTOs integrate in 3 steps:
1. Integration starts with team acceptance. Our FCTOs meet with your teams before engagement to ensure they are seen as part of the group, establishing a foundational rapport crucial for success.
2. Our FCTOs operate under your domain – complete with company email, calendar, and Slack/chat accounts. This setup allows them to function as if they were full-time employees, making them accessible and integrated into your daily operations.
3. To maintain a consistent presence, we schedule recurring daily meetings at the same time. This practice ensures that your teams have regular, predictable access to the FCTO – reinforcing their role as an active and visible part of your company's operations.
Can a Fractional CTO help with technical recruiting and team building?
Absolutely! Who better to recruit than a person who has built, mentored and grown engineering teams for the last 20+ years?
Our FCTOs bring a depth of understanding that goes far beyond the scope of a standard technical recruiter. They possess a profound grasp of technology and its interplay with team dynamics, enabling them to structure teams effectively for consistent results.
How does the Council of CTOs work with my Fractional CTO?
Your Fractional CTO collaborates closely with the Council of CTOs – benefiting from their collective wisdom.
Weekly meetings are held where your FCTO discusses recent activities and approaches to specific problems. Leveraging over 200 years of combined experience, the Council provides insights and advice specific to your company.
What is the Council of Experts? And how do they assist my Fractional CTO?
The Council of Experts is an additional layer of support for your Fractional CTO – providing specialized knowledge in various technology domains.
Recognizing that no single individual can be an expert in all technologies, we maintain relationships with subject matter experts. They offer advice on specific technical subjects, like certain cloud services or specialized tasks, that may be outside your FCTO's primary expertise.
With Red Corner, you're gaining access to a whole team of experts, not just a single consultant.
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combine years of
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averaged cost savings through creative and pragmatic solutions.
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