Product strategy & actualization
Turn an opportunity into a product people can use. We help define the business case, validate the plan, shape the roadmap, and carry the work through launch.
Discovery · Roadmaps · MVPsCalgary-built software · Select engagements
Senior Canadian teams for software that matters.
Razor Sharp Consulting turns ambitious product ideas and operational bottlenecks into dependable software, with senior attention and sensible economics from first decision through launch.
THE BUILD BOARDYYC / CAN
From valuable idea
to working product.
01Definethe right job
02Deliverworking software
03Stayafter launch
Capabilities
From product idea to durable operation.
RSC combines product thinking, senior engineering, funding-aware delivery, and cloud expertise in one accountable Canadian team.
Custom product engineering
Senior-led teams design, build, test, and support dependable software across web, mobile, cloud, and the integrations between them.
Web · Mobile · APIs · SaaSBusiness automation
Replace repetitive founder and operations work with connected workflows, practical AI, clear approvals, and systems that keep moving without constant intervention.
Workflows · Integrations · Applied AIAWS cloud systems
As an AWS Partner, we design secure, scalable infrastructure, improve cloud economics, and can offer eligible clients preferential infrastructure pricing.
Architecture · Serverless · Cost controlSR&ED-aware delivery
We help teams identify and document technical uncertainty, experimentation, and outcomes as development happens, giving qualified advisors better evidence for eligible SR&ED claims.
Technical records · Evidence · CollaborationProduct recovery & modernization
When a valuable product is stalled, fragile, or hard to change, we assess the risk, set a practical direction, and strengthen it without losing what already works.
Assessments · Modernization · Delivery rescueAI-assisted delivery
Move faster with AI. Keep senior judgment in the loop.
Razor Sharp uses modern AI tools to accelerate discovery, prototyping, implementation, testing, and documentation. Experienced engineers use that leverage while retaining ownership of the work.
01 / Accelerate
More momentum
AI helps us explore options, draft routine code, build test coverage, and turn feedback into working improvements sooner.
02 / Supervise
Senior-led decisions
Senior developers remain responsible for architecture, code review, security, correctness, and the tradeoffs that shape the product.
03 / Assure
Software built to last
Every release is held to the same standard for reliability, maintainability, performance, and fit, regardless of how it was accelerated.
Founder independence
Build a business that can move without you in every loop.
We help founders move critical knowledge out of inboxes, spreadsheets, and memory, then turn it into dependable systems their teams can operate.
Find the drag
Map repeated decisions, duplicate entry, manual approvals, and founder-only knowledge.
Connect the work
Build practical integrations, workflows, and AI-assisted tools with the right human controls.
Operate by exception
Give the team clear ownership, useful dashboards, and escalation paths for the moments that need judgment.
Why RSC
Affordable enough to be practical. Experienced enough for high-stakes products.
We take on a limited number of projects so senior people can stay close to the product, the decisions, and the outcome.
Fully Canadian
Your product is led and built by Canadian-based professionals. No unseen offshore handoff and no junior-only delivery model.
AWS Partner
Cloud architecture, cost optimization, and preferential AWS infrastructure pricing for eligible client workloads.
Insured & security-minded
RSC is an insured delivery partner, with a formal SOC 2 compliance program currently underway.
Built for consequential products
Senior engineering practices suitable for products whose commercial value can reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
SR&ED eligibility and tax treatment are determined by the CRA with your qualified tax advisor. Preferential AWS pricing depends on workload and program eligibility.
Selected work
Software that found its place in the real world.
Across safety, finance, architecture, infrastructure, and field operations.
01RSC / WORK
Unified operations
United Roofing
A unified web and mobile application designed to bring field and office workflows into one coordinated system.
Project profile02RSC / WORK
Native app augmentation · 2023
Serve Technologies
On-shore product development for existing Android and iOS apps, including new features, a stronger user experience, performance work, and app-store delivery.
Project profile03RSC / WORK
Web & mobile MVP · 2023
We-Watch Corporation
A proof of concept evolved into a production-minded MVP with mobile apps, incident reporting, an AWS serverless backend, and Slack moderation workflows.
Project profile04RSC / WORK
Work-alone monitoring · 2022–23
Be Safe
A safety platform for remote workers with live location updates, fall detection, panic mode, shift-aware privacy, and a web console for supervisors and operators.
Visit project05RSC / WORK
Financial clarity
Vision
A web and mobile product built to make complex financial information easier to understand, access, and act on.
Project profile06RSC / WORK
Community social app · 2017–19
Block Talk
Android development and ongoing iOS and back-end support for a fast-growing community app, including news-feed, Gmail, and city-expansion integrations.
Project profile07RSC / WORK
Project management PWA · 2017
Perkins+Will
A responsive project-management application built with React and Redux, with deep Box integration and in-browser PDF previews for construction files.
Project profile08RSC / WORK
Pipeline simulation MVP · 2016
SimFlo
An on-time MVP around a complex pipeline simulation engine, pairing a C# wrapper and REST API with a focused React web client.
Visit projectSelective by design
The right project gets real senior attention.
We work best when the product matters, the business owner is engaged, and experienced technical judgment can materially change the outcome.
- 01
Get clear
We learn what the business needs, who the product serves, and what success must look like.
- 02
Make the plan
We turn the idea into a clear scope, technical direction, delivery plan, and working team.
- 03
Build in the open
Two-week delivery cycles keep progress visible and create frequent, useful checkpoints.
- 04
Ship & support
We release with care, document the system, and stay available after the first launch.
The company
Canadian accountability. Broad technical depth.
Razor Sharp Consulting is a fully Canadian-based custom software studio serving founders and established businesses across North America.
Founded by Mike Cottingham, RSC brings together experienced developers around the real shape of each project. The team has delivered work across telecommunications, healthcare, oil and gas, mining, safety, finance, and startups, all without shipping the work offshore.
Meet us on LinkedIn“I am so impressed with Razor Sharp. It seems like Michael and his team know everything there is to know about software engineering and building amazing apps.”
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