Consult Red is an employee-owned technology innovation partner trusted by many of the world’s leading media and connectivity brands.
We create intelligent, connected products – supporting our clients through the entire product development journey.
For over 20 years, we’ve developed our expertise in software, hardware and cloud backend development.
Our end-to-end services include consultancy, technical strategy, solution architecture, product design and development, integration, compliance and testing.
We’re proud to work with clients including Comcast, Sky, Liberty Global, DIRECTV, Astro and Polsat.
Stuart Griffin, CEO
We have a team of 200 people working in 3 countries
Technology developed by Consult Red is in over 100m devices worldwide
Consult Red celebrates over 20 years of innovation and delivering engineering excellence for our clients
Our experienced engineers have on average 12+ years of practical experience
We’ve successfully delivered on over 500 engagements for 20+ clients across multiple sectors
We enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and innovating for our clients. Our expert engineering team are trusted by our clients and has a proven track record of delivering successful projects.
We’ve worked with some of the world’s leading media operators and communication service providers, delivering secure intelligent systems.
We’ve built strong, long-term relationships with clients in multiple industries, helping them become leaders in their fields.
From research and strategy to development, compliance, scale and production, we’ve helped clients to avoid pitfalls and get to market without delay.
We’ve accumulated experience in software and hardware design, including embedded and cloud solutions, to deliver intelligent devices and systems.
All that we do is driven by our core values, from the way we work with each other, to the work we do with our customers.
We succeed when our customers succeed. We understand and can prioritise our customers’ needs by building strong relationships. We continually innovate to create new ways to achieve ever-greater mutual success.
We set and maintain high standards. We strive for excellence with high-quality services, operational best practices, and meticulous attention to detail. We maintain excellence through continuous learning and development.
We achieve more by working together. We value our differences and seek the opinions and ideas of others. We are proactive, responsive and approachable, working as one team and willingly contributing to support the work of others.
We always act with integrity and openness. We communicate truthfully and straightforwardly. We take responsibility and are accountable for all we do, speaking and acting for what is right and admitting to our mistakes.
We are real people with real needs. We nurture a diverse and inclusive team, helping each other develop and succeed. We are actively involved in making this a great place to work and in supporting our local communities.
We’ve got teams based across multiple locations in the UK, the USA, Poland and India.
Selected highlights from the 20+ years of Consult Red history.
2003
Founded by 5 engineering leaders from Pace Micro in 2003, Red Embedded initially worked with the likes of Telecom Italia and BT to deliver video telephony products.
2004-2009
The reputation of the founding directors in the Pay TV industry meant that quite quickly the team grew to 15 people, initially helping a leading US-based operator deliver a step-change in their STB technology.
2010
By 2010, we’d developed a strong reputation as an embedded specialist in media, and outgrown our incubator offices in Bradford University, moving to Shipley.
2012
In 2012 we expanded in the US, opening an office in LA servicing our AT&T presence significantly.
2015
During 2015 we opened in Wroclaw, Poland, a city recognised for tech talent – today that team is over 94 people strong. This milestone marked a major step-change in our business.
2020
In 2020 we set about a new strategy, to deconcentrate the business and deliver services across sectors. Red Embedded changed its name to Consult Red, and we brought in our first Chairman, Karen Bach.
2020
Consult Red recruited a team of cloud engineers in a move that delivers a one-stop-shop in technology and IoT development capability for clients.
2021
Paul Stevenson joins as Chief Financial Officer. Paul will sit on Consult Red’s Board and join its Executive Leadership Team.
2021
The Directors of Consult Red transferred shares of the business to an Employee-owned Trust (EOT) to benefit employees.
2023
For two decades, Consult Red has helped its clients transform the media, telecommunication and IoT technology landscapes.
2023
Expansion through partnership in India enhances our delivery capacity and deepens our expertise with scalable offshore resources.
