Discover Red
Consult Red is an employee-owned technology innovation partner that is trusted by many of the world’s leading media and connectivity brands.
We support our clients through the entire product development journey.
Our Story
For 20 years, we’ve developed our expertise, providing 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.
We are engineers at heart. The way we think, the way we work with our clients, the way we do work internally – everything is engineering focused.
Stuart Griffin, CEO
Quick Facts
300+
We have a team of more than 300 people working in 4 countries
50m+
Technology developed by Consult Red is in over 50m homes worldwide
20+
Consult Red recently celebrated 20 years of innovation and delivering engineering excellence for our clients
12+
Our experienced engineers have on average 12+ years of practical experience
500+
We’ve successfully delivered on over 500 engagements for 20+ clients across multiple sectors
How we work
We enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and innovating for our clients. Our 300-strong expert engineering team are trusted by our clients and have a proven track record of delivering successful projects.
Why work with Red
We’ve worked with some of the world’s leading media operators and communication service providers, delivering secure intelligent systems.
Trusted innovation partner
We’ve established our reputation by building strong, long-term relationships with providers in the Pay TV, media and OTT industry, helping them become leaders in their field.
The whole development journey
From research and strategy to development, compliance, scale and production, we’ve helped clients to avoid pitfalls and get to market without delay.
Making products ‘SMART’
We’ve accumulated cutting-edge experience in software and hardware design, including embedded and cloud solutions, to deliver intelligent devices and systems.
Our Culture and Values
Being Red
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.
Focus on 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.
Be excellent
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.
Be collaborative
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.
Be honest
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.
Take care of each other
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.
Our Offices
We’ve got teams based across six offices in the UK , the USA and Poland.
Our History
For 20 years, we’ve developed our expertise, providing software, hardware and cloud backend development.
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2003
The beginning
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.
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2004-2009
Our growing reputation
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.
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2010
Our new UK office
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.
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2012
An office in the US
In 2012 we expanded in the US, opening an office in LA servicing our AT&T presence significantly.
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2015
European expansion
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.
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2020
Strategic refocus and rebrand
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.
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2020
Boosting capability in Cloud
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.
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2021
Boosting the Team
Paul Stevenson joins as Chief Financial Officer. Paul will sit on Consult Red’s Board and join its Executive Leadership Team.
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2021
Employee-owned organisation
The Directors of Consult Red transferred shares of the business to an Employee-owned Trust (EOT) to benefit employees.
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2022
New CEO
Raghu Venkatesam joins as Chief Executive Officer to accelerate leadership position in intelligent devices and systems market.
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2022
Growing our team by 45%
Consult Red now have teams based in the Sheraton Plaza in Warsaw, Katowice Business Park and Stanisława Wyspiańskiego in Zielona Góra.
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2023
Celebrating 20 years
For two decades, Consult Red has helped its clients transform the media, telecommunication and IoT technology landscapes.
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2023
Innovation Centre in India
Located in Hyderabad, the office will enable Consult Red to accelerate product development for its clients while also establishing a Centre for Excellence for AI.
