Most IT shops sell tickets. We sell results, on the same monthly invoice. Most marketing agencies hand off to a developer they’ve never met. We are the developer. Most studios choose a side: technical or creative, MSP or marketing. We refuse to.
We started Terranotics because the businesses we worked with kept needing the same thing: software that ran, hardware that didn’t fight them, and a marketing engine that pointed at the same number. Hiring four vendors to do that is a full-time job. We do it under one roof.
We’re small on purpose. The same person you meet in the discovery call is the person who shows up at 11pm when something breaks. That’s the trade. Always will be.
Values / 04
What we won’t compromise on.
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Clarity
Plain English, written estimates, and dashboards you can read without us in the room.
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Ownership
If we touched it, we own it until you tell us we don't. No finger-pointing.
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Speed
Decisions in days, ships in weeks, fixes in minutes. We respect the calendar.
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Long-term
We'd rather lose the upsell than lose the relationship. We're here for the next five years.
Team / 4 senior leads · extended bench across Canada
Small bench. Senior bats.
The four people below own the studio’s strategy, engineering, finance, and brand work. Every client engagement touches at least two of them directly. Beyond the lead bench, we run an extended team of full-stack engineers, MSP operators, designers, and AI specialists across Canada — booked per engagement rather than sat on a roster.
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Rishi
Founder · Head of AI Strategy
Built production AI systems for five years before founding Terranotics in 2019. Owns the studio's AI automation practice end-to-end — from the first call where we scope what's worth automating, to the agents that quietly run for years after. Also runs studio strategy and the business-development side of every engagement. Still picks up the phone before the receptionist does.
BSc Computer Science (AI specialisation), Simon Fraser University
AI agents + LLM orchestration
Workflow automation (n8n / Zapier / custom)
Studio strategy + client relations
Software architecture
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02 / 04
Anunay
Chief Financial Officer
Eight years in financial planning + analysis for Vancouver and Toronto technology businesses, including two as fractional CFO for early-stage SaaS. Runs the studio's books, vendor contracts, and the financial modelling that makes our project quotes painfully accurate. Quietly decisive — the partner everyone wants on the call when scope creeps. Believes in fixed-price engagements with honest scope, not retainers that drift.
CPA in good standing, CPA British Columbia
Studio finance + FP&A
Engagement economics + project quoting
Vendor + contract management
Cap table + revenue forecasting for client SaaS builds
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03 / 04
Jay
Head of Engineering
Twelve years across full-stack engineering, cloud architecture, and platform reliability. Previously led engineering at a Vancouver health-tech SaaS scaling through Series B. Owns the technical bar for everything Terranotics ships — typed, tested, observable, hand-overable. Strong opinions, lightly held, except about TypeScript and database migrations, which he holds tightly.
BSc Computer Science, University of British Columbia (2014)
Eleven years in studio practice — visual identity, paid acquisition, conversion-rate optimisation, content systems. Previously brand lead at two Vancouver agencies serving B2B SaaS and consumer brands. Now owns Terranotics's marketing arm: every client brand refresh, every campaign, every reporting dashboard ladders back through her. Doesn't believe in mood boards that don't connect to a measurable number.
BFA Communication Design, Emily Carr University (2011)
Brand identity + design systems
Paid acquisition (Google · Meta · LinkedIn)
Content + SEO strategy
Marketing measurement + reporting
Plus: a dozen-strong extended bench of full-stack engineers, MSP operators, designers, and AI specialists booked per engagement — names appear on the contract, not on the marketing page.
Where we work / Across Canada
HQ in Abbotsford, BC. Clients on every coast.
Studio HQ
Abbotsford, BC
On-site work across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
Travel + remote pods
Toronto · Calgary · Montreal
On-site delivery wherever the work needs hands; remote-first the rest of the time.
Remote operations
Coast-to-coast Canada
Managed IT, software, AI automation and marketing — delivered remote across all 10 provinces.
Careers
We hire on rare exception. If you’re reading this, send us your work.
Generalist engineers, MSP operators, and senior brand designers welcome. Email a single link with your best work. We respond to every applicant — promise.