At the intersection of art, business, and technology.
McCauley Studios brings creative thinking, business understanding, and technical craft to the same work.
We shape ideas, design experiences, and build software. Whether we’re helping a new business take shape or an established organization find its next direction, we consider how its offer, its people, and its tools work together.
Good ideas are often already there.
The people closest to a business know things no brief can fully capture: what customers keep asking for, where work gets difficult, and which possibilities deserve more attention.
We start with that knowledge.
Some of the most useful opportunities sit between familiar parts of a business.
- A conversation that needs to become a decision.
- A promise that needs to reach the person delivering it.
- Something learned from a customer that could improve the way the whole team works.
We help make those connections clearer, then work with you to give the ideas a practical form.
What that looks like in practice.
Our work can involve shaping an offer, designing a website or product, building software, or improving an everyday process. We look at the people and decisions around the work to understand what it needs to accomplish.
We care about its expression: the words, the visual character, and the experience of using it. We give the same attention to what supports it: how information moves, who needs to be involved, and what happens next.
A customer should be able to recognize the same business in what it says, what it makes, and how it treats them. The people doing the work need the clarity and tools to deliver that experience.
Selected work
The Maker Hub YYC
With JC2 and the Maker Hub, we’ve worked across the membership offer, marketing, and the software behind the community.
The work connects how people discover the Maker Hub with how they join, pay, participate, and get help. The member app brings announcements, events, community conversations, member profiles, and resources into a space with the community’s own identity.
It’s an example of how we approach the work: considering the business, the experience, and the technology together.
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What we make.
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Cater
Patient apps, care plans, messaging, payments and follow-up for healthcare organizations in Canada.
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Coworkers
Our client portal: a shared place where our clients, our team and our AI agents shape a project and work on it together.
Visit mycoworkers.io
How we work.
We begin by listening and looking closely at what’s already happening. We want to understand the ambition, the practical constraints, and the knowledge people bring to the work.
Together, we decide what’s worth changing and what a useful first result would look like. We make the work visible as it develops, test it with the people who will use it, and use what we learn to guide the next decision.
We use AI agents in research, design, development, and testing. Alec directs their work, reviews the results, and remains responsible for what we deliver.
About Alec.
Alec is a C-level executive with over 15 years leading teams across public sector, consultancies, and startups. His specialty is marrying technology and strong operations with solid business strategy alongside leading and developing great people. He’s the nerd who understands business, the business guy who loves art, and the artist who knows how to code.
Since 2019, Alec’s focus has been primarily in healthcare, working in various leadership capacities in health tech, pharmacy, and home care. He has served as CEO of Thrive Health, COO of Mednow, and held senior consulting roles with organizations such as Freshworks. In 2021, he was recognized as Innovator of the Year by Digital Health Canada.
Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Alec spent most of his professional career on the west coast before relocating to Toronto in 2024. Currently, Alec works as a consultant working with businesses of all sizes to develop growth strategy centered around technology. When not at work, you can find him in the kitchen or on an airplane.