Built in Calgary, for businesses that keep Calgary running.
A software partner for owner-run companies that need careful, accountable engineering without paying for an agency.
No account managers. The person you talk to is the person doing the work.
Why I started SparkUp
SparkUp started with a simple observation: Calgary’s small and mid-size businesses run on software that big IT firms don’t want to touch. The projects are too small for them, and the off-the-shelf tools are too rigid for the business.
So these companies make do with aging systems, overflowing spreadsheets and a lot of manual work. I started SparkUp to fix that, close to home, with the same engineering care a large company would get.
Built for Alberta’s working businesses
Industrial suppliers, logistics yards, professional firms, and field services.
Why “SparkUp”
A small spark, real momentum.
A spark is small, but it gets things moving. Most businesses don’t need their software torn down and rebuilt. They need the right change in the right place: an old system brought up to date, a manual task automated, a tool that finally talks to the others.
That’s the goal for every project: improve the business without putting what already works at risk.
An engineer who’ll drive to your office.
Vlad Ocheret
Founder & Engineer
I build business software, custom web systems and database migrations. I founded SparkUp to bring accountable, plain-spoken engineering to Alberta businesses with 5 to 200 staff.
Every project has one point of contact: the person writing your code is the person sitting across your desk. And because everything I build is documented and handed over to you, your business never depends on me alone.
What I Build
Web Apps & Integrations
Web portals & APIs
What It Fixes
Manual Work
Retyping, fragile spreadsheets
Ownership
Yours to Keep
Code, data and accounts
“When a system breaks in a 20-person company, operations freeze. I build software that doesn’t need panic calls on long weekends.”
What I stand for
Five rules I hold myself to. If I break one, call me on it.
Accountable
The person you meet is the person responsible for the result. No account reps handing your work to subcontractors.
Steady
I change things in stages and test as I go, so your business keeps running. No “big bang” cutovers that leave dispatch blind on a Monday morning.
Honest
If something isn’t worth building, or AI isn’t the right answer, I’ll tell you. I won’t bill you for complexity you don’t need.
Clear
Plain language, written plans and estimates, itemized invoices. No jargon, just a scope of work you can share with your partners or board.
Yours
You own your code, data and accounts. Always. No lock-in, no licence fees for my tools, and any competent developer can take over later.
In the room when it matters.
A lot of software consulting now happens over video calls and ticket queues. I stay local to the Calgary area so I can sit with your warehouse leads, dispatchers and finance staff in person.
Calgary and nearby communities. I’ll come to you.
Let’s meet. Coffee’s on me.
At your office or a local café, let’s talk through your current software setup.
Reply within 1 business day. You’ll speak with Vlad directly, not a sales rep.