About ColhounTech
A Belfast family consultancy. Twenty-five years of enterprise engineering, applied where it matters.
Our Story
ColhounTech was founded by Micheal Colhoun, a software engineer with twenty-five years' experience building mission-critical systems for the London Stock Exchange, pharma companies, Finance, and the energy sector. The work has spanned everything from trading platforms to large-scale CI/CD pipelines to telescope instrumentation at NASA, Rutherford Appleton, and the BTA observatory in Russia.
Today we operate as a small, high-performance family team. Micheal leads architecture and technical direction on every project, supported by a tight, highly capable development team that includes the next generation of talent.
We use Data and AI Augmented Engineering across every project. The approach lets us deliver substantially more for substantially less, without compromising on quality, testability, or the things that make a system still work in five years' time.
Why Choose ColhounTech
Three things shape every engagement we take on.
Senior architecture, direction and focus
Every project receives Micheal's personal oversight on architecture and technical direction. While the team handles day-to-day development and delivery, every critical decision benefits from his twenty-five years of enterprise experience and rigorous standards.
Microsoft Azure specialists
Twenty-five years across .NET, Azure, SQL, Data Factory and modern workplace. We know the ecosystem, and we use these platforms every day.
No-friction software
We build no-friction software so you can run your business without being a tech expert. Fast, simple, well-engineered systems, easy to operate.
What people have said
"Micheal has the uncanny ability and desire to immerse himself in new concepts and fields of study, attaining expert-level understanding in the time an average person would take to become simply competent. His other remarkable quality is his talent for passing that knowledge on. Time spent in Micheal's presence is rarely wasted."
"I worked with Micheal early in my own IT career. He hired me straight from University and gave me the tools to develop and progress. He was always there to help out as a reliable expert. His open-minded approach got the job done in a calm and effective way."
"'Ridiculously brilliant' is the phrase that comes to mind the most when I think about Micheal. I had the pleasure of working alongside him for two years on a complex and challenging scientific project. As a team member and stupendous leader, Micheal comes with my heartfelt recommendation."