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Your Hands-On
Innovation Partner for
Complex Challenges.
Founder-Led • Process Implementation • Technology • Team Adoption
I'm Kris Côté, founder of OddLabs. I help organizations make technology work in practice: understand the challenge, improve and implement the process, and align the tools with the people doing the work. Prototypes help teams evaluate an idea before making a larger commitment.
Based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Working with organizations across BC and Canada.
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// BUILT_AROUND_THE_PROBLEM
Built Around the Problem,
Not the Technology.
As your hands-on innovation partner, I learn how the work happens and where it gets stuck. I help shape and implement processes alongside the technology, so tools, workflows, and the people using them work together. We use AI, automation, software, sensors, dashboards, or integrations where they fit, then test the approach and decide what to do next.
AI & Automation
When repetitive decisions or manual work can be automated.
Sensors & IoT
When you need real-time visibility into equipment, assets, or environments.
Dashboards
When decision-makers need a unified operational picture, not five separate screens.
Integrations
When your existing systems should work together but do not.
Process Redesign
When the workflow itself is the problem, not the technology.
Custom Software
When nothing off-the-shelf fits your operational reality.
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Solution concepts
in action.
All solutions above are concept demonstrations. Actual scope, results, cost, and timing vary per engagement.
// HOW_I_WORK
From challenge
to coordinated change.
The path is shaped around the challenge. Alongside the technology, I help plan process implementation and team adoption so the solution fits how people work. We decide together what the right next step is.
01
Discovery
Understand the operational problem. I work with your team to map constraints, stakeholders, existing systems, and what a useful result would look like before we choose an approach.
- →Problem decomposition
- →Stakeholder mapping
- →Constraint analysis
02
Prototype
Build a working, testable prototype using agreed test inputs or realistic data. It makes the core idea easier to examine and gives stakeholders something concrete to respond to.
- →Working prototype
- →Core functionality
- →Real data flows
03
Pilot & Adoption
If the organization is ready, plan a controlled pilot with the people who will use it. Align the workflow, roles, and support around the technology, then learn what needs to change before expanding.
- →Process implementation
- →Team feedback
- →Agreed measures
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Implementation
If the pilot supports moving forward, plan the wider implementation: integrations, security, process ownership, training, and ongoing management. Responsibilities are agreed to fit the organization and project.
- →Technology and workflow fit
- →Roles and team handoff
- →Ongoing process management
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Industries I understand.
// REFERENCE_PROTOTYPES
Concepts to explore possibilities.
These reference prototypes show how an operational challenge can be explored. They are not client deployments or measured results; any performance figures are illustrative targets that would need validation in a real pilot.
SitRep — Maritime Security Concept Demonstration
Concept targets: 70% reduction in mean time to threat identification, 94% track fusion confidence, false positive rate below 10%.
Read case studyMunicipalFlow — Civic Operations Concept Demonstration
Concept targets: 65% reduction in average resolution time, 92% classification accuracy, 4.6/5 citizen satisfaction.
Read case studyForestVision — Forestry Operations Concept Demonstration
Concept targets: 40% reduction in equipment downtime, 8-minute fire alert latency, 30+ minutes saved per supervisor per shift.
Read case studyPortVision — Port Operations Concept Demonstration
Concept targets: 50% reduction in cascading disruptions, 82% berth utilization, 14-minute average gate wait.
Read case studyGuardianOps — Security Operations Concept Demonstration
Concept targets: 45% reduction in alarm response time, 96% patrol coverage, 12-minute incident report turnaround.
Read case studyReference concepts only. No client results or testimonials are being presented here.
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Work Directly With the Founder.
When you engage OddLabs, you work directly with Kris Côté — from the first discovery conversation through prototype delivery. There is no account manager, no hand-off to a junior team, no layers of structure between you and the person building your solution. You get the founder's full attention and experience at every stage.
Kris's practical experience spans technology, operations, emergency services, security, AI, systems integration, and rapid prototyping. That range means the first conversation is grounded in real operational reality — not generic consulting frameworks.
Meet Kris →Technology
Built AI systems, automation pipelines, and operational decision-support tools.
Operations
Worked inside operational environments where clarity and speed directly reduce risk.
Emergency Services
Practical exposure to incident response, situational awareness, and decision pressure.
Security
Built systems for guard tracking, alarm management, and security operations centres.
AI
Applied AI for track correlation, request classification, and predictive maintenance.
Systems Integration
Connected disparate sensors, APIs, and databases into unified operational pictures.
Rapid Prototyping
From concept to working prototype in weeks — the core of what OddLabs does.
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Founder-Led by Design.
Being founder-led is not a marketing line — it is the architecture of OddLabs. Kris Côté personally leads every engagement from the first discovery conversation through prototype delivery. There is no team of junior consultants between you and the person building your solution. The person who understands your problem is the person who builds the prototype.
This means the context gathered in discovery never gets lost in a hand-off. The operational reality you describe on day one is the same reality that shapes every line of code and every design decision. Accountability runs in a straight line — from your problem to the founder to the prototype.
Direct Accountability
The founder owns the outcome. No layers, no hand-offs, no diluted responsibility.
Context Preserved
Discovery insights flow directly into the build — no information lost between analysts and engineers.
Single Point of Contact
One conversation, one person, one decision-maker. From first call to final delivery.
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Limited Active Engagements.
OddLabs intentionally limits the number of concurrent clients. This is not scarcity marketing — it is how quality is preserved. When Kris leads every engagement personally, the number of projects that can receive the founder's full attention at any one time is naturally constrained.
This means when you engage OddLabs, you are not competing for bandwidth with a dozen other active projects. The focus, the context, and the build time are yours. When capacity is full, new engagements are queued for the next available slot rather than rushed into a crowded schedule.
Fewer concurrent clients means deeper engagement on each.
Quality over volume — every prototype gets the founder's full attention.
Why Capacity is Limited
Direct collaboration requires focused availability
Personal Involvement
Kris is hands-on in every engagement — from discovery to prototype delivery. This cannot scale to an unlimited roster of clients.
Context Depth
Complex operational problems require deep context. Holding that context for too many projects simultaneously dilutes the quality of each build.
Honest Availability
If the studio is at capacity, I will tell you. You will not be squeezed into an overstretched schedule or handed to someone you never met.
// FEATURED_CONCEPT_DEMONSTRATION
SitRep Tactical Decision Platform
Common Operating Picture
SitRep fuses radar, electro-optic camera, AIS, and radio frequency sensor data into a single tactical picture. Operators get real-time vessel tracking with AI-assisted correlation, confidence scoring, full provenance chains, and explainable threat recommendations — replacing the cognitive overload of monitoring five separate sensor displays with one unified operational view.
OddLabs Concept Demonstration70% reduction in mean time to threat identification
Unified operational picture across all sensor sources
Explainable AI recommendations for operator decision support — not black-box automation
Full provenance chain for post-incident analysis and accountability
Illustrative measures to validate — not measured results
Explore SitRepIllustrative Scope
30-day prototype → 12-week production build
Operational Problem
Maritime security teams monitor radar, cameras, AIS, and RF detectors in separate, siloed interfaces. Operators must manually correlate tracks across systems, leading to delayed threat identification, high cognitive load...
Prototype Approach
Multi-Source Sensor Fusion: Radar, EO/IR camera, AIS, and RF detection data unified into a single track database with automatic cross-referencing.
Example Pilot Scope
A possible pilot could involve one operations team testing a small number of sensor sources against agreed measures for track correlation and operator workflow. Scope and duration would be set with the organization.
Illustrative Planning Range
$15,000 – $50,000 (prototype phase)
// DISCOVERY_WORKSHOP
Start with a Discovery Workshop.
The Discovery Workshop is the primary way to begin an engagement with OddLabs. In one or two structured sessions, I work through your operational problem, constraints, and existing systems — and produce a practical Discovery Blueprint you can act on.
No account creation required. No obligation. Just a clear, honest assessment of what is possible and what it takes to get there.
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// DESCRIBE_YOUR_PROBLEM
Not sure where to start?
Describe your operational challenge in a few sentences. I will review it and send back a planning response with recommended approaches, an indicative timeline, and concrete next steps. No account needed — Kris will read your submission and reply directly.
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Questions, answered.
// FINAL_CTA
Let's build something.
Tell me about your problem. If it's complex, ambiguous, and high-stakes — you're in the right place. Every engagement starts with a Discovery Workshop. No account creation required.
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Kris Côté
Founder, OddLabs
Nanaimo, British Columbia
oddlab.ca
Every form submission is read by Kris directly. You will receive a personal response, not an automated reply.
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