Carl Fransen and CTECH: 16 Years Providing IT Support Calgary Businesses Depend On!

Carl Fransen Celebrates 16 Years Providing High-Quality, Trustworthy and Reliable Business IT Services Throughout Calgary and Southern Alberta

Wow, 16 years sure flies by, doesn’t it?

Carl Fransen, CTECH’s founder, is celebrating 16 years providing IT services and support to companies throughout Calgary and all across Southern Alberta.

Over the course of the last sixteen years, Calgary-based CTECH Consulting Group has made their mark in the IT world. Lead by Carl, the company has grown into a trusted and award-winning technology services business that specializes in outsourced IT support, technology security, and mobilization.

Carl started his IT career in the early 90’s as a helpdesk tech. In the years that followed, he has held various positions in the industry before taking two years off to travel the world. His experiences gave him an invaluable view of work and life. 40 countries and 250 cities later, he returned to IT on his own terms. With a new perspective, he began his new company with one thing in mind, to make a difference–and that’s exactly what he did.

After spending years automating and integrating systems to reduce overhead, improve response time, and make IT simpler for everyone, his business quickly grew. Carl knew he needed more support staff, but he wanted to hire people based on qualities that couldn’t be taught. Qualities like honesty and integrity, drive and care for their work. He wanted his employees to be part of his vision. Because of the way they treat their customers, CTECH won both the Consumer Choice Award and the CDN Channel Elite Award three years running.

Today, CTECH acts as a complete IT department. They handle everything a company needs regarding IT. This allows them to focus on running their business. And they serve as their CIO and advisor. They get to know the businesses they work with, learn about their goals, and analyze their current systems.

Just a few months ago, close to 300 IT firms were managed by Microsoft. However, when Microsoft changed directions to focus on the latest and best technology, they eliminated 90% of their current partners. To date, only 34 are left–13 of those are in Western Canada.

CTECH is one of the only companies in the area with direct access to Microsoft reps. When deciding who to keep and who to part ways with, Microsoft choose companies that could actualize their latest technology. It’s no surprise then that CTECH made the cut. And now, they are pouring money into training and resources to make CTECH even better. Their commitment to “build with, sell with, and go to market with” Microsoft products are phenomenal. They even went through an internal digital transformation to build out a solid cloud practice. This allows customers to access applications and data from anywhere at any time.

Clients of CTECH’s IT support and services range from oil and gas companies, environmental companies, schools, and other well-known Calgary based businesses. Giving companies what they need to succeed is always priority one.

You can only imagine what the future holds for Carl Fransen and CTECH. As technology grows, so will they. Contact CTECH and get a front-row seat to see what’s next!

Written by Carl Fransen

posted on January 20, 2018

Carl Fransen

My passion is to make my mark on the world in a positive and lasting way. I want to set an example for my son that his father can compete with integrity in today’s world, be very successful, and leave the world a better place for him.

Combining my technical/business-based education with a long career steadily progressing up the corporate ladder, I decided to build a company that held true to my values. So, I founded and designed the next generation of IT support firm: CTECH Consulting Group Inc. We are a completely automated, cloud-based IT company designed to compete against any other IT firm without the overhead. We promote a lifestyle to all our staff where they can work anywhere, at any time, access any information on any device that is relevant to their job, and collaborate with anyone they want to.