Solve the actual problem
Start with the work, the customer and the outcome. Every flourish has to earn its place.
Founder-led · Missoula-born · Ready to run
Small enough to listen.Sharp enough to ship.
Awkward Dog is an independent Missoula studio designing and building websites, apps and custom software. Recent launches include Missoula Broadcasting Company, ESPN MT and Missoula Realty.
Founded 2022Missoula, MontanaIndependent by design
See the work in use
Built for businesses you can visit.
Explore the live websites and the thinking behind each build.
Tommy Evans · Founder
Built from inside real operations.
Tommy Evans is a third-generation Montanan, born and raised in Missoula. His background crosses software, broadcast technology, operational leadership, design and product development.
His experience in broadcasting, operations and real estate gives the work a practical starting point: the people using the system, the information they need and the next thing they need to do.
Clients work directly with the founder responsible for the strategy and the build. There is no handoff from a sales pitch to a disconnected production line.
How the studio thinks
Useful first.
Never anonymous.
Make it memorable
Functional products can still feel alive, specific and unmistakably connected to the business behind them.
Finish matters
Clarity, performance, edge cases and small interactions are part of the product—not cleanup after the fact.
Say what is real
Research is labeled research. Work in development is labeled in development. Credibility compounds.
Stay close to the decisions
Direct collaboration keeps intent intact and makes it easier to move when the right answer becomes clear.
Be ready to run
Move quickly without becoming careless. Ambition works best when it has operational discipline underneath it.
One point of view · Several outlets
Websites. Apps.
Software. R&D.
The common thread is not a platform or an industry. It is the instinct to notice what should work better and make the answer tangible.
Take hard infrastructure seriously
Early broadcast technology R&D exploring more resilient approaches to real operational problems.
Ship ideas with identity
Awkward Dog’s own iOS games, ambient tools and useful oddities built with commercial ambition.
Build a stronger operation
Specialized software, apps, automation and distinctive websites for organizations with real work to improve.
Missoula is home
Local accountability. National ambition.
Awkward Dog builds websites and software for Missoula businesses while developing original apps and products. The live work is here to explore, and the next project can start with a conversation.
Direct line to the studio
Tell Tommy what should exist.
Bring the business goal, the broken workflow or the ambitious idea. A polished technical brief is not required.
