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22nd Annual CATAAlliance Innovation Awards Nominees
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Voting is closed for 2007.
For more than two decades, the CATAAlliance Innovation & Leadership awards have been the most prestigious annual awards conferred on individuals and corporations by Canada's advanced technology community. They are presented in recognition of exceptional contributions made to the creation of science and technology-based industrial strength in Canada.
CATAAlliance in partnership with our Gala sponsors, Deloitte, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP & Royal Bank , will acknowledge one outstanding individual or company in each of the following categories:
CATAAlliance will tabulate the results from Canada's high tech sector and the winners will be announced at the CATAAlliance Innovation Awards Dinner (June 19, 2007 at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa). |
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Outstanding Product Achievement
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Outstanding Product Achievement presented to a Canadian organization for an outstanding technology engineering development that has resulted in the production of a world-class product or family of products. The product will have proven itself in operation and its design and market success will have enhanced Canada's international reputation for innovations and excellence.
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Telus
Emergency Management Operating System (EMOS)
www.telus.com |
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The TELUS Emergency Management Operating System, or EMOS, integrates three advanced components and is served from the TELUS Internet Data Centre in Calgary, Alberta. EMOS is a web-based geographical information system (GIS) that has emergency management, and call out notification capabilities that enables emergency management personnel to spatially prepare, dispatch first responders, and recover from crisis situations with confidence, effectiveness, and efficiency.
Supporting 'safer communities', EMOS is an integrated, secure, web-based ICT solution for sharing information between agencies and jurisdictions in both private and public sectors. This system supports Emergency Management from the first responder to the municipal, provincial, and federal orders of government through mitigation, preparation, response and recovery. It enables decision makers at all levels to make better decisions faster. |
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Vision Critical
Panel+™ Pro
www.visioncritical.com/ |
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As a BC-based technology company, Vision Critical is the world's leader in providing the technology and expertise to help companies recruit, engage and learn more from their own online customer panel. As internet-based market research solutions are being accepted and validated within the market research industry, companies are rapidly adopting internet-based methodologies. According to Marketing News, web-based market research is quickly growing into a $15 billion industry. Custom online panels are a growing phenomenon in the market research industry. They bridge the gap between a population that is reluctant to cooperate with telephone surveys and the organizations that need to know their perceptions and attitudes more than ever before.
Our core software system, Panel+™, is a web-based platform for developing, conducting, and managing online research. Panel+™ Pro is the latest release of Panel+™ and is the next generation in panel management software. It is the first system to integrate the widely publicized online communities with the analytical capabilities of customer advisory panels. It is powerful enough for the market researcher professional to leverage but easy enough for marketers to use. |
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Sciemetric
Process Signature Verification (PSV)
www.sciemetric.com/ |
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Sciemetric's Process Signature Verification (PSV) hardware/database system enables manufacturers to immediately detect variations/defects in a manufacturing process. PSV also enables targeted recalls based on the signatures of released products that prove to be defective as each product's serial number and manufacturing PSV is saved in a database. The characteristics of the defective product's signature can be used to find other products in the system with similar characteristics. Ford was able to reduce an automobile recall from 10,000 to 7 using the Sciemetric system. PSV can be used to improve any manufacturing process, reducing costs and increasing yield. Sciemetric systems are being used around the world by companies such as Toyota, Ford, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Medtronic, Cummins and Caterpillar. |
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Outstanding Product Achievement (Nanotechnology)
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Outstanding Product Achievement (Nanotechnology) presented to a Canadian organization for an outstanding technology engineering development that has resulted in the production of a world-class product or family of products. The product will have proven itself in operation and its design and market success will have enhanced Canada's international reputation for innovations and excellence.
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Quantiam Technologies
Energy NanoMaterials for the Hydrogen Economy
www.quantiam.com |
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Quantiam is an innovation leader, continually extending the frontiers of advanced materials for extreme and critical-use industrial applications. Quantiam excels in the development and commercialization of high-value, world-first, disruptive new products based on NanoScience, NanoTechnology, Advanced Materials, Catalysis, Coatings and Surfaces.
Materials for Hydrogen Storage capable of providing commercially-viable energy storage systems for the leading fuel-cell technologies coming to market. Our products are projected to deliver the necessary volume and weight energy densities required for full-scale implementation of vehicular and land-based fuel-cell energy systems.
Materials for Hydrogen Manufacture aimed at achieving economically-viable manufacture of hydrogen using non-hydrocarbon energy sources. |
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Raymor Industries
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (C-SWNT)
www.raymor.com |
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RAYMOR INDUSTRIES INC. (TSX-V: RAR) is a leading Canadian developer of high technology and a producer of advanced materials and nanomaterials for high value-added applications. Raymor holds the exclusive rights to more than 20 patents throughout the world, with other patents pending.
Raymor's single-walled carbon nanotubes have exceptional properties: up to 100 times stronger than steel at 1/6th the weight; up to 1000 times more electrically conductive than copper; up to 10 times more thermally conductive than copper. These exceptional qualities make our carbon nanotubes the perfect material of the future for the applications of today. |
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McMaster University
"Doctor-in-a-pill", Nanotechnology based Bio-Sensor
neva.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/newsitems/nano.htm |
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They are miniature labs that can be swallowed like a pill, injected through a catheter, or woven into fabric. Their function is to screen for, detect, and potentially treat cancer and other diseases when they are still at a single-cell size in early development stages.
Research currently underway includes:
- a miniature (pill-sized) device that will provide early detection of abnormal cells inside the body;
- an imaging and communication system for non-invasive screening intarget organs systems such as the breast, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract and the relaying of information to an external receiver;
- developing ingestible and insertable non-invasive imagers for routine screening of pancreatic and gastrointestinal tumors;
- sensors that can detect food- and water-borne pathogens.
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Emerging Technology
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Excellence in Emerging Technology is given in recognition of the recent launch of an innovative new product. Advanced technology products, technology-based services and products that utilize emerging technologies may be considered. Entries will be judged in relation to the degree of innovation incorporated in the product and its market potential.
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Optosecurity
Optosecurity XMS
optosecurity.com/ |
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Optosecurity has developed the world's first x-ray checkpoint upgrade to automatically detect potential threat objects and identify liquid explosives.
The Optoscreener is the first inline checkpoint upgrade to automatically detect potential threat objects using standard X-ray signals.
The Optosecurity XMS is the first inline checkpoint upgrade to automatically identify containers and their liquid contents using standard X-ray signals without opening containers.
Optosecurity products compensate for human error, helping security agents to work more efficiently and consistently to detect and classify potential threats. Staffed by specialists from around the world, Optosecurity is not affiliated with any legacy security products. This independence allows them to identify weaknesses and weigh solutions objectively and to consider challenges from different perspectives than existing industry players-with groundbreaking results. |
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Nytric
Talon
www.nytric.com/ |
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Nytric is an innovation-consulting company that brings exciting new product ideas to life. Taleo leads the industry worldwide by offering a complete concept-to-market solution, a unique financial model that makes it affordable, and a proven track record of break-through technological innovation.
The Talon is a new device in development. In 10 years this device is expected to give many types of students including medical students a shot at the real thing performing virtual surgeries and repairing virtual jet engines to name a few possible uses. The idea is based on the P5 glove that was designed for the video gaming market. The glove is a wearable HID (human interface device) that allows a new degree of interaction between the user and the virtual world. |
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Taleo
Taleo Business Edition 7.5
www.taleo.com/ |
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Taleo provides a web-based software solution that helps companies of all sizes asses, hire manage and retain top talent and is uniquely focused on this global problem. They recently launched Taleo Business Edition 7.5 made with the SMB market in mind. Taleo has taken a unique approach to providing solutions to both the Fortune 2000 and the SMB market. Taleo did the right thing and created a product with the SMB in mind because they realize that SMB's are different. As a result Taleo has over 600 users with 400 new users signing up in 2006 alone.
Talent and workforce management is rapidly becoming a top priority at many organizations, and on demand talent management solutions like Taleo's continue to play a vital role in how organizations prepare for the labour shortages. What's truly novel about Taleo's solutions are that they are a) delivered via a software-as-a-service model, b) allow global companies of all sizes to cut costs and increase the quality of hires throughout an organization, c) help organizations prepare for the baby boomer exodus, and d) help organizations win the war for talent. |
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neuroLanguage™ Corporation
Think English™
www.neurolanguage.com/ |
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neuroLanguage™ Corporation is an industry leader, developing innovative English language communication technologies that enable people to Think English™. The Company's world-leading technology solutions enable non-native English individuals to increase their communication skills to native English levels. The neuroLanguage software is the only total training solution that enables its customers to use their own content as the basis for training.
neuroLanguage's approach is innovative and unique in that it emphasizes not only the obvious language skills such as speaking, reading and vocabulary, but also the often overlooked foundation language processing skills required to support and accelerate speaking, reading, etc. The neuroLanguage approach also recognizes that in order to achieve true fluency, a person must learn all these language skills to the speed levels of a native English speaker.
The innovative neuroLanguage technology Suite includes neuroLanguage Assessment™, neuroLanguage Accelerator™ and neuroLanguage Practice™. Together these software products form a complete English language assessment and training solution that teach non-native individuals around the world to become fluent in the language. |
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AirIQ
MyIQ
www.airiq.com |
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AirIQ uses the concept of wireless mobility to connect with machines so that owners can communicate remotely and automatically, without human intervention. AirIQ is expanding the same set of technologies that they use for tracking rental cars and truck fleets: a global positioning system (GPS), digital cellular networks, digitized mapping and the internet. The MyIQ tracking device will be a small buttonless piece of electronics about the size of a mobile phone that can be concealed in a child's backpack or sewn into their jacket. The device uses a two-way GSM radio controller to report data to the AirIQ network, a long lasting battery, GPS antenna so that satellites can lock onto their position, a motion sensor to monitor when the device moves and stops. Parents can choose to receive automatic notifications either by phone or through email, and see the device's location on a map using the web. The device is not just for children it can be placed on nearly anyone or anything. |
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Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting
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Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting is awarded to a journalist or writer raising the public profile of science and technology and contributing to the building of a science and technology culture in Canada.
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Mathew Ingram
Reporter
Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/ |
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Mathew Ingram, a technology blogger and reporter for the Globe and Mail and globeandmail.com, is an ideal candidate for the CATA Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting Award. With more than 16 years experience at publications such as the Globe and Mail, Financial Times of Canada, and Alberta Report, Mathew's interest in technology has expanded in the past six years to include a new wave of communication - social media.
But Mathew's journalism doesn't stop with his job or his blogs; he is heavily involved in the social media community organizing the wildly successful Mesh conference examining how the Web is a change agent in our environment. His insight is sought after and recognized by other bloggers and the social media community and he participates in expert forums such as Social Media Today focused on social media and Web 2.0. |
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Kathryn May
Reporter
Ottawa Citizen
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen |
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Kathryn May, is a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen, whose coverage and investigative reporting has brought insight into subjects ranging from the brave new world of accountability and the Public Service (PS) loss of workers to federal government procurement strategies.
Though a series of feature stories, Ms May brought measured insight into the debate on Canadian procurement strategies, focusing on questions such as: Should government buy cheaper and better and risk political fallout? Or does it have a 'moral' duty to nurture small business? Read, the $2.5 billion Balancing Act. |
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Grant Buckler
Freelance Writer & Editor |
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Grant Buckler, an award-winning freelance journalist based out of Kingston Ontario, is a veteran of technology reporting in Canada. With more than 26 years of experience, Grant uses his tech savvy to critically examine new technology, products, and industry trends across all industries. Grant strives to be a productive member of Canada's writing community and is actively involved with the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression organization whose mission is to contribute to the development of media freedom through the world. |
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Private Sector Leadership in Advanced Technology
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Private Sector Leadership in Advanced Technology is presented to an individual from the private sector in recognition of outstanding technological innovation and corporate leadership that has significantly expanded the frontiers of Canada's advanced technology industry. The recipient must have demonstrated consistent innovation and leadership skills resulting in the creation and international acceptance of significant world-class products and/or the establishment and development of a major advanced technology company or companies that have withstood the test of time. Contributions to achieving a more competitive investment climate in Canada will also be taken into account.
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Tim Marks
CEO
Virtual Healthcare Solutions
www.virtualhealthcaresolutions.com/ |
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Virtual Healthcare Solutions, using knowledge gained over the last 6 years consulting in the telehealth industry, researched the market to identify a unique niche in the industry. Many competitors have recognized the growing telehomecare market. Few have recognized the potential of integrating telehomecare technologies with smart home technologies to provide a more advanced solution. VHS is the first to introduce an integrated product to the market with its VCare solution.
Virtual Healthcare Solutions has partnered with a builder/developer, H. Ash and Associates along with The Elders Group to install this innovative technology in every unit that they build. This builder/developer group is building "retirement villages" for independent living in several communities so that local people can age in their own community along with their families and long time associates. |
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Paul McSpurren
President & CEO
Whitehill Technologies Inc.
www.whitehilltech.com/ |
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Whitehill Technologies began operations in 1997, selling software to large law firms in the United States. Under Paul's guidance and leadership, the company quickly conquered this market, and became the leading supplier of document generation software to the legal market in the United States, with two-thirds of the largest law firms in the U.S. as customers.
In 2006, Paul McSpurren went where few New Brunswick business leaders have gone before. Under his leadership, Whitehill Technologies acquired a larger competitor based in Toronto from a large American conglomerate. This acquisition doubled Whitehill's staff, from 100 to 200, and nearly tripled its revenue. In addition, it vaulted Whitehill into the leading position among software vendors in the huge U.S. insurance market.
InSystems was highly visible and recognizable in the U.S. insurance market, thanks to its years of experience, innovative technology and American parent company. As a result, Whitehill Technologies is now the leading vendor of document and compliance automation solutions, capturing more than 30 percent of the U.S. insurance market, more than doubling its revenue, and outstripping its domestic and foreign competitors. |
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Rod Bryden
President & CEO
Plasco Energy Group
/www.plascoenergygroup.com/ |
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Rod Bryden is the President and CEO of Plasco Energy Group which has developed a proprietory energy recovery solution, Plasco Conversion System, that converts carbonaceous materials such as municipal solid waste into an energy rich fuel or 'syngas' and a commercially useful solid called 'slag'. Syngas will be used to generate electricity from a renewable source and slag can be used in road aggregate or for building material. This energy recovery solution is the result of thirty years of experience in applying plasma technology to solid waste and energy recovery.
Along with his duties as President and CEO of Plasco, Mr Bryden is Chairman of SC Stormont INc. which participates in the development of small to mid-sized Canadian business, the Chairman of the board of PharmaGap Inc. and on the Board of Directors of Clearford Industries and Gallium Software Inc.
Rod Bryden began his career as a Professor of Law at University of Saskatchewan and went to found Systemhouse Ltd, Paperboard Industries Corporation, until becoming the principal owner of the Ottawa Senators in 1992 and chairman and Governor of the club. In 1996 The Palladium Corporation owned by Mr. Brydenopened the Corel Centre and the same year Mr. Bryden co-founded World Heart Corporation where he was President and CEO until 2004. |
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Public Sector Leadership in Advanced Technology
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Presented to a leading individual from the public sector to recognize a significant contribution to the development and application of advanced technology in Canada. The recipient must have demonstrated creativity and leadership in the design and implementation of policies and programs to support the development and application of advanced technology. The recipient will have been consistent in supporting technology and its application. Programs initiated by the recipient must have provided important support to the developers of technology as well as to industries that will benefit from its use.
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Dr. Sylvain Charbonneau
Director Applications Technology
National Research Council of Canada
cpfc-ccfdp.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ |
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Sylvain Charbonneau received the Ph.D. degree in physics from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada in 1988. From l988 to l998, he was a Member of Scientific Staff in the Institute for Microstructural Sciences of the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON. During this time, he was involved in a number of activities and led such programs as nano-electronics, nano-optics and wavelength routing and switching. He has published over 200 papers and has sixteen patents granted or pending in the field of optoelectronics. From 1998 to January 2000, Dr. Charbonneau took on the responsibility of Director of Components Technologies for the Institute for Microstructural Sciences. His responsibilities included components related research and development programs for the Institute as well as the initial development phase of the newly funded Canadian Photonic Fabrication Center (CPFC). Following a brief assignment of 14 months as Chief Technology Officer of a NRC start up company, he returned to the Institute for Microstructural Sciences as the lead Director responsible for the management and operation of the CPFC. He is an Adjunct Professor at five Canadian universities. |
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Stephen Lund
President & CEO
Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI)
cpfc-ccfdp.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ |
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Stephen is a 20-year veteran of the financial industry and brings a broad and professional outlook to Nova Scotia Business Inc. He leads a group of accomplished, business-focused employees who work to strengthen Nova Scotia's economy through business growth.
Before he joined the NSBI team, Stephen was Vice-President of Working Ventures Canadian Fund, Canada's largest national venture capital firm, where he led investing activities for the fund in Atlantic Canada. His work experience includes running an offshore mutual fund administration company, a lease financing company and several years in corporate commercial banking. He is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and Queen's University and has also completed a number of executive courses at Queen's and Harvard. He is on the Board at the IWK Health Centre, Neptune Theatre, and a number of business associations. |
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Jacques Duchesneau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
cpfc-ccfdp.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ |
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Jacques Duchesneau is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), created in April 2002 in the wake of 9/11. He is an innovative and respected senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in a variety of highly successful key leadership, management and advisory positions. He has strong roots in the world of policing, security and business at the national and international levels. For close to 30 years he had a distinguished career with the Montreal Urban Community Police Service (MUCPS), culminating in his appointment as Chief of Police and Chief of Staff (1994-1998). In this frontline position, he was leader of the 2 nd largest municipal police force in Canada and the 7 th largest in North America. From 1994-1998, he also held the position of Treasurer of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. He was also VicePresident of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police(1993-1997) and President of the Quebec Association of Police Directors (1993-1997).
Mr. Duchesneau has developed a reputation, both in Canada and around the world, as one of the foremost experts in the field of security. In 1999, he was the Government of Canada's Official Candidate for the position of Secretary General of Interpol and was named to the short list of three finalists. |
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ICTC Information Technology Strategic HR Leadership Award
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Awarded to the Information Technology (IT) company or organization that enhanced their performance and reputation by leveraging organization human capital. Their efforts should demonstrate how Human Resources (HR) align with corporate strategic goals and enhances their reputation and successes. The winner will have led their organization by effectively providing leadership on Human Resource issues, contributing to business growth/development and communicating the value of HR in the Information Technology sector.
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Calian Technologies Ltd.
www.calian.com
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Founded in 1982, Calian has emerged as a leader in the technology services industry. Their customers are many and varied, and include organizations in both the public and private sectors. With annual revenues in excess of $170 million (CDN) and a staff of over 2200, Calian ranks among the largest professional services companies in Canada. Calian is a public company and is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the code CTY.
Their Business Markets include Defence, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Financial Services, ManufacturingWe provide clients with ready access to an exceptional team of telecommunications, technology and health service professionals, administrative personnel and other highly qualified staff. They augment customer workforces with flexible short and long-term contract staff, recruitment services and multi-year outsourcing activities including project management, technical operations, training and engineering support functions. These services afford customers the flexibility to manage their workforce requirements, allowing them to focus their vital internal resources on key priorities.
The market for these services is diverse and highly competitive. Calian's advantages include the breadth of services they offer, exceptional recruiting capabilities for skills that match the customers’ needs, effective management of the employees in the field and competitive rates. By taking the time to understand customer requirements and then delivering what each client needs, both Calian and its customers achieve their business goals.
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Hire Ground Software
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As the global demand for skilled labor ever increases, human resource departments are being asked to fill positions quicker in a shorter period of time. Marilynn Kalman, President, recognized this trend from her experience in running career fairs, transformed her company Hire Ground into Hire Ground Software. Hire Ground's manadate was to create the most flexible, innovative and cost effective applicant tracking software on the market.
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Ceridian Canada Ltd.
www.ceridian.ca |
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Ceridian Canada is part of Minneapolis-based Ceridian Corporation, a global leader in information services doing business in 40 countries. Worldwide, Ceridian provides services to 140,000 customers, including more than half of the Fortune 100 in the U.S., as well as 259 of the Financial Times’ Global 500 list.
Ceridian has a history of innovation - being the first to provide specific technologies to HR/Payroll, one of the first HRO providers, the original provider of EAP services, among others. Their suite of managed human resource solutions, including human resource administration, talent acquisition, compliance, payroll & compensation, benefits administration and organizational and employee effectiveness solutions will enable an organization to focus on their core business.
Ceridian understands what it takes to be an effective organization and has been recognized for innovative workplace practices, ranking on both “The Top 100 Employers in Canada” list, and the “50 Best Employers to Work for in Canada” list for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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