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Boosting growth in B.C. Province’s path to leadership – 9
Tax time Industry tackles CRA’s red tape – 12
What you see, what you get Video, special effects,
animation – 15
Phone home Mobile marketing bred in B.C. – 18
Sustainable scene Frontiers in green construction – 21
The air space Technical innovation in B.C.’s skies – 25
On the road again Hydrogen-fuel-cell buses, electric
vehicles and carbon offsets in rail clean up ground
transport’s act – 28
The legal deal Your IP in the Internet age – 30
Keeping watch B.C.’s surveillance sector sets the pace – 32
FAST FACTS – 6
REGIONAL SUMMARIES 33
YEAR IN REVIEW 35
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 37
LISTS
Biggest B.C. telecommunication firms — 38
Top 100 high-tech companies in B.C. — 42
Biggest B.C.-based tech companies — 50
Biggest video-game companies in B.C. — 52
BCTIA TECHNOLOGY IMPACT AWARDS — 55
CATEGORY INDEX 66
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 66
COMPANY INDEX 77
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
You can take
it with you
QR bar codes like
this one have
been springing up
everywhere lately.
Vancouver’s Mobio
Identity Systems, Inc.,
covered in this issue,
reports an astounding
increase of 4,549 per
cent in QR scanning across North America
during the fi rst three months of 2011.
Yep, you read that right.
Weren’t we all talking about e-com-
merce not long ago? It’s mobile commerce
that’s in the limelight now. Will everyone
eventually own the smart phones on
which it depends? And will QR-based
marketing get beyond novelty to off er the
actual value that customers expect?
In the creative cluster too, British
Columbia leads in innovation. Read about
the convergence of the video-game,
special-eff ects and animation industries.
New tax credits will, it’s hoped, encourage
talent in this cluster both to come here
and to stay.
With green top of mind, B.C.’s builders
and their clients are spearheading clean
technologies such as district energy sys-
tems that burn biowaste. Check out the
Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort Hotel
and Spa, which is working to tap into
the existing system of the much-lauded
Dockside Green development nearby.
Ground and air transportation also take
note of the new environmental reality.
We profi le Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc., one
of the distinguished companies that are
moving people and goods by electricity
and hydrogen. And join us in recognizing
SaltSpring Air for its creative ways of
investing its carbon-off set funds.
B.C.’s on the forefront. Let’s make sure
we stay there.
Naomi Wittes Reichstein
Editor-in-chief
BIV Magazines
Sources: Aerospace Industry Association of British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of
Advanced Education; TechTalent BC 2010; BC Progress Board; BCStats; British Columbia
Innovation Council; British Columbia Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation; KPMG,
Competitive Alternatives 2010; DigiBC; NetworkBC; University of British Columbia; and
Vancouver Economic Development Commission. Sectors contain overlapping data because
some companies are listed in more than one sector. Stats from BCIC and DigiBC.
British Columbia’s technology sector
employs more than 80,000 persons.
B.C.’s tech companies are known for
promoting fl exible and healthy working
environments.
With more than 100 tax cuts introduced
over the past eight years, B.C. off ers
some of North America’s lowest taxes.
According to KPMG’s Competitive
Alternatives 2010 study, Vancouver out-
ranks Toronto and every major American
city for business cost competitiveness.
More than 20,000 skilled workers
immigrate to B.C. every year, enriching
the province’s talent pool, interna-
tional networks, cultural diversity and
multilingualism.
Vancouver’s cost of living is lower than
the costs of Los Angeles, San Francisco,
New York, Sydney, London (U.K.) and
many other major cities, according to
Mercer’s 2010 Cost of Living Survey.
The University of British Columbia
ranks among North America’s top 10 uni-
versities for commercializing research. In
2007, UBC became Canada’s fi rst univer-
sity to have generated more than $100
million in cumulative licensing revenue.
More than 24 per cent of British
Columbians hold university degrees.
B.C. has 25 public post-secondary
institutions.
Ninety-three per cent of British Columbians
live in communities with access to the
Internet, making B.C. one of the world’s
most connected jurisdictions.
Vancouver has been ranked the world’s
top city for quality of life and livability in
various studies.
B.C. ranks fi rst in Canada for health
outcomes and environmental quality,
as measured by air quality, limitation of
greenhouse-gas emissions and protec-
tion of land from human activity.
British Columbia’s world of tech
B.C.’S TECH SECTORS
Information and communications
(including wireless)
Hardware, software, telecommunications,
IP-over-everything
7,244 companies
52,680 employees
$11.5 billion in annual revenue
Life sciences
Pharmaceuticals, medical devices
340+ companies
4,000 employees
$800 million in annual revenue
New media
Interactive multimedia, gaming, e-learning
900+ companies
10,000+ employees
$1.8 billion in annual revenue
Aerospace
Engineering, manufacturing, training
190 companies
1,550 employees
$450 million in annual revenue
Clean tech
Hydrogen; fuel cells; power electronics;
energy storage; wind, ocean and solar
power; environmental tech
1,390 companies
21,000 employees
$2.65 billion in annual revenue
Note: A number of companies operate as research
and development centres, with revenue-generating
activities occurring in other jurisdictions.
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Accelerating growth Province becomes a leader
by Andrew Tzembelicos
When Dale Gann, president of Victoria-based Vancouver
Island Technology Park (VITP), describes where he sees
British Columbia’s technology industry going in the
next decade, he says, “We can build buildings. We can fund pro-
grams. But we’ve got to create entrepreneurs and an entrepre-
neurial culture.”
For Gann, this means positioning B.C. as a leader in knowledge,
with objectives such as doubling the numbers of the province’s
workers and graduate students and retaining recent graduates,
“the ones creating the ideas and the innovation.” It also means
ensuring that the sector has a tangible, specific course of action,
sustainable economic development, strong leadership, shared
goals and collaboration.
The park side
Gann himself knows a thing or two about entrepreneurship,
having run VITP for 10 years. A 191,000-square-foot facility
oc cupying 35 acres, it’s described on its website as “a modern
research and technology centre that enhances the creativity and
productivity of its tenants by clustering fuel cell, new media, wire-
less, life science/biotech, ocean technology and ICT companies.”
It offers wet lab capability, specialized electrical and venting sys-
tems and the latest data-transfer technology. Plans are in place for
a 250,000-square-foot expansion.
VITP is only one such park in B.C. Another is in Kelowna, and
there’s one planned for Kamloops.
In the Vancouver area, the action is at Discovery Parks. For
more than three decades, the company has facilitated success in
in knowledge and innovation
“We can build buildings. We can fund
programs. But we’ve got to create
entrepreneurs and an entrepreneurial culture”
– Dale Gann, president,
Vancouver Island Technology Park
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tech by providing a home to more than
130 com panies and creating almost two
million square feet of technology space in
Vancouver and Burnaby. Catering to small
startups and post-secondary spinoffs, it
characterizes itself as “the link between
academic research and the marketplace.”
The Simon Fraser University Innovation
Office is working to establish a business
innovation centre at Discovery Parks to
ease access to university innovations and
create new connections among business
and university researchers. SFU Venture
Labs, a mentor-driven program enabling
entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation-
based business, will operate at the centre.
Then there’s the Generator initiative.
Discovery Parks is leasing at no charge
approximately 5,000 square feet of space
for nine months over a 20-year term to
eight early-stage tech companies selected
through competition. Giving rent-free
space helps startups channel dollars into
business rather than overhead.
The company’s holdings include the
DiscoveryGreen Building in Burnaby, part
of a complex known as Discovery Place
Research Park. Certified LEED (Leadership
in Environmental and Energy Design) gold,
the building won a BC Hydro Innovation
in Sustainable Building Design award and
a City of Burnaby Environment Award for
planning and development.
Mark Betteridge, executive director and
chief executive officer of Discovery Parks,
says that accelerating growth is about
leadership involving government, industry
and investment dollars. For Betteridge, it
also means thinking very long-term. The
question, he says, isn’t what B.C. will be
doing over the next decade but how the
industry wants to look in 2200.
Betteridge thinks more can and should
be done. He says, “If you know where
you’re trying to get to, a long way out, you
can measure your progress and correct as
you go.” He expresses concern at seeing
the industry get mired in short-term
thinking and “four-year election cycles.”
For success and growth, he says, tech
must be considered as part of B.C.’s larger
economic and social strategy.
Making waves
Sectoral growth depends on new
investments, such as $11.6 million in
funding for the Wavefront Wireless
Commercialization Centre, one of five
companies to receive federal funding
through a 2010 Centres of Excellence
for Commercialization and Research
(CECR) competition. The money will help
Vancouver-based Wavefront become
the unifier of Canadian wireless, giving
small and medium-sized enterprises
access to resources while connecting
Canadian researchers to commercially
viable innovations and industry partners.
This approach is expected to strengthen
domestic collaboration, create jobs and
grow companies and the economy.
Pascal Spothelfer is the outgoing
president and chief executive officer of
the British Columbia Technology Industry
Association (BCTIA). For him, growing B.C.’s
tech sector primarily involves helping
startups reach the next level.
“The biggest challenge,” he says, “is
that … we don’t have a sufficient number
of medium and large-sized companies.
That has a number of consequences, the
most important being that the best way
for managers to learn how to grow a
company from very small to substantial is
by working in a company that has gone
through that process.”
Recognizing this, the BCTIA has
launched a new Centre 4 Growth, offering
venture services for new entrepreneurs.
These include workshops, a knowledge
centre and a CEOs-in-residence program.
Spothelfer says that without a managerial
pool bred by large companies, B.C. can’t
attract such large companies, which are
crucial to the industry’s future.
The Centre 4 Growth “tries to address”
how companies can “go from $500,000 or
$1 million in revenues to $20 million,” he
says. “Because once you’re a $20-million
enterprise, all the fundamentals are there.
To go from $20 [million] to $100 [million]
is essentially scaling what you have. To go
from $500,000 to $20 million, you have to
create new systems, new structures and
new organizations, so it’s a different step.
The ideal person to do that step is some-
body who has done that before.”
In the absence of large companies, the
Centre 4 Growth connects sectoral leaders
to growth-related solutions.
Growing B.C.’s tech sector involves
many aspects. Yet Spothelfer is optimistic
about the future and says the potential is
there: “The situation is really promising but
we have to seize it.”
Gann agrees. “British Columbia is
ideal ly situated to be a knowledge
leader,” he says, adding, “It’s going to take
leadership.”
At Vancouver Island Technology Park: research assistant Tyra Cross, of the UVic Genome BC Proteomics Centre (left), Jody Haddow, president and chief scientific officer of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (below)
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Taxing questionsTech tackles Canada Revenue Agency’s red tape
by Curt Cherewayko
While British Columbia
and Canada have some
of the world’s most
competitive corporate tax sys-
tems, you still hear guff aws and
head-scratching from the prov-
ince’s tech players at tax time.
To the provincial government’s
credit, the policies eliciting the
most exasperation were created
by the federal government.
The distinction matters
because it’s Ottawa that creates
tax policies like the Scientifi c
Research and Experimental
Development (SR&ED) Tax
Incentive Program. Many tech
companies rely on these during
the make-or-break years in which
they conduct nitty-gritty research
and development.
A number of factors, including
tax rates at the federal, provin-
cial and municipal levels, make
Vancouver one of the industrialized
world’s cost-friendliest cities in
which to set up shop, as assessed
in KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010 report.
Yet burdensome paperwork, costs and
questions about the effi cacy of some of
the tax-incentive programs can infl uence
key business decisions.
In some of the more negative circum-
stances, companies may be deterred from
raising capital on the public markets or
foreign companies may be deterred from
making acquisitions in Canada.
Among the most rankling federal pol-
icies involves the taxation of stock options.
Changes to the tax structure of such
options, which the federal government
announced in the March 2010 budget and
then implemented in December of the
same year, had some in the sector venting
publicly about option-induced headaches.
Such options are important for recruit-
ment of key talent among cash-strapped
startups, which use them to supplement
lesser salaries when they can’t aff ord
to off er competitive ones. Companies
thus avoid up-front costs of wages and
encourage employees to put in the sweat
equity required for the companies to suc-
ceed and rise in value.
For example, say an employee receives
stock options worth $1 each at hiring. He
or she is then well rewarded for helping
to build the employer’s share value to $5
before exercising those options.
Jim Fletcher, managing director
of Vancouver-based Chrysalix Energy
Venture Capital, has been vocal on how
complexity devalues stock options as
employee incentives.
“There’s an immensely complex, con-
voluted, ugly set of rules around options,”
with much time and energy going into
“trying to fi gure out how to get through
the maze,” he says.
The key detail: Canada Revenue
Agency requires employees to pay tax
when they exercise their options rather
than simply when they cash out their
stock down the road.
“Nowhere else in the tax system do
Brendan Byrne, founder of Wolf Medical Systems, which has received SR&ED-backed loan money from Espresso Capital Partners
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you get taxed for making an investment,
whether you’re buying real estate, shares,
art or anything else,” says Fletcher.
In December 2010, Ottawa made some
changes to stock-option taxation that
businesses and employees lauded.
Employees will no longer fi nd them-
selves in the unfortunate position where
their tax liability on exercised options
is greater than the value of their shares
come selling time. (Some employees of
Nortel Networks were in this situation
after the company’s epic decline in value
in recent years.)
Yet Ottawa also took steps in
December to close other loopholes that it
said were costing millions annually in lost
tax revenue.
Employees who have options in com-
panies that are not Canadian-controlled
private corporations (CCPCs), including for-
eign and publicly traded companies, may
no longer defer tax on exercised options.
Additionally, a fi nancial burden has
been placed on the employer in the form
of a withholding tax.
Employees of CCPCs may still defer the
tax on exercised options until selling the
shares. Deferring such tax can be advanta-
geous, but Fletcher says deferral places a
long-term tax liability on an employee.
“When you try to explain that con-
tingent liability to software engineers,
salesmen and other people in junior
tech companies … it just psychologically
undermines the entire value of the stock
option,” he says.
In a letter of recommendations sent in
January of this year to Minister of Finance Jim
Flaherty, the British Columbia Technology
Industry Association (BCTIA) argued that
taxing stock options twice (once at their
exercise and again at their sale) meant
placing an over-complex administrative
burden on companies and employees.
In the letter, the BCTIA called on the
federal government to remove the special
rules for each class of company: CCPC,
non-CCPC and publicly traded entity.
“The complexity is even greater for fi rms
that switch from one company class to
another, as many successful technology
fi rms do as they grow,” wrote the BCTIA.
At least one Vancouver-based private
tech company has recently kiboshed plans
for an initial public off ering partly because
of concerns about the challenge of con-
verting to a non-CCPC tax structure.
“The system puts us somewhat in line
loans to startups using those companies’
future SR&ED tax credits or refunds as col-
lateral. “And a lot of jobs would not exist in
the tech industry either.”
Indeed, other countries, such as the
United Kingdom and Australia, have mod-
elled their own R&D tax-credit programs
after Canada’s SR&ED approach.
Not that SR&ED is fl awless. Grumbles
are loudening about the seemingly arbi-
trary process by which the credits are
doled out.
“Legitimate claimants simply want to
know how to use the SR&ED program
right,” says Yurkovich. “They want consist-
ency, no surprises.”
In February, the BCTIA recommended
to the federal government’s R&D review
panel that application for SR&ED be
streamlined and made more formal.
To address the imbalance between
the amount of capital the government
puts toward companies’ R&D and the
commercialization rate of such programs,
the BCTIA believes Ottawa should intro-
duce mechanisms favouring companies
that show evidence of success with
commercialization.
“Companies can toil away and spend
money on R&D for years. They get their
cash refund, but they actually never com-
mercialize anything,” observes Spothelfer.
Yurkovich notes other problems with
the SR&ED program for which the govern-
ment is not necessarily to blame.
“There are a ton of people who have
slapped up a shingle and called them-
selves SR&ED consultants,” he says, “but
the quality of some of these consultants,
be they a single practitioner or a fi rm, is
highly variable.”
In the last year, Espresso Capital
has provided more than $12 million in
SR&ED-backed loans to 40 companies,
including Vancouver’s HootSuite Media,
Surrey’s Wolf Medical Systems Corp. and
Richmond’s Clevest Solutions Inc.
Yurkovich says that at the bad end
of the spectrum are SR&ED consultants
whose manipulation of the program is
downright fraudulent.
“Some of these shoddier consultants
make claims for companies for infl ated
amounts,” he says. “Then the CRA comes
back and says, ‘Wait a minute; this doesn’t
seem right,’ and only then will the consult-
ants remove the [claims]. It’s not that this
is an endemic problem, but it’s enough to
taint the program.”
with what occurs in the U.S.,” says the
BCTIA’s outgoing president and chief
executive offi cer Pascal Spothelfer, of the
stock-option taxation system.
Spothelfer notes, however, that Canada
faces greater challenges in recruiting tech
talent than the United States.
Regarding the tweaking in December
of stock-option taxation, he says, “We
missed an opportunity for Canada to
create a much more competitive stock-
option taxation regime that could really
help [us] attract and retain talent.”
While Spothelfer and Fletcher plan
to continue pressing Ottawa, they’re not
hopeful that stock-option taxation will
change any time soon. For precedent,
they refer to the time and energy that
tech spent pressing for the removal of
another tax mechanism: section 116.
Federal clearance was considered a
major deterrent to foreign investment
because it required foreign investors to
prove in an expensive and complex exer-
cise that they were from countries that
had tax treaties with Canada.
“We started working on the section 116
problem in the mid-1980s,” says Fletcher.
The federal government removed the
section in the budget of March 2010.
Spothelfer is more hopeful about the
ongoing review of the federal govern-
ment’s key mechanisms for supporting
R&D in Canada, including the SR&ED tax
incentive program.
Gary Yurkovich asserts that SR&ED tax
credits have been integral to the develop-
ment of early-stage tech companies.
“There are many companies that would
not exist today if not for this program,”
says Yurkovich, partner at Vancouver’s
Espresso Capital Partners, which makes
“There’s an immensely complex,
convoluted, ugly set of rules
around options,” with much
time and energy going into
“trying to figure out how to get
through the maze”
– Jim Fletcher,
managing director,
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
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Talent tractionVideo games, special effects
by Joel McKay
Whether helping sports fantasies
come true, injecting a little
action into life with first-person
shooters or inviting audiences to visit
magical realms, designers and animators
are working hard to bring a little make-
believe to reality.
It’s all happening right here in
Vancouver.
“The film, TV, animation and video-
game industries work together more
now than we ever have before, and that’s
important because we’re attracting a sim-
ilar talent base to British Columbia and we
have a common interest in maintaining
that talent base,” explains Colin Macrae,
director of communications for video-
game designer Electronic Arts Inc. (EA).
Known as a top destination for filming
movies, Vancouver is home to gaming,
special-effects and animation too.
This cluster, which also includes wire-
less and mobile companies, employs some
22,000 persons and generates $3 billion in
annual revenue, according to DigiBC, the
Digital Media + Wireless Association of BC.
The province boasts a variety of world-
class creative companies, including game
giants EA and Ubisoft Entertainment,
Disney Online Studios Canada Inc., digital-
animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment
Inc., Next Level Games Inc., Digital Domain
and Blue Castle Games.
Macrae says the cluster has come of age,
with companies collaborating on its long-
term maintainance and development.
DigiBC itself is one example of such
collaboration.
and animation fire away thanks to
homegrown artists and technical wizards
Tax credits, talent and a favourable time zone attracted Aly Jetha (left) and Shabnam Rezaei (right) of Big Bad Boo Studios to B.C.
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Teligence is the North American
leader in voice-enabled social
networking. Our unique brands
provide millions of people the
ability to connect for friendship,
dating and fun. Our vision is to
evolve our services by creating
a unified platform that allows
our customers to connect with
whomever, whenever, where
ever and however they want. We
deliver our brands on leading-
edge technology with quality,
stability and scalability in mind so
wholesale customers can take full
advantage of our platform for their
social networking needs.
Teligence is proud to have a culture
that celebrates the diversity of our
employees, while fostering shared
success across our organization.
Our teamwork also brings other
rewards: Founder Rob Madigan
was named the 2004 Ernst & Young®
Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year®
and Technology Entrepreneur of
the Year and Teligence was the
winner of the BCTIA Company of
the Year Award for 2005.
Another is the BC Screen-Based Media Industry Human
Resources Committee, created in 2009 to ensure a steady supply
of workers for the sector.
“We’re all competitors first and foremost, but we also recognize
that if we’re living and working in the same market, we’ve got a
common interest in the broad economics of doing business here
and retaining the best talent,” says Macrae.
The collaboration has paid off.
In 2010, the provincial government introduced tax credits for
film and interactive digital media that recognized the “conver-
gence” taking place among B.C.’s film, television, video-game and
animation sectors.
The tax measures included:
a credit of 17.5 per cent for qualifying labour costs in video-
game development;
an increase from 25 to 33 per cent in the Production Services
Tax Credit for game development;
an increase from 15 to 17.5 per cent in the Digital Animation and
Visual Effects Tax Credit; and
an increase in the qualified B.C. labour expenditures cap from
48 to 60 per cent of production costs.
Macrae believes the credits will help gaming maintain B.C.’s
reputation as a strong jurisdiction for creative industries and
stymie the outflow of jobs that has plagued the sector for the last
few years.
The company behind such hits as FIFA Soccer 11 and Medal of
Honor, EA reduced its workforce in 2009 because of the global
recession.
Still employing some 1,200 persons at its Burnaby facility, EA
isn’t the only game developer that has cut back recently.
In January, Disney shut down its Vancouver studio
Propaganda Games, which had recently released Tron: Evolution.
“The [challenges] particular to our industry [have] been the
competition and the increased economic incentives from other
jurisdictions in North America through tax-credit programs that
have encouraged jobs and investment,” says Macrae.
He believes that B.C.’s new tax program will take some time to
yield results for the industry.
Meanwhile, visual effects and animation are growing steadily.
The province’s recently introduced harmonized sales tax (HST)
hasn’t only re-ignited film and helped special-effects companies
get more business; it has also saved animators some serious coin.
“I was a big supporter of the HST,” says Warren Franklin, chief
executive officer of Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. “We spend mil-
lions of dollars every year on equipment, and to be able to build
the business and switch to the HST has created big savings for us.”
Rainmaker banks on local talent to make the most of its
projects.
Franklin, who has supervised visual effects for more than 25
feature films including The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the
Lost Ark, originally came to Vancouver because of the city’s world-
class production artists and animators.
Rainmaker Entertainment CEO Warren Franklin says Vancouver’s animation, gaming and special-effects cluster catches the eyes of Hollywood heavyweights
The Centre for Digital Media, Vancouver
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“If you talk to any of the companies that have moved up here,
if you look at why we’re here, it’s about the talent,” he says.
He explains that the Masters of Digital Media Program at the
Centre for Digital Media feeds local companies with a steady
stream of highly trained employees.
The program represents a partnership among the University of
British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University of
Art + Design and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Shabnam Rezaei is managing director of Big Bad Boo Studios.
She says that although Toronto has better access to TV studios,
she and husband Aly Jetha founded their studio in Vancouver in
2005 because of the West Coast’s talent base.
Since its creation, Big
Bad Boo has opened
offices in New York and
Los Angeles and has
developed a number of
cartoons that educate children on multiculturalism.
Its latest series, 1001 Nights, was nominated in 2010 for four
Leo Awards, which celebrate B.C.’s film and TV industry.
“For animation, special effects, spot production, music composi-
tion, voice-over talent … Vancouver is the place to be,” says Rezaei.
She adds that Vancouver has the three “Ts” for industry suc-
cess: tax credits, talent and a time zone in line with Hollywood’s.
Franklin agrees: “If someone calls me up and says, ‘I’d like to
have lunch tomorrow in Los Angeles,’ I can do that.”
Yet not every business meeting happens in L.A. these days.
Macrae says B.C. itself has become such a magnet for talent that
people world-wide are drawn to work here.
And that’s what will sustain the industry in the long term, he says.
“We have a phrase here: ‘Great people like to work with great
people,’” Macrae says. “We employ so many of the most pas-
sionate and most talented developers in the world, and those
people end up becoming a draw as well.”
Aazim Khan (left), animation and FX artist at Next Level Games, which produces Mario Strikers Charged, Punch Out!! and Captain America – Super Soldier (below)
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Mobile meaningsBuilding trust between brand and consumer in
by Curt Cherewayko
Consumers’ relationships with smart
phones are evolving.
Having somewhat embraced
mobile texting and emailing, people are
quick to Google trivial topics to prove
friends wrong in debate.
Yet when it comes to shopping, many
hesitate to hit the check-out button to
finalize a purchase on their smart phones.
Software developers and marketing
companies, including many in British
Columbia, are creating new technologies
and clever ways for brands to engage with
smart-phone users.
Simultaneously, these companies are
helping build the trust between brand
and consumer that is required in order for
mobile shopping to become habitual.
QR bar codes by Vancouver-based
Mobio Identity Systems Inc. have the same
scan-and-retrieve function as traditional
UPC codes, but they’re designed to be
scanned with the cameras located inside
smart phones.
As the foundation of “mobile tagging,”
QR codes – which contain far more infor-
mation and are easier to scan than UPC
codes – are appearing on everything from
T-shirts to storefronts to magazine ads.
“Imagine a future where your phone essentially becomes your wallet”
– Amielle Lake, chief executive officer, Tagga Media Inc.
smart-phone marketing
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A passerby can scan a QR code with
his or her smart phone to receive cou-
pons, discounts or timely meal deals, to
enter contests or to receive information
about specific businesses.
“For us, it’s really about creating a
better dialogue and communication
between merchants and consumers,”
says Mark Binns, Mobio’s chief mar-
keting officer.
Founded in 2003, Mobio is still in
early revenue stages but has helped
some key brands engage consumers
through mobile tagging campaigns.
At Shaw Communications Inc.,
Global Television posted a QR code
on TV during newscasts in late 2010,
to entice the viewer to enter
to win a wide-screen TV from
Future Shop and a Shaw cable
package.
Shaw had as many people
entering the contest by scan-
ning the QR code off their TVs
as by going on line to Shaw’s
website.
With that success, Shaw
is now expanding Mobio’s
QR-code campaigns to the
TV commercials of some of its
advertising clients.
Yet QR codes and other mobile mar-
keting mechanisms still have some hurdles
to overcome for wider traction.
For one thing, not all consumers even
have smart phones yet.
Nor do they yet all have personal video
recorders (PVRs), which allow a user, say, to
pause a live newscast that includes a QR
code so as to have enough time to down-
load the free app he or she will need to
read the code and then perform the scan.
Binns also notes that while QR codes
have a “cool factor” that may encourage
consumers to scan one simply for the
experience, the campaign usually needs
something more, as in any call to action.
“You have to create consumer value,
and that comes in a lot of different forms,”
he says.
For example, direct financial rewards
in the form of coupons or discounts
seem to work. Ethical Bean Coffee Co. Ltd.,
Vancouver, ran a campaign encouraging
the coffee drinker to scan a QR code on
line at home to pre-order coffee at one of
its shops.
For doing so, the consumer received 10
cents off a $2 coffee.
“We were running 100 transactions a
day,” recalls Binns.
Aside from direct financial rewards,
users appear drawn to mobile transactions
that provide value from content, such as
videos of games played by the Vancouver
Canucks, also a Mobio customer.
“But if you want people simply to go
to your website that you can’t get people
to go to already, people won’t do it; you’ll
get no response rate,” Binns says. A mobile
campaign must “involve a brand and con-
sumer” that “already have some level of
trust with each other.”
For instance, most consumers will
hesitate to scan a QR code posted on the
storefront of a pawn shop.
Vancouver’s Tagga Media Inc.
can attest to the trust required for
mobile campaigns to work.
Tagga’s platform for deploying
mobile marketing campaigns has so
far been used largely by big brands
such as Old Navy, Red Bull and
Goodyear Tires.
“Big brands that have larger bud-
gets to play with are the first doing
mobile campaigns, with smaller
brands following suit,” says Amielle
Lake, Tagga’s founder and chief
executive officer.
Tagga has found that one of
the best ways to engage mobile
consumers is through contests and
coupon offers. Its clients experi-
ence redemption rates of any-
where from five to 50 per cent
among consumers for such offers.
The adoption rate of smart
phones, which increased dra-
matically in the third quarter of
2010, signifies that the product
is becoming the mobile device
of choice over the standard cell
phone. It thus appears inevitable
that mobile will become a key or
primary marketing channel for
businesses.
Among the signs confirming the trend:
the embrace of mobile by niche industries.
In Abbotsford, Vin65, which develops
e-commerce websites for wineries,
launched a mobile development platform
in 2010.
Some of Vin65’s winery clients have
seen page views of their sites increase
20 to 45 per cent since launching mobile
websites.
In December 2010, Prospera Credit
Union was one of the two credit unions
that became Canada’s first financial insti-
tutions to allow customers to send and
receive money over smart phones.
“I imagine a future where your phone
essentially becomes your wallet,” says Lake.
“All of your data on your mobile phone
will be secure, and you’ll be able to pur-
chase anything on mobile, right then and
there.”
“For us, it’s really about
creating a better dialogue
and communication between
merchants and consumers”
– Mark Binns,
chief marketing officer,
Mobio Identity Systems, Inc.
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Green sceneSustainable development takes
by Peter Mitham
Whether from municipal require-
ments, investor appeal or the
desire to win points with users,
savvy building developers face the big
questions of which green technologies
to apply and which will give the biggest
bang for their construction bucks.
One of the most watched projects in
recent years has been Victoria’s Dockside
Green. The development has earned plat-
inum certifi cation for its fi rst two phases
under LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) in part thanks to
features such as a district energy system
designed to burn biowaste.
Managed by Corix Utilities, the system
has proved an asset not only to Dockside
Green but also to the surrounding neigh-
bourhood. With its commitment to green
initiatives, the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe
Resort Hotel and Spa saw an opportunity
to tap into the existing system at Dockside
Green for a small added investment.
“It will be used to heat and cool our
building, and we expect that to reduce
our carbon emissions by about 30 per
cent,” says Kimberley Hughes, general
manager of the hotel.
The investment won’t pay off immedi-
ately, but Hughes says it makes sense
given that the hotel’s goals empha-
size both fi nancial and environmental
sustainability.
In an earlier position, Hughes was man-
ager at the Delta Whistler Village Suites
when Enbala Power Networks – then
known as Sempa Power Systems Ltd. –
installed a hybrid boiler that alternated
between electricity and propane, which-
ever was cheaper, as demand shifted. By
contrast, the system in Victoria will tap
a source of renewable energy left over
by another user, at a fraction of the cost
of installing a similar system at the hotel.
There was an added cost, but the environ-
mental payback makes it worthwhile.
“‘Green’ is as important to us as fi nancial
performance,” says Hughes. “So it wasn’t
so much a cost-savings initiative” as an
eff ort to “reduce our overall impact on the
environment.”
The communal aspect of district
energy systems serves both to encourage
their adoption on a large scale and
to make them more cost-eff ective for
de velopers and users.
Provincial tax exemptions were
available to Corix for development of
Dockside Green’s system. A similar
arrangement is proposed for the
re development of Victoria’s Rock Bay
neighbourhood as a green precinct driven
by renewable energy.
Indeed, it’s the fi nancial bottom line
that’s important to Park Lane Homes Ltd.
as it embarks on its East Fraserlands devel-
opment in South Vancouver.
Chief fi nancial offi cer Ross Hanson
en visions a 12-year phasing-in of the
district energy system for the 130-acre
development, which will have upwards of
15,000 residents, offi ces and shops.
A temporary centre will be built over
conservation into the future
“‘Green’ is as important to us
as financial performance”
– Kimberley Hughes, general
manager, Delta Victoria Ocean
Pointe Resort Hotel and Spa
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the course of 2011,
with a permanent
structure planned
within three to five
years. A pipeline
will access Metro
Vancouver’s solid
waste plant five
kilometres east in
Burnaby to draw
energy from the
plant’s incinerator
as demand grows. Hanson expects it to be
built around halfway through the project.
While capital grants will undoubtedly
be part of the financing model for the
district energy system, Hanson says such
a system isn’t just environmentally friendly
but is also cheaper to develop, whether it
consumes fossil fuels, garbage or biomass.
“It’s more efficient than providing indi-
vidual heat sources within each building.”
Georgian times
Some municipalities see the benefits of
developing systems that use clean energy.
It’s true that gas may be required to cover
demand at peak times; Hanson says a
system running solely on renewable fuel
would be prohibitively expensive. Still,
there are cities that see district energy sys-
tems as drivers of urban sustainability.
By early 2012, a system to be built in
the downtown core of Prince George will
tap residue from the Sinclair Group mill
just outside the city. The city will own the
infrastructure, which will pipe hot water
downtown for heating and taps.
The system is an element of the city’s
renewal strategy for its downtown and
will sustain jobs in the local forest sector.
“It helps promote the diversification
of our forest industry,” says Bob Radloff,
project manager for the system. “Wood
residue that used to be uneconomic in
the bush becomes more economic.”
The system will also help reduce
par ticulate emissions in the local air by
upwards of 100 tons a year and carbon
emissions by 2,000 tons a year.
Radloff says the first phase, serving
about a dozen locations, could be avail-
able as early as fall 2011. The city hopes
that the system will make the core
appealing to companies mandated to use
green power.
Upscale in Uptown
Many innovations designed to create more
sustainable buildings are smaller in scale.
BC Assessment Authority occupies
35,000 square feet at the Uptown shop-
ping centre by Morguard Investments
Ltd. in Victoria. The project aims for LEED
gold, but technologies to support that
object ive were designed for cost-effective-
ness as well as energy efficiency. Portions
of the building sport white roofs rather
than green roofs, and many systems are
hidden within the building’s fabric.
The mechanicals include a highly
efficient ventilation system and a water-
sourced heat pump that’s part of a site-
wide heat rejection loop.
“When the building has excess energy,
it can reject the heat to other buildings
on the loop, allowing energy to be shared
before it is dissipated [via] the cooling
tower,” says Bruce Edwards, facilities man-
ager for BC Assessment. “When more heat
is required during the winter months, a
condensing boiler plant provides heat … at
ultra-high efficiencies, about 98 per cent.”
Edwards expects the system to con-
tribute operational savings of about 15
per cent, offsetting the higher rents BC
Assessment is paying relative to its pre-
vious, older location. Resource conserva-
tion and increased comfort for staff make
it worth it, however.
“We’re far more comfortable in this loca-
tion than we were in our last, which was
an older building built back in the 1970s,”
says Edwards. “You’re paying a bit on one
side and saving a bit on the other, and at
the same time you’re reducing your envi-
ronmental footprint.”
BC Assessment’s new offices save
energy, have lower operating
expenses and offer improved
comfort to staff
Dockside Green, Victoria, has
LEED platinum certification
for its first two phases, in part for
features such as a district energy
system that burns biowaste
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B.C. aviation since 2007, when Harbour Air
Seaplanes became North America’s first
airline to reach carbon neutrality.
SaltSpring Air has used its offset funds
to buy carbon credits through Green
Island, an offsetting group that invested
the funds in Seven Ravens Farm. With its
ecoforest and permaculture, the farm is
also located on Salt Spring Island.
Philip Reece, director of marketing
by Rebecca Edwards
Aviation companies across British
Columbia are embracing fresh ways
of making their industry greener
and safer, while also encouraging new
infrastructural developments.
They mean green
Greenhouse-gas (GHG) reduction and
carbon-offset programs have taken off in
at SaltSpring, says the program benefits
visibly both the island’s community and
people many miles away.
Reece says, “We wanted not only to
be offsetting our carbon but also to give
some benefits to the local community …
Seven Ravens Farm uses the money to
plant trees and organizes education work-
shops to get local people learning about
the trees and to get experience on the
Technical innovation
Air styles
A seaplane from Harbour Air, one of several companies that want to establish a co-operative seaplane
terminal in Vancouver Harbour
in province’s skies
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farm. A number of those people
have now gone over to Africa
and used their knowledge to
help communities there, so it has
really set the ball rolling to make
a difference to the environment.”
Helijet uses the B.C.-based
Pacific Carbon Trust to offset
GHGs produced by its scheduled
services. In 2010, the company
offset a carbon total of 4,215 tons,
or $1.55 per passenger.
Based at Vancouver
International Airport (YVR), Helijet
also installed “smokeless liners”
on every Rolls Royce C-30 engine
to increase efficiency
and reduce the
amount of visible
particulate matter
emitted in exhaust.
The investment
included 10 smoke-
less liners for the
Sikorsky S-76 Spirit
fleet plus one unit
for the Bell 206L3
LongRanger, at a cost
of $8,000 per engine.
According to the
engine manufacturer,
the C30/C47 smokeless liner was devel-
oped for consistent performance, overall
efficiency and dependability.
The laser-drilled holes on the liner offer
a more consistent flame pattern with less
nozzle distress, resulting in more efficient
burn of fuel and reducing emitted smoke
to improve air quality around the runway.
Clear windows, clear benefits
“They pop out not unlike a Tupperware lid,”
says Philip Reece of the new emergency
windows that SaltSpring has fitted to its
De Havilland Beaver floatplanes.
The company made headlines in 2010
when it became the first airline in North
America to commit to the safety feature,
which is based on technology being used
in offshore helicopters.
The large windows open under 60
pounds of pressure. They provide two
extra emergency exits for passengers
when added to the two doors at the
plane’s front and rear.
“It is something we are very proud of. It
made so much sense for us to get them
as an extra benefit to offer our passengers,”
says Reece. “It is the kind of investment
that you make but hope you never have
to make use of.”
Based on Salt Spring Island, the com-
pany flies to Vancouver, Victoria and other
Gulf Islands. It won the Back and Bevin Air
Safety Trophy from the British Columbia
Aviation Council in 2010 for the new safety
feature.
In terms of terminals
Vancouver’s commercial seaplane oper-
ators are hoping that a non-profit terminal
in the city’s harbour will change how pas-
sengers travel from coast to coast.
Vancouver’s commercial seaplane oper-
ators are applying to Port Metro Vancouver
to construct a new multi-modal terminal
in the harbour to serve seaplanes, helicop-
ters and any future passenger ferries.
The application is being spearheaded
by the Vancouver Commercial Seaplane
Operators Association (VCSOA), consisting
of eight seaplane companies that together
transport 350,000 passengers to and from
the harbour annually.
This hub would be located on the
eastern side of Canada Place, connecting
directly to YVR, the Canada Line and
Vancouver’s public transit.
Randy Wright is senior vice president
of sales and marketing at Harbour Air,
one of the partner airlines in the VCSOA.
He explains that the cost of building the
terminal would be paid by the oper ators,
who want to construct their own terminal
instead of relying on another proposed by
a private developer that would charge a
tariff per passenger.
He adds that there would be no need
for on-shore buildings. The plan would
include bicycle lanes and access to other
transport links.
“Why we’re so excited about this site
is that all the travel components for
Vancouver come to that area,” he says.
“Someone flying in from Salt Spring
Island could fly in to this terminal and
catch the Canada Line out to the airport
and catch a flight direct to Paris. If you live
in Vancouver, you could cycle in and catch
the plane to Victoria.”
Wright adds that passengers of all
walks of life are increasingly seeing sea-
planes as a regular form of transport and
that the terminal would help keep costs
down for them.
“We have got customers who work in
Vancouver, people that have medical rea-
sons to go to the mainland, separated par-
ents who use our unaccompanied minor
service to get their kids from Mom to Dad,
and seniors.
“We move a lot of people in a lot of
different walks of life, and I know people
really appreciate that. The float plane is
how a lot of Canada was discovered; it’s a
big part of Canadiana.”
St. Clair McColl, president (left), and Lisa Cherneff, office manager, of SaltSpring Air, with David Curtis, chief executive officer of Viking Air Ltd., which owns the designs for De Havilland Beaver floatplanes
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Moving stories From hydrogen-fuel-cell
buses to electric vehicles
to carbon offsets in rail,
ground transportation shifts
gears for a cleaner future
Jay Giraud, founder and CEO of Rapid Electric
Vehicles, which has developed an electric
car that can store energy and distribute
it back to the grid
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by Noa Glouberman
Transport generates about 37 per
cent of the province’s annual green-
house-gas (GHG) emissions, but
cleaner options are now in the works.
An easy cell
For nearly two decades, Ballard Power
Systems Inc., Burnaby, has been devel-
oping clean-energy solutions for mass
transit. Fuel cells, the group’s core tech-
nology, produce zero emissions by com-
bining hydrogen and oxygen to create
electricity without combustion.
During the 2010 Winter Olympic
Games, 20 hybrid-electric buses powered
by Ballard’s FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cells hit
the roads in Whistler, shuttling spectators
to alpine sporting events. Now almost
fully integrated into the resort town’s
regular transit system, the buses operate
with less noise, lower maintenance costs
and a reduction of 62 per cent in GHGs as
compared with traditional diesel buses.
Guy McAree, Ballard’s director of cor-
porate communications and marketing,
says that the Olympics provided an oppor-
tunity to showcase the company’s clean
transportation technology to the world.
“The games certainly gave us some
great momentum and generated a lot
of additional international interest in our
motive-power products,” he says. “As
transit agencies around the globe start
looking at different ways to address the
environmental issue, we’re seeing a sig-
nificant amount of demand from North
America and South America, in particular
Brazil, as well as Europe.”
With its technology proven to work in
winter conditions, Ballard has struck a deal
to provide HyNor Oslo Buss with the same
fuel-cell modules as in Whistler. The com-
pany will install them in five buses that
should be in service in Oslo by end-2011.
“Because the performance and the envi-
ronmental benefits are there, government
funding to support this type of technology
is increasing. People are coming to B.C.
because we’re recognized as leaders in the
field,” says McAree. “As volumes of fuel-
cell buses grow, we anticipate continued
decreases in cost for these systems, which
will help our solutions to compete effec-
tively with current transit technologies.”
Electric avenues
Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc. (REV) in
Vancouver is building 100-per-cent-electric
vehicles (EVs) that can store and redis-
tribute energy back to the grid.
“Imagine [that] we have a brief blackout
downtown and a building needs power
because it’s running critical equipment,”
says Jay Giraud, founder and chief execu-
tive officer. An electric vehicle “plugged
into that building can power that entire
building to ride out that power outage.”
REV’s 300 ACX EV is actually a Ford
SUV with its internal-combustion engine
and related drive and fuel components
removed. Its original driving characteristics
are left intact. High-performance lithium
battery packs, an electric motor and other
power electronics are installed. The result:
an EV with zero emissions, faster accelera-
tion, increased horsepower and improved
safety.
REV has also developed “bi-directional”
wireless technology that allows the car’s
battery to communicate with the elec-
trical grid when it’s plugged in. The utility
can thus draw energy off the vehicle’s idle
battery if it needs it.
“Everyone is looking at how utilities can
manage all the energy consumed by a
house, but nobody is working on making
cars smart,” Giraud commented to The
Tyee. “For 16 hours a day, utilities could use
very small amounts of energy from parked
[electric] cars.”
Three-year-old REV has expected
orders of more than 200 vehicles from
the North American construction, utility,
military and municipal sectors this year.
The company plans to scale production
beyond 15,000 vehicles through 2014.
“You know, whenever you’re flying, you
just look down over those warehouses
around an airport and you can see
medium and heavy-duty trucks sitting,
hundreds of them in a row,” Giraud says.
“Every one of those vehicles, if they were
electric, … could back up the buildings
and … the grid, and we would be dealing
with literally gigawatt hours of energy
storage that would
increase the efficiency
and reliability of our grid
and of society in general.”
Training day
Canadian National Railway
(CN) hopes to take more
trucks off B.C.’s highways
by encouraging rail
freight. Rail is up to six
times more efficient than
heavy trucks in that it
consumes a fraction of the fuel needed to
transport one ton of freight one kilometre.
In May 2010, CN introduced a modal-
shift protocol to create new carbon-offset
project opportunities for B.C.’s transporta-
tion sector. Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), a
leading provider of offsets, agreed to rec-
ognize the protocol for modal-shift offset
projects in the province.
The protocol allows companies to
generate offsets by shifting their freight
shipments from truck to rail. Shippers
that demonstrate lower emissions from
using a modal shift and meet the British
Columbia Emission Offsets Regulation can
generate revenue by selling the offsets to
PCT. Emission reductions may also reduce
carbon taxes.
At the time, B.C. Minister of State for
Climate Action John Yap said, “CN is
showing the type of low-carbon mindset
that we would like to see all industries in
B.C. follow.”
During the Olympics, BC Transit deployed hybrid buses using 20 hydrogen fuel cells by Ballard Power Systems in Whistler, which now uses the buses in its regular public transit
CN Rail freight trains can move many products more fuel-efficiently than can heavy trucks
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Brain checkPolicing your IP rights
in the Internet age
by Jeff Robinson
If you’re like me, the term Web 2.0 gives you
buzzword heartburn. Yet Web 2.0 is conven-
ient shorthand for the technologies that
make it easy for anyone to fi nd, combine, transform and
share information on the Internet. A boon to business, Web
2.0 has enabled new forms of marketing, consumer validation
and revenue generation.
Unfortunately, Web 2.0 also facilitates misuses of intellectual property (IP)
that are challenging for owners to stop. The Internet’s relative anonymity
can make fi nding a target for legal action diffi cult, and its geographic
spread sometimes means that such legal action must be co-ordinated
among counsel in multiple jurisdictions. Legal action may also be inap-
propriate when its expense is out of proportion to likely recovery, when
customers might perceive it as high-handed or when slow response
risks further damage.
The good news: reputable web-hosting companies, search-
engine providers, marketplace retailers and domain-name registrars
are increasingly responsive to allegations of IP misuse. Most such
online service providers (OSPs) now off er options for addressing
IP infringement that are less formal and potentially more
useful than the courts. Taking full advantage of these options
requires attention to the details of your IP rights and infringers’
wrongs. Here are a few tips for making the most of the rem-
edies off ered by OSPs.
1 Identify your IP proactively: Sometimes businesses overlook important
IP assets until they see how valuable they are in someone else’s hands.
Take the time to identify the things by which your customers recognize
your business and its products or services. Don’t stop at logos and names!
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www.rb s.ca
Consider, for example, photographs
and graphics used in advertising, text
used in marketing materials and pack-
aging and design elements behind your
brand’s particular feel. If your company
is growing or evolving, ask yourself how
the cues by which your old and new
customers know your business may have
changed.
2 Secure ownership of your IP: Most
OSPs will expect at least cursory proof of
ownership before taking action on your
behalf. Many businesses only realize that
they don’t own important parts of their
IP when it’s time to assert them. Do you
own copyright in the logo you paid a
graphics designer to create? If counter-
feits show up on www. ebay.de, is it you
or your German affiliate that owns the
German trademark rights and so makes
the complaint? Securing ownership of
your IP assets in advance will enable you
to react quickly to infringements.
3 Make your IP ownership verifiable:
Registering trademarks, copyrights and
industrial designs is usually straight-
forward. Proper registrations provide con-
cise, credible evidence of your IP rights.
In some cases, registered IP rights may
be the only rights you can rely on, since
some OSPs don’t have the systems or the
inclination to determine claims based on
common-law rights. Also consider using
technical means, such as watermarks and
metadata, to mark your ownership of con-
tent that contains your IP.
4 Identify all relevant service pro-
viders: You can often enlist more
than one service provider to address
IP violations. In addition to the host of
the offending content, you may have
recourse through search engines (which
can de-index offending web pages) and
domain registrars (which can disable
offending domains).
5 Secure proof of infringement: Capture
and date screen shots of all pages that
show the IP infringement or implicate
relevant OSPs (e.g., Whois information,
search-engine results). Also copy the
source code of offending web pages
and infringing embedded content (e.g.,
graphics files, videos). Retain this proof
after your complaint has been addressed
so that you can establish a pattern of
infringement should one develop.
6 Use the right tools properly: Most
OSPs have specific mechanisms for
dealing with alleged IP infringements.
Some even have different mechanisms
for dealing with different types of IP
rights and with the various ways that
particular types of rights may be vio-
lated. Take care to locate the correct
mechan ism and provide all required
information. Failure to use the tools
properly can result in the ignoring of
your complaint and potentially deprive
you of legal recourse against the OSP.
Jeff Robinson is an associate at Oyen Wiggs
Green & Mutala LLP.
Damage patrolHow online misuse of IP can hurt your businessDuplication of your copyrighted con-
tent on other websites can adversely
affect your search-engine rankings and
even result in de-indexing.
Trademarks used in keyword adver-
tising and hidden website metadata
may lead consumers to buy substitute
products and services.
Copyrighted product images and
descriptions on websites can falsely
lend an appearance of legitimacy and
fool consumers into buying counter-
feit goods or legitimate goods from
un authorized channels (known as
grey-market goods).
Copyrighted logos and product
images may be used to add punch to
unfair or misleading advertising.
Products created by individuals and
sold through custom manufacturers
like CafePress and Zazzle may, contrary
to the policies of these companies,
infringe trademarks and copyrights.
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Safe and soundTech makes grainy security footage
by Curt Cherewayko
Being Big Brother is big busi-
ness. Advances made by British
Columbian companies in creating
new hardware and, more importantly,
new software for security are making Big
Brother’s eyesight ever keener.
Because of innovations by Lower
Mainland companies like Avigilon Corp.,
Sonitrol Canada and Seon Design Inc., the
grainy, rudimentary and almost farcical
video footage of theft and robberies com-
monly seen on television newscasts is
becoming a thing of the past.
In addition to manufacturing its own
high-tech security cameras, Avigilon has
developed software that addresses a key
challenge for security-system developers:
the ability to maintain video quality while
compressing video for easy storage and
transfer.
“The majority of security cameras sold is
still analog video,” says Alex Fernandes,
chief executive officer.
“It just shows how
far behind the
market is.”
Yet increased
demand for
better security
systems helped
make Avigilon the
fastest-growing
company in Western
Canada by revenue
in 2010, according to
Deloitte.
The company’s revenue was
$5.4 million in 2008, the first year of
commercialization. In 2010, revenue was
$32.4 million.
Avigilon expects to have 200
employees by the end of 2011.
Sonitrol Canada operates a command
centre in Vancouver in which 35 employees
monitor for trips at security systems located
at up to 500 clients’ facili-
ties at once.
In 2010,
Sonitrol’s secur ity
systems helped
authorities nab 227
criminals in Metro
Vancouver in the
act of stealing from or robbing its clients,
which include The Keg Steakhouse & Bar,
Canadian Tire, Best Buy Canada Ltd. and
Stuart Olson Dominion Construction.
“We almost catch a thief a night in
Vancouver,” says Joe Wilson, Sonitrol’s CEO.
Many employees of B.C.’s new crop of
surveillance companies are former mem-
bers of Silent Witness Enterprises Ltd., a
surveillance-system maker founded in 1986
that arguably was the seed of the prov-
ince’s entire surveillance-technology cluster.
The cluster includes Coquitlam’s Seon
Design Inc., whose systems are used
on school buses and other vehicles,
including those in public transit and for
emergencies.
A handful of former senior managers
at Silent Witness founded Burnaby-based
night-vision security-camera maker
Extreme CCTV Inc., sold to the German
company Bosch Security Systems for $93
million in 2008.
Alex Fernandes, CEO of Avigilon, Western Canada’s fastest-growing company by revenue in 2010
Seon Design’s SQ Dome: built
to withstand vibration, temperature,
vandalism and all the rigours of bus routes
a thing of the past
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REG
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GREATER VICTORIAServed by: Vancouver Island Advanced
Technology Centre (VIATeC)
British Columbia’s fastest-
growing technology region
With 875 companies, Greater Victoria’s
technology sector has become Vancouver
Island’s largest private industry, employing
over 13,000 and generating more than
$1.95 billion in revenue in 2010. An annual
listing of the 25 largest tech companies
headquartered or founded in Greater
Victoria revealed combined estimated
calendar 2010 revenues of nearly $784.7
million, up 7.5 per cent from the $729 mil-
lion reported in 2009. Those 25 companies
currently employ 3,034 persons, up 11 per
cent over the previous year.
IT, new media, software, ocean-science
and marine tech, environmental tech and
advanced manufacturing are some of the
region’s core capabilities. The University of
Victoria, the Innovation and Development
Corporation, Vancouver Island Technology
Park, Camosun College and Royal Roads
University are among the area’s first-class
research and educational institutions.
Source: VIATeC
MIDNORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND & COASTServed by: Mid-Island Science, Technology
& Innovation Council (MISTIC)
Small but powerful firms
From the Malahat to the tip of Vancouver
Island and including the Sunshine Coast
and Gulf Islands, the Mid-Island region’s
tech sector comprises more than 949 suc-
cessful companies. A recent survey of 420
com panies has shown that 63 per cent
have five or fewer employees, 37 per cent
between 10 and 50. Seventy-seven per
cent of companies have annual revenues
less than $1 million; 23 per cent, annual rev-
enues between $1 million and $5 million. In
the last five years, companies reported an
overall increase in revenues of 74 per cent.
While most of its customers are in
B.C., the region exports its skills and
innovations world-wide. Most companies
are planning to invest significantly in
research and development over the next
18 months. The region boasts software,
advanced manufacturing, IT, engineering,
food and beverage tech, aquaculture,
clean tech and environmental tech among
its core advanced capabilities.
Source: MISTIC
OKANAGAN Served by: Accelerate Okanagan
Silicon Vineyard offers the good life
The Okanagan’s tech sector boasts more
than 300 organizations. Served by the
newly formed Accelerate Okanagan, tech
employs a large proportion of employees
in IT, computer, engineering and scientific
occupations. It counts data storage, clean
tech, life science, aerospace and aviation,
wireless tech, multimedia, software and web
development and composite manufacturing
among its advanced fields. A superb quality
of life is for the asking in B.C’s wine country,
home to a growing number of high-
efficiency data centres. In 2008, IBM identi-
fied Kelowna as “the best place to build a
data centre in North America.” The University
of British Columbia’s growing Okanagan
campus is the region’s largest, newest
research facility, showcasing sustainable tech.
Source: Accelerate Okanagan
WEST KOOTENAYServed by: Kootenay Association for Science
& Technology (KAST)
Vibrant communities
West Kootenay’s tech sector has more
than 200 robust companies employing
more than 2,000 professionals and gener-
ating more than $220 million in revenue
in 2008. The area enjoys proximity to
Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle and Calgary.
An excellent telecommunications infra-
structure gives tech firms global reach,
and the local workforce is highly skilled.
Companies can offer employees the
opportunity to “live here, work anywhere.”
Affordable and beautiful, the region
has shown a recent upsurge in business
startups. Digital media, software develop-
ment, mining, metallurgy and material
science plus energy and environmental
management make up a diversified
regional sector. Recent successes include
software development, mineral manu-
facturing and geographical informational
systems.
Source: Ference Weicker & Co.
Fields afield Greater Victoria
Mid-North Vancouver Island
& Coast
Okanagan
West Kootenay
East Kootenay
Central Interior
Northwest
North/Northeast
Not surveyed
Strength in tech across the province
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The B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund provides access to
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turn your innovative idea into a commercial success.
Our partners have invested $115 million in B.C.
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EAST KOOTENAYServed by: Kootenay Rockies Innovation
Council (KRIC)
Tech blooms outdoors
East Kootenay communities like Creston,
Cranbrook and Rossland are home to an
estimated 410 flourishing tech companies.
The sector employs 8,200 persons and
generates $1.3 billion in annual revenue.
Agriculture technology, forestry, mining, oil
and gas are the top tech drivers here, but
tech companies serving other industries
are rapidly taking root as well. More than
60 digital-media companies in the region
work in film, television, gaming and IT. The
Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council is
working to develop and promote talent in
the area’s digital media.
Source: Ference Weicker & Co.
CENTRAL INTERIORServed by: Interior Science Innovation
Council (ISIC)
Experience meets versatility
With cities Kamloops, Ashcroft and
Williams Lake, the Central Interior tech
sector has more than 88 thriving compa-
nies employing more than 970 persons
and generating more than $150 million in
revenue in 2008. The region is home to
the growing Thompson Rivers University.
Software development and web design
and hosting plus innovative forestry,
engin eering, bioenergy and environ-
mental tech are strong points.
Source: Ference Weicker & Co.
NORTHWEST Served by: Northwest Science & Innovation
Society (NSIS)
Telecom and manufacturing
in B.C.’s industrial hub
The Northwest’s vibrant tech sector con-
sists of about 175 companies in Prince
Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace and Smithers, col-
lectively employing more than 2,000 per-
sons in 2008. Over half the region’s tech
companies offer products or services
involving intellectual property. Regional
know-how covers telecommunications,
manufacturing, software and web design
and hosting. Local companies innov ate
in manufacturing wood products, pro-
ducing biomass energy and creating
wireless communications networks. The
Northwest’s advantages include access
to transportation links between Asia and
the North American heartland, abundant
industrial land and a skilled workforce.
Source: Cambria Gordon Ltd.
NORTH/NORTHEASTServed by: Science, Innovation and
Technology Council for Northeastern BC
(Sci-Tech North)
Tech expands amid vast landscapes
The Northeast’s tech sector comprises
more than 85 diverse companies
employing more than 1,000 persons and
generating about $200 million in revenue
in 2010. Software, web design and hosting,
IT and new media are regional strengths.
Local companies excel at applying innova-
tive technology to traditional industries
such as oil and gas, agriculture and for-
estry. The sector also has expertise in alter-
native energy and wireless tech and is also
growing in environmental tech. The pro-
posed Site C clean-energy hydroelectric
dam project, planned for a location about
seven kilometres from Fort St. John, will be
a boon to regional tech.
Source: Ference Weicker & Co.
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Tech talkThe year’s highlights
by Noa Glouberman
From fuel cells to fi tness video games,
solar energy to soccer apps, dehydrated
food to daily-deal websites, it’s been a
winning time for British Columbia’s tech-
nology industry.
February 15, 2010: Shine on
Ledalite, a Philips brand based in Langley,
launched its new Shine family of high-
effi ciency recessed lighting
for sustainable buildings.
March 9, 2010: Moving
fitness forward
Electronic Arts Inc. began
developing EA Sports Active 2.
This PlayStation 3 fi tness pro-
gram includes wireless con-
trols powered by leg and arm
straps with motion sensors
and an online hub to track
and share workout data. (For more on EA,
see page 15.)
April 19, 2010: Give a hoot
Vancouver’s HootSuite Media opened its
HootSuite University, an online program
that teaches organizations how to use the
social web.
April 26, 2010: Groupon think
Groupon, Inc., which off ers online daily
deals for local restaurants, spas, sporting
events, theatre and more, launched in
the Lower Mainland. The inaugural
deal: $20 for $40 of food at A Kettle of
Fish restaurant (now closed).
April 30, 2010: The web on the bus
The Toronto Transit Commission launched
NextBus technology from WebTech
Wireless Inc., Burnaby, on eight streetcar
lines, allowing riders to monitor transit
arrival times on line or at stops equipped
with digital displays.
May 14, 2010: Out of this world
Astronauts Bob Thirsk and Frank De Winne
returned to Earth after six months in space.
While in orbit, they worked with researchers
at Simon Fraser University to study the
eff ects of micro-gravity on colloids: mixtures
in which the particles of one substance
disperse evenly
throughout another.
June 2, 2010: Read
between the lines
Vancouverite Wahiba
Chair launched the
CarrotLines iPhone
application, which
lets users scan a food
product’s bar code to
fi nd out whether the
product is low in fat, contains nuts or is
organic, kosher or vegan and even where
it came from.
June 3, 2010: High and dry
The Canadian Institute of Food Science
and Technology recognized Vancouver’s
EnWave Corp. for its NutraREV technology,
which uses vacuum pressure and micro-
wave energy to dehydrate fresh foods at
or below room temperatures, providing a
faster, cheaper, more effi cient alternative
to freeze-drying.
June 7, 2010: Under the German sun
Burnaby’s Day4 Energy Inc. started
building a 725-kilowatt solar-power plant
in Germany. Energy produced there will
be sold to the local grid provider.
June 8, 2010: In the bag
Vancouver’s Solegear Bioplastics Inc.
created Polysole, a plastic for use in auto-
motive, electronic, pharmaceutical and
consumer goods that can biodegrade
within weeks of disposal.
June 10, 2010: Guiding lights
Carmanah Technologies Corp., Victoria,
provided LED marine lanterns to enhance
the safety of oil-spill cleanup in the Gulf of
Mexico.
in innovation
YEAR IN REVIEW
WirelessImage created an Android app for the World Cup soccer teams
NutraREV technology by EnWave: faster
and cheaper than freeze-drying
CarrotLines iPhone app
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June 23, 2010: Sounds of soccer
Vancouver’s WirelessImage launched a
free Android application with ringtones
for all 32 World Cup soccer teams, plus
the controversial vuvuzela and classic
“Gooooal!” call.
June 24, 2010: Room service
With its new iPad program, the St.
Regis Hotel lets guests use one of its
Apple iPads to surf, search and read in
their rooms or while out and about in
Vancouver.
June 28, 2010: Where hockey happens
Apple added a Great Canadian Apps
section to its iTunes store. Among the
first 30 applications: Atimi Software Inc.’s
Vancouver Canucks app.
June 30, 2010: Dedicated day
Mayor Dean Fortin proclaimed June 30
Social Media Day, making Victoria the first
city to do so officially.
July 8, 2010: Laugh track
Vancouver’s Vision Critical launched
ReactionPlus, which captures respondents’
feedback during audio and video program-
ming: whether calls to action are being
noticed, whether laughs are occurring in
the right places or whether design ele-
ments distract from important messages.
July 21, 2010: Point of contact
Vecima Networks Inc., Victoria, supplied
a wireless network to a United States
Air Force base in Afghanistan, allowing
service personnel to communicate with
loved ones via the Internet.
September 10, 2010: Bright ideas
Victoria’s Streetlight Intelligence Inc. added
375 Lumen IQ controllers to the City of
Prince George’s adaptive street-lighting.
The technology facilitates customized
street lighting from a central location.
September 14, 2010: Scanned service
EverBank Field, home of the Jacksonville
Jaguars, was the first NFL venue to launch
smart-phone technology by Mobio
Identity Systems, Inc., Vancouver. It allows
fans to order food for delivery by scanning
bar codes from their seats.
September 17, 2010: Riding the wave
Azure Dynamics Inc., Burnaby, played a
part in Li-ion Motors Corp.’s victory at the
Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE
Competition for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Li-ion’s winning Wave II featured an Azure
powertrain.
September 18, 2010: Photo opp
Vancouver-born Flickr hit five billion photo
uploads. Uploaded by Flickr user yeoaaron,
the five-billionth photo displays various
angles of the reconstructed Woodward’s
W tower in Vancouver.
September 21, 2010: Sites for sore eyes
ClearlyContacts.ca introduced Transitions
progressive lenses for the customer
wanting one pair of eyeglasses for reading,
long distance and everything in between,
in all light conditions. The lenses, which
adjust from dark to light, were previously
available for single-vision glasses only.
Customers have been telling the Vancouver
firm what they want through the com-
pany’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
September 22, 2010: Mission to Mars
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
(MDA), headquartered in Richmond, was
chosen to provide the Canadian Space
Agency with a Mars Exploration and
Science Rover prototype for future Red
Planet missions.
October 27, 2010: Spreading the word
Three portable satellite units from Norsat
International Inc., Richmond, helped news
agencies broadcast to the world the story
of 33 trapped miners in Chile.
December 20, 2010: Heating up
The SMART-Space Controller, an advanced
indoor-temperature controller from
Victoria’s Reliable Controls Corp., won a
2011 Top Product Award from Building
Operating Management magazine.
February 16, 2011: Facebook financials
Global Relay Communications Inc.,
Vancouver, formed a partnership with
BMRW & Associates to create an inte-
grated offering that will allow financial
firms to reach customers through chan-
nels like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and
blogs while meeting regulatory require-
ments for electronic-message archiving
and monitoring.
March 7, 2011: Wind wins
The wind-energy projects planned by
Finavera Wind Energy Inc. for Wildmare (77
MW) and Tumbler Ridge (47 MW) passed
the screening stage of environmental
assessment. Construction is expected to
commence in late 2011.
Wave II by Li-ion Motors
MDA’s Mars Exploration and Science Rover prototype
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Industry associations
Accelerate Okanagan Martin Yuill, marketing director 1405 St Paul St Suite 201 Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 2E4 T: 250-712-3344 F: 250-861-4728 E: [email protected] www.accelerateokanagan.com
Aerospace Industry Association of BC 211 Columbia St Suite 102 Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2R5 T: 604-638-1477 F: 604-681-4545 E: [email protected] www.aiabc.com
Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) John Leech, executive director 10767 148 St Surrey, B.C. V3R 0S4 T: 604-585-2788 F: 604-585-2790 E: [email protected] www.asttbc.org
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEG BC) Derek Doyle, CEO 4010 Regent St Suite 200 Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6N2 T: 604-430-8035 F: 604-430-8085 E: [email protected] www.apeg.bc.ca
BC Environment Industry Association (BCEIA) Frank Came, executive director 602 Hastings St W Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1P2 T: 604-683-2751 F: 604-677-5960 E: [email protected] www.bceia.com
BC Regional Science & Technology Network (BCRSTN) Dan Gunn, chairman 4464 Markham St Suite 2202 Victoria, B.C. V8Z 7X8 T: 250-483-3214 F: 250-483-3201 www.bcrstn.com
BC Sustainable Energy Association 4217 Glanford Av Suite 5 Victoria, B.C. V8Z 2B9 T: 250-744-2720 E: [email protected] www.bcsea.org
BC Technology Industries Association (BCTIA) 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4A2 T: 604-683-6159 E: [email protected] www.bctia.org
BCNET 515 Hastings St W Suite 7376 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5K3 T: 604-822-1348 F: 604-822-9887 E: [email protected] www.bc.net
B.C.’s Association of Information Technology Professionals CIPS BC 102–211 Columbia St Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2R5 T: 604-681-2796 F: 604-681-4545 E: [email protected] www.cips.ca
British Columbia Industrial Design Association PO Box 33943 Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4L7 T: 604-608-3204 F: 604-608-3204 E: [email protected] www.bcid.com
Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association 4250 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 T: 604-822-9178 F: 604-822-8106 E: [email protected] www.h2fcc.ca
DigiBC – The Digital Media + Wireless Association of BC Howard Donaldson, president 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4A2 T: 604-602-5237 E: [email protected] www.digibc.org
HR Tech Group 4389 Maple St Vancouver, B.C. V6J 3V9 T: 604-874-2653 F: 604-874-2654 www.hrtechgroup.com
Interior Science Innovation Council (ISIC) Bill McQuarrie, executive director 418 St Paul St Suite 200 Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2J6 T: 250-828-1713 F: 250-828-1011 E: [email protected] www.isic.ca
International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) 349 Georgia St W PO Box 4018 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3Z4 T: 866-IIMA-441 E: [email protected] www.iimaonline.org
JETRO Vancouver/Japan External Trade Organization 700 Pender St W Suite 1202 Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1G8 T: 604-684-4174 F: 604-684-6877 E: [email protected] www.jetro.go.jp/canada/vancouver
Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) Kelvin Saldern, executive director 2196 Leroi Av Suite 108 Box 119 Rossland, B.C. V0G 1Y0 T: 250-483-5052 F: 250-483-6872 E: [email protected] www.kast.com
Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council (KRIC) Larry Sparks, executive director 110A Slater Rd NW Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 5C8 T: 250-426-6388 F: 250-489-1886 E: [email protected] www.kric.ca
LifeSciences British Columbia 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4A2 T: 604-669-9909 F: 604-669-9912 www.lifesciencesbc.ca
Mid-Island Science, Technology and Innovation Council (MISTIC) Paris Gaudet, executive director 150 Commercial St Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5G6 T: 250-753-8324 F: 250-754-0165 E: [email protected] www.mistic.bc.ca
Northwest Science and Innovation Society (NSIS) Christine Slanz, executive director 4644 Lazelle Av Suite 211 Terrace, B.C. V8G 1S6 T: 250-638-0950 E: [email protected] www.nsis.ca
Pacific Aircaft Maintenance Engineers Association 5400 Airport Rd S Suite 314 Richmond, B.C. V7B 1B4 T: 604-279-9579 F: 604-279-9566 E: [email protected] www.pamea.com
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THE TECHNOLOGY IMPACT AWARDS (TIAs) is the
premier awards program devoted to promoting and
celebrating innovation, high-tech excellence and
outstanding leadership in British Columbia. Founded
in 1994, the awards are hosted by the British
Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA).
The BCTIA is a member-based organization
committed to enabling the continuous growth,
sustainability and prosperity of the technology
industry. Its network of 2,100+ member
companies and 70,000 member employees
represents companies of all sectors and sizes.
The BCTIA delivers a broad range of
programs and services that provide members
with opportunities to connect, learn and
promote their businesses in BC. As the voice of
BC’s technology industry, the BCTIA provides
ongoing advocacy to all levels of government,
enabling the continued transformation of British
Columbia to a knowledge-based economy.
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Avigilon’s solutions protect and monitor
thousands of customer sites in more
than 65 countries, including high-profile
Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies.
www.avigilon.com
Creating a Smarter GridIn the near future, all utilities will adopt
Smart Grid technology, and with steadily
increasing revenues and market share,
Tantalus has established itself as a leader in
the Smart Grid space.
The Tantalus Utility Network (TUNet®),
a rapid, reliable data communications
network, supports Smart Grid applications
including advanced metering, demand
response and distribution automation.
TUNet enables utilities to reduce costs
by automating processes and improving
business operations. Over the past decade,
TUNet has developed a full portfolio of
products to support multiple meter types
and wired and wireless communication
options.
Founded in 1989, Tantalus has 110
employees.
www.tantalus.com
Seeing the World in HDNot impressed with the available high-
quality surveillance systems, Avigilon
President and CEO Alexander Fernandes
created his own. Leveraging years of high-
end digital imaging technology industry
knowledge, Avigilon developed the
world’s first end-to-end HD surveillance
solution to meet the needs of a $13 billion
market and became one of BC’s fastest
growing technology companies.
On target to earn more than $50 mil-
lion in revenue for 2011, Avigilon has
steadily gained market share, growing at
an rate of over 100% year over year, in an
industry that is growing at 15%. Today,
COMPANY OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP
Acknowledging the technology industry supremacy of a company with revenues over $20M
FINALISTS
One of BC’s largest and most prof-
itable technology companies,
PMC-Sierra has charted a period of
significant growth since 2006, increasing its
revenues by nearly 50% to $635 million USD
and substantially growing net income to
$168.6 million USD in 2010.
PMC-Sierra is a fabless semiconductor
company, leveraging intellectual property,
design expertise, and systems knowledge
to develop and support solutions for the
world’s leading equipment manufacturers,
such as HP, Hitachi, IBM, Huawei, Fujitsu
and Cisco. PMC-Sierra’s products enable
digital communication by capturing,
storing, processing and transporting data
across networks.
PMC-Sierra was originally established in
1988 as a division of MPR Teltech before
being spun-out in 1992 with investment
from TELUS and Sierra Semiconductor
Corporation. Led by a team of BC-based
engineers, the company was a pioneer
in high-speed, integrated chip circuitry
and established early leadership in the
networking market. Now a NASDAQ-
traded company, PMC-Sierra’s continued
focus on technology innovation, industry
leadership, strategic decision making and
customer service have enabled the com-
pany to achieve success in global markets
and maintain a solid foundation in BC.
With approximately 30 percent of its
1400 employees based in PMC-Sierra’s
operations head office in Burnaby, BC, the
site continues to be the company’s largest.
A contributing factor to PMC-Sierra’s success
is its close vicinity to UBC and SFU’s strong
engineering faculties, allowing the com-
pany to recruit top engineering talent.
NDQ: PMCS
www.pmc-sierra.com
WINNER PMC-Sierra Anchoring BC’s Electronics Sector
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EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCT INNOVATION Sponsored by MDA
Acknowledging a superior advanced technology innovation or discovery
Quantum Leap for ProcessorsD-Wave Systems is reinventing computing.
Difficult computational problems that
cannot be solved by computers exist in
almost every field of human endeavor.
D-Wave wants to create machines that
smash through this barrier, and push com-
puting technology to the limits allowed by
the laws of physics.
D-Wave’s first product, the D-Wave
One, is the world’s first commercial large-
scale quantum computing system. The
heart of this machine is a quantum com-
puting processor which allows its user
to tap into the immense computational
power of quantum mechanics. Its intro-
duction is a seminal event in the history of
computing technology that will ultimately
lead to solutions to humanity’s most dif-
ficult computational problems.
www.dwavesys.com
The Future of LoyaltyDubbed “The Future of Loyalty” by QSR
Magazine, a leading industry publication,
QR Loyalty’s patent-pending customer
loyalty technology generates revenue
increases of 5% or more for independent
and chain merchants.
By printing transaction-identifying
reward barcodes (QR Codes) on bills and
receipts from point-of-sale (POS) systems,
QR Loyalty’s technology allows consumers
to scan receipts and collect and redeem
rewards points using their mobile phones.
With QR Loyalty, customers can join
many loyalty programs without carrying
more cards, and merchants can deploy
loyalty programs using their existing POS
infrastructures.
www.qrloyalty.com
Natural sunlight is free and health-
promoting, but until now, core
regions of high-rise buildings have
not been able to access it. SunCentral’s
new, disruptive Sunlighting technology
brings concentrated sunlight horizontally
into each floor – up to 60 feet within a
building’s interior.
Commercialized from UBC, SunCentral
Core Sunlighting System will change how
buildings are designed, built and retro-
fitted. By replacing electric lighting up to
40% of the time in Vancouver (and 75% in
sunnier climates), SunCentral will enable a
substantial reduction in greenhouse gases,
augmented by the 25% reduction in HVAC
cooling loads that occurs
when electric lights are
shut off.
SunCentral has a strong
consortium of partners
including architects,
engineering companies,
unitized curtain wall
manufacturers, lighting
manufacturers/designers,
architectural products
companies, property development com-
panies, utilities and general contractors.
The company is currently working with
partners to get Sunlighting recognized as
a new method of solar illumination with
its own point system and schema.
SunCentral has received product instal-
lation interest from the governments of
Denmark, South Korea, UK, US, India and
China, and plans to launch its Sunlighting
technology commercially in 2012.
www.suncentral.com
Evolutionary Power
Electronics InnovationSince 1975, Alpha Technologies has been
at the forefront of power electronics inno-
vation. The company’s newest offering is
the Alpha Modular Power System 80HP
(AMPS80 HP), a revolutionary green
AC powering alternative employed by
multi-service operators (MSO) providing
triple-play (telephony, cable and Internet)
services. Competitive advantages include
capital cost savings, high reliability and
power density, and a green powering
solution with up to 94% efficiency.
Well received by Alpha’s target mar-
kets, the AMPS80 HP has already been
purchased by 8 of the top 10 North
American MSOs.
www.alpha.ca
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WINNER SunCentral Inc. Bringing Sunlight to the Centers of High-Rise Buildings
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well as false-positives.
Released in 2010, McKesson has
secured commitments from over 70
customers to adopt this solution over
their existing system or purchasing a new
dedicated workstation.
NYSE:MCK
www.mckesson.com
Extending Success To view small cancer tumors in women’s
breasts, radiologists need to significantly
magnify the images during diagnosis.
Mammography has historically relied
on its own digital solutions to manage
the unique display and workflow
requirements.
The McKesson Medical Imaging Group
has leveraged its traditional radiology
PACS software to incorporate this special-
ized workflow. An embedded solution to
help radiologists become more efficient
with mammography-specific tools for
complete primary diagnostic interpreta-
tion, the technology automates tedious
and error-prone steps, while alleviating the
need for hospitals to purchase dedicated
mammography workstations.
This invention incorporates on-the-fly
historical side-by-side image comparisons
to detect tumor growths over time, on-
demand zooming of the breast by quad-
rant, and integration of DICOM CAD-SR to
help identify possible cancerous tumors as
WINNER
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Good information technology
increases efficiency within busi-
ness environments. Delivering
on that promise is Subserveo’s patented
Automated Post-Trade Compliance Solution
for broker/dealer securities firms.
Compliance officers must ensure that
millions of daily trades are in line with
hundreds of security rules and regula-
tions, but they typically spend 80% of
their time identifying suspicious transac-
tions and only 20% on the real compli-
ance work of escalating and resolving. By
automating a labourious manual paper
process, Subserveo enables a shift to just
10% of time spent identifying and 90% on
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escalation and resolution, while adding
insight into the organization-wide compli-
ance process and providing an auditable
history.
The strength of Subserveo’s software-
as-a-service (SaaS) solution lies in the
company’s scalable technological data
mapping framework, which supports the
intake of any data from any client source
and aggregates and processes it through
a rules-based management platform.
The Subserveo solution has been praised
for its simple, intuitive user interface that
requires less than an hour of training.
While competitors focus on top-tier
clients with expensive enterprise instal-
lations, Subserveo uses its SaaS model
to target firms of all sizes. The company’s
technology is supported by two US
patents for otology-driven information
systems.
www.subserveo.com
Subserveo Inc. Automating Compliance and Improving Insight
“Subserveo has given us a
comprehensive view of our business
and has made us a better firm.”
– Richard Bryant, President & CEO,
Capital Investment Companies®
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Solving the Multi-Core CrisisMulti-core processors, which are the
future of computing, are fundamentally
diff erent from single-core processors
because they require parallel program-
ming. Software developers have tradi-
tionally relied on processor manufacturers
for speed improvements, but the onus
is now on them, a problem dubbed the
“Multi-Core Crisis.”
Vancouver-based Secodix has devel-
oped DASE (Dynamic Acceleration of
Software Engine) technology, which
enables any processor to achieve massive
parallelism without hardware develop-
ment or parallel programming. This soft-
ware platform for high-performance signal
processing enables hardware-like per-
formance in sequential C programming,
reducing total cost of ownership and time
to market by more than 75% and pro-
viding software portability over changing
hardware. Secodix’s DASE technology
could eventually complement any pro-
cessor, increasing performance without
requiring software changes for licensees.
www.secodix.com
Imagine a small steel engine the size of a soccer ball that
converts heat from almost any source into electricity with an
astounding 45% effi ciency. Now, imagine that it can be manu-
factured for just 20 cents per watt and can run maintenance-free
forever. That is the disruptive power technology that Etalim has cre-
ated. It is called the TEG.
The TEG device combines the principles of thermodynamics,
high-amplitude acoustics, mechanical resonance and materials
science. With a mechanical effi ciency target of 50%, it is the most
effi cient and reliable small engine ever conceived.
The TEG can be run using any heat source or fuel, making it a
fundamental platform technology. It utilizes the high-frequency
vibration of steel diaphragms to completely eliminate sliding or
rotating parts, allowing for many decades of friction-free and
maintenance-free life. The Etalim design is simple; does not
require expensive, rare or toxic materials; and can be mass manu-
factured. Etalim has three patents pending.
A full-scale prototype of the Etalim TEG has run for millions
of cycles, producing electricity as expected. Scientists have
externally validated the performance of the prototype, which
was recently featured in the prestigious MIT Technology Review
magazine. The fi rst product based on Etalim technology will ship
in 2013.
www.etalim.com
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Growth EngineEtalim Inc. is developing a fundamentally
new and patent-pending technology that
can generate clean electricity from any
fuel or heat source (including sunlight, gas
or biomass) with extraordinary effi ciency,
simplicity and reliability. The company’s
disruptive TEG power generation tech-
nology, a hybrid stirling/thermoacoustic
device, converts heat into acoustic power
and then into electricity.
Although Etalim is still pre-commercial,
its ingredients for success include scien-
tists and engineers from Creo (one of BC’s
most successful technology stalwarts) and
technology from recent advances in ther-
moacoustic physics at Los Alamos.
Founded in March 2006, Etalim has
established market-focused partnerships
with several Global 1000 companies. Its
fi rst product will ship in 2013.
www.etalim.com
Multiple Platform
Mobile Event GuidesMobile event guides have rapidly
increased in popularity with the growth
of smartphones. With more than 500
medium to large festivals and 3,000
conferences and trade shows in North
America alone, the market potential is
undeniable.
Xomo Digital’s Mobile Event Guide
is a location-aware schedule app for
events. Using the app, attendees can fi nd
out “What’s On” nearby; browse event
details, media and maps; use social net-
works; and create their own itineraries, all
without a data connection.
Founded in March 2009, Xomo is the
established market leader in this space
with a client list that includes the 2010
Olympics, SXSW, Lollapalooza and the
London Jazz Festival.
www.xomodigital.com
QR Loyalty eliminates the need for
consumers to carry loyalty and
rewards cards by enabling con-
sumers to collect and redeem rewards
points using their mobile phones. In
addition to attracting a new breed of loy-
alty customers, the company’s solutions
increase the number of active loyalty mem-
berships a typical consumer can maintain,
and merchants benefi t from increased
participation.
QR Loyalty is targeting the restaurant
industry fi rst, and then expanding to the
retail, grocery and hospitality industries.
The company’s product suite is deployed
via simple point-of-sale (POS) plug-ins
and supplied on a pay-for-performance
licensing basis.
Founded in 2010 by Nigel Malkin and
Jeff LaPorte, the company has experienced
extraordinary traction with both indepen-
dent merchants and several large chain
restaurants in Canada, and has validated
demand from merchants and end-user
engagement by running in-market pilots
in Vancouver and Toronto. QR Loyalty
expects staff to grow from just 2 to 20 by
the end of 2011.
QR Loyalty’s sustainable competi-
tive advantage consists of a broad and
well-protected IP portfolio spanning the
restaurant, retail, grocery and hospitality
sectors. The company has also integrated
its system with many top-tier POS vendors
including Squirrel and MICROS, leveraging
its momentum as a fi rst mover in the card-
less loyalty space.
QR Loyalty is one of eight compa-
nies chosen for the BCIC-sponsored
Entrepreneurship@Wavefront program,
which provides the company with offi ce
space and $10,000 worth of professional
services.
www.qrloyalty.com
MOST PROMISING STARTUP Sponsored by Centre4Growth
Acknowledging an early-stage, commercially viable technology company that demonstrates significant potential
FINALISTS
WINNER QR LoyaltyThe Future of Loyalty
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In 1999 Vivonet co-founders Kevin Falk
and Ryan Volberg saw an opportunity
to utilize the internet to reinvent the 125
year old cash registry industry. Halo, their
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Point-of-Sale
(POS) product is doing just that.
Focusing on their competitors’ areas of
weakness: price, IT simplicity, and service.
Halo provides powerful enterprise features
to small businesses and chains and man-
ages them for customers over the internet.
The product does not require any
complex client-server technology at the
store and is installed throughout Canada
and the US and is emerging in South
America and the Middle East markets.
In 2010, Vivonet completed the largest
sale in the last 20 years of the point of sale
industry – a $60+ million deal with hospi-
tality giant Sodexo beating out all major
competitors – and struck a marketing part-
nership with Intuit, makers of QuickBooks.
Recognized in 2010 as the 9th fastest
growing company in British Columbia
by Business in Vancouver, Vivonet had $8
million in revenues and 110 employees, a
remarkable increase from 34 employees
and $4 million in revenue in 2009.
Continuing with the POS revolution,
Vivonet uniquely owns all transaction data
generated by its customers. This allows
them to provide customers with industry
perspective on their revenue figures. In
2011, Vivonet has further innovated the
POS industry with Halo Mobile, a mobile
application that allows users to order and
pay for their purchases remotely and,
more importantly, provides Halo mer-
chants with an ongoing way to connect
and market directly to their customers
with precision.
www.vivonet.com
EMERGING COMPANY OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Accenture
Acknowledging an emerging company that demonstrates outstanding performance as a technology enterprise with the potential to become a market leader
Smart Grid/Smart GrowthThe deployment of Smart Grid infrastruc-
ture places huge demands on utilities,
creating a need for new mobile workforce
management solutions.
Clevest Solutions provides a complete
suite of mobile field workforce manage-
ment solutions that integrate with Smart
Grid hardware and software. Four product
families of components are bundled
with handheld devices and integration
services to meet the needs of both large
and small utilities. Integration with outage
management systems, customer infor-
mation services and asset management
systems allows utilities to centralize their
operations management while providing
better transparency into the field.
Since 2006, Clevest has grown both
organically and through acquisition from
3 employees and 2 customers to 71
employees and more than 100 customers.
www.clevest.com
Healthy GrowthHeadquartered in Kelowna, BC, QHR
Technologies has 152 employees in three
Canadian healthcare subsidiaries, two
of which – Optimed Software Corp. and
Cloudwerx Corp. – are focused in the
emerging electronic health record (EHR)
space.
For the past three years, revenue
growth has averaged 50% while
subscription-based revenues have grown
to nearly 60% of the company’s total rev-
enue. QHR attributes its success to a focus
on excellence in its product and business
models and its talented management
team and board of directors.
Optimed recently gained approved
vendor status in Ontario to market to
the province’s 45,000 physicians, and
Cloudwerx is pursuing a move into the US
market where governments are investing
heavily in EMR adoption.
TSX-V: QHR
www.QHRtechnologies.com
FINALISTS
WINNER
“Halo will help us meet the challenges
of our ever-changing competitive
landscape and rapidly evolving
customer tastes.”
– George Chavel, President and
CEO Sodexo North America
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“Those who
know Moe speak
well about his
unassailable
integrity and
strength of
character”
Moe Kermani is a true Canadian
success story. At the age of 15, he
emigrated from Iran to Vancouver,
where he excelled in the academic world of
experimental particle physics and through
the years has become one of the most
respected business leaders in BC’s tech-
nology industry. Those who know Moe
will praise his unassailable integrity and
strength of character, as well as his impres-
sive list of accomplishments.
Before entering the business world,
Moe made significant contributions to BC’s
scientific community, earning his Masters
of Science and PhD from the University
of British Columbia and working as a
physicist with TRIUMF, one of the world’s
leading subatomic physics laboratories.
At TRIUMF, Moe published several highly
regarded papers and articles on particle
physics.
After leaving TRIUMF, Moe became the
Chief Scientist and Director of Research
and Development with Sonigistix
Corporation, where he was awarded
several US patents. In 2000, Moe left
Sonigistix to join Bycast as the CTO.
Bycast endured a significant business set-
back in 2001, and Moe agreed to take the
reins as CEO.
Guided by Moe’s vision and leader-
ship, Bycast targeted a new market and
established itself as a leader in large-
scale digital archiving and cloud storage.
WINNER
This was a significant win for Bycast and
made the company a natural acquisition
target. In 2010, Bycast was sold to NetApp.
NetApp’s management were so impressed
with the team Moe had assembled
that they committed to keeping and
expanding the BC-based research and
development organization.
Through Moe’s support, Bycast has
been a significant sponsor of the TELUS
World of Science including presenting
sponsor of the renowned “Body Worlds”
exhibit. In 2001, Moe was honoured with a
Business in Vancouver 40 under 40 award.
Today, Moe continues to call Vancouver
home, as does NetApp’s Vancouver
Technology Center (VTC), the center of
excellence for object storage that was cre-
ated with Bycast.
Moe Kermani
Former CEO, Bycast
PERSON OF THE YEARSponsored by Odgers Berndtson
Recognizing an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the technology industry during the year
Moe KermaniA True Canadian Success Story
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design that has been copied by other
technology parks and creating a new
standard for green buildings in BC with
DiscoveryGreen, Western Canada’s first
LEED-platinum office building.
Most recently, Mark led the creation of
The Generator, an innovative partnership
with the City of Vancouver that redefined
the cities requirement for public ameni-
ties by establishing a program to support
technology start-ups by providing one
year of rent-free space. This 5,000 square
foot facility is currently home to eight
enterprising start-ups.
An urban planner by training, Mark
has more than 30 years of experience in
municipal government and real estate
development. Before joining Discovery
Parks, he was the first president of the
University of British Columbia Real Estate
Corporation (now UBC Properties Trust).
Mark was also a founding director and
Chair of Covenant House Vancouver.
Mark Betteridge, Executive Director and
CEO Discovery Parks Trust and Discovery
Foundation
Few people display as much passion
for BC’s technology community as
Mark Betteridge. Mark has been a
tireless advocate of BC’s broad technology
community for over 20 years, as an angel
investor, board member and the Executive
Director and CEO of Discovery Parks Trust
and its charitable arm, the Discovery
Foundation.
Mark’s leadership began in 1991 at
Discovery Parks and since that time they
have created over 2 million square feet of
space; providing a home to more than 150
BC technology companies; contributed
over $16 million for research at BC universi-
ties, and provided capacity-building sup-
port at many local organizations through
the Discovery Foundation. Organizations
that have benefited from the contributions
of the Discovery Foundation include the
Wavefront Accelerator Centre, BCTIA , Life
Sciences BC, BCIT, SFU Time Centre, DigiBC,
the Vancouver Economic Development
Commission and ACETECH.
Recognizing the importance of building
our own tech talent, Mark was the first
contributor to the BC Tech Scholarship
Fund, leading a spontaneous challenge to
industry that added another $50,000 to the
fund during its inaugural launch. Around
the scholarship judging table Mark is a
notable advocate for championing candi-
dates with a strong combination of finan-
cial need and academic achievement.
Under Mark’s direction, Discovery Parks
has been recognized as an innovator,
developing a unique, flexible building
Tireless Passion for BC’s Technology Industry
BILL THOMPSON AWARD Sponsored by BCTIA
Acknowledging an individual who has demonstrated the highest level of leadership in BC’s technology industry throughout his or her business career
WINNER Mark Betteridge
“Angel Investor,
Board Member,
and Tireless
Advocate for the
BC Technology
Community”
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SPONSORS
WINNER
Berndtson partners and staff also spend
many hours volunteering at various com-
munity initiatives, collectively assisting
over 50 organizations.
As the sixth-largest search fi rm glob-
ally and the largest in Canada, Odgers
Berndtson has provided recruitment ser-
vices in the private and public sector for
more than 40 years.
www.odgersberndtson.ca
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Sponsored by SAP
Awarded to companies that engage employees in programs or initiatives that have a direct impact on the communities in which they live, work and play
Through the engagement of its partners
and employees, executive search fi rm
Odgers Berndtson has shown that cor-
porate social responsibility can have a mean-
ingful impact in our community. Engagement
is an integral part of Odgers Berndtson’s
culture, and the fi rm consistently achieves
100% employee and partner participation in
its community development programs.
Two examples that show the breadth
of Odgers Berndtson’s community
engagement include the company’s
support of the United Way and Nanook
House, a subsidized daycare for vulnerable
children and their families.
For the last 15 years, the company has
been a major sponsor of the United Way’s
eff orts in the Lower Mainland, managing
the Board Representative program and
often leading the small business category
in donations per capita. At Nanook House,
two partners led the campaign to develop
a new facility and each week two staff
spend an hour of company time reading
to and playing with the children there. In
addition to its corporate initiatives, Odgers
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Centre4Growth
Deloitte
E-Cubed Media Synthesis
Ernst & Young LLP
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The BCTIA wishes to recognize and thank the following sponsors for their support of the 2011 Technology Impact Awards.
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increasing production
capability to meet
customer demand. By
combining advanced manufacturing tech-
niques with quality staff, Avigilon is able to
manufacture its products at a lower cost
Due in large part to the efforts
of Avigilon’s Manufacturing
Operations depart-
ment, the company has
achieved significant increases
in product and operational effi-
ciencies. This team has allowed
the company to continue to
deliver on-time during its
phenomenal sales growth
while demonstrating that
there is a place for high
quality manufacturing in
North America.
As a company, Avigilon
designs, manufactures, and mar-
kets award-winning high defini-
tion (HD) surveillance solutions.
Their solutions protect and monitor
thousands of customer sites in over 65
countries.
In 2010, Avigilon invested over $2
million to build a dedicated manufac-
turing facility in Vancouver, dramatically
TEAM OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Wavefront™
Acknowledging a team of individuals, working at a non-executive level, who have made a significant contribution to the overall success of their organization
than manufacturing overseas.
Comprised of 40 employees, the
Manufacturing Operations team is the
heart of Avigilon’s successful product
delivery. As a team, they manage a
number of critical functions including pro-
curement and inventory control, sourcing
thousands of individual parts from all over
the world, and manufacturing. Avigilon
has recently invested millions of dollars
in Surface Mount Technology — robotic
assembly machines for printed circuit
boards.
Avigilon’s Manufacturing Operations
team supports the success of its global
sales team. They have been able to create
a 100% customer retention rate versus an
industry average of 70%, by ensuring that
Avigilon ships a high-quality product at a
reasonable price and in a timely manner.
www.avigilon.com
Excellence in SalesThe Vancouver Inside Sales team at SAP
comprises over 120 salespeople and is the
focal point for selling Business Analytics
software into the United States.
To improve revenues, in 2010 SAP
shifted its focus away from large enter-
prise sales and towards more specific
business solutions for companies of all
sizes. With its focus in the high-growth
area of Business Analytics, additional
revenue demands were asked of the
Vancouver Inside Sales Team. To execute,
the Inside Sales Team was expanded by
20% through new recruits and a rapid on-
boarding process was put in place in July
to bring the new hires up to speed.
Successful, the team celebrated the
biggest Q4 its ever had in 2010 – up more
than 66% from 2009.
NYSE:SAP
www.sap.com
Never Say NoWorking together to solve a broad
range of client problems is the Custom
Technology Solutions team at Vision
Critical. Comprised of multiple skill sets
—Flash Developers, 3D Artists, .NET
Developers, BI Analysts and Project
Managers, the team allows clients to tailor
the company’s powerful Sparq market
research platform to their exact research
needs.
Providing its own revenue stream
to the company by working mainly on
client – sponsored projects, many of this
teams projects have been productized as
features or as their own solutions. Because
of its skillset, the team also works on proof
of concept projects for the company. In
short, the Custom Technology Solutions
team at Vision Critical allows the company
to never say ‘no’ to a client request.
www.visioncritical.com
FINALISTS
Success for Advanced ManufacturingWINNER Avigilon
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AEROSPACE050 Engineering & Design .............................66
100 Manufacturing ............................................66
150 Maintenance
350 Training ............................................................66
310 Other .................................................................66
BIOTECHNOLOGYLIFE SCIENCES1010 Agricultural Biotech .................................66
1030 Bioproducts ...................................................66
1040 Medical Devices & Diagnostics .........66
1050 Pharmaceuticals .........................................66
1060 Research & Scientific Services ............67
1000 Other .................................................................67
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES2005 Alternative Energy.....................................67
2010 Alternative Engine Fuels ........................67
2020 Biofuels, Biomass &
Waste-to-Energy ........................................67
2030 Fuel Cells .........................................................67
2070 Power & Energy-Efficiency
Technologies ................................................68
2000 Other .................................................................68
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
3010 Electronics ......................................................68
3015 Engineering, Analytical & Design
Services ............................................................68
3020 Hardware ........................................................69
3022 Internet Services ........................................69
3025 Internet Providers ......................................69
3030 Software & Services ..................................69
3040 Telecommunications...............................72
3050 Videoconferencing/Webcasting ........72
3000 Other .................................................................72
NEW MEDIA4010 Animation/Digital Film ...........................73
4020 E-Learning ......................................................73
4030 Interactive Design &
Communications .......................................73
4040 Interactive Entertainment/Games ....73
4050 Software ..........................................................73
4060 Web Development/Marketing/
Commerce .....................................................74
4000 Other .................................................................74
SERVICES7010 Accounting ....................................................74
7013 Audiovisual ....................................................74
7015 Consultants ...................................................75
7020 Financial Services.......................................75
7030 Legal Services ..............................................75
7040 Marketing Research .................................75
7075 Professional Services ...............................75
7050 Recruiting .......................................................76
7999 Other .................................................................76
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES5010 Air Pollution Abatement Equipment,
Noise/Vibration Equipment ................76
5005 Electric Vehicle Technologies .............76
5030 Environmental Monitoring &
Instrumentation .........................................76
5040 Green Building & Sustainable
Planning Services ......................................76
5050 Hazardous/Solid Waste
Management ...............................................76
5060 Information Systems for Sustainable
Resource Management .........................76
5100 Water & Wastewater Treatment:
Water Conservation Equipment .......76
5000 Other .................................................................76
WIRELESS6010 Components, Infrastructure &
Devices .............................................................76
6030 Enabling Software .....................................77
6020 Wireless Applications ..............................77
6000 Other .................................................................77
AEROSPACEENGINEERING & DESIGN 050
Fast + Epp 1672 1st Ave W Suite 201, Vancouver V6J 1G1 ........... 604-731-7412 604-731-7620
[email protected] www.fastepp.com
MANUFACTURING 100
Avcorp Industries Inc 10025 River Way, Delta V4G 1M7 .......... 604-582-6677 604-582-2620
[email protected] www.avcorp.com
Black & Baird Ltd 1641 Welch St, North Vancouver V7P 3G9 David Hill ......... 604-986-1640 604-986-1675
[email protected] www.blackandbaird.bc.ca
DNA Data Networking and Assemblies Ltd 8057 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 5M8 John Stewart ... 604-439-1099 604-439-1187
[email protected] www.dnadata.net
Redline Pro Manufacturing 17768 65A Ave Suite 401, Surrey V3S 5N4 Lyle Hystad ...... 604-576-4142 604-576-4181
[email protected] www.redline-pro.com
Ryan Manufacturing Inc 23260 Fraserwood Way, Richmond V6V 3C7 Ali Fatemi ........ 604-517-5500 604-517-5501
[email protected] www.ryanmfg.net
Tekskil Industries Inc 998 Harbourside Dr Suite 102, North Vancouver V7P 3T2 Rick Anselmo ... 604-985-2250 877-576-8361
[email protected] www.Tekskil.com
Viking Air Ltd 1959 de Havilland Way, Sidney V8L 5V5 ............ 250-656-7227 250-656-0673
[email protected] www.vikingair.com
MAINTENANCE 150
Kelowna Flightcraft Group of Companies 5655 Airport Way, Kelowna V1V 1S1 ........... 250-491-5500 250-765-1489
[email protected] www.flightcraft.ca
Lyna Manufacturing Inc 1125 15th St W, North Vancouver V7P 1M7 Noorez Devraj .... 604-990-0988 866-486-7706
[email protected] www.tirelyna.com
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services Inc 4551 Agar Dr, Richmond V7B 1A4 Paul Cockell ..... 604-276-7600 604-276-7675
[email protected] www.vectoraerospace.com
TRAINING 350
Ashford Training Technologies Inc 18059 21A Ave, Surrey V3S 9V7 Robert J Earp ... 604-541-1662 604-541-1686
[email protected] www.ashford.ca
Coastal Pacific Aviation Ltd 30575 Approach Dr, Abbotsford V2T 6H5 Wayne Cave .... 604-855-1112 604-855-1088
[email protected] www.coastalpacific.com
System Safety Services 23100 Willett Ave, Richmond V6V 1G1 Renee M Dupont-Adam ............. 604-526-3993
604-526-3993 [email protected] www.system-safety.com
OTHER 310BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
Latitude Technologies Corp 3375 Whittier Ave Suite 101, Victoria V8Z 3R1 Mark Insley ...... 250-475-0203 250-475-0204
[email protected] www.latitudetech.com
SkyTrac Systems 170 Rutland Rd Suite 200, Kelowna V1X 3B2 Kathleen Wallace .. 250-765-2393 250-765-3767
[email protected] www.skytrac.ca
BIOTECHNOLOGY – LIFE SCIENCESAGRICULTURAL BIOTECH 1010
Functional Technologies Inc 5511 West Blvd Suite 218, Vancouver V6M 4H3 Howard Louie ..... 604-648-2200 604-648-2201
[email protected] www.functionaltechcorp.com
BIOPRODUCTS 1030Neova Technologies Inc 31212 Peardonville Rd, Abbotsford V2T 6K8 Rufino Dee ....... 604-504-0695 604-859-2679
[email protected] www.neovatech.com
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc 1199 Pender St W Suite 690, Vancouver V6E 2R1 Phillip Abrary ... 604-408-6697 604-408-4442
www.ostara.com
Xylon Biotechnologies Ltd 2665 East Mall FP Innovations Bldg (UBC), Vancouver V6T 1W5 David J Jones .. 604-224-7701 604-222-5690
[email protected] www.xylon.ca
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS 1040
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc 1618 Station St, Vancouver V6A 1B6 ........... 604-221-7676 604-221-2330
[email protected] www.angiotech.com
ARC Medical Devices Inc 2386 East Mall Suite 102, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 ............ 604-222-9577 604-222-9578
[email protected] www.arcmedicaldevices.com
Balbo Medical Systems 1311 Howe St Suite 216, Vancouver V6Z 2P3 Enrico Balbo .... 604-691-1782 604-691-1783
[email protected] www.balbomedicalsystems.com
biOasis Technologies Inc 1385 8th Ave W Suite 600, Vancouver V6H 3V9 Robin Hutchison .. 778-383-3280 604-215-0091
[email protected] www.bioasis.ca
BioCurex Inc 7080 River Rd Suite 215, Richmond V6X 1X5 ........... 604-207-9150 604-207-9165
[email protected] www.biocurex.com
Boreal Genomics Inc 2386 East Mall Suite 302, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 ............ 604-822-8268 604-822-2938
[email protected] www.borealgenomics.com
Coastal Contacts Inc/Clearly Contacts 2985 Virtual Way Suite 320, Vancouver V5M 4X7 Roger Vincent Hardy .................. 604-669-1555
604-669-6855 [email protected] www.coastalcontacts.com
Heart Force Medical Inc 1818 Cornwall Ave Suite 305, Vancouver V6J 1C7 Geoff Houlton .. 604-566-8202 604-566-8201
[email protected] www.heartforcemedical.com
Kardium Inc 12851 Rowan Pl Suite 100, Richmond V6V 2K5 ........... 604-248-8891 604-304-3478
[email protected] www.kardium.com
McKesson Medical Imaging 10711 Cambie Rd Suite 130, Richmond V6X 3G5 ........... 604-279-5422 604-279-0572
[email protected] www.mckesson.com
MDMI Technologies Inc 12051 Horseshoe Way Suite 110, Richmond V7A 4V4 Terry Kehoe ..... 604-275-7944 604-275-7970
[email protected] www.mdmicanada.com
Neovasc Inc 13700 Mayfield Pl Suite 2135, Richmond V6V 2E4............ 604-270-4344 604-270-4384
[email protected] www.neovasc.com
Perceptronix Medical Inc (PMI Labs) 555 8th Ave W Suite 400, Vancouver V5Z 1C6 Bojana Turic ..... 604-629-8785 604-629-8786
[email protected] www.pmilabs.com
Precision Injection Molding Inc 20133 102nd Ave Suite 4, Langley V1M 4B4 Paul Tontsch .... 604-888-2552 604-888-3242
[email protected] www.precision.bc.ca
Response Biomedical Corp 1781 75th Ave W, Vancouver V6P 6P2 ............ 604-456-6010 604-456-6066
[email protected] www.responsebio.com
Sirius Genomics Inc 1125 Howe St Suite 603, Vancouver V6Z 2K8............ 604-484-7195 604-484-7190
[email protected] www.siriusgenomics.com
Verisante Technology Inc 2309 41st Ave W Suite 306, Vancouver V6M 2A3 Thomas Braun .... 604-605-0507 604-605-0508
[email protected] www.verisante.com
Vigil Health Solutions Inc 4464 Markham St Suite 2102, Victoria V8Z 7X8 Troy Griffiths .... 250-383-6900 250-383-6999
[email protected] www.vigil.com
PHARMACEUTICALS 1050Allon Therapeutics Inc 1168 Hamilton St Suite 506, Vancouver V6B 2S2 Rick Smith ....... 604-742-2543 604-736-1616
[email protected] www.allontherapeutics.com
Amgen British Columbia Inc 7990 Enterprise St, Burnaby V5A 1V7 ........... 604-676-8300 604-676-8349
[email protected] www.amgen.com
Category indexA comprehensive listing of technology companies in British Columbia, organized by industry sector.
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Energy TechnologiesBiotechnology – Life Sciences
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc 5600 Parkwood Way Suite 430, Richmond V6V 2M2 Jason Robertson ... 604-629-9223 604-295-4748
[email protected] www.aqxpharma.com
Celator Pharmaceuticals 1779 75th Ave W, Vancouver V6P 6P2 ............ 604-708-5858 604-708-5883
[email protected] www.celatorpharma.com
Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc 8540 Baxter Pl, Burnaby V5A 4T8 ........... 604-225-2251 604-225-2257
[email protected] www.inimexpharma.com
Pegasus Pharmaceuticals Group Inc 11800 River Rd Suite 110-116, Richmond V6X 1Z7............ 604-303-9952 604-303-9926
[email protected] www.ppginco.com
QLT Inc 887 Great Northern Way Suite 101, Vancouver V5T 4T5 Robert Butchofsky .... 604-707-7000 604-707-7001
[email protected] www.qltinc.com
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp 8900 Glenlyon Pkwy Suite 100, Burnaby V5J 5J8 ............ 604-419-3200 604-419-3201
[email protected] www.tekmirapharm.com
Welichem Biotech Inc 4475 Wayburne Dr Suite 316, Burnaby V5G 3L1 Liren Tang ........ 604-432-1703 604-432-1704
[email protected] www.welichem.com
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc 3650 Gilmore Way, Burnaby V5G 4W8 .......... 604-484-3300 604-484-3450
[email protected] www.xenon-pharma.com
Zalicus Pharmaceuticals Ltd 2389 Health Sciences Mall Suite 301, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 ............ 604-909-2530 604-909-2538
www.zalicus.com
Zymeworks Inc 1385 8th Ave W Suite 540, Vancouver V6H 3V9 ........... 604-678-1388 604-737-7077
[email protected] www.zymeworks.com
RESEARCH & SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 1060
BRI Biopharmaceutical Research Inc 8898 Heather St Suite 101, Vancouver V6P 3S8 Clara Faan ....... 604-432-9237 604-432-9239
[email protected] www.bripharm.com
Kinexus Bioinformatics Corp 8755 Ash St Suite 1, Vancouver V6P 6T3 ............ 604-323-2547 604-323-2548
[email protected] www.kinexus.ca
OncoGeneX Technologies Inc 1001 Broadway W Suite 400, Vancouver V6H 4B1 ........... 604-736-3678 604-736-3687
[email protected] www.oncogenex.ca
STEMCELL Technologies Inc 570 7th Ave W Suite 400, Vancouver V5Z 1B3 Julie Robinson ... 604-877-0713 604-675-7830
[email protected] www.stemcell.com
TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver V6T 2A3 Timothy Meyer .... 604-222-7674 604-222-3791
[email protected] www.triumf.ca
OTHER 1000BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
Cardiome Pharma Corp 6190 Agronomy Rd Suite 600, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 ............ 604-677-6905 604-677-6915
[email protected] www.cardiome.com
enGene Inc 2386 East Mall Suite 100, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 ............ 604-221-4362 604-221-4369
[email protected] www.engeneinc.com
Genome BC 555 8th Ave W Suite 500, Vancouver V5Z 1C6 Sally Greenwood ........................ 604-738-8072
[email protected] www.genomebc.ca
Iotron Technologies Inc 1425 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam V3C 6L3 Juergen Rossdeutscher .............. 604-945-8838
604-945-8827 [email protected] www.iotron.com
Iotron provides Electron Beam irradiation processing services. Medical products sterilization, cross-linking of plastics, materials development, agricultural development, agricultural equipment sanitization. ISO 900-2000, ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 registered.
SFU Business – MBA in Management of Technology/Biotechnology 500 Granville St, Vancouver V6C 1W6 ..................................... 778-782-7847
www.sfubusiness.ca/mot The Management of Technology MBA covers the breadth of the business disciplines but focuses on the business opportunities and challenges of technology and biotechnology firms.
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESALTERNATIVE ENERGY 2005
Angstrom Power Inc 980 1st St W Suite 109, North Vancouver V7P 3N4 ........... 604-980-9936 604-980-9937
[email protected] www.angstrompower.com
Ballard Power Systems Inc 9000 Glenlyon Pkwy, Burnaby V5J 5J8 ............ 604-454-0900 604-412-4700
[email protected] www.ballard.com
Bionic Power Inc 8888 University Dr SSB K9625, Burnaby V5A 1S6 ..................................... 778-330-4217
[email protected] www.bionic-power.com
Bullfrog Power 163 Hastings St W Suite 405, Vancouver V6B 1H5 ........... 877-360-3464 866-917-7318
www.bullfrogpower.com
Cloudworks Energy Inc 1168 Hamilton St Suite 403, Vancouver V6B 2S2 ........... 604-633-9990 604-633-9991
[email protected] www.cloudworksenergy.com
Day4 Energy Inc 4621 Canada Way Suite 401, Burnaby V5G 4X8 Keri-Anne Livingstone ................ 604-297-0444
604-297-0445 [email protected] www.day4energy.com
dPoint Technologies Inc 1275 Venables St, Vancouver V6A 2E4 James Dean .... 604-488-1132 604-488-1132
[email protected] www.dpoint.ca
EA Energy Alternatives Ltd 4217 Glanford Ave Suite 5, Victoria V8Z 4B9............ 250-727-0522 250-727-2286
[email protected] www.energyalternatives.ca
Endurance Wind Power 19052 26th Ave Suite 107, Surrey V3S 3V7 ........... 888-440-4451 604-542-9463
[email protected] www.endurancewindpower.com
Finavera Renewables Inc 595 Burrard St Suite 3113 Box 49071, Vancouver V7X 1G4 ........... 604-288-9051 604-684-2722
[email protected] www.finavera.com
Freethem Inc 1321 33rd Ave W, Vancouver V6M 1A6 Claes Fredriksson ....................... 604-767-3635
[email protected] www.freethem.com
General Fusion Inc 3680 Bonneville Pl Suite 108, Burnaby V3N 4T5 ...................................... 604-439-3003
[email protected] www.generalfusion.com
GeoTility Geothermal Installations Corp 4611 Viking Way Unit 150, Richmond V6V 2K9 Barry Milner .... 604-273-5776 604-273-5779
[email protected] www.geotility.ca
Lockhart Industries Ltd PO Box 784, Duncan V9L 3Y1 Doug Lockhart .... 250-748-1783 250-743-4570
[email protected] www.lockhart.ca
Magma Energy Corp 625 Howe St Suite 410, Vancouver V6C 2T6............ 604-687-0407 604-687-7041
[email protected] www.magmaenergycorp.com
MagPower Systems Inc 1480 Foster St Suite 20, White Rock V4B 3X7 ........... 778-294-3211 778-294-3212
[email protected] www.magpowersystems.com
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc 409 Granville St Suite 900, Vancouver V6C 1T2............ 604-688-1553 604-688-5926
[email protected] www.nevadageothermal.com
Plutonic Power Corp 888 Dunsmuir St Suite 600, Vancouver V6C 3K4 ........... 604-669-4999 604-682-3727
[email protected] www.plutonic.ca
Schneider Electric (Renewables Business Unit) 8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby V5A 4B5 ........... 604-422-8595 604-420-1591
[email protected] www.schneider-electric.com/renewable-energies
Sea Breeze Power Corp 333 Seymour St Suite 1400 Box 91, Vancouver V6B 5A6 ........... 604-689-2991 604-689-2990
[email protected] www.seabreezepower.com
Swift Power Corp 33 Water St Suite 901, Vancouver V6B 1R4 ........... 604-637-6393 604-688-4457
[email protected] www.swiftpower.ca
Tekion, Inc 8602 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N6 Neil Huff .......... 604-656-6617 604-656-6620
[email protected] www.tekion.com
TransAlta (formerly Canadian Hydro Developers) 110 12th Ave SW PO Box 1900 Stn M, Calgary AB T2P 2M1 403-267-7110 www.transalta.com
ALTERNATIVE ENGINE FUELS 2010
Fluidseal Inc 13680 Bridgeport Rd Suite 5, Richmond V6V 1V3 ........... 604-278-6808 604-278-6180
[email protected] www.sealsonline.com
Westport Innovations Inc 1750 75th Ave W Suite 101, Vancouver V6P 6G2 ........... 604-718-2000 604-718-2001
[email protected] www.westport.com
BIOFUELS, BIOMASS & WASTE-TO-ENERGY 2020
Heuristic Engineering Inc 3040 5th Ave W, Vancouver V6K 1T9 Malcolm David Lefcort ............... 604-263-8005
604-263-0786 [email protected] www.heuristicengineering.com
Lignol Energy Corp 4705 Wayburne Dr Suite 101, Burnaby V5G 3L1............ 604-222-9800 604-222-9801
[email protected] www.lignol.ca
Nexterra Systems Corp 650 Georgia St W Suite 1300 PO Box 11582, Vancouver V6B 4N8 Darcy Quinn ..... 604-637-2501 604-637-2506
[email protected] www.nexterra.ca
FUEL CELLS 2030
Greenlight Innovation Corp 3430 Brighton Ave Suite 104A, Burnaby V5A 3H4 Ross Bailey ...... 604-676-4012 604-676-4111
[email protected] www.greenlightinnovation.com
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POWER & ENERGY-EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES 2070
ABB Inc 3731 North Fraser Way Suite 600, Burnaby V5J 5J2 Allan Patendaude .. 604-434-2454 604-433-1564
www.abb.caAccelRate Power Systems Inc 1130 Pender St W Suite 730, Vancouver V6E 4A4 Reimar Koch .... 604-688-8656 604-688-8654
[email protected] www.accelrate.com
Alpha Technologies Ltd 7700 Riverfront Gate, Burnaby V5J 5M4 Paul Drabble .... 604-430-1476 604-436-1233
[email protected] www.alpha.caAnalytic Systems Ware (1993) Ltd 8128 River Way, Delta V4G IK5 Bill Walker ....... 604-946-9981 604-946-9983
[email protected] www.analyticsystems.com
BL Innovative Lighting 8838 Heather St Suite 111, Vancouver V6P 3S8 Betty Lou Pacey ... 604-874-4405 604-321-0445
[email protected] www.bllighting.comCarmanah Technologies Corp 203 Harbour Rd Bldg 4, Victoria V9A 3S2 ........... 250-380-0052 250-380-0062
[email protected] www.carmanah.comDelta-Q Technologies Corp 3755 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H3 ........... 604-327-8244 604-327-8246
[email protected] www.delta-q.comE-Factor Engineering Inc 1636 2nd Ave W Suite 201, Vancouver V6J 1H4 Brian Sikorski....... 604-708-4140 604-708-4144
[email protected] www.eforenergy.comE-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd 20000 Stewart Cres, Maple Ridge V2X 9E7 Alyson Cuthbertson .. 604-466-6604 604-466-6600
[email protected] www.molienergy.comEcoCentury Technologies Inc 12417 Meadowbrook Pl, Maple Ridge V4R 2H6 Stephen Gibson .......................... 604-467-2625
[email protected] www.ecocentury.caEnergex Inc 138 8th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1N2 Rami Belson .... 604-448-1899 604-629-4855
[email protected] www.energexinc.comHoneywell Process Solutions 500 Brooksbank Ave, North Vancouver V7J 3S4 Gary Burma ...... 604-980-3421 604-980-0120
[email protected] www.honeywell.com
NxtGen Emission Controls Inc 13155 Delf Pl Suite 220, Richmond V6V 2A2 Jim Mann ........ 604-688-7841 604-688-8698
[email protected] www.nxtgen.comRainforest Automation Inc 34 7th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1L6 Bill Richardson .... 604-630-4287 604-879-4287
[email protected] www.rainforestautomation.com
Smartcool Systems Inc 333 Seymour St Suite 1280, Vancouver V6B 5A6 Cameron Hunter .... 604-669-1388 604-602-0674
[email protected] www.smartcool.netTantalus 3480 Gilmore Way Suite 301, Burnaby V5G 4Y1 Rob Lauridsen-Hoegh ................. 604-299-0458
604-451-4111 [email protected] www.tantalus.com
OTHER 2000BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.orgComputrol Fuel Systems Inc 8537 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N4 Doug Cousins ..... 604-421-1001 604-421-1007
[email protected] www.computrolfuel.com
International Thermal Research 2431 Simpson Rd, Richmond V6X 2R2 Les M Ohno ..... 604-278-1272 604-278-1274
[email protected] www.itrheat.com
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYELECTRONICS 3010
AIC Communications Inc 950 Powell St Suite 102, Vancouver V6A 1H9 Mimmo Guadagnuolo ................. 604-872-1112
604-629-1950 [email protected] www.aiccommunications.com
Alpha Technologies Ltd 7700 Riverfront Gate, Burnaby V5J 5M4 Paul Drabble .... 604-430-1476 604-436-1233
[email protected] www.alpha.caAmpco Manufacturers Inc 9 Burbidge St Suite 101, Coquitlam V3K 7B2 ........... 604-472-3800 604-944-4017
[email protected] www.ampcomfg.comAstec Components Ltd 19567 Fraser Hwy Suite 190, Surrey V3S 9A4 Urs D Kissling ............................. 604-532-3881
[email protected] www.astec.caCadex Electronics Inc 22000 Fraserwood Way, Richmond V6W 1J6 Dave Birkenheuer .. 604-231-7777 604-231-7750
[email protected] www.cadex.comCanadian Circuits Inc 13140 88 Ave Suite 12, Surrey V3W 3K3 Praveen Arya ... 604-599-8600 604-599-8181
[email protected] www.canadiancircuits.com
CBVL Robotics Inc 68 Schooner St, Coquitlam V3K 7B1 Ed Tycholaz ...... 604-522-3761 604-522-8167
[email protected] www.cbvl.com
Creation Technologies Inc 3939 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 5J2 Janelle Urchenko .. 604-430-4336 604-430-4337
[email protected] www.creationtech.com
Dena Technologies Inc 3191 Thunderbird Cres Suite 105, Burnaby V5A 3G1 Jean-Pierre Ostrander ................ 604-765-0880
604-676-2529 [email protected] www.denatechnologies.com
Dorigo Systems Ltd 3885 Henning Dr, Burnaby V5C 6N5 Paul Vasvary .... 604-294-4600 604-294-4609
[email protected] www.dorigo.comIonocom Communications Inc 1861 Welch St Suite 113, North Vancouver V7P 1B7 Nick Massey .... 604-924-5184 604-648-8116
[email protected] www.ionocom.comNorpac Controls Ltd 7500 Winston St, Burnaby V5A 4X5 ........... 604-422-3775 604-422-3788
[email protected] www.norpaccontrols.com
Omni Graphics Ltd 12760 Bathgate Way Suite 2, Richmond V6V 1Z4 Mike Lesiak ..... 604-276-9717 604-276-2514
[email protected] www.omnigraph.comPacific Design Engineering (PDE) 8505 Eastlake Dr, Burnaby V5A 4T7 Bruce Stevens .... 604-421-1311 604-421-9202
[email protected] www.pde.comPacific Insight Electronics Corp 1155 Insight Dr, Nelson V1L 5P5 ............ 250-354-1155 250-505-2131
[email protected] www.pacificinsight.com
Padtech Global Sourcing 6165 Hwy 17 Suite 340, Delta V4K 5B8 Dan Lionello .... 604-946-4799 604-946-3186
[email protected] www.padtech.comPMC-Sierra 8555 Baxter Pl, Burnaby V5A 4V7 Greg Lang ........ 604-415-6000 604-415-6200
[email protected] www.pmc-sierra.com
S-P International Inc 3711 North Fraser Way Suite 650, Burnaby V5J 5J2 Wilf Wassersleben .................... 604-324-4811
604-324-3148 [email protected] www.s-pintl.com
Watlow Western Canada 9912 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby V3J 1N3 Tom Duffy ........ 604-444-4881 604-444-4883
[email protected] www.watlow.com
ENGINEERING, ANALYTICAL & DESIGN SERVICES 3015
3DM Devices Inc 3347 262 St Suite 7, Aldergrove V4W 3V9 John Keightley 604-856-8311 604-856-4442
[email protected] www.3dm.com
Acumen Engineering Ltd 2700 Production Way Suite 650, Burnaby V5A 4X1 Maciej Lewandowski ................. 604-676-9545
604-676-9544 [email protected] www.acumenengineering.ca
Belcarra Technologies 255 Newport Dr Suite 360, Port Moody V3H 5H1 Jack van den Akker .................... 604-617-3649
604-931-6057 [email protected] www.belcarra.com
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean .. 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
Form3 Design Inc 405 Railway St Suite 201, Vancouver V6A 1A7 Alex Feldman ... 604-709-3676 604-709-0232
[email protected] www.form3.com We are product development specialists, providing over 70 years of collective experience in industrial design, mechanical design, product graphics and interface, electronic design integration and transfer to manufacturing.
Hawk Ridge Systems 10451 Shellbridge Way Suite 204, Richmond V6X 2W8 Ian G Harvey .... 604-241-4223 604-241-4211
[email protected] www.hawkridgesys.com
Levelton Consultants Ltd 12791 Clarke Pl Suite 150, Richmond V6V 2H9 Alex W Schutte ... 604-278-1411 604-278-1042
[email protected] www.levelton.com
Maxxam Analytics Inc 8577 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N5........... 604-444-4808 604-444-4511
[email protected] www.maxxamanalytics.com
McGauley Consultants Ltd 7580 Columbia St Suite 201, Vancouver V5X 4S8 Terry McGauley .......................... 604-325-2038
[email protected] www.mcgauleyconsultants.com
OA Solutions 1140 Pender St W Suite 1370, Vancouver V6E 4G1 ..... 604-632-0333 www.oasolutions.ca
- Decals & Nameplates- Membrane Switches & Overlays- Embedded LED & OLED Displays- Rubber & Plastic Components- LED & Fiber Optic Switches
- Reliable & Efficient Stocking Programs with EDI, Kanban & JIT- Custom Assembly - Off-Shore Manufacturing Solutions
MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
Ampco Manufacturers Inc. Tel. 604.472.3800 www.ampcomfg.com
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Pacific Design Engineering (PDE) 8505 Eastlake Dr, Burnaby V5A 4T7 Bruce Stevens ..... 604-421-1311 604-421-9202
[email protected] www.pde.com PDE specializes in concept development and industrial design, mechanical and electronics design, CAE solids modeling, CAD PCB design, prototypes and CNC machining.Pragmatic Group 1275 6th Ave W Suite 300, Vancouver V6H 1A6 Jorge Bercianos ......................... 800-930-3767
604-738-7134 [email protected] www.pragmatic-group.com
Robert Allan Ltd 1639 2nd Ave W Suite 230, Vancouver V6J 1H3 Ernst Schneider ... 604-736-9466 604-736-9483
[email protected] www.ral.caSystem Directions Ltd 42 Fawcett Rd Unit 110, Coquitlam V3K 6X9 Kenneth E Murdoch .................... 604-526-4616
604-526-4618 [email protected] www.system-directions.com
Tangram Design Ltd 1735 15th Ave E, Vancouver V5N 2G2 Robert Johnston .. 604-628-8200 604-484-4887
[email protected] www.tangramdesign.com
Thurber Engineering Ltd 1281 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 3J7 David Hill ......... 604-684-4384 604-684-5124
[email protected] www.thurber.ca
HARDWARE 3020Business Pro Computers 195 3rd Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1E6 Monica Noren .... 604-871-0195 604-871-0194
[email protected] www.businesspro.com
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean ...... 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
Icron Technologies Corp 4664 Lougheed Hwy Suite 221, Burnaby V5C 5T5 Katherine Wong .... 604-638-3920 604-638-3930
[email protected] www.icron.com
Oce Display Graphics Systems 13231 Delf Pl Suite 501, Richmond V6V 2C3 Dale Mortimer ..... 604-273-7730 604-273-2775
[email protected] www.oce.com
Phase 1 Systems Corp 410 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5C 5G4 Steve Neophytou ... 604-291-1558 604-298-5126
[email protected] www.phase-1.com
Versawave Technologies Inc 4664 Lougheed Hwy Suite 182, Burnaby V5C 5T5 Hiroshi Kato ..... 604-221-5452 604-221-5453
[email protected] www.versawave.com
INTERNET SERVICES 3022
BC Search Engine Optimization Marketing 6486 Telford Ave Suite 2, Burnaby V5H 2Z2 Milton Wongso .......................... 604-800-1189
[email protected] www.bcsearchengineoptimization.com
Georeference Online Ltd 850 Hastings St W Suite 301, Vancouver V6C 1E1 Clinton Smyth .... 604-692-0850 604-692-0850
[email protected] www.georeferenceonline.com
Pacific Online 601 Cordova St W Suite 100, Vancouver V6B 1G1 Laura Anderson ... 604-638-6010 604-638-6020
[email protected] www.pacificonline.com
Pitstop Media Inc 8322 130 St Suite 202B, Surrey V3W 8J9 Siva Raju .................................... 778-218-2665
[email protected] www.pitstopmedia.com
Prime Signal Ltd 12820 Clarke Pl Suite 160, Richmond V6V 2H1 .......... 604-207-8735 604-207-8736
[email protected] www.primesignal.com
Shaw Business 3636 23rd St NE Suite 100, Calgary AB T2E 8Z5 Andrew Fowler .... 604-629-3283 604-629-3036
[email protected] www.shaw.ca/sbs
Standard Marketing Ltd 2309 41st Ave W Suite 302, Vancouver V6M 2A3 Ken Lapp .......... 604-722-9375 604-731-3996
[email protected] www.standardmarketing.ca
TeraGo Networks Inc 1683 Cliveden Ave, Delta V3M 6V5 Patrick Mitchell ... 604-540-0141 604-540-0143
[email protected] www.terago.ca
Vancouver Profile Online Services PO Box 21736, Vancouver V5L 5G2 Darin Draganov .......................... 604-617-6014
[email protected] www.vancouverprofile.com
Webnames.ca Inc 21 Water St Suite 500, Vancouver V6B 1A1 Julianna Horvat ... 604-633-1142 604-633-3174
[email protected] www.webnames.ca
INTERNET PROVIDERS 3025
Internet Lightspeed Communications – Dolphin Global Tel 6960 Royal Oak Ave Suite 200, Burnaby V5J 4J2 Jason Milne .... 604-482-1190 604-482-1191
[email protected] www.lightspeed.ca
Islandnet.com – Web Hosting and Web Design 777 Goldstream Ave Suite 101, Victoria V9B 2X4 Mark Morley .... 250-383-0096 250-383-0096
[email protected] www.islandnet.com
Navigata Communications 949 3rd St W Suite 121, North Vancouver V7P 3P7 ............ 604-990-2000 604-990-2020
[email protected] www.navigata.ca
Prime Signal Ltd 12820 Clarke Pl Suite 160, Richmond V6V 2H1 .......... 604-207-8735 604-207-8736
[email protected] www.primesignal.com
Radiant Communications Corp 1050 Pender St W Suite 1600, Vancouver V6E 4T3 Chuck Leighton .... 604-692-4531 604-608-0999
[email protected] www.radiant.net
Skyway West 555 Hastings St W PO Box 12013, Vancouver V6B 4N4 Chris Miles ...... 604-482-1225 604-482-1299
[email protected] www.skywaywest.com
Business class access since 1996. Connecting Canada! ADSL, bonding and failover, wireless, fibre, co-locate, VoIP. Reliable access and excellent service.
Uniserve Communications Corp 610 Sixth St Suite 200, New Westminster V3L 3C2 ............ 604-395-3900 604-524-9932
www.uniserve.com
SOFTWARE & SERVICES 3030
1stDataRecovery.com 2981 Simpson Rd Suite 210, Richmond V6X 2R2 K Ye ............................................ 604-681-3792
[email protected] www.1stdatarecovery.com
3LOG Systems Inc 2633 Viking Way Suite 208, Richmond V6V 3B6 ...................................... 604-249-2101
[email protected] www.3log.com
Absolute Software Corp 1055 Dunsmuir St Suite 1600 PO Box 49211, Vancouver V7X 1K8 Ada Ho ............. 604-730-9851 604-730-2621
[email protected] www.absolute.com
Accenture 401 Georgia St W Suite 1400, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ........... 604-646-5000 604-646-5001
www.accenture.ca
ACL Services Ltd 1550 Alberni St, Vancouver V6G 1A5 Harald Will ...... 604-669-4225 604-669-3557
[email protected] www.acl.com
The Active Network 6400 Roberts St Suite 300, Burnaby V5G 4C9 Alex Barnetson .... 800-661-1196 604-432-9708
[email protected] www.activenetwork.com
ActiveState Software 409 Granville St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6C 1T2 Bart Copeland .... 778-786-1100 778-786-1133
[email protected] www.activestate.com
Andornot Consulting Inc 808 Nelson St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6Z 2H2 Kathy Bryce ..... 604-269-2525 604-269-2527
[email protected] www.andornot.com
Annex Consulting Group Inc 555 Burrard St Suite 900, Vancouver V7X 1M8 Stacey Cerniuk .... 604-443-5036 604-443-5037
[email protected] www.annexgroup.com
Software development, project management, business analysis, network infrastructure. 7,500 consultants, great rates. 97% client satisfaction across 1,200 projects since 1997!
The Answer Company 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Shawn Ostheimer..... 604-473-9166 604-473-9115
[email protected] www.theanswerco.com
ATP Engineering Inc 20800 Westminster Hwy Suite 1103, Richmond V6V 2W3 Chris Duncombe .... 604-214-9657 604-214-9658
[email protected] www.atpeng.com
Backbone Systems 887 Great Northern Way Suite 160, Vancouver V5T 1E1 Sarah Morton ..... 604-629-5538 888-629-5938
[email protected] www.backbonesystems.ca
Banks-Hill Systems Ltd 1350 Burrard St Suite 300, Vancouver V6Z 0C2 Shannon Jolley.... 778-772-8367 778-488-4550
[email protected] www.bankshill.com
Bell Business Solutions 2985 Virtual Way Suite 260, Vancouver V5M 4X7 .......... 604-678-7100 604-298-3430
www.businesssolution.bell.caBerkley Custom Software Consultants 1431 Berkley Rd, North Vancouver V7H 1Y5 Gary Dunnet ............................... 778-228-4512
[email protected] Stream Software Inc 5151 Canada Way Suite 300, Burnaby V5E 3N1 Lak Chahal ....... 604-522-6300 866-834-7622
[email protected] www.binarystream.com
Symmetrical Internet Connectivity Server Co-Location Facilities Voice/Data Cabling Advanced IP Services Unrivalled Support
High speed access to the Internet for your business.Cost effective bandwidth for Vancouver & Calgary.
Wireless, Fiber, DSL Advanced Bonding Services Redundancy Point to Point LAN Email & Web Hosting
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Burli Software Inc 4664 Lougheed Hwy Suite 264, Burnaby V5C 5T5 Mike Moreau ... 604-684-3140 604-684-4160
[email protected] www.burli.com
Candlewest Systems Ltd 4400 Dominion St Suite 100, Burnaby V5G 4G3 Shannon Walsh ..... 604-453-5800 604-453-5870
[email protected] www.candlewest.com
Helping mid-sized businesses increase efficiency and stay competitive by implementing accounting, manufacturing, distribution and sales process systems.
CDC Software 1055 Hastings St W Suite 800, Vancouver V6E 2E9 ............ 604-699-8000 604-699-8001
[email protected] www.cdcsoftware.com
CGI Group Inc 1405 Douglas St Suite 600, Victoria V8W 2G2 .......... 250-383-3934 250-388-5018
[email protected] www.cgi.com
CloudPockets 551 Austin Ave, Coquitlam V3K 6R7 Guy Moss ................................... 778-588-7186
[email protected] www.cloudpockets.com
Coastal Range Systems Inc 6400 Roberts St Suite 200, Burnaby V5G 4C9 Stephen Loyd ... 604-473-2100 604-299-2878
[email protected] www.coastalrange.ca Coastal Range Systems Inc provides business and software solutions that provide clarity into your business. To learn more how Coastal Range Systems improves business management, resulting in enhanced quality and streamlined decision making visit us at http://www.coastalrange.ca.
Cogent Health Solutions Inc 321 Water St Suite 501, Vancouver V6B 1B8 Len Grenier ...... 604-708-9075 604-687-6942
www.cogenths.com
Compugen Systems Ltd 13151 Vanier Pl Suite 130, Richmond V6V 2J2............ 604-801-5500 604-801-5551
[email protected] www.compugen.com
Compuwork Pacific Inc 885 Dunsmuir St Suite 599, Vancouver V6C 1N5 Richard Rickard ... 604-684-8211 604-684-8210
[email protected] www.compuwork.net
Conquer Mobile Inc 887 Great Northern Way Suite 115, Vancouver V5T 4T5 Helen Goddard ........................... 604-629-5972
[email protected] www.conquermobile.com
Conquer Mobile creates mobile apps that guide people to what’s nearby. Customers include McDonald’s Canada, Canpages and Ziplocal.
Corecon Construction Software 1875 Tolmie St, Vancouver V6R 4B9 Ian Broadfoot .............................. 604-224-1366
[email protected] www.corecon.com
DDP Consulting Group/Dynamic Datacorp People Box 28609 RPO WH, Burnaby V5C 6J4 Alan York ......... 604-294-9193 604-294-9155
[email protected] www.ddp.ca
Digital Payment Technologies Corp 4105 Grandview Hwy, Burnaby V5C 6B4 Chris Chettle .... 604-688-1959 604-629-1867
[email protected] www.digitalpaytech.com
Discovery Software Ltd 30720 Simpson Rd Suite 202, Abbotsford V2T 6C7 Lorne Churchill .... 604-853-5800 604-853-5867
[email protected] www.discoverysoftware.com
Distributed Systems Software 3253 Georgia St, Richmond V7E 2R4 Barry Brachman .......................... 604-270-9559
[email protected] www.dss.ca
DK Systems Inc 1681 Chestnut St Suite 400, Vancouver V6J 4M6 Dave Kennedy ............................ 604-669-1802
[email protected] www.dksy.net
Dougan Consulting Group Inc 1641 Lonsdale Ave Suite 101, North Vancouver V7M 2J5 Des Dougan ..... 604-628-5434 604-904-0237
[email protected] www.DouganConsulting.com
e-Courier.ca 5729 West Blvd Suite 2, Vancouver V6M 3W8 Robert MacKenzie ...................... 604-261-4631
[email protected] www.e-courier.ca
Eclipsys Corp 13888 Wireless Way Suite 1123, Richmond V6V 0A3 ........... 604-273-4900 604-273-2764
[email protected] www.eclipsys.com
Elastic Path Software 1045 Howe St Suite 800, Vancouver V6Z 2A9 Matt Dion ........ 604-408-8078 604-408-8079
[email protected] www.elasticpath.com
Eloquent Systems Inc 135 15th St E Unit 102, North Vancouver V7L 2P7 Merv Richter .... 604-980-8358 604-980-9537
[email protected] www.eloquent-systems.com
Enterprise CodeWorks Inc 671H Market Hill, Vancouver V5Z 4B5 Norris Phillippe 604-876-6642 604-876-6623
[email protected] www.ecodeworks.com Supply chain management software for forest products, energy, recycled and bulk materials. Representing the “TOPS/4” System. We deliver solutions that really work!
EPSI Computer Systems Inc 11238 Kendale View, Delta V4C 3P9 Carolyn Eppich ............................ 604-628-9697
[email protected] www.epsi.ca
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean .. 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
Esi Software Inc 980 1st Ave W Suite 113, North Vancouver V7P 3N4 Alan G Bessey ..... 604-990-1779 604-990-1789
[email protected] www.esilaw.com
Essential Software Solutions Inc 3438 Lougheed Hwy Suite 200, Vancouver V5M 2A4 Gordon Muir .... 604-215-3200 604-215-1115
[email protected] www.essoft.com
Faronics 609 Granville St Suite 620 PO Box 10362, Vancouver V7Y 1G5 Kelly Batke ...... 604-637-3333 604-637-8188
[email protected] www.faronics.com
Fdata Management Software Inc 555 Burrard St Suite 900, Vancouver V7X 1M8 Mark Allen ....... 604-443-5063 604-443-5064
[email protected] www.foundationdms.com
FINCAD 13450 102nd Ave Suite 1750, Surrey V3T 5X3............ 604-957-1200 604-957-1201
[email protected] www.fincad.com
Flagship Systems 3920 Norland Ave Suite 103, Burnaby V5G 4K7 David Cox ................................... 604-294-1070
[email protected] www.flagshipsystems.com
Galdos Systems Inc 409 Granville St Suite 1300, Vancouver V6C 1T2............ 604-484-2750 604-484-2755
[email protected] www.galdosinc.com
GaleForce Solutions Inc 409 Granville St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6C 1T2 Kirk Herrington .... 778-327-6594 604-682-5811
[email protected] www.galeforcesolutions.com
GensCorp IT 221 Esplande W Suite 308, North Vancouver V7M 3J3 Neil Jones .................................. 888-299-3331
[email protected] www.genscorp.com
Global Relay Communications Inc 220 Cambie St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2M9 Shannon Rogers .... 604-484-6630 604-608-2941
[email protected] www.globalrelay.com
GM Solutions Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Zoran Nikolic ... 604-473-7776 604-676-2777
[email protected] www.gmsolutions.net
Gravit-e Technologies Inc 163 Hastings St W Suite 320, Vancouver V6B 1H5 Nick Oostveen .... 604-637-6567 604-608-5528
[email protected] www.gravit-e.ca
Gravity Computers Inc 3820 Cessna Dr Suite 254, Richmond V7B 0A2 James Kang ..... 604-872-0123 604-872-0127
[email protected] www.gravitycomputers.com
Harts Systems Ltd 431 Mountain Hwy Suite 4, North Vancouver V7J 2L1 David Allen ...... 888-734-1119 604-990-9144
[email protected] www.harts.com
Hum Technology Ltd 435 Railway St , Vancouver V6A 1A7 Ivy Dumalogdog ..... 604-288-7669 604-551-4651
[email protected] www.hum-tech.com
Hypercube Technologies Corp 13775 Commerce Pkwy Suite 230, Richmond V6V 2V4 Bill Bilic ........... 604-241-9011 604-241-9097
[email protected] www.hypercube.biz
Ideaca Knowledge Services Ltd 560 Beatty St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2L3 Sunny Sung ..... 604-669-6811 604-689-8915
[email protected] www.ideaca.com
In-House Solutions 7455 132 St Suite 108, Surrey V3W 1J8 Ajmer Gill ........ 604-572-1921 604-572-1923
[email protected] www.inhousesolutions.com
INETCO Systems Ltd 4664 Lougheed Hwy Suite 258, Burnaby V5C 5T5 Stacy Gorkoff ... 604-451-1567 604-451-1565
[email protected] www.inetco.com
Infonet Technology Corp 688 Hastings St W Suite 800, Vancouver V6B 1P1 Lee Barter ........ 604-689-7589 604-689-7599
[email protected] www.infonet-tech.com
Integrio Systems 4475 Wayburne Dr Suite 301, Burnaby V5G 4X4 Alex Mykhaylov .......................... 888-338-7638
[email protected] www.integrio.net
iQmetrix 250 Howe St Suite 1210, Vancouver V6C 3R8 ........... 866-476-3874 604-568-0462
[email protected] www.iqmetrix.com
Klein Systems Group Ltd 4400 Dominion St Suite 360, Burnaby V5G 4G3 Gina Arsens ..... 604-689-7117 604-689-7119
[email protected] www.kleinsystems.com
Knowledgetech Consulting Inc 1238 Homer St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2Y5 Al Ytsma .......... 604-484-4598 604-648-8693
[email protected] www.knowledgetech.com
Kobelt Development Inc 17768 65A Ave Suite 404, Surrey V3S 5N4 Tom Kobelt ...... 604-574-7225 604-574-7256
[email protected] www.kdi.ca
Kodak Graphic Communications Group 3700 Gilmore Way, Burnaby V5G 4M1 .......... 604-451-2700 604-437-2700
[email protected] www.graphics.kodak.com
Linkatech Technologies 5850 Byrne Rd Suite 7A, Burnaby V5J 3J3 Jim Chapotelle ........................... 604-434-5465
[email protected] www.linkatech.com
Loki Systems Inc 13351 Commerce Pkwy Suite 1258, Richmond V6V 2X7 Jo Swann ........ 604-249-5050 604-948-3427
[email protected] www.lokisys.com Loki Systems develops enterprise software solutions that optimize workforce utilization and streamline time and attendance, scheduling and payroll processes.
Make Technologies Inc 1188 Georgia St W Suite 1790, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Wendy Van Donkelaar ................ 604-738-4999
604-738-4979 [email protected] www.maketechnologies.com
Maximizer Software Inc 1090 Pender St W Suite 1000, Vancouver V6E 2N7 Ursula Klein ..... 604-601-8000 604-601-8001
[email protected] www.maximizer.com Maximizer® Software delivers easy to use and affordable customer relationship management (CRM) and mobile CRM solutions. Easily configurable for organizations in any industry, Maximizer CRM optimizes sales processes, enhances marketing initiatives and improves customer service to ultimately boost productivity and revenue. On-premise and cloud-based solutions available.
Medinet Health Systems Inc 1755 Broadway W Suite 312, Vancouver V6J 4S5 Kate Culter ...... 604-737-1477 604-742-8850
[email protected] www.medi.net
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Michitsch Systems Inc 460 39th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 2P7 Catherine Michitsch ................... 604-876-9204
[email protected] www.michitschsystems.com
Microserve 4295 Dawson St, Burnaby V5C 4B3 Angie Gallo ...... 604-473-9883 604-473-9887
[email protected] www.microserve.ca
Microsoft Canada Development Centre 13511 Commerce Pkwy, Richmond V6V 2J8............ 604-247-6000 604-247-1433
www.microsoft.com/canada
Microzip Data Corp 788 Beatty St Suite 306, Vancouver V6B 2M1 Axel Krieger ..... 604-683-3711 604-683-4099
[email protected] www.microzip.com
MRX Solutions Corp 470 Kingsway Ave Suite 103, Vancouver V5T 3J9 Sava Jurisic ..... 604-676-2362 604-676-2362
[email protected] www.mrxsolutions.com
MultiHat Solutions Inc 970 Burrard St Suite 237, Vancouver V6Z 2R4............ 604-899-2599 604-899-2519
[email protected] www.multihat.com
Navarik Corp 56 2nd Ave E Suite 400, Vancouver V5T 1B1 Patrick Rooney ..... 604-633-0018 604-633-0019
[email protected] www.navarik.com
netArchitechs 409 Granville St Suite 1402, Vancouver V6C 1T2....................................... 604-687-2724
[email protected] www.netArchitechs.ca
Netcetera Consulting Inc 120 Lonsdale Ave Suite 300, North Vancouver V7M 2E8 Steve Weeks .............................. 604-980-2700
[email protected] www.netcetera.ca
NetPersist Solutions Group Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Mark P Lige ................................ 604-765-1555
[email protected] www.netpersist.com
Norsys Software Corp 3512 23rd Ave W, Vancouver V6S 1K5 Brent Boerlage .... 604-221-2223 604-221-2238
[email protected] www.norsys.com
Offshore Systems Ltd 4585 Canada Way Suite 400, Burnaby V5G 4L6 Jim Davison ..... 778-373-4600 778-373-0027
[email protected] www.osigeospatial.com/offshoresystems
OneMove Technologies Inc 1140 Pender St W Suite 1080, Vancouver V6E 4G1 Parminder S Virk ......................... 604-662-8207
604-647-2215 [email protected] www.onemovetech.com
Open Box Integration Inc 323 Renfrew St, Vancouver V5K 5G5 Katryn Harris ... 604-708-0116 604-677-6198
[email protected] www.openboxinc.com
PDFTron Systems Inc 780 Beatty St Suite 301, Vancouver V6B 2M1 Catherine Andersz ...................... 604-730-8989
604-676-2477 [email protected] www.pdftron.com
Phoenix Systems 1111 Hastings St W Suite 1100, Vancouver V6E 2J3 Stephen Raymond .... 604-983-8153 604-983-8195
[email protected] www.phoenixsystems.ca
Pro Mac Support 2416 Main St Suite 378, Vancouver V5T 3E2 Jeremy Gruman .......................... 604-639-2595
[email protected] www.promacsupport.ca
QHR Technologies Inc 1620 Dickson Ave Suite 300, Kelowna V1Y 9Y2 Al Hildebrandt .... 250-979-1701 250-717-5266
[email protected] www.qhrtechnologies.com
Quartech Systems Ltd 2160 Springer Ave Suite 200, Burnaby V5B 3M7 Landon Kitagawa .. 604-291-9686 604-291-0243
[email protected] www.quartech.com
Rent-A-Nerd Computer Services Inc 34A 2755 Lougheed Hwy Suite 566, Port Coquitlam V3B 5Y9 Raymond Raggett ....................... 604-268-6373
[email protected] www.rent-a-nerd.ca
Rocky Mountain Business Systems Inc 2844 Banbridge Ave Unit 84011, Burnaby V5A 3W7 William Wong ..... 604-420-9767 604-420-9769
[email protected] www.rockymountain-systems.com
The RSC Group 999 Broadway W Suite 250, Vancouver V5Z 1K5 Tracey Santos .... 604-737-8570 604-737-8572
[email protected] www.rsc.com Over the past 20 years we have made a positive difference to over 800 customers. Leverage your investment in Microsoft technologies today. Microsoft Dynamics. Portals and Collaboration. Reporting and Corporate Performance Measurement. Customizations and Development. Contact our professional services team to learn about improving your business! Insight-Connect-Simplify.
RSI International Systems Inc 949 3rd St W Suite 117, North Vancouver V7P 3P7 Charles Ku ....... 604-984-6001 604-984-6006
[email protected] www.welcometorsi.com
Safe Software Inc 7445 132nd St Suite 2017, Surrey V3W 1J8 .......... 604-501-9985 604-501-9965
[email protected] www.safe.com
Sage 13888 Wireless Way, Richmond V6V 0A3 ............ www.sagenorthamerica.com
salonMonster 1917 4th Ave W Suite 106, Vancouver V6J 1M7 Stephen Parslow ........................ 800-901-1001
[email protected] www.salonmonster.com
Samco Software Inc 7789 134 St Unit 61, Surrey V3W 9E9 Barry Clarke ..... 604-597-4211 604-597-7320
[email protected] www.samco.com
SAP Canada Inc 910 Mainland St, Vancouver V6B 1A9 Krysha Nair ...... 604-972-2274 604-681-2934
[email protected] www.sap.com
SCOOP Consulting 1542 34th Ave E, Vancouver V5P 1A1 Steve Cooper ... 604-986-2643 604-637-8747
[email protected] www.scoopconsulting.ca
Sierra Systems 1177 Hastings St W Suite 2500, Vancouver V6E 2K3 Cal Yonker ....... 604-688-1371 604-688-6482
[email protected] www.sierrasystems.com
Simba Technologies Inc 938 8th Ave W, Vancouver V5Z 1E5 Amyn Rajan ..... 604-633-0008 604-633-0004
[email protected] www.simba.com
Smart Hotel Software 2420 Haywood Ave, West Vancouver V7V 1Y1 Doug Ash ......... 604-926-3215 604-926-3477
[email protected] www.smarthotelsoftware.com
Softrend Systems Inc 1225 Keith Rd E Unit 7, North Vancouver V7J 1J3 Sandy Milne .... 604-983-3389 604-980-7794
[email protected] www.softrend.com
Softscribes Services Inc 3026 2nd Ave W, Vancouver V6K 1K4 Liz Johnston ............................... 604-736-7179
[email protected] www.softscribes.ca
Sophos Inc 580 Granville St Suite 400, Vancouver V6C 1W6 .......... 604-484-6400 604-484-6499
[email protected] www.sophos.com
Speakeasy Solutions Inc PO Box 21720 1424 Commercial Dr, Vancouver V5L 5G3 Alexandria Carstens ................... 604-264-9109
604-264-9105 [email protected] www.speakeasysolutions.com
Squirrel Systems 8585 Baxter Pl, Burnaby V5A 4V7 Stephanie Gardner ........................... 604-412-3300
604-412-3399 [email protected] www.squirrelsystems.com
The StarGarden Group 3665 Kingsway Suite 300, Vancouver V5R 5W2 Marnie Larson .... 604-451-0500 604-451-0578
[email protected] www.stargarden.com
Steeves and Associates 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Dave Steeves ..... 604-298-7700 604-298-7765
[email protected] www.steeves.net
SustaiNet Software International Inc 887 Great Northern Way Suite 98, Vancouver V5T 4T5 Howard Adam ....... 604-717-4327 604-736-9531
[email protected] www.sustainet.com
Talent Technology Corp 10991 Shellbridge Way Suite 300, Richmond V6X 3C6 James Thomas .... 604-278-4414 866-485-9259
[email protected] www.talenttech.com
TETRAD Computer Applications Inc 1445 Georgia St W Suite 500, Vancouver V6G 2T3 Wilson Baker ... 604-685-2295 604-685-2352
[email protected] www.tetrad.com
TMW Systems Canada Inc 20644 Eastleigh Cres Suite 211, Langley V3A 4C4 Randall Burrell ... 800-663-0626 604-533-8562
[email protected] www.tmwsystems.com
Top Producer Systems 10271 Shellbridge Way Suite 300, Richmond V6X 2W8 Ashleah Wilson 604-270-8819 604-270-8218
[email protected] www.topproducer.com
Top Producer offers real estate industry’s most comprehensive sales and marketing system. Contact us at www.topproducer.com or 1.800.444.8570.
Touchstone Webworks Inc 355 Burrard St Suite 1000, Vancouver V6C 2G8 Raymond Roaquin .... 604-288-0860 604-677-5684
[email protected] www.touchstonewebworks.com
TP Systems 610 Sixth St Suite 202, New Westminster V3L 3C2 ............ 604-395-6000 604-395-6004
[email protected] www.tpsystems.com
TrainingPartner by GeoMetrix 240 Bay St, Victoria V9A 3K5 Kathleen Lowe .... 800-616-5409 250-361-9362
[email protected] www.trainingpartner.com
Ucora Corp 3030 Lincoln Ave Suite 211, Coquitlam V3B 6B4 ........... 604-519-7600 604-684-6455
www.ucora.com
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Ventana Tech Inc 7844 13th Ave, Burnaby V3N 2E6 Malak Aziz ....... 604-944-6575 604-944-9454
[email protected] www.ventanatech.ca
Ventyx, an ABB Company 10271 Shellbridge Way, Richmond V6X 2W8 .......... 604-207-6000 604-207-6060
[email protected] www.ventyx.com
Virtual Perceptions Systems Inc 7453 Barrymore Dr, Delta V4C 6X5 Darren Stevens.... 604-572-7671 604-572-7671
[email protected] www.virtualperception.net
Vision Critical Communications 858 Beatty St Suite 700, Vancouver V6B 1C1 ........... 604-647-1980 604-647-1005
[email protected] www.visioncritical.com
Vitrium Systems Inc 1168 Hamilton St Suite 502, Vancouver V6B 2S2 Peter Nieforth .... 604-677-1500 604-677-1501
[email protected] www.vitrium.com
Vivonet Inc 8651 Eastlake Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5A 4T7 ........... 604-215-2033 604-408-4307
[email protected] www.vivonet.com
Waterstreet Technologies Group Inc 171 Water St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 1A7 Tim Chizik ........ 604-484-0148 604-484-0149
[email protected] www.waterstreet.net
XLR8 Systems 3061 Kent Ave N E Suite 1202, Vancouver V5S 4P5 David Murphy ........ 604-786-9578 604-430-4302
[email protected] www.xlr8systems.com
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 3040Aegis Mobility Inc 8525 Baxter Pl Suite 200, Burnaby V5A 4V7 John Geyer ...... 604-899-1008 604-357-1898
[email protected] www.aegismobility.com
Allstream 175 Cordova St W Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 1E1 Cindy Chambers ......................... 604-638-4319
[email protected] www.allstream.com
Bell Canada 550 Burrard St Suite 600, Vancouver V6C 2B5 ............ 604-678-7500 www.bell.ca
Bridge Systems 8678 Greenall Ave Suite 115, Burnaby V5J 3M6 Jack Wickham ... 604-291-0177 604-291-0171
[email protected] www.bridgesystems.ca
Canadian Communications Products Inc 3657 Wayburne Dr, Burnaby V5G 3L1 Karen Tai ......... 604-263-9399 604-263-7277
[email protected] www.communicationproducts.ca
Canwest Telephone Co Corp 1520 Cliveden Ave Suite 10, Delta V3M 6J8 David Nicholls .... 604-526-7821 604-526-5582
[email protected] www.canwesttel.com
Corinex Communications Corp 570 Granville St Suite 1200, Vancouver V6C 3P1 Peter Sobotka .... 604-692-0520 604-694-0061
www.corinex.com
CounterPath Corp 505 Burrard St Suite 300 Box 95, Vancouver V7X 1M3 Donovan Jones ... 604-320-3344 604-320-3399
[email protected] www.counterpath.com
DDS Wireless International Inc 11920 Forge Pl, Richmond V7A 4V9 Vari Ghai .......... 604-241-1441 604-241-1440
[email protected] www.ddswireless.com
Digitel Systems Inc 1668 Foster’s Way, Delta V3M 6S6 David Shaw ..... 604-231-0101 604-231-0100
[email protected] www.digitel.ca Premier supplier of VoIP business telephone and voice-mail systems. 27 years of supplying, installing and maintaining business telephone systems – Zultys, Mitel and Toshiba.
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean .. 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
ETC Telecom 4023 Hastings St Suite 1, Burnaby V5C 2J1 Brian Dunne ..... 604-299-4660 604-648-8628
www.etctel.ca
Keywest Networks (Canada) Inc 5811 Cooney Rd Suite N400, Richmond V6X 3M1 Alan Yong ........ 604-278-2778 604-278-2793
[email protected] www.keywestcommunications.com
Nokia 9200 Glenlyon Pkwy, Burnaby V5J 5J8 ............ 604-456-5400 604-456-5454
[email protected] www.nokia.com
Norsat International Inc 4020 Viking Way Suite 110, Richmond V6V 2L4 Tina Peng ......... 604-821-2800 604-821-2801
[email protected] www.norsat.com
North American Telecommunications Group 1585 Cliveden Ave Unit 9, New Westminister V3M 6M1 Alan Muirhead .... 604-526-2129 604-526-5972
[email protected] www.natgtelecom.com
PEER 1 Hosting 555 Hastings St W Suite 1000, Vancouver V6B 4N5 ........... 604-683-7747 604-683-4634
www.peer1.com
Ralph’s Radio 220 1st Ave E, Vancouver V5T 1A5 ........... 604-879-4281 604-732-8831
[email protected] www.ralphs.ca
Rogers Communications Partnership 4710 Kingsway Suite 1600, Burnaby V5H 4W4 Gordon Nelson .... 604-641-1400 604-431-1414
[email protected] www.rogers.com
Shaw Communications Inc 1067 Cordova St W, Vancouver V6C 3T5 Jillian Mullenix .......................... 888-472-2222
www.shaw.ca
Skyway West 555 Hastings St W PO Box 12013, Vancouver V6B 4N4 Chris Miles ...... 604-482-1225 604-482-1299
[email protected] www.skywaywest.com
Business class access since 1996. Connecting Canada! ADSL, bonding and failover, wireless, fibre, co-locate, VoIP. Reliable access & excellent service.
Suretel Telecomm Ltd 6540 Hastings St E Suite 436, Burnaby V5B 4Z5 Darryl Smith .... 604-298-3751 604-298-3722
[email protected] www.suretel.ca
Telus Corp 555 Robson St, Vancouver V6B 3K9 ........... 604-432-2151 604-432-9681
[email protected] www.telus.com
TeraSpan Networks Inc 6870 Palm Ave, Burnaby V5J 4M3 Darren Dofher .... 604-684-8711 877-373-5741
[email protected] www.teraspan.com
Times Telecom Inc 5811 Cooney Rd Suite 400 North Tower, Richmond V6X 3M1 Alan Yong ........ 604-279-8787 604-279-8775
[email protected] www.timestelecom.ca
Upside Wireless Inc 1211 Melville St Suite 1401, Vancouver V6E 0A7 Branko Zurkovic ... 604-687-7433 604-628-0105
[email protected] www.upsidewireless.com
Vandelta Communication Systems Ltd 9223 Shaughnessy St, Vancouver V6P 6R5 Hugh M Rae .... 604-732-8686 604-732-4727
[email protected] www.vandelta.com
Western Pacific Enterprises Ltd 1321 Ketch Crt, Coquitlam V3K 6X7 ........... 604-540-1321 604-540-1390
[email protected] www.wpe.bc.ca
VIDEOCONFERENCING/WEBCASTING 3050
MediaPower New Media Communications 1665 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver V7V 2G6 Pesi A Unwalla ........................... 604-926-5805
[email protected] www.webcastlive.mediastreams.ca
MediaStreams.ca 1665 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver V7V 2G6 Pesi A Unwalla ........................... 604-926-5805
[email protected] www.mediastreams.ca
Silver Stream 422 Richards St Suite 300, Vancouver V6B 2Z4 Jim Helgason ..... 604-842-1155 604-648-9965
[email protected] www.silver-stream-productions.com
OTHER 3000Avigilon Corp 1038 Hamilton St Suite 406, Vancouver V6B 2R9 ........... 604-629-5182 604-629-5183
[email protected] www.avigilon.com
Axis Technical Services Corp 5 Capilano Way, New Westminster V3L 5G3 Joana Barbulescu ..... 604-777-2907 866-860-5634
[email protected] www.axistech.ca
BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
BCIT School of Computing 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H2 ...................................... 604-412-7489
[email protected] www.bcit.ca/computing
BCIT school of Computing delivers 30 diverse program options every year, full-time and part-time. Our graduates are career ready with applied information technology skills.
CamCentral Systems Inc 7 7th Ave W Suite 300, Vancouver V5Y 1L4 Peter Turner ..... 604-876-3838 604-876-3255
[email protected] www.camcentral.net
CanadaIT Ventures Inc 1275 6th Ave W Suite 206, Vancouver V6H 1A6 Dave Thomas .............................. 604-224-1547
[email protected] www.canadaIT.com
Care Factor The Data Centre Company 1237 Richards St, Vancouver V6B 3G3 Michele Meston .... 800-465-1697 403-543-0004
[email protected] www.carefactor.com
Com-Tech Learning Solutions Inc 1190 Melville St Suite 740, Vancouver V6E 3W1 Mandi Sellers .... 604-899-2400 604-688-1702
[email protected] www.com-techsolutions.com
Dyrand Systems Inc 4370 Dominion St Suite 402, Burnaby V5G 4L7 Nicholas Drayer... 604-408-4415 604-484-2043
[email protected] www.dyrand.com
Epik Networks (Vancouver) Inc 789 Pender St W Suite 770, Vancouver V6C 1H2 ...................................... 604-282-4690
[email protected] www.epiknetworks.com
Eyeball Networks Inc 100 Park Royal Suite 102, West Vancouver V7T 1A2 Brian K Ellis ..... 604-921-5993 604-921-5909
[email protected] www.eyeball.com
Glenbriar Technologies Inc 1687 Ingleton Ave, Burnaby V5C 4L8 Niki Rapanos ... 604-320-0155 604-320-0157
[email protected] www.glenbriar.com IT Managed Services, ShoreTel Unified Communications and wireless applications. Flexible solutions for your business needs.
Jio Infotech Inc 12698 61B Ave, Surrey V3X 3M5 Jasminder Rai ............................ 604-507-7065
[email protected] www.jio.ca
Katz Networks Inc 808 Nelson St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6Z 2H2 Carl Katz ..................................... 778-294-0200
[email protected] www.katznetworks.com
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd 13800 Commerce Pkwy, Richmond V6V 2J3 Wendy Keyzer ..... 604-278-3411 604-231-2787
[email protected] www.mdacorporation.com
Optinet Systems Inc 21331 Gordon Way Unit 3190, Richmond V6W 1J9 .......... 604-288-1300 604-233-1255
[email protected] www.optinetsystems.com
Peter B Gustavson School of Business – University of Victoria PO Box 1700 Stn CSC, Victoria V8W 2Y2 Alma Osorio ................................ 250-472-4787
[email protected] www.gustavson.uvic.ca/venture
RISO Canada Inc 21331 Gordon Way Suite 1120, Richmond V6W 1J9 Bev J Matushewski ......................... 604-244-7476
604-244-7436 [email protected] http://us.riso.com
Rittal Systems Ltd 10451 Shellbridge Way Suite 123, Richmond V6X 2W8 Adam Dries ...... 604-232-5571 604-232-5591
[email protected] www.rittal.ca
Rocket Networks 1127 15th St W, North Vancouver V7P 1M7 Johan Arnet ................................ 604-288-8270
[email protected] www.rocketnetworks.com
Seon Design Inc 111 Burbidge St Unit 3B, Coquitlam V3K 7B2 ........... 604-941-0880 604-941-0870
[email protected] www.seon.com
SFU Business – MBA in Management of Technology/Biotechnology 500 Granville St, Vancouver V6C 1W6 ..................................... 778-782-7847
www.sfubusiness.ca/mot The Management of Technology MBA covers the breadth of the business disciplines but focuses on the business opportunities and challenges of technology and biotechnology firms.
TCS Forensics Ltd 1312 Marine Dr SE, Vancouver V5X 4K4 Keith Perrin ...... 604-432-7828 604-432-6773
[email protected] www.tcsecurity.ca
Whitenoise Laboratories (Canada) Inc 1736 10th Ave W Suite 701, Vancouver V6J 2A6 Andre Brisson .. 604-724-5094 604-873-2467
[email protected] www.wnlabs.com
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Backlot Media 555 Brooksbank Ave, North Vancouver V7J 3S5 John Durrant ... 604-983-5517 604-648-9346
[email protected] www.backlot.caBardel Entertainment Inc 548 Beatty St, Vancouver V6B 2L3 ............ 604-669-5589 604-669-9079
[email protected] www.bardelentertainment.com
Cadnet Media Inc 1500 Georgia St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6G 2Z6 William Bell ..... 604-684-5555 604-688-7228
[email protected] www.cadnetmedia.com
Exile Visual Effects Studio 33 Water St Suite 805, Vancouver V6B 1A1 Mack Benz .................................. 604-338-3950
[email protected] www.exilevfx.comGoldtooth Creative Agency Inc 329 Railway St Suite 102, Vancouver V6A 1A4 Tyler Weiss ................................. 604-568-9168
[email protected] www.goldtoothcreative.com
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc 2025 Broadway W Suite 500, Vancouver V6J 1Z6 ............ 604-714-2691 604-714-2641
[email protected] www.rainmaker.com
Reel Wonders Animation Inc 402 Pender St W Suite 203, Vancouver V6B 1T6 John “Moose” Pagan ................. 604-689-9331
604-689-9331 [email protected] www.reelwonders.com
TimeLapse Digital Inc 535 46th Ave E, Vancouver V5W 2A2 Rene Beland ............................... 604-644-3359
[email protected] www.timelapsedigital.com
E-LEARNING 4020Akuter Technologies Inc 288 8th Ave W Suite 205, Vancouver V5Y 1N5 Didier Bourgeot ... 604-521-4229 815-301-9303
[email protected] www.akuter.comBrilliant Knowledge Solutions Inc 1263 Barclay St Suite 501, Vancouver V6E 1H5 Glenn Preston ............................. 604-781-9065
[email protected] www.bksi.caGigaLuma Technologies Inc 4538 Kingsway Suite 502, Burnaby V5H 4T9 Laurie Duke ..... 604-568-7202 604-568-7899
[email protected] www.gigaluma.comILC Interactive Learning Corp 15406 37A Ave, Surrey V3S 0H2 Gary Gumley ............................... 604-538-5486
www.interactivelearning.ca
TrainingPartner by GeoMetrix 240 Bay St, Victoria V9A 3K5 Kathleen Lowe .... 800-616-5409 250-361-9362
[email protected] www.trainingpartner.com
Proven in the marketplace since 1992, TrainingPartner offers a lower cost, more flexible alternative to high-priced enterprise learning and performance management systems.
INTERACTIVE DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS 4030
Ace Film Co Inc 2325 Panorama Dr, North Vancouver V7G 1V4 Allen Jones ..... 604-682-0001 604-929-5960
[email protected] www.acefilm.comAnalytic Design Group 163 Hastings St W Suite 507, Vancouver V6B 1H5 Karyn Zuidinga .... 604-669-7655 604-669-7659
[email protected] www.analyticdesigngroup.com
Appnovation Technologies 611 Alexander St Suite 320, Vancouver V6A 1E1 ........... 604-568-0313 604-568-0314
[email protected] www.appnovation.com
Burnkit 397 Alexander St, Vancouver V6A 1C4 Josh Dunford .............................. 604-687-7715
[email protected] www.burnkit.comEchelon Media Group Ltd 167 2nd W Ave Suite 290, Vancouver V5Y 1B8 Sergiy Melnik ............................. 604-874-4800
[email protected] www.mediaechelon.com
Emily Carr University of Art + Design 1399 Johnston St, Vancouver V6H 3R9 Dina Tracy ........ 604-844-3800 604-844-3801
[email protected] www.ecuad.caEngine Digital Inc 717 Pender St W Suite 404, Vancouver V6C 1G9 Stephen Beck ..... 604-684-3330 604-685-3323
[email protected] www.enginedigital.com
FCV 333 Seymour St Suite 1100, Vancouver V6B 5A6 John Starkey ... 604-662-8407 604-662-8409
[email protected] www.fcv.caInvoke 37 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver V6A 3A3 Ryan Holmes ... 604-484-8902 604-909-5178
[email protected] www.invokemedia.com
Ion Branding + Design 948 7th Ave W, Vancouver V5Z 1C3 David Coates ... 604-682-6787 604-682-6769
[email protected] www.iondesign.caThe Image Foundation 409 Granville St Suite 828, Vancouver V6C 1T2............ 604-688-4484 604-688-4485
[email protected] www.imagefoundation.com
Magnify Digital Inc 338 8th Ave W Suite 208, Vancouver V5Y 3X2 Moyra Rodger .... 604-879-7770 604-879-7733
[email protected] www.magnifydigital.com
mod7 Communications Inc 602 Hastings St W Suite 614, Vancouver V6B 1P2 Wil Arndt ......... 604-647-6637 604-647-6635
[email protected] www.mod7.comNextphase Strategy Marketing Inc 1445 Georgia St W Suite 400, Vancouver V6G 2T3 Susan Sorich ... 604-669-1180 604-669-3645
[email protected] www.nextphasestrategy.com
Noise Digital Inc 856 Homer St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2W5 Trevor Carr ....... 604-689-9574 604-689-9575
[email protected] www.noisedigital.com
PacBlue Printing 380 2nd Ave W Suite 200, Vancouver V5Y 1C8 Nicolas Slobinsky ..... 604-714-3288 604-714-3289
[email protected] www.pacblueprinting.com
Signals Design Group Inc 27 6th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1K2 Kosta Tsetsekas ..... 604-732-9827 604-732-9853
[email protected] www.signals.caStarfish Communications Ltd 1649 Comox St Suite 303, Vancouver V6G 1P4 Greg Wold .................................. 604-683-0120
[email protected] www.starfishcom.caSwitch United 128 8th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1N2 Mark Ross ....... 604-669-2296 604-669-2310
[email protected] www.switchunited.com
Multi-disciplinary design studio specializing in multi-platform campaigns for TV & film as well as lifestyle markets including real estate project marketing.
Triad Communications Ltd 2751 Oxford St, Vancouver V5K 1N5 Gay Ludlow ...... 604-253-3990 604-253-0770
[email protected] www.triadcommunications.ca
Tugboat Group Steve Gallagher... 604-879-9222 604-879-9223
[email protected] www.tugboatmedia.com
Open source CMS Solutions, robust custom application development, creative interface design, i-Marketing and full-service agency support.Work at Play 329 Railway St Suite 500, Vancouver V6A 1A4 David Gratton .. 604-685-6418 604-685-6412
[email protected] www.workatplay.com
INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT/GAMES 4040
ACRONYM Games 4400 Dominion St Suite 115, Burnaby V5G 4G3 ........... 604-732-3606 604-732-3611
[email protected] www.acronymonline.com
Agentic Communications Inc 611 Alexander St Suite 308, Vancouver V6A 1E1 Phillip Djwa ..... 604-255-2131 604-255-2505
[email protected] www.agentic.ca
BCIT School of Computing, Games Development Degree 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H2 ...................................... 604-432-8644
[email protected] www.bcit.ca/study/programs/825hbtech
Creativity + advanced programming = BCIT Games Development Degree. The program equips students with critical skills in multidisciplinary areas required in the industry.Capcom Game Studios Vancouver 4401 Still Creek Dr Suite 300, Burnaby V5C 6G9 Rob Barrett ...... 604-299-5626 604-299-5653
[email protected] www.bluecastlegames.com
Electronic Arts 4330 Sanderson Way, Burnaby V5G 4X1 ........... 604-456-3600 604-456-5000
[email protected] www.ea.comHothead Games 887 Great Northern Way Suite 350, Vancouver V5T 4T5 Ian Wilkinson ..... 604-605-0018 604-605-0017
[email protected] www.hotheadgames.com
Kerberos Productions 33 8th Ave E Suite 102, Vancouver V5T 1R5............ 604-781-9903 604-357-1389
[email protected] www.kerberos-productions.com
Klei Entertainment 1122 Mainland St Suite 450, Vancouver V6B 5L1 ............ 604-639-5722 604-608-6598
[email protected] www.kleientertainment.com
Koolhaus Games Inc PO Box 5087 VMPO, Vancouver V6B 4A9 ........... 604-696-9717 604-696-9744
[email protected] www.koolhausgames.com
Magellan Interactive 1008 Homer St Suite 310, Vancouver V6B 2X1 ........... 604-687-5407 604-687-8767
[email protected] www.magellaninteractive.com
mod7 Communications Inc 602 Hastings St W Suite 614, Vancouver V6B 1P2 Wil Arndt ......... 604-647-6637 604-647-6635
[email protected] www.mod7.comNext Level Games 208 Robson St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 6A1 ........... 604-484-6111 604-464-6112
[email protected] www.nextlevelgames.com
Nintendo of Canada Ltd 2925 Virtual Way Suite 150, Vancouver V5M 4X5 .......... 604-279-1600 604-279-1649
www.nintendo.caPiranha Games 948 Homer St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 2S2 ........... 604-484-6674 604-484-4145
[email protected] www.piranha-games.com
Propaganda Games 401 Georgia St W Suite 600, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ........... 778-785-7000 604-484-0009
[email protected] www.propagandagames.go.com
Radical Entertainment 369 Terminal Ave Suite 700, Vancouver V6A 4C4 Ken Rosman .... 604-688-0606 604-685-0298
[email protected] www.radical.caRockstar Vancouver 858 Beatty St Suite 800, Vancouver V6B 1C1 ........... 604-632-9663 604-632-9664
[email protected] www.rockstarvancouver.com
Slant Six Games Inc 1523 3rd Ave W Suite 300, Vancouver V6J 1J8 Brian Thalken ..... 604-637-9800 604-637-9801
[email protected] www.slantsixgames.com
Smoking Gun Interactive Inc 1706 1st Ave W Suite 400, Vancouver V6J 0E4 ............ 604-689-7486 866-250-7950
[email protected] www.smokingguninc.com
Teligence 1045 Howe St Suite 300, Vancouver V6Z 2A9 Harry Tran ........ 604-629-6055 604-639-0514
[email protected] www.teligence.netTHQ Canada Inc dba Relic Entertainment 550 Burrard St Suite 1500, Vancouver V6C 2C1 Jonathan Dowdeswell ............... 604-801-6577
604-801-6578 [email protected] www.relic.com
Ubisoft Vancouver Inc 840 Cambie St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 0B4 ........... 778-329-4800 778-329-4801
[email protected] www.ubisoft.comUnited Front Games 1110 Hamilton St Suite 500, Vancouver V6B 2S2 ........... 604-687-4263 604-687-4264
[email protected] www.unitedfrontgames.com
Utherverse Digital Inc 1040 Hamilton St Suite 203, Vancouver V6B 2R9 ........... 778-329-9950 778-329-9231
[email protected] www.utherverse.net
SOFTWARE 4050bubblebox:media 885 Georgia St W Suite 1500, Vancouver V6C 3E8 Paul Gordon ..... 604-357-7194 604-608-5555
[email protected] www.bubbleboxmedia.com
Click Saya Communications Inc 5811 Cooney Rd Suite N400, Richmond V6X 3M1 Alan Yong ........ 604-484-8176 604-279-8775
[email protected] www.clicksaya.comDestiny Media Technologies Inc (PlayMPE and Clipstream) 650 Georgia St W Suite 750 PO Box 11527, Vancouver V6B 4N7 Steve Vestergaard ...................... 604-609-7736
604-609-0611 [email protected] www.dsny.com
DotNetNuke Corp 9440 202nd St Suite 211, Langley V1M 4A6 .......... 650-288-3151 604-881-0050
[email protected] www.dotnetnuke.com
PNI Digital Media Inc 425 Carrall St Suite 590, Vancouver V6B 6E3 Simon Cairns ... 604-893-8955 604-893-8966
[email protected] www.pnimedia.com
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ServicesNew Media
WEB DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING/COMMERCE 4060
604media 49 Dunlevy St Suite 250, Vancouver V6A 3A3 Kelly Walker ............................... 604-637-7175
[email protected] www.604media.com
6S Marketing Inc 1120 Hamilton St Suite 402, Vancouver V6B 2S2 ........... 604-642-6765 604-648-8264
[email protected] www.6smarketing.com
Agentic Communications Inc 611 Alexander St Suite 308, Vancouver V6A 1E1 Phillip Djwa ..... 604-255-2131 604-255-2505
[email protected] www.agentic.ca
Alphabet Communications Ltd 4618 217A St, Langley V3A 2N7 Tim Anderson ..... 604-514-9228 604-514-9338
Antarctica Digital Marketing Inc 828 Harbourside Dr Suite 112, North Vancouver V7P 3R9 Jimmy Li .......... 604-998-3090 800-878-3572
[email protected] www.antarcticadigital.com
Attention Media 1775 Adanac St Suite 1, Vancouver V5L 2C8 Zoran .......................................... 604-771-8737
[email protected] www.attentionmedia.com
Austere Soft Inc 1285 Broadway W Suite 530, Vancouver V6H 3X8 Grant Wilson .............................. 604-251-5900
[email protected] www.webrealtor123.com
Baseline Type & Graphics Cooperative 736 Granville St Suite 816, Vancouver V6Z 1G3 Ian Bateson ..... 604-683-5038 604-683-1642
[email protected] www.baseline-graphics.com
Blast Radius 1146 Homer St, Vancouver V6B 2X6 ........... 604-647-6500 604-689-1963
[email protected] www.blastradius.com
Broadside Media Inc 20875 80 Ave Suite 89, Langley V2Y 0B2 Kyle Barker ...... 778-588-7482 866-666-4428
[email protected] www.broadsidemedia.com
Central Park Studios – Designers 5932 Patterson Ave Unit 109, Burnaby V5H 4B4 Ronald Thibodeau ...................... 604-435-5982
[email protected] www.centralparkstudios.com
CityMax.com 1 Alexander St Suite 313, Vancouver V6A 1B2 Patrick Lok ....... 866-310-9327 604-430-4566
[email protected] www.citymax.com
Cyberscape Marketing 21044 83A Ave, Langley V2Y 0C1 Brad Dirks ........ 604-513-8930 604-513-8931
[email protected] www.cyberscape.ca
Domain7 Solutions Inc 33820 South Fraser Way Unit 2A, Abbotsford V2S 2C5 Ryan Hanawalt .... 604-855-3772 604-854-3349
[email protected] www.domain7.com
DPG Associates Web Design 5695 Chaffey Ave Suite 332, Burnaby V5H 2S1 Dawayne Wurtz .......................... 604-734-1045
[email protected] www.dpgassociates.com
E-xact Transactions Ltd 1152 Mainland St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 4X2 Peter Fahlman .... 604-691-1670 604-694-1677
[email protected] www.e-xact.com
eBridge Marketing Solutions 4620 Teviot Pl, North Vancouver V7R 4M5 Hartland Ross .... 604-731-5530 425-645-4332
[email protected] www.ebridgemarketingsolutions.com
Falcon-Software Company Inc 2826 Bryn Maur Rd, Victoria V9B 3T4 Gary Eisenstein ... 250-480-1311 250-480-1322
[email protected] www.falcon-software.com
Femtech Media Inc 683 Bow Crt, North Vancouver V7J 3V2 Karima Premji ............................. 604-240-8324
[email protected] www.femtechmedia.com
Fresh Karma Communications Inc 1238 Burrard St Suite 506, Vancouver V6Z 3E1 Steve Everitt ............................... 604-737-2542
[email protected] www.freshkarma.comGraphically Speaking Services Inc 750 Pender St W Suite 604, Vancouver V6C 2T7 Darrell Hadden .... 604-682-5500 604-682-1312
[email protected] www.graphicallyspeaking.ca
Habañero Consulting Group 1111 Melville St Suite 510, Vancouver V6E 3V6 Kris Anderson .... 604-709-6201 604-709-6073
[email protected] www.habaneros.com
iContext Internet Services Inc 2877 Boxcar St, Abbotsford V4X 2S5 Rob Wilson ................................. 778-386-7621
[email protected] www.icontext.comIdea Rebel 155 Water St, Vancouver V6B 1A7 Jamie Garratt .. 604-569-2155 604-569-2155
[email protected] www.idearebel.com
ideaLEVER Solutions Inc 163 Hastings St W Suite 407, Vancouver V6B 1H5 Robert Stocks .. 604-738-0906 604-738-3334
[email protected] www.idealever.comImage Factory Inc 727 20th Ave E, Vancouver V5V 1N2 James Suk ....... 604-879-7922 604-233-1947
[email protected] www.im-factory.comKaper Creative 3361 155B St, Surrey V3S 0K5 Karen Percy ................................ 604-802-0701
[email protected] www.kapercreative.com
Kinky Logic Inc 225 8th Ave W Suite 202, Vancouver V5Y 1N3 Pam Zenkawich .......................... 604-685-6505
[email protected] www.kinkylogic.comLara Spence Web Design + Business Writing 5293 St Catherines St, Vancouver V5W 3G2 Lara Spence ..... 604-324-4388 604-876-5421
[email protected] www.laraspence.comLighthouse Design 13833 62nd Ave, Surrey V3X 2J7 Chris Braithwaite ... 604-502-9771 604-591-9771
[email protected] www.lighthousedesign.ca
Marqui Solutions Inc 1201 Pender St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6E 2V2 Richard Sharp .... 604-682-7333 604-682-7394
[email protected] www.marqui.comMel Roth Design 640 Broadway W Suite 320, Vancouver V5Z 1G4 Mel Roth ..................................... 604-715-4043
[email protected] www.melroth.commod7 Communications Inc 602 Hastings St W Suite 614, Vancouver V6B 1P2 Wil Arndt ......... 604-647-6637 604-647-6635
[email protected] www.mod7.comMovieSet Inc 1005 Cypress St, Vancouver V6J 3K6 Colleen Nystedt .......................... 604-732-7677
[email protected] www.movieset.comNeverblue 1221 Broad St Suite 201, Victoria V8W 2A4 Christian Cavanaugh .................. 250-386-5323
604-677-5441 www.neverblue.com
Noise Digital Inc 856 Homer St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2W5 Trevor Carr ....... 604-689-9574 604-689-9575
[email protected] www.noisedigital.com
OpenRoad Communications Ltd 12 Water St Suite 210, Vancouver V6B 1A5 Darren Gibbons ... 604-694-0554 604-694-0558
[email protected] www.openroad.ca
R U On The Net Inc 101 1001 Broadway W Suite 662, Vancouver V6H 4E4 Alan Schneider ........................... 604-731-1234
[email protected] www.ruonthenet.com
Sky’s the Limit Web Marketing 11622 64A Ave, Delta V4E 2C6 Larry Gardner ... 604-715-0760 604-591-6367
[email protected] www.mrwebsite.ca
Snaptech Marketing and Communications 2465 Beta Ave Suite 110, Burnaby V5C 5N1 Octavio Marquez ...... 604-677-0742 604-677-5237
[email protected] www.snaptech.com
Telacquire Marketing Group Inc 101 1001 Broadway W Suite 125, Vancouver V6H 4E4 Edward Soorany ......................... 604-773-1745
[email protected] www.telacquire.com
Think Profits.com 1090 Homer St. Suites 390 and 370, Vancouver V6B 2W9 .......... 604-638-1188 604-893-8705
[email protected] www.thinkprofits.com
Thirdi Software 119 Pender St W Suite 523, Vancouver V6B 1S5 Matt Friesen ............................... 604-909-4161
[email protected] www.thirdi.com
Tugboat Group Steve Gallagher... 604-879-9222 604-879-9223
[email protected] www.tugboatmedia.com
Open source CMS Solutions, robust custom application development, creative interface design, i-Marketing and full-service agency support.
VentureWeb PO Box 1461, Squamish V8B 0B1 James Morris ..... 604-815-4542 866-267-0953
[email protected] www.ventureweb.net
WebMusketeer.com 101 1001 Broadway W Suite 125, Vancouver V6H 4E4 Edward Soorany ......................... 604-773-1745
[email protected] www.WebMusketeer.com
WiderFunnel Marketing Optimization 675 Hastings St W Suite 1000, Vancouver V6B 1N2 Chris Goward .............................. 604-569-0897
[email protected] www.widerfunnel.com
OTHER 4000Animation Brewery Productions Ltd 422 Richards St Suite 300, Vancouver V6B 2Z4 Stu Wenschlag ........................... 604-716-0055
[email protected] www.animationbrewery.com
BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
BCIT School of Computing, Games Development Degree 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H2 ...................................... 604-432-8644
[email protected] www.bcit.ca/study/programs/825hbtech
Creativity + advanced programming = BCIT Games Development Degree. The program equips students with critical skills in multidisciplinary areas required in the industry.
Centre for Digital Media at Great Northern Way Campus 577 Great Northern Way, Vancouver V5T 1E1 Spencer Rose ............................. 778-370-1004
[email protected] www.gnwc.ca
DigiBC 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Howard Donaldson ..................... 604-602-5237
[email protected] www.digibc.org
Media FX Group 2109 Bellevue Ave Suite 401, West Vancouver V7V 1C2 Ron Jacklin ................................. 604-639-7380
[email protected] www.mediafxgroup.com
Stephen Dittberner 3D/Technical Illustration 3022 Sunnyhurst Rd, North Vancouver V7K 2G3 Stephen Dittberner ..................... 604-980-0241
[email protected] www.sdittberner.com
VRX Worldwide Inc 970 Homer St Suite 250, Vancouver V6B 2W7 David MacLaren .. 604-605-0050 604-605-0051
[email protected] www.vrxstudios.com
SERVICESACCOUNTING 7010
CGA of BC 1867 Broadway W Suite 300, Vancouver V6J 5L4 ............ 604-730-6212 604-732-9439
www.cga-bc.org
Deloitte & Touche LLP 1055 Dunsmuir St Suite 2800, Vancouver V7X 1P4............ 604-669-4466 604-685-0395
www.deloitte.ca
Ernst & Young LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 1600 Box 10101, Vancouver V7Y 1C7 Lui Petrollini .... 604-648-3803 604-643-5422
[email protected] www.ey.com
Incentive Access Group 7495 132 St Suite 2007, Surrey V3W 1J8 Tom Miszczak ..... 604-572-9548 604-572-8793
[email protected] www.incentiveaccess.com
AUDIOVISUAL 7013Applied Electronics Ltd 5170B Timberlea Blvd, Mississauga ON L4W 2S5 Andre Beardle ..... 905-625-4321 905-625-4425
[email protected] www.appliedelectronics.com
Conti Electronics Ltd 32 2nd Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1B3 Colby Harder .... 604-734-0606 604-734-1195
[email protected] www.conti.ca
Dolby Canada Corp 2985 Virtual Way Suite 150, Vancouver V5M 4X7 Doug Campbell .... 604-215-6866 604-215-6900
[email protected] www.dolby.com
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ServicesServices
Zoom Audio Visual Networks Inc Box 37011 Lonsdale RPO, North Vancouver V7N 4M4 Michael Stewart ..................................................
604-628-9350 604-988-5512 [email protected] www.zoomav.com
CONSULTANTS 7015Ajilon Consulting 505 Burrard St Suite 1150, Vancouver V7X 1M4 .......... 604-689-8717 604-629-1182
[email protected] www.ajilonconsulting.ca
Ariel Communications Team Performance Wolf Strecko .............................. 604-908-5106
[email protected] www.arielcomms.org
Burntsand Inc 650 Georgia St W Suite 1788, Vancouver V6B 4N8 ........... 778-372-1320 604-687-0844
www.burntsand.com
Cadman Consulting Group Inc 666 Burrard St Suite 500, Vancouver V6C 3P6 Gary Cadman .............................. 604-689-4345
[email protected] www.cadman.ca
Campbell & Co Public Relations 23195 96 Ave Box 770, Fort Langley V1M 2S2 Steve Campbell ... 604-888-5267 604-888-5269
[email protected] www.campbellpr.bc.ca
Case studies, news releases, writing, international trade magazine PR. Clients: Digital Payment, Burcon, Kongsberg, Ledalite, GreenAngel, Xantrex.
Creekstone Consulting Inc 100 Park Royal S Suite 200, West Vancouver V7T 1A2 Lyn Blanchard ...... 604-926-8847 604-922-0552
[email protected] www.creekstoneconsulting.com
Dominion Sales & Marketing Services Inc 6200 McKay Ave Suite 141-466, Burnaby V5H 4M9 Tyler Dawson .............................. 778-783-0689
[email protected] www.dominioncorp.com
Greenlight Dynamics Inc 5659 Sunrise Cres W, Surrey V3S 7M4 Lynn McDonald ... 604-329-3042 604-574-7815
[email protected] www.greenlightdynamics.com
Jumpstart Sales & Marketing Inc 6200 McKay Ave Suite 141-466, Burnaby V5H 4M9 Tyler Dawson .............................. 778-783-0689
[email protected] www.jumpstartcorp.com
KC Concepts Inc 1045 9th Ave W Suite 209, Vancouver V6H 1C3 Karen Campbell .......................... 604-734-0041
Kibiuk New Media – Mobile Media Marketing 4710 Woodvalley Pl, West Vancouver V7S 2X3 Peter Paul Kibiuk ........................ 604-230-4529
[email protected] www.peterkibiuk.com
Lead Generators International Sales & Marketing Group Inc 6200 McKay Ave Suite 141-466, Burnaby V5H 4M9 Tyler Dawson .............................. 604-918-5078
[email protected] www.clientfinders.com
Major Client Selling Vancouver Don Linder ................ 250-941-4153
[email protected] www.majorclients.com
Noise Digital Inc 856 Homer St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2W5 Trevor Carr ....... 604-689-9574 604-689-9575
[email protected] www.noisedigital.com
On-Mark-IT Consulting 4123 10th Ave W, Vancouver V6R 2H2 Gayle Moss ................................ 604-671-4516
[email protected] www.on-mark-it.com
Pearson Advertising Ltd 6526 Yew St, Vancouver V6P 5V9 Vic Weckerle .............................. 604-261-6991
Rocket Builders 1275 6th Ave W Suite 300, Vancouver V6H 1A6 Reg Nordman ............................. 604-484-9491
[email protected] www.rocketbuilders.com
The Signal Group 999 Broadway W Suite 720, Vancouver V5Z 1K5 Peter Parrish ............................... 604-329-8476
[email protected] www.thesignalgroup.net
Strategy Navigator 2136 Lockehaven Rd, North Vancouver V7G 1X6 Noulan W Bowker ...................... 604-980-4494
604-638-6081 [email protected] www.strategynavigator.com
FINANCIAL SERVICES 7020
ANGEL Forum – Vancouver 408 Inglewood Ave, West Vancouver V7T 1X1 Bob Chaworth-Musters .............. 604-926-7327
[email protected] www.ANGELforum.org
BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc 1177 Hastings St W Suite 200, Vancouver V6E 2K3 Robin Messenger ....................... 604-669-9600
604-686-9316 [email protected] www.bflcanada.ca
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital 1367 Broadway W Suite 400, Vancouver V6H 4A7 Mike Sherman ..... 604-659-5499 604-659-5479
[email protected] www.chrysalix.com
Deloitte & Touche LLP 1055 Dunsmuir St Suite 2800, Vancouver V7X 1P4............ 604-669-4466 604-685-0395
www.deloitte.ca
Investor-Ready Workshops 408 Inglewood Ave, West Vancouver V7T 1X1 Bob Chaworth-Musters .............. 604-926-7327
IPE Investment Pitch Enterprises Ltd 1111 Pender St W Suite 3507, Vancouver V6E 2P4 Joseph Nuyten ........................... 604-605-8522
[email protected] www.investmentpitch.com
Kubera Payments Corp 939 Homer St Suite 3502, Vancouver V6B 2W6 Spencer Patrick Browes ............. 855-458-2372
604-676-2514 [email protected] www.kubera.cc
Part Time CFO Inc 1480 Foster St Suite 28, White Rock V4B 3X7 Dennis W Mee .... 604-535-4994 866-201-7901
[email protected] www.parttimecfo.ca
Revenue Services Group 890 Pender St W Suite 600, Vancouver V6C 1K4 Ruth Spink ....... 604-295-8137 604-733-7090
[email protected] www.revenueservices.ca
BC’s largest tax credit & funding advisory specializing in application services: SR&ED, IDMTC, CMF, Bell Fund, SDTC, CICP and Film&TV.
Yaletown Venture Partners 1122 Mainland St Suite 510, Vancouver V6B 5L1 Mike Satterfield ..... 604-688-7807 604-688-7031
[email protected] www.yaletown.com
LEGAL SERVICES 7030
Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP 595 Burrard St Suite 2600, Vancouver V7X 1L3 William Maclagan ...................... 604-631-3300
604-631-3309 [email protected] www.blakes.com
Bull Housser & Tupper LLP 1055 Georgia St W Suite 3000, Vancouver V6E 3R3 Chris Wilson .... 604-641-4841 604-646-2548
[email protected] www.bht.com Protect your brand, your invention, your competitive advantage. Commercialize it. Enforce it. A leading technology team backed by a full-service business team.
Clark Wilson LLP 885 Georgia St W Suite 800, Vancouver V6C 3H1 Simone Fell ...... 604-687-5700 604-687-6314
[email protected] www.cwilson.com Providing a full range of legal services to technology businesses: financing from early stage to U.S. and Canadian public markets, intellectual property protection and enforcement, company formation and governance, M&A transactions, employment, privacy, tax and cross border immigration – IT, cleantech, video gaming, new media and outsourcing.
Davis LLP 666 Burrard St Suite 2800, Vancouver V6C 2Z7 Chris Bennett ... 604-687-9444 604-687-1612
[email protected] www.davis.ca A full-service law firm with expertise in intellectual property, technology and outsourcing, video games and interactive entertainment and renewable energy projects.
Farris Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 2500 Box 10026 Pacific Centre, Vancouver V7Y 1B3 ........... 604-684-9151 604-661-9349
[email protected] www.farris.com
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 2900, Vancouver V6C 0A3 Will Westeringh .... 604-631-3131 604-631-3232
[email protected] www.fasken.com
Koffman Kalef LLP 885 Georgia St W Suite 1900, Vancouver V6C 3H4 Mark E Wong ..... 604-891-3688 604-891-3788
[email protected] www.kkbl.com
Lawson Lundell LLP 925 Georgia St W Suite 1600, Vancouver V6C 3L2 Valerie Mann ... 604-685-3456 604-669-1620
[email protected] www.lawsonlundell.com
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP 601 Cordova St W Suite 480, Vancouver V6B 1G1 ........... 604-669-3432 604-681-4081
[email protected] www.patentable.com
Richards Buell Sutton LLP 401 Georgia St W Suite 700, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ........... 604-682-3664 604-688-3830
[email protected] www.rbs.ca
Smart & Biggar 650 Georgia St W Suite 2200, Vancouver V6B 4N8 John W Knox ... 604-682-7780 604-682-0274
[email protected] www.smart-biggar.ca
MARKETING RESEARCH 7040
Campbell & Co Public Relations 23195 96 Ave Box 770, Fort Langley V1M 2S2 Steve Campbell ... 604-888-5267 604-888-5269
[email protected] www.campbellpr.bc.ca
Inside Information Inc 1279 Nicola St Suite 306, Vancouver V6G 2E8 Lois Sperling ............................... 604-684-6434
[email protected] www.insideinformation.com
Reframe Marketing 1820 Fir St Suite 280, Vancouver V6J 3B1 Karen Milde ................................ 778-837-4163
[email protected] www.reframemarketing.com
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 7075
A-Z World Translation and Interpretation Inc 704 Maurelle Crt, North Vancouver V7R 2M1 Ana Maria Zúñiga ...................... 604-351-3615
[email protected] www.a-zworld.com
Alma Consulting Group (Pinchevsky) 4180 Lougheed Hwy Suite 220, Burnaby V5C 6A7 James Suk ....... 604-734-0117 604-734-0118
[email protected] www.almacg.ca
Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia 10767 148 St, Surrey V3R 0S4 John Leech ...... 604-585-2788 604-585-2790
[email protected] www.asttbc.org
BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc 1177 Hastings St W Suite 200, Vancouver V6E 2K3 Robin Messenger ..... 604-669-9600 604-686-9316
[email protected] www.bflcanada.ca
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WirelessServices
CB Richard Ellis: The High Technology Facilities Group 1111 Georgia St W Suite 600, Vancouver V6E 4M3 Mark Renzoni ..... 604-662-3000 604-684-9368
[email protected] www.cbre.com/hightech
Clarrus Consulting Group Inc 7770 Elford Ave, Burnaby V3N 4B7 Jim Brosseau ... 604-540-6718 604-648-9534
[email protected] www.clarrus.comCommunicopia Internet Inc 134 Abbott St Suite 601, Vancouver V6B 2K4 Jason Mogus ... 604-844-7672 604-844-7673
[email protected] www.communicopia.com
Ernst & Young LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 1600 Box 10101, Vancouver V7Y 1C7 Lui Petrollini .... 604-648-3803 604-643-5422
[email protected] www.ey.comHR Tech Group 4389 Maple St, Vancouver V6J 3V9 Allison Rutherford ...................... 604-874-2653
604-874-2654 [email protected] www.hrtechgroup.com
LingoStar Language Services 4950 Keith Rd, West Vancouver V7W 2N1 Lenka de Graafova ..................... 604-629-8420
866-714-3189 [email protected] www.lingo-star.com
PwC 250 Howe Street Suite 700, Vancouver V6C 3S7 Kate Furber ...... 604-806-7000 604-806-7806
[email protected] www.pwc.com/ca
RECRUITING 70501A VanJobs 2906 Broadway W Suite 212, Vancouver V6K 2G8 Mark Strong ............................... 604-739-1711
[email protected] www.vanjobs.comAerotek 4321 Still Creek Dr Suite 150, Burnaby V5C 6S7 Chris Boyd ....... 604-293-8010 604-293-8090
[email protected] www.aerotekcanada.ca
BeyondTech Solutions Inc 3665 Kingsway Suite 300, Vancouver V5R 5W2 Stella Kuan ...... 604-433-0617 604-433-0677
[email protected] www.beyond-tech.com
Corporate Recruiters Ltd 1140 Pender St W Suite 490, Vancouver V6E 4G1 ........... 604-687-5993 604-687-2427
[email protected] www.corporate.bc.ca
Fusion Recruitment Group 777 Hornby St Suite 2088, Vancouver V6Z 1S4 Allan Welyk ..... 604-678-5627 604-669-6047
[email protected] www.fusion-recruitment.com
Future Works Training Inc 543 Granville St Suite 303, Vancouver V6C 1X8 Dorothy Keenan .. 604-684-4176 604-684-4195
[email protected] www.fwt.bc.caGlobaltech Recruiting Inc 1246 Duchess Ave, West Vancouver V7T 1H4 Carene Morton .... 604-913-0006 604-913-0014
[email protected] www.globaltech.bc.ca
GO Recruitment 601 Broadway W Suite 400, Vancouver V5Z 4C2 Raymond To ..... 604-871-4166 604-871-4168
[email protected] www.gorecruitment.com
Hays – Recruiting Experts Worldwide 1050 Pender St W Suite 2150, Vancouver V6E 3S7 Jackie Burns .... 604-648-4297 604-648-0588
[email protected] www.hays.ca
Korn/Ferry International Vancouver 1055 Dunsmuir St Suite 3300 Box 49206, Vancouver V7X 1K8 Kevin McBurney .... 604-684-1834 604-684-1884
www.kornferry.com
Lock Search Group 1040 Georgia St W Suite 810, Vancouver V6E 4H1 Frank Joe ......... 604-669-8806 604-669-5385
[email protected] www.locksearchgroup.com
We are Canada’s leading management, marketing and sales search firm, specializing in various sectors including high-tech.
McNeill Nakamoto Recruitment Group 1250 Homer St Suite 305, Vancouver V6B 1C6 Sarah McNeill .... 604-662-8967 604-662-8927
[email protected] www.mcnak.com
Miles Employment Group Ltd 1055 Georgia St W Suite 2480 PO Box 11110, Vancouver V6E 3P3 Sandra Miles ... 604-694-2500 604-694-2511
[email protected] www.miles.ca
P3 Resources Ltd 355 Burrard St Suite 1000, Vancouver V6C 2G8 Pomponia Martinez .................... 604-681-6641
604-630-8844 [email protected] www.p3resources.com
Sapphire Canada a div of Randstad Interim Inc 609 Granville St Suite 630, Vancouver V7Y 1G5 Mike Cvitkovich ... 604-687-5919 604-687-5397
[email protected] www.sapphireca.com
TM8 Recruitment 701 Georgia St W Suite 1500, Vancouver V7Y 1C6 Trent Mason ............................... 778-858-2799
[email protected] www.tm8.ca
OTHER 7999BC Innovation Council 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 ........... 604-683-2724 604-683-6567
[email protected] www.bcic.ca
BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
BCIC – New Ventures Competition 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Ange Schick ..... 604-725-5740 778-782-7977
[email protected] www.newventuresbc.com
ctc TrainCanada 1155 Pender St W Suite 650, Vancouver V6E 2P4 Sales Department ...................... 604-685-1205
604-685-1570 [email protected] www.traincanada.com
Discovery Parks Inc 887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver V5T 1E1 ............ 604-734-7275 604-734-7278
[email protected] www.discoveryparks.com
Hale! Marketing 1066 Hamilton St Suite 405, Vancouver V6B 2R9 Pauline Hale ............................... 604-688-0202
[email protected] www.halemarketing.com
JETRO Vancouver/Japan External Trade Organization 700 Pender St W Suite 1202, Vancouver V6C 1G8 ........... 604-684-4174 604-684-6877
[email protected] www.jetro.go.jp/canada/vancouver
Peter B Gustavson School of Business – University of Victoria PO Box 1700 Stn CSC, Victoria V8W 2Y2 Alma Osorio ................................ 250-472-4787
[email protected] www.gustavson.uvic.ca/ventureWesgar Inc 1634 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam V3C 5W9 .......... 604-942-9558 604-942-4045
[email protected] www.wesgar.com
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIESAIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT, NOISE/VIBRATION EQUIPMENT 5010
Air Phaser Environmental Ltd 19292 60th Ave Suite 308, Surrey V3S 3M2 Doug Lanz ........ 604-532-5856 604-533-7134
[email protected] www.airphaser.comEnvirotech Air Inc 8207 Swenson Way Suite 9, Delta V4G 1J5 George Daschko .... 604-951-2330 604-951-2335
[email protected] www.envirotechbc.com
ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES 5005
Azure Dynamics Corp 3900 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 5H6 ........... 604-224-2421 604-419-6392
[email protected] www.azuredynamics.com
E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd 20000 Stewart Cres, Maple Ridge V2X 9E7 Alyson Cuthbertson .................... 604-466-6604
604-466-6600 [email protected] www.molienergy.com
Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc 1570 Clark Dr, Vancouver V5L 3L3 ............ 604-568-5195 604-909-2855
www.rapidelectricvehicles.com
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & INSTRUMENTATION 5030
Argus Control Systems Ltd 1281 Johnston Rd, White Rock V4B 3Y9 Marlene Mackenzie ................... 604-538-3531
604-538-4728 [email protected] www.arguscontrols.com
Faradyne System Group Inc 4471 No 6 Rd Suite 150, Richmond V6V 1P8 Reggie Ho ........ 604-278-1887 604-278-5313
[email protected] www.faradyne.com
GREEN BUILDING & SUSTAINABLE PLANNING SERVICES 5040
Avid Consulting Group Ltd 610 Granville St Suite 807, Vancouver V6C 3T3 Jo Anne Gin ................................ 604-974-0522
[email protected] www.avidconsulting.ca
Delta Controls Inc 17850 56th Ave, Surrey V3S 1C7 ........... 604-574-9444 604-574-7793
[email protected] www.deltacontrols.com
Light-Based Technologies 3689 1st Ave E Suite 200, Vancouver V5M 1C2 Stephen Wilson ..... 604-299-4421 604-299-4451
[email protected] www.lightbased.com
Philips Ledalite 19750 92A Ave, Langley V1M 3B2 Tim Berman ..... 604-888-6811 604-888-2003
[email protected] www.ledalite.com
Reliable Controls Corp 120 Hallowell Rd, Victoria V9A 7K2 ........... 250-475-2036 250-475-2096
[email protected] www.reliablecontrols.com
Urban Systems Ltd 13353 Commerce Pky Suite 2353, Richmond V6V 3A1 Carla Berrie ..... 604-273-8700 604-273-8752
[email protected] www.urban-systems.com
HAZARDOUS/SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 5050
Belkorp Industries Inc 1508 Broadway W Suite 900, Vancouver V6J 1W8 .......... 604-688-8533 604-688-3569
www.belkorp.com
INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 5060
CNRG International Inc 1005 Alpha Lake Rd Unit 3, Whistler V0B 1B0 Dick Mynen ..... 604-938-1949 604-938-1247
[email protected] www.cnrg.orgPowertech Labs Inc 12388 88th Ave, Surrey V3W 7R7 Susan Hancock .... 604-590-7500 604-590-5347
[email protected] www.powertechlabs.com
Pulse Energy 576 Seymour St Suite 600, Vancouver V6B 3K1 Alexi Bergeron ....... 778-331-0500 778-331-0501
[email protected] www.pulseenergy.comSAP Canada Inc 910 Mainland St, Vancouver V6B 1A9 Krysha Nair ...... 604-972-2274 604-681-2934
[email protected] www.sap.com
WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT: WATER CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT 5100
Atmoswater Research 2116 Grand Blvd, North Vancouver V7L 3Y7 Roland Wahlgren ....................... 604-985-3720
[email protected] www.atmoswater.comBioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc 355 Burrard St Suite 1100, Vancouver V6C 2G8 Tanja McQueen ... 604-685-1243 604-685-7778
[email protected] www.bioteq.caECO-TEK Ecological Technologies Inc 20543 96 Ave Suite 10, Langley V1M 3W3 Kimron Rink ..... 778-298-6835 778-298-6836
[email protected] www.ecotek.caMcKay Creek Technologies Ltd 4271 Highland Blvd, North Vancouver V7R 2Z7 Bruce Tennant ............................ 604-970-8495
[email protected] www.mckaycreek.com
Spectral Innovations Ltd 16447 64th Ave Suite 201, Surrey V3S 6V7 Greg M’Lot ...... 604-576-8700 604-677-5859
[email protected] www.spectralinnovations.com
WestCAD Services Ltd 7382 Winston St Suite 201, Burnaby V5A 2G9 Brian Burnell .... 604-421-3806 604-421-3808
[email protected] www.westcad.com
OTHER 5000BC Innovation Council 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 ........... 604-683-2724 604-683-6567
[email protected] www.bcic.caBC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.orgCarbon Credit Corp 1055 Hastings St W Suite 1500, Vancouver V6E 2E9 Shawn Burns .............................. 604-628-2494
[email protected] www.carboncreditcorp.ca
Peter B Gustavson School of Business – University of Victoria PO Box 1700 Stn CSC, Victoria V8W 2Y2 Alma Osorio ................................ 250-472-4787
[email protected] www.gustavson.uvic.ca/venture
WIRELESSCOMPONENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE & DEVICES 6010
Alpha Technologies Ltd 7700 Riverfront Gate, Burnaby V5J 5M4 Paul Drabble .... 604-430-1476 604-436-1233
[email protected] www.alpha.ca
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BCIT School of Computing, Games Development Degree, 73, 74
Belcarra Technologies, 68Belkorp Industries Inc, 76Bell Business Solutions, 69Bell Canada, 72Berkley Custom Software
Consultants, 69BeyondTech Solutions Inc, 76BFL Canada Insurance
Services Inc, 75Binary Stream Software Inc, 69biOasis Technologies Inc, 66BioCurex Inc, 66Bionic Power Inc, 67BioteQ Environmental
Technologies Inc, 76BL Innovative Lighting, 68Black & Baird Ltd, 66Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, 75Blast Radius, 74Boreal Genomics Inc, 66Brand2hand Media Inc, 77BRI Biopharmaceutical Research Inc, 67Bridge Systems, 72Brilliant Knowledge Solutions Inc, 73Broadside Media Inc, 74bubblebox:media, 73Bull Housser & Tupper LLP, 75Bullfrog Power, 67Burli Software Inc, 70Burnkit, 73Burntsand Inc, 75Business Pro Computers, 69BWireless, 77
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Cadex Electronics Inc, 68Cadman Consulting Group Inc, 75Cadnet Media Inc, 73CamCentral Systems Inc, 72
1A VanJobs, 761stDataRecovery.com, 693DM Devices Inc, 683LOG Systems Inc, 69604media, 746S Marketing Inc, 74
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A-Z World Translation and Interpretation Inc, 75
ABB Inc, 68Absolute Software Corp, 69AccelRate Power Systems Inc, 68Accenture, 69Ace Film Co Inc, 73ACL Services Ltd, 69ACRONYM Games, 73Active Network, 69ActiveState Software, 69Acumen Engineering Ltd, 68Aegis Mobility Inc, 72Aerotek, 76Agentic Communications Inc, 73, 74AIC Communications Inc, 68Air Phaser Environmental Ltd, 76Ajilon Consulting, 75Akuter Technologies Inc, 73Allon Therapeutics Inc, 66Allstream, 72Alma Consulting Group (Pinchevsky), 75Alpha Technologies Ltd, 68, 76Alphabet Communications Ltd, 74Amgen British Columbia Inc, 66Ampco Manufacturers Inc, 68Analytic Design Group, 73Analytic Systems Ware (1993) Ltd, 68Andornot Consulting Inc, 69ANGEL Forum – Vancouver, 75Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc, 66Angstrom Power Inc, 67Animation Brewery Productions Ltd, 74
Annex Consulting Group Inc, 69Answer Company, 69Antarctica Digital Marketing Inc, 74Applied Electronics Ltd, 74Applied Science Technologists
& Technicians of British Columbia, 75
Appnovation Technologies, 73Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc, 67ARC Medical Devices Inc, 66Argus Control Systems Ltd, 76Ariel Communications Team
Performance, 75Ashford Training Technologies Inc, 66Astec Components Ltd, 68Atmoswater Research, 76ATP Engineering Inc, 69Attention Media, 74Austere Soft Inc, 74Avcorp Industries Inc, 66Avid Consulting Group Ltd, 76Avigilon Corp, 72Axis Technical Services Corp, 72Azure Dynamics Corp, 76
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Backbone Systems, 69Backlot Media, 73Balbo Medical Systems, 66Ballard Power Systems Inc, 67Banks-Hill Systems Ltd, 69Bardel Entertainment Inc, 73Baseline Type & Graphics
Cooperative, 74BC Innovation Council, 76BC Search Engine Optimization
Marketing, 69BC TIA, 66, 67, 68, 72, 74, 76, 77BCIC – New Ventures Competition, 76BCIT School of Computing, 72
Corecon Construction Software, 70Corinex Communications Corp, 72Corporate Recruiters Ltd, 76CounterPath Corp, 72Creation Technologies Inc, 68Creekstone Consulting Inc, 75ctc TrainCanada, 76Cyberscape Marketing, 74
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Davis LLP, 75Day4 Energy Inc, 67DDP Consulting Group/Dynamic
Datacorp People, 70DDS Wireless International Inc, 72Deloitte & Touche LLP, 74, 75Delta Controls Inc, 76Delta-Q Technologies Corp, 68Dena Technologies Inc, 68Destiny Media Technologies Inc
(PlayMPE and Clipstream), 73DigiBC, 74, 77Digital Payment Technologies
Corp, 70Digitel Systems Inc, 72Discovery Parks Inc, 76Discovery Software Ltd, 70Distributed Systems Software, 70DK Systems Inc, 70DNA Data Networking and
Assemblies Ltd, 66Dolby Canada Corp, 74Domain7 Solutions Inc, 74Dominion Sales & Marketing
Services Inc, 75Dorigo Systems Ltd, 68DotNetNuke Corp, 73Dougan Consulting Group Inc, 70DPG Associates Web Design, 74dPoint Technologies Inc, 67Dyrand Systems Inc, 72
Campbell & Co Public Relations, 75CanadaIT Ventures Inc, 72Canadian Circuits Inc, 68Canadian Communications
Products Inc, 72Candlewest Systems Ltd, 70Canwest Telephone Co Corp, 72Carbon Credit Corp, 76Cardiome Pharma Corp, 67Care Factor The Data Centre
Company, 72Carmanah Technologies Corp, 68Cascadia Tower Inc, 77CB Richard Ellis: The High
Technology Facilities Group, 76CBVL Robotics Inc, 68CDC Software, 70Celator Pharmaceuticals, 67Central Park Studios – Designers, 74Centre for Digital Media at Great
Northern Way Campus, 74CGA of BC, 74CGI Group Inc, 70Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, 75CityMax.com, 74Clark Wilson LLP, 75Clarrus Consulting Group Inc, 76Click Saya Communications Inc, 73CloudPockets, 70Cloudworks Energy Inc, 67CNRG International Inc, 76Coastal Contacts Inc/
Clearly Contacts, 66Coastal Pacific Aviation Ltd, 66Coastal Range Systems Inc, 70Cogent Health Solutions Inc, 70Com-Tech Learning Solutions Inc, 72Communicopia Internet Inc, 76Compugen Systems Ltd, 70Computrol Fuel Systems Inc, 68Compuwork Pacific Inc, 70Conquer Mobile Inc, 70Conti Electronics Ltd, 74
WirelessWireless
Cascadia Tower Inc 545 Clyde Ave Suite 208, West Vancouver V7T 1C5 Morrie Finn ................................. 604-986-7177
[email protected] www.cascadiatower.com
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean .. 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
In Motion Technology Inc 625 Agnes St Suite 350, New Westminster V3M 5Y4 Louise Labuda . 604-523-2371 604-648-9629
[email protected] www.inmotiontechnology.com
OMNEX Control Systems ULC 1833 Coast Meridian Rd Suite 74, Port Coquitlam V3C 6G5 ........... 604-944-9247 604-944-9267
[email protected] www.omnexcontrols.com
Pacific Design Engineering (PDE) 8505 Eastlake Dr, Burnaby V5A 4T7 Bruce Stevens ..... 604-421-1311 604-421-9202
[email protected] www.pde.com
Sierra Wireless Inc 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond V6V 3A4 ...................................... 604-231-1100
www.sierrawireless.com
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc 19473 Fraser Way, Pitt Meadows V3Y 2V4 ........... 604-460-6002 604-460-6005
[email protected] www.tranzeo.com
Vecima Networks Inc 4210 Commerce Circle, Victoria V8Z 6N6 ........... 250-881-1982 250-881-1974
[email protected] www.vecima.com
ENABLING SOFTWARE 6030
WebTech Wireless Inc 4299 Canada Way Suite 215, Burnaby V5G 1H3 ........... 604-434-7337 604-434-5270
[email protected] www.webtechwireless.com
WIRELESS APPLICATIONS 6020
Brand2hand Media Inc 280 Nelson St Suite 412, Vancouver V6B 2E2............ 778-330-4360 778-737-7562
[email protected] www.brand2handmedia.com
Ericksson Canada Inc 5255 Satellite Dr, Mississauga ON L4W 5E3 Patricia MacLean .. 905-206-7928 905-629-6707
[email protected] www.ericsson.com
Mobio Identity Systems Inc 375 Water St Suite 350, Vancouver V6B 5C6 Nina Takahashi 604-561-3492 800-776-9545
[email protected] www.mobioid.com
Omega Communications Ltd 1751 Harvey Ave Suite 100, Kelowna V1Y 6G4 ........... 250-860-8016 250-860-7477
[email protected] www.omegacom.ca
Pinter Electronics Consultants 1404 Mary Hill Ln, Port Coquitlam V3C 4C3 Christopher Pinter ...................... 604-484-9175
[email protected] www.pinterec.ca
PlayMobility 1090 Pender St W Suite 400, Vancouver V6E 2N7 ...................................... 604-807-4464
[email protected] www.playmobility.com
QR Loyalty 1055 Hastings St W Suite 1450, Vancouver V6E 2E9 ....................................... 604-783-4360
[email protected] www.qrloyalty.com
Upside Wireless Inc 1211 Melville St Suite 1401, Vancouver V6E 0A7 Branko Zurkovic ... 604-687-7433 604-628-0105
[email protected] www.upsidewireless.com
OTHER 6000
BC TIA 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Caylee Stewart.... 604-683-6159 604-683-3879
[email protected] www.bctia.org
BWireless 625 Howe St Suite 150, Vancouver V6C 2E5 Boris Bosnjak ... 604-689-8480 604-689-9410
[email protected] www.bwireless.com
DigiBC 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 4A2 Howard Donaldson ..................... 604-602-5237
[email protected] www.digibc.org
G4S Justice Services (Canada) Inc 6592 176th St Suite 103, Surrey V3S 4G5 Douglas H Blakeway .................. 604-576-8658
604-576-0436 [email protected] www.g4s.com
Glentel Inc 8501 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N3 Thomas Skidmore ....................... 604-415-6500
604-415-6565 www.glentel.com
Skyway West 555 Hastings St W PO Box 12013, Vancouver V6B 4N4 Chris Miles ...... 604-482-1225 604-482-1299
[email protected] www.skywaywest.com Business class access since 1996. Connecting Canada! ADSL, bonding and failover, wireless, fibre, co-locate, VoIP. Reliable access & excellent service.
Wavefront 1055 Hastings St W Suite 1450, Vancouver V6E 2E9 Patty Lee .......... 778-331-7500 778-331-7470
[email protected] www.wavefrontac.com
Wavefront accelerates the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies by providing training, advisory and testing services, as well as facilitated global market linkages and incubation space.
Company index
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e-Courier.ca, 70E-Factor Engineering Inc, 68E-One Moli Energy
(Canada) Ltd, 68, 76E-xact Transactions Ltd, 74EA Energy Alternatives Ltd, 67eBridge Marketing Solutions, 74Echelon Media Group Ltd, 73Eclipsys Corp, 70ECO-TEK Ecological
Technologies Inc, 76EcoCentury Technologies Inc, 68Elastic Path Software, 70Electronic Arts, 73Eloquent Systems Inc, 70Emily Carr University of
Art + Design, 73Endurance Wind Power, 67Energex Inc, 68enGene Inc, 67Engine Digital Inc, 73Enterprise CodeWorks Inc, 70Envirotech Air Inc, 76Epik Networks (Vancouver) Inc, 72EPSI Computer Systems Inc, 70Ericksson Canada Inc, 68, 69, 70,
72, 77Ernst & Young LLP, 74, 76Esi Software Inc, 70Essential Software
Solutions Inc, 70ETC Telecom, 72Exile Visual Effects Studio, 73Eyeball Networks Inc, 72
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Falcon-Software Company Inc, 74Faradyne System Group Inc, 76Faronics, 70Farris Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, 75Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 75Fast + Epp, 66FCV, 73Fdata Management Software Inc, 70Femtech Media Inc, 74Finavera Renewables Inc, 67FINCAD, 70Flagship Systems, 70Fluidseal Inc, 67Form3 Design Inc, 68Freethem Inc, 67Fresh Karma Communications Inc, 74Functional Technologies Inc, 66Fusion Recruitment Group, 76Future Works Training Inc, 76
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G4S Justice Services (Canada) Inc, 77Galdos Systems Inc, 70GaleForce Solutions Inc, 70General Fusion Inc, 67Genome BC, 67GensCorp IT, 70Georeference Online Ltd, 69GeoTility Geothermal
Installations Corp, 67GigaLuma Technologies Inc, 73Glenbriar Technologies Inc, 72Glentel Inc, 77Global Relay Communications Inc, 70Globaltech Recruiting Inc, 76GM Solutions Inc, 70GO Recruitment, 76Goldtooth Creative Agency Inc, 73Graphically Speaking Services Inc, 74Gravit-e Technologies Inc, 70Gravity Computers Inc, 70Greenlight Dynamics Inc, 75Greenlight Innovation Corp, 67
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Habañero Consulting Group, 74Hale! Marketing, 76Harts Systems Ltd, 70Hawk Ridge Systems, 68Hays – Recruiting Experts
Worldwide, 76Heart Force Medical Inc, 66Heuristic Engineering Inc, 67Honeywell Process Solutions, 68Hothead Games, 73HR Tech Group, 76
Hum Technology Ltd, 70Hypercube Technologies Corp, 70
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iContext Internet Services Inc, 74Icron Technologies Corp, 69Idea Rebel, 74Ideaca Knowledge Services Ltd, 70ideaLEVER Solutions Inc, 74ILC Interactive Learning Corp, 73Image Factory Inc, 74In Motion Technology Inc, 77In-House Solutions, 70Incentive Access Group, 74INETCO Systems Ltd, 70Infonet Technology Corp, 70Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc, 67Inside Information Inc, 75Integrio Systems, 70International Thermal Research, 68Internet Lightspeed Communications
– Dolphin Global Tel, 69Investor-Ready Workshops, 75Invoke, 73Ion Branding + Design, 73Ionocom Communications Inc, 68Iotron Technologies Inc, 67IPE Investment Pitch Enterprises Ltd, 75iQmetrix, 70Islandnet.com – Web Hosting and
Web Design, 69
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JETRO Vancouver/Japan External Trade Organization, 76
Jio Infotech Inc, 72Jumpstart Sales & Marketing Inc, 75
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Kaper Creative, 74Kardium Inc, 66Katz Networks Inc, 72KC Concepts Inc, 75Kelowna Flightcraft Group of
Companies, 66Kerberos Productions, 73Keywest Networks (Canada) Inc, 72Kibiuk New Media – Mobile Media
Marketing, 75Kinexus Bioinformatics Corp, 67Kinky Logic Inc, 74Klei Entertainment, 73Klein Systems Group Ltd, 70Knowledgetech Consulting Inc, 70Kobelt Development Inc, 70Kodak Graphic Communications
Group, 70Koffman Kalef LLP, 75Koolhaus Games Inc, 73Korn/Ferry International Vancouver, 76Kubera Payments Corp, 75
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Lara Spence Web Design + Business Writing, 74
Latitude Technologies Corp, 66Lawson Lundell LLP, 75Lead Generators International Sales &
Marketing Group Inc, 75Levelton Consultants Ltd, 68Light-Based Technologies, 76Lighthouse Design, 74Lignol Energy Corp, 67LingoStar Language Services, 76Linkatech Technologies, 70Lock Search Group, 76Lockhart Industries Ltd, 67Loki Systems Inc, 70Lyna Manufacturing Inc, 66
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd, 72
Magellan Interactive, 73Magma Energy Corp, 67Magnify Digital Inc, 73MagPower Systems Inc, 67Major Client Selling, 75Make Technologies Inc, 70Marqui Solutions Inc, 74Maximizer Software Inc, 70Maxxam Analytics Inc, 68
McGauley Consultants Ltd, 68McKay Creek Technologies Ltd, 76McKesson Medical Imaging, 66McNeill Nakamoto Recruitment
Group, 76MDMI Technologies Inc, 66Media FX Group, 74MediaPower New Media
Communications, 72MediaStreams.ca, 72Medinet Health Systems Inc, 70Mel Roth Design, 74Michitsch Systems Inc, 71Microserve, 71Microsoft Canada Development
Centre, 71Microzip Data Corp, 71Miles Employment Group Ltd, 76Mobio Identity Systems Inc, 77mod7 Communications Inc, 73, 74MovieSet Inc, 74MRX Solutions Corp, 71MultiHat Solutions Inc, 71
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Navarik Corp, 71Navigata Communications, 69Neova Technologies Inc, 66Neovasc Inc, 66netArchitechs, 71Netcetera Consulting Inc, 71NetPersist Solutions Group Inc, 71Nevada Geothermal Power Inc, 67Neverblue, 74Next Level Games, 73Nexterra Systems Corp, 67Nextphase Strategy Marketing Inc, 73Nintendo of Canada Ltd, 73Noise Digital Inc, 73, 74, 75Nokia, 72Norpac Controls Ltd, 68Norsat International Inc, 72Norsys Software Corp, 71North American Telecommunications
Group, 72NxtGen Emission Controls Inc, 68
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OA Solutions, 68Oce Display Graphics Systems, 69Offshore Systems Ltd, 71Omega Communications Ltd, 77OMNEX Control Systems ULC, 77Omni Graphics Ltd, 68On-Mark-IT Consulting, 75OncoGeneX Technologies Inc, 67OneMove Technologies Inc, 71Open Box Integration Inc, 71OpenRoad Communications Ltd, 74Optinet Systems Inc, 72Ostara Nutrient Recovery
Technologies Inc, 66Oyen Wiggs Green
& Mutala LLP, 75
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P3 Resources Ltd, 76PacBlue Printing, 73Pacific Design Engineering
(PDE), 68, 69, 77Pacific Insight Electronics Corp, 68Pacific Online, 69Padtech Global Sourcing, 68Part Time CFO Inc, 75PDFTron Systems Inc, 71Pearson Advertising Ltd, 75PEER 1 Hosting, 72Pegasus Pharmaceuticals Group Inc, 67Perceptronix Medical Inc (PMI Labs), 66Peter B Gustavson School
of Business – University of Victoria, 72, 76
Phase 1 Systems Corp, 69Philips Ledalite, 76Phoenix Systems, 71Pinter Electronics Consultants, 77Piranha Games, 73Pitstop Media Inc, 69PlayMobility, 77Plutonic Power Corp, 67PMC-Sierra, 68PNI Digital Media Inc, 73Powertech Labs Inc, 76PRAGMATIC GROUP, 69Precision Injection Molding Inc, 66Prime Signal Ltd, 69
Pro Mac Support, 71Propaganda Games, 73Pulse Energy, 76PwC, 76
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QHR Technologies Inc, 71QLT Inc, 67QR Loyalty, 77Quartech Systems Ltd, 71
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R U On The Net Inc, 74Radiant Communications Corp, 69Radical Entertainment, 73Rainforest Automation Inc, 68Rainmaker Entertainment Inc, 73Ralph’s Radio, 72Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc, 76Redline Pro Manufacturing, 66Reel Wonders Animation Inc, 73Reframe Marketing, 75Reliable Controls Corp, 76Rent-A-Nerd Computer Services Inc, 71Response Biomedical Corp, 66Revenue Services Group, 75Richards Buell Sutton LLP, 75RISO Canada Inc, 72Rittal Systems Ltd, 72Robert Allan Ltd, 69Rocket Builders, 75Rocket Networks, 72Rockstar Vancouver, 73Rocky Mountain Business
Systems Inc, 71Rogers Communications
Partnership, 72RSC Group, 71RSI International Systems Inc, 71Ryan Manufacturing Inc, 66
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S-P International Inc, 68Safe Software Inc, 71Sage, 71salonMonster, 71Samco Software Inc, 71SAP Canada Inc, 71, 76Sapphire Canada a div of Randstad
Interim Inc, 76Schneider Electric (Renewables
Business Unit), 67SCOOP Consulting, 71Sea Breeze Power Corp, 67Seon Design Inc, 72SFU Business – MBA in
Management of Technology/Biotechnology, 67, 72
Shaw Business, 69Shaw Communications Inc, 72Sierra Systems, 71Sierra Wireless Inc, 77Signal Group, 75Signals Design Group Inc, 73Silver Stream, 72Simba Technologies Inc, 71Sirius Genomics Inc, 66Sky’s the Limit Web Marketing, 74SkyTrac Systems, 66Skyway West, 69, 72, 77Slant Six Games Inc, 73Smart & Biggar, 75Smart Hotel Software, 71Smartcool Systems Inc, 68Smoking Gun Interactive Inc, 73Snaptech Marketing and
Communications, 74Softrend Systems Inc, 71Softscribes Services Inc, 71Sophos Inc, 71Speakeasy Solutions Inc, 71Spectral Innovations Ltd, 76Squirrel Systems, 71Standard Marketing Ltd, 69Starfish Communications Ltd, 73StarGarden Group, 71Steeves and Associates, 71STEMCELL Technologies Inc, 67Stephen Dittberner 3D/technical
Illustration, 74Strategy Navigator, 75Suretel Telecomm Ltd, 72SustaiNet Software
International Inc, 71Swift Power Corp, 67Switch United, 73
System Directions Ltd, 69System Safety Services, 66
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Talent Technology Corp, 71Tangram Design Ltd, 69Tantalus, 68TCS Forensics Ltd, 72Tekion, Inc, 67Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp, 67Tekskil Industries Inc, 66Telacquire Marketing Group Inc, 74Teligence, 73Telus Corp, 72TeraGo Networks Inc, 69TeraSpan Networks Inc, 72TETRAD Computer Applications Inc, 71Think Profits.com, 74Thirdi Software, 74THQ Canada Inc dba Relic
Entertainment, 73Thurber Engineering Ltd, 69TimeLapse Digital Inc, 73Times Telecom Inc, 72TM8 Recruitment, 76TMW Systems Canada Inc, 71Top Producer Systems, 71Touchstone Webworks Inc, 71TP Systems, 71TrainingPartner by
GeoMetrix, 71, 73TransAlta (formerly Canadian Hydro
Developers), 67Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc, 77Triad Communications Ltd, 73TRIUMF, 67Tugboat Group, 73, 74
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Ubisoft Vancouver Inc, 73Ucora Corp, 71Uniserve Communications Corp, 69United Front Games, 73Upside Wireless Inc, 72, 77Urban Systems Ltd, 76Utherverse Digital Inc, 73
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Vancouver Profile Online Services, 69Vandelta Communication
Systems Ltd, 72Vecima Networks Inc, 77Vector Aerospace Helicopter
Services Inc, 66Ventana Tech Inc, 72VentureWeb, 74Ventyx, an ABB Company, 72Verisante Technology Inc, 66Versawave Technologies Inc, 69Vigil Health Solutions Inc, 66Viking Air Ltd, 66Virtual Perceptions Systems Inc, 72Vision Critical Communications, 72Vitrium Systems Inc, 72Vivonet Inc, 72VRX Worldwide Inc, 74
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Waterstreet Technologies Group Inc, 72Watlow Western Canada, 68Wavefront, 77WebMusketeer.com, 74Webnames.ca Inc, 69WebTech Wireless Inc, 77Welichem Biotech Inc, 67Wesgar Inc, 76WestCAD Services Ltd, 76Western Pacific Enterprises Ltd, 72Westport Innovations Inc, 67Whitenoise Laboratories
(Canada) Inc, 72WiderFunnel Marketing
Optimization, 74Work at Play, 73
XYZ
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc, 67XLR8 Systems, 72Xylon Biotechnologies Ltd, 66Yaletown Venture Partners, 75Zalicus Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 67Zoom Audio Visual Networks Inc, 75Zymeworks Inc, 67
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