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Company/Address Phone/Fax/Web Shopify 150 Elgin St. Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4 888-746-7439 shopify.ca BlackBerry QNX 1001 Farrar Rd. Kanata, ON K2K 0B3 613-599-7465 / 613-599-1922 blackberry.com Saba Software (formerly Halogen) 495 March Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 3G1 613-270-1011 / 613-270-8311 saba.com Entrust Datacard 1000 Innovation Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 3E7 613-270-2998 / 613-270-2501 entrustdatacard.com Harris 400-1 Antares Dr. Ottawa, ON K2E 8C4 613-226-5511 / 613-226-3377 harriscomputer.com IFS 175 Terence Matthews Cres. Ottawa, ON K1m 1W8 613-576-2480 / 613-576-2484 ifsworld.com Kinaxis 700 Silver Seven Rd. Ottawa, ON K2V 1C3 613-592-5780 / 613-592-0584 kinaxis.com Oracle Corp. Canada Inc. 400-45 O’Connor St. Ottawa, ON K1P 1A4 613-569-0001 / 613-238-2818 oracle.com JSI Telecom 99 Michael Cowpland Dr. Ottawa, ON K2M 1X3 613-591-5910 jsitelecom.com Wind River International 200-350 Terry Fox Dr. N. Ottawa, ON K2K 2W5 613-270-2240 / 613-592-2283 windriver.com SolarWinds MSP 450 March Rd., 2nd Floor Ottawa, ON K2K 3K2 613-592-6676 / 613-592-2242 solarwinds MSP Amdocs 500-303 Terry Fox Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 3J1 613-595-5000 / 613-595-5556 amdocs.com Cistel Technology Inc. 200-30 Concourse Gate Ottawa, ON K2E 7V7 613-723-8344 / 613-723-8502 cistel.com Trend Micro 200-40 Hines Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 2M5 613-599-4505 trendmicro.ca You.i TV 310-2500 Solandt Rd. Kanata, ON K2K 3G5 613-228-9107 youi.tv Airbus DS Communications (formerly Cassidian) 300-200 Technologie Blvd. Gatineau, QC J8Z 3H6 819-778-2053 / 819-778-3408 airbus-dscomm.com Irdeto 300-2500 Solandt Rd. Ottawa, ON K2K 3G5 613-271-9446 / 613-271-9447 irdeto.com AVG Technologies Canada Inc. 1125 Innovation Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 3G6 613-232-1000 avg.com TITUS 800-343 Preston St. Ottawa, ON K1S 1N4 613-820-5111 / 613-820-5154 titus.com IBM Canada Ltd.† 3755 Riverside Dr. Ottawa, ON K1G 4K9 800-426-4968 ibm.com/ca/en
No. of local employees
LARGEST SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS (RANKED BY NUMBER OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES)
Key local executive(s)
Year est. Publicly traded? locally Y or N Major clients or markets
Product description
800
Tobi Lütke co-founder and CEO Harley Finkelstein chief operating officer
2006
Y Tesla; Red Bull; Nestlé; GE; NASDAQ: SHOP Kylie Cosmetics TSX: SH
Platform to manage every aspect of clients’ businesses, from products, shipping and marketing, to selling online, in-store and on-the-go.
400
John Wall senior vice-president and head of QNX Eric Smith head of government relations
2000
Y TSX: BB Global NASDAQ: BBRY
Middleware, development tools, realtime operating system software and services. Automotive infotainment systems and autonomous vehicle technology.
350
Pete Low chief financial officer Karen Williams executive vice-president of customer advocacy
2001
315
Greg Whetmore vice-president of research and development
301
N
Airline; energy; financial services; healthcare; high tech; life sciences; manufacturing; professional services; retail; education; government
Cloud solutions for talent management; continuous learning; performance engagement and development; succession, career development; workforce planning; compensation solutions incorporating technologies such as social, collaboration, mobile and gamification.
1994
N
WND
Creates and provides software and services that secure digital identities and information for global enterprises and governments.
Jeff Bender CEO
1976
Y TSX: CSU
Utilities; local, municipal and county governments; schools; public safety and health care
Acquire, manage and build industry specific vertical market software businesses. Mission critical software solutions that address the particular needs of customers in each market.
300
Scott Helmer senior vice-president of aviation and defence
1996
N
300
John Sicard president and CEO
1984
Y TSX: KXS
235
Glenn Grignon business and technology director
1985
230
WND
230
Air France KLM; Qantas; LATAM Airlines; Icelandair Technical Services; Provider of aviation and defense asset management software, Boeing; Pratt & Whitney; Ethiopian Air- delivering mission-critical maintenance management lines; Emirates; BAE Systems; Swedish capabilities for sea, land and air assets. Defence; Southwest Airlines; Babcock; Cisco; Qualcomm; Raytheon; Nikon; NCR; Sikorsky; Konica Minolta; Ford; Honeywell
Provider of cloud-based applications for improving analysis and decision-making across a company’s supply chain operations. RapidResponse creates the foundation for managing multiple supply chain processes.
Y NYSE: ORCL
WND
Engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in customer data centres.
1979
N
WND
Investigative analysis solutions; big data platform that enables organizations to gain an understanding of the vast amounts of data available to them.
Rabih Maalouf vice-president and head of world-wide engineering
1999
N
Embedded software solutions for devices, machines, and systems. Products include VxWorks RTOS and commercialBoeing; Bosch Motorsport; NASA; Siemens; Huawei; Northrup Grumman; grade Linux, cloud-based device management, connected vehicle solutions, and software defined infrastructure BAE Systems platforms.
225
J.P. Jauvin senior vice-president of sales and customer operations
2000
N
Global
Remote systems and management software and complementary toolsets to reduce IT support costs, improve network performance and increase productivity through proactive monitoring and management.
180
GopakuMar Menon vice-president of network services
1982
Y NYSE: DOX
AT&T; Verizon Wireless; Sprint; Bell Mobility; Rogers; Telus
Develops network control and network virtualization solutions for fixed, mobile and converged networks.
175
Nishith Goel president and CEO
1995
N
WND
Provides system integration and consulting services to public and private sector organizations of all sizes. Services include Microsoft Practice, IT managed services, IT security and privacy, management consulting, and staffing services.
175
Bill McGee senior vice-president and general manager
1988
Y TYO: 4704
Major government departments – federal, provincial and local; Fortune 1000 companies worldwide
Develops security solutions that make the world safe for businesses and consumers to exchange digital information. Server security; cloud security; small business content security
170
Jason Flick CEO
2008
N
Rogers; Corus; Sony; Adobe; Turner; CFL
You.i Engine is an app platform built on the principals of video game engines: design-centric, cross-platform code with GPU performance.
165
Jeroen de Witte vice-president of network solutions
1979
N
WND
150
Jaco Du Plooy vice-president of engineering
1969
N
147
WND
2013
Y NYSE: AVG
139
Tim Upton
2005
N
WND
Andrew Lee
1917
Y NYSE: IBM
Delivers intelligent communications management and response systems for the public safety industry, including communications routing, switching and call-management hardware and software, as well as radio communication consoles. Digital platform security, protecting platforms and applications Rogers; Comcast; Charter; Cablevision; across multiple industries, such as media and entertainment, payments and automotive. Solutions and services to enable Cablecom; Liberty Global; English Premier League; Polsat; Ziggo; Foxtel customers to protect their revenue, create new offerings and fight cybercrime.
IT service providers, resellers and distributors
Provider of remote monitoring and management software for IT services providers; anti virus; online back-up; NOC; HelpDesk; content filtering; email security services
Enables organizations to classify, protect and confidently share Dow Corning; Dell; United States Air Force; NATO; Nokia; Pratt and Whitney; information, as well as meet regulatory compliance requireCanadian Department of National ments by identifying and securing unstructured data. Defence; Australian Department of Defence Watson analytics software; Eclipse opensource tool platform; J9 Java virtual machine Public sector; healthcare; financial and class libraries; WebSphere Customer services; industrial; education Centre; Rational model-driven development products
WND = Would not disclose. *Did not respond to 2017 survey – using data from previous years. † IBM Refused to divulge their local employee numbers, but OBJ has determined that they do rank on this list Should your company be on this list? If so, please send details to research@obj.ca This list is current as of August 10, 2017. © 2017 by Ottawa Business Journal. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced by any method in whole or in part without written permission by Ottawa Business Journal. While every attempt is made to ensure the thoroughness and accuracy of the list, omissions and errors sometimes occur. Please send any corrections or additions by e-mail to research@obj.ca. OBJ lists are primarily compiled using information provided voluntarily by the organizations named. Some firms that may qualify for the list are not included because the company either failed to respond to requests for information by press time, because the company declined to take part in the survey or because of space constraints. Categories are drawn up in attempt to gather information of relevance to the Ottawa market. Research by Patti Moran. Please send questions and comments to research@obj.ca.
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