CIO Bulletin

Innovation Excellence Awards 2023

Company	Management	Description
Upstream Works www.upstreamworks.com	Rob McDougall CEO	Upstream Works provides best-in-class Omnichannel Contact Center software to increase customer engagement and agent success. The company brings the customer journey together across all digital channels, applications and platforms with management simplicity and desktop elegance.
Simnet Inc simnet.ca	Ted de Vos CEO	Simnet is a leading provider of managed cloud solutions, offering a wide range of services to help businesses of all sizes leverage the power of the cloud. With a team of experienced professionals and a proven track record of success, Simnet helps companies optimize their cloud infrastructure, improve application performance, and reduce costs.
BAI Security baisecurity.net	Michael Bruck President & CEO	BAI Security is a nationally recognized cybersecurity & compliance assessment firm specializing in innovative, yet cost-effective offerings for high-stakes industries, including Healthcare & Pharma, Bank & Finance, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Higher Education, Government, Legal, and more.
DIGITAL COMMERCE BANK www.dcbank.ca	Jeffrey Smith Co-Founder & CEO	DCBank is a Schedule 1 Canadian chartered bank. Its mission is to provide innovative payment and banking solutions to our clients. DCBank proprietary solutions offer its clients efficiency, flexibility and convenience when it comes to their banking and payments needs.
KraftPal Technologies LTD www.kraftpal.com	Gregor Brajovic CEO	KraftPal Technologies delivers 21st Century logistic solutions in selected segments of the pallet industry. It is the first company to provide complete concept of “corrugated pallets” with performance never experienced before.
IRL Group www.irlgroup.ca	Laura Donnellan Co-Founder & HR Business Partner William Donnellan, Principal CEO	IRL Group is a Vancouver-based corporate group with businesses, partnerships, and management expertise in the construction and hospitality industries. IRL Group and its co-founders, Laura and William Donnellan, have always had the primary goal of putting people first, and the firm continues to reflect that in the warm, inviting, and simply fun entities that it has established and will continue to establish.
Growth Institute www.growthinstitute.com	Daniel Marcos Co-Founder & CEO	"Growth Institute is a leading provider of business education for fast growing small to medium sized firms. Through its virtual education platform, the company offers not only the knowledge necessary to scale up your firm, but also the skills necessary to implement it. "
Geniova geniova.com	Antonio Baselga Co-Founder & CEO	Geniova is an innovative Spanish "start up" that was born with the aim of revolutionizing the dental sector with a new world patent for orthodontics in the segment of removable dental aligners. Through a high level of research and development in design and 3D printing, it unites the best of the technologies that lead the market.
Power Hero www.powerhero.com	Esmond Goei Chairman & Co-Founder & CEO	Power Hero™ consists of an experienced team dedicated to a true passion project. All C-level members have successfully managed start-ups and growth-phase companies in the CEO role, with a proven ability to scale businesses both domestically and internationally.
Form.io form.io	Travis Tidwell Founder & CTO	Form.io is a unique software solution that provides software developers an unparalleled easy-to-use form-building and API creation and management platform. The Form.io solution dramatically cuts development time and support costs, improves quality, and speeds time to market for their web and mobile applications.