Toronto
Hundreds of product management professionals connected to the hi-tech industry responded to our survey, painting a great picture of what employees of fast-growth companies in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area and Waterloo Region earn, and how happy they are.
Canadian companies and employees need to make their plans based on detailed regional forecasts, but both supply and demand are fluctuating, says the president of Canada's Communications Technology Council. A report available on Oct 30th will look at why.
How do QA professionals in Southern Ontario feel about their careers? How long does it take them to get to work? What do they want the most from their jobs? Find out as Red Canary weaves geographic, employer and demographic data together.
Sort the 2008 Fast 50 rankings by city or sector growth with these interactive tools.
Survey of Canadian tech CEOs reveals a "perfect storm" scenario: little venture capital, few IPOs, a tightening credit crunch and slowing markets
Enterprise 2.0 startup run by the co-founders of one of Canada's largest software companies seeks superstar developers and UX/UI gurus.
Results from the 2007-2008 Research and Development salary survey with online charts, graphs and interactivity. Includes data for software engineers, testing and quality assurance professionals and technical writers, with an emphasis on three regional technology clusters in Southern Ontario.
Suzie suggests that maturing software companies don't need to pay high dev salaries -- the skills are simply too widely available. She includes this quote from an HR professional "Software developers are in the same position as automotive industry workers 20 years ago. They are frustrated that their skills no longer garner a premium, yet hamstrung by few options currently available."
In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Marketing and Management topics. At ProductCamp there are no "attendees," since everyone participates in some manner: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. This is a self organizing collaborative event that has to be fun, rewarding and a cool experience! ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development process from the Toronto and surrounding area!
5th on Deloitte's Fast 50 last year, Impact Mobile brings an end-to-end SMS platform to advertisers of every stripe. Turnkey technology, not content, says their CEO, is the key to success.
A young company whose founders have a spectacular track record of success is looking for an entrepreneurial developer to come in and help them build an application from the ground up.
Charles Plant has worked with startups as an operator, a financier and now as a leader at one of Canada's largest incubators for young technology and science companies. He shares his thoughts on the external and internal challenges facing our emerging technology sector.
The former employees (and now successful tech execs) of a "no money, no customers and no business plan" startup talk about working at a company that found a way to win.
A collage of technology company logos (Canadian or with strong Canadian representation) that Red Canary has had the privilege to cover, profile or help find talent. Canada is home to a thriving technology industry that doesn't celebrate or recognize itself as often as it should, eh? Here's part two of our 'webpaper' of Canuck contributors. I hope this ‘webpaper’ continues to serve as a reminder of our industry’s vitality and diversity, and of Red Canary’s effort to shine a much-needed spotlight on great Canadian technology companies.
Sought after by Fortune 500 companies and recognized for their international contributions, the 20-something Canadian founders of TakingItGlobal (an organization that inspires young people to participate in social change), talk about bringing youth, technology, and social awareness together.
The man behind a market-leading software company laughs about his mafia-esque hiring methods, his CEO brother, and shares his passion for his work. Toronto’s PointClickCare is a market leader in providing on-demand software for the Long Term Care industry.
Cadman Chui talks about his path to PlateSpin and how the company has kept its breakneck growth from turning into neck-breaking change. Toronto-based PlateSpin helps organizations optimize their data centre operations. Since 2002, PlateSpin has been the second-fastest growing Canadian technology company, winning awards for both its software and business execution.
Recently ranked third on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 with 16,000% growth, Toronto-based Tira Wireless offers a wireless application developers and content publishers a device-agnostic platform.
What's it take to be a successful technology professional? Despite divergent careers, a young director and executive share surprisingly similar approaches.