David Sali

Dave is OBJ's senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.
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‘We are on the world stage’: How John Sicard built Kinaxis into a global software leader

In part two of our CEO of the Year profile, Kinaxis's boss talks about how his upbringing made him resilient and why diversity in the workplace is so important.

Kanata-based Epiphan Video’s revenues surge 40 per cent in fiscal 2020

Firm says demand for its products ​– which capture, stream and record video for easy playback on computers and mobile devices – has skyrocketed during the shift to online learning.

Bust to boom: Syntronic Canada looks to hire 150 new Ottawa employees, ditches plan to shed office space

Six months after looking to sublease nearly a third of its office space, Kanata-based firm is poised to have a much different real estate footprint in 2021.

Bust to boom: Syntronic Canada looks to hire 150 new Ottawa employees, ditches plan to shed office space

Six months after looking to sublease nearly a third of its office space, Kanata-based firm is poised to have a much different real estate footprint in 2021.

Calian Group tops $430M in revenues in record-setting fiscal 2020

Despite pandemic-fuelled economic uncertainty, Kanata-based firm managed to post yearly gains in three of its four main service lines.

Ottawa-based Telesat reaches deal to go public on Nasdaq in 2021

Downtown firm says trading on U.S. exchange will help fund its multibillion-dollar low-Earth orbit satellite program.

Manulife boosts industrial footprint in Ottawa with $11.5M Bantree Street acquisition

It's the second major deal for an Ottawa-area property the global investment firm has announced this week.

Leaner McMillan on the comeback trail after a ‘humbling’ 2019, founder says

Gord McMillan says Ottawa-based firm is getting back on its feet a year after laying off most of its staff and filing for creditor protection.

Ottawa malls banking on motivated shoppers to drive holiday sales

While Santa might not be coming to their properties and surveys suggest Canadians aren't in a spending mood, several local mall managers are seeing signs of hope amid the gloom.

Burgeoning Microsoft sales channel helps boost Martello’s revenues in Q2

Kanata firm reported a 63 per cent jump in second-quarter revenues Wednesday as it continues to add new income streams and grow its customer base beyond its traditional Mitel sales channels.
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Matt Milton is a hometown guy that made it big. Almost one year ago, Milton stepped into the role of president of Microsoft Canada, a high point in a 25-year career in tech that has taken him to places such as New York, Oslo and Copenhagen. As president, Milton oversees more than 5,000 Canadian employees and has a mandate to help Canada get inspired by artificial intelligence. Microsoft Canada is leveraging its 40-year history and national workforce to lead the generational shift to AI. By collaborating with key partners, such as healthcare institutions like the Ottawa Hospital and the federal government, Microsoft is focusing on inspiration over pure automation. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran sits down with Milton to explore his local roots, the federal government's new "AI for All" strategy, and how startup entrepreneurs can navigate disruption by integrating AI to solve meaningful real-world challenges. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Introducing Matt Milton 08:35 Sponsor Segment 25:04 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia. Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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