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.

Ottawa’s Grade A merges with Oregon-based IT firm in bid to make its mark south of the border

It’s the latest growth play for Grade A, which was founded 18 years ago and is now the city’s second-largest managed services firm with about 90 employees.

Tenants left out in the cold as Makerspace North faces eviction from City Centre

Businesses in the community hub received notices from the building’s landlord last Thursday informing them they had to move out of the 19,000-square-foot facility by Dec. 9.

Claridge eyes six-tower, 2,000-unit housing project near Carling and Clyde

The 6.65-acre property is now home to an abandoned industrial building previously owned by dairy giant Saputo.

High-tech rock star: Ottawa’s CEO of the Year John Sicard is a man on a mission

The firm that couldn’t crack $10 million in annual sales when its CEO arrived is now projecting revenues of at least $220 million in the current fiscal year.

Trinity to preserve heritage gas station as part of Westboro development

Developer is proposing a nine-storey mixed-use building that will incorporate the shuttered 1930s-era gas station at 70 Richmond Rd. into the design.

Ottawa firm’s COVID-killing robot to be tested on De Havilland aircraft

Multi-year agreement could see Aero HygenX's autonomous disinfectant on wheels rolled out on hundreds of Dash 8s around the world.

‘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.

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