David Sali

Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor 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.

Former Crowne Plaza GM Denis Gilles returns to Ottawa to lead new Hilton properties

Tourism

After spending decades living the nomadic lifestyle so typical of a top-level hotel manager, Denis Gilles feels like he’s finally where he’s meant to be.

Zibi adds veteran leasing exec Stan Humphreys to Dream team

Real Estate

In three decades in the leasing business, Stan Humphreys has had a front-row seat to witness the evolution of Ottawa’s commercial real estate market. In

Ottawa Redblacks star gives business venture a spin

Ottawa

He’s a Grey Cup champion, a two-time CFL all-star and one of the most recognizable sports figures in the nation’s capital. Now, Redblacks centre Jon

BluMetric’s new boss eyes market ‘ascent’ for Ottawa clean-tech firm

Techopia

After more than two decades as an executive in the environmental engineering sector south of the border, Scott MacFabe was looking for the right offer

Claridge proposes next phase of LeBreton Flats development

Real Estate

Claridge Homes has unveiled plans to build five mixed-use towers ranging from 25 to 45 storeys in the next phase of its development at the

Gatineau biofuel firm Agrisoma to expand production with $12M investment

Techopia

A Gatineau firm that supplies raw material for the burgeoning jet biofuel market has landed a $12-million financing round with the aim of continuing its

Ottawa’s Kivuto Solutions acquired by Calgary investors

Techopia

An Ottawa tech firm that helps colleges and universities around the world deliver discounted software to students has been sold to a Calgary-led group of

From seed to sky: Gatineau’s Agrisoma flying high on Qantas biofuel deal

Techopia

As startup-in-ascent metaphors go, they don’t get more on-the-nose than Qantas Flight 96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne on Jan. 28. The 15-hour journey took

Focus on tech funding holding female entrepreneurs back: Study

Ottawa

Owners of a pair of buzzworthy fashion boutiques, Katie Frappier and Regine Paquette epitomize the growing role of women in the Canadian economy. Victoire boutique,

Nick Quain named new Invest Ottawa mentor-in-chief

Techopia

After nearly two decades of shuttling back and forth between Ottawa and Toronto building wireless communications firm CellWand into a national force, Nick Quain is