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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Investors seeking ‘comfort’ in suburban malls as retail market picks up, broker says

Echoing the findings of several recent studies, a prominent local real estate executive says Ottawa’s retail investment...

Ship-shape: Local firm wins $30M contract to install made-in-Ottawa tech on navy’s new destroyers

W.R. Davis Engineering is the latest Canadian company to join the supply chain for the next-generation Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) warships that are expected to eventually replace the navy’s current fleet of Halifax-class frigates.

Wheel deal: ReliON lands $3M to scale up troubleshooting software for EV chargers

Jesse White is the co-founder and chief technology officer at ReliON, a new enterprise that aims to ensure the chargers that power Canada’s growing contingent of EVs are in good running order.

New Arvizio CEO Taimoor Nawab says augmented reality software firm’s time is now

Arvizio announced earlier this month it hired Taimoor Nawab as its new CEO effective July 2.

The sky’s the limit: U of O grads’ spacecraft refuelling system set for takeoff

An Ottawa-born startup that is building the world’s first “automated service stations” for spacecraft has landed a...

Falling office vacancy rate ‘clearly a trend’ as landlords keep doling out incentives: Brokers

Ottawa’s falling office vacancy rate is “not an anomaly,” a leading real estate broker says, noting the...

Region’s unemployment rate soars to 6% in June, highest level in almost three years

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in nearly three years last month as the local...

Top of Mind in Tech: Assent’s Andrew Waitman on building vs. buying and staying ahead of the curve

The job title on Andrew Waitman’s LinkedIn profile perfectly sums up the impact the veteran tech executive...

Next-gen microchip-maker Ranovus to double size of Kanata manufacturing plant

Ranovus says it will expand its Kanata facility to 30,000 square feet from its current 15,000 square feet within the next 12 months as it ramps up production of its next-generation chips that are engineered to be more energy-efficient and cost-effective than current products.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 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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