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.

KPMG Law turns to well-known Ottawa lawyer to head up new practice

Affiliate of professional services firm KPMG announced Thursday that Adam Aptowitzer has joined it as national leader of its new charitable and not-for-profit practice. 

Veteran finance executive Julie Morin stepping down as CFO of Minto Apartment REIT

Ottawa's 2020 CFO of the Year, who helped guide the REIT through a $230-million IPO in 2018, will retain her other role as chief financial officer of REIT's sister company, Minto Group.

Rock solid: Cleantech trailblazer Giatec Scientific nabs $5M in fresh funding to fuel foreign expansion

It’s the latest major capital injection for the Ottawa software firm, which brought German building materials powerhouse HeidelbergCement on board as a minority investor earlier this year.

‘Offline retail is all the way back’: Shopify launches new point-of-sale system in bid to kickstart growth

POS Go is a mobile unit equipped with a built-in barcode scanner that lets merchants check out items anywhere in the store.

Tablz serves up new income stream for restaurants looking to cash in on premium seats

Ottawa startup's platform that allows customers to take 3D online walkthroughs of restaurants and pay extra to reserve specific tables is now in use in more than 50 eateries.

City needs to ‘get serious’ about revitalizing downtown core, task force co-chair says

"There are no easy answers here,” Claridge Homes executive Neil Malhotra says of what it will take to encourage more residents to live, work and shop inside the Greenbelt in the wake of the pandemic.

Bug-detection software firm Noibu top local entry on Globe and Mail’s fastest-growing companies list

It’s the first appearance on the list for Noibu, which placed second in OBJ’s fastest-growing companies competition earlier this year.

BluWave-ai’s software takes centre stage at solar-powered Bryan Adams concert

In a North American first, Ottawa cleantech firm helped power Canadian rocker's evening show in Summerside, P.E.I., that was run entirely on solar energy.

Website development firm Craft&Crew acquires Ottawa’s Simple Story

Founded more than a decade ago, Simple Story has produced thousands of animated and live-action videos for customers that include Bell Media, Coca-Cola, CIBC, Pfizer, Shopify and Walmart.

IPO on Ross Video’s radar as video technology firm closes acquisition of European camera-maker

As Ottawa firm continues its steady march toward a billion dollars in annual revenue, even its CEO sometimes marvels at what his company has accomplished.

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