Sector: Construction

As Canada’s development bank, BDC is a partner of choice for all entrepreneurs looking to access the financing and advice they need to build their businesses and tackle the big challenges of our time. Our investment arm, BDC Capital, offers a wide range of risk capital solutions to help grow the country’s most innovative firms. We are one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. For more information on BDC’s products and services and to consult free tools, templates and articles, visit bdc.ca or join BDC on social media

BDC’s Advisory Services team is one of OIC’s network of approved advisors. Our seasoned experts can help you digitize your business and achieve your strategic goals. We provide the tools and knowledge to support your digital adoption initiatives in a hands-on approach.

Over the past 12 years, Change Connect leads with strategy and digital strategy to drive efficiency and effectiveness in operations. We deliver on our promises with 300+ Canada Digital Adoption clients to-date through key value propositions such as:

• Extensive on-the-ground experience
• Cross industry experience
• Multilingualism
• Stay current with weekly vendor demos / training

We believe our strategy-led CDAP approach is what would make a difference in the long haul through implementation.

PinnacleCIO works with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to solve business problems, improve efficiencies and reduce costs by leveraging technology, while also addressing information security risks. With a sole focus on SMEs, we understand your business and your operational and financial constraints.

PinnacleCIO offers services including:

• Technology assessments: understanding your current state of technology and identifying gaps
• Technology strategy: creating a phased plan to address your prioritized needs
• Business process improvement: identifying how technology can streamline your processes
• Cost savings: reducing cost by replacing expensive legacy solutions
• System selection & implementation: understanding requirements, identifying and assessing potential systems, and overseeing implementation
• IT budgeting: drafting operational and discretionary technology spending
• Information security: identifying and addressing gaps in IT controls and cyber insurance

Michael Gladstone is the Principal of PinnacleCIO and has experience across industry verticals including manufacturing/distribution, professional services and healthcare.

You can find more information on PinnacleCIO on our website or LinkedIn. We look forward to working with you on advancing your technology maturity.

Ryan Gencarelli, Co-Founder of wild idea co., is a Digital Adoption Consultant (DAC) with OCI’s Digitalization Competency Centre (DCC). Ryan has advised hundreds of entrepreneurs and specializes in business planning, marketing, branding, sales, project management, and early-stage growth. His professional experience spans dozens of industries and he has consulted and worked with pre-revenue start-ups to large corporations. Ryan is also an approved advisor for the Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) and i.d.e.a. Fund. The types of strategies he has developed, include, but are not limited to:

• Digital Modernization Adoption Plan (DMAP), for OCI DCC
• Digital Adoption Plan (DAP), for CDAP Boost Your Business Technology Grant
• Marketing Strategy
• Go-To-Market Strategy
• Brand Strategy
• Content Strategy
• Customer Journey Mapping

By selecting Ryan as your DAC, your company will benefit from his analytical approach, entrepreneurial insight, straightforward advice, systems knowledge, proven track record, and 15+ years of professional experience. He genuinely cares about Canadian entrepreneurs and the success of their organizations.

DriveTraffic has been doing digital marketing for close to 20 years! Our expertise is with SEO, Google Ads and Google Analytics but we can certainly help with strategy in other digital marketing areas. We have provided marketing strategies for startups with no budgets to multi million dollar corporations and everything in between. We are approved Digital Adoption Advisors with the federal CDAP program and we look forward to helping with your plan.