As a member of the StarDyne Group of companies, we have unprecidented access to a suite of capabilities and products:
Tempest Development Group
Tempest develops and provides land management and revenue collection software to municipalities and local governments. www.tempestdg.com
Vadim Software
Vadim develops and provides proprietary software to small to mid size municipalities and local governments. It's iCity software is comprised of over 20 specialized municipal applications, with core financials as the base. www.vadimsoftware.com
Diamond Municipal Solutions
With Microsoft Dynamics at its heart, Diamond Municipal Solutions specializes in the development, implementation and support of municipal and utility accounting systems for mid-sized municipalities. www.diamondmunicipal.com
WorkTech Inc.
WorkTech Inc., a subsidiary of Diamond Municipal Solutions, provides software applications to manage the operations and workflow of municipal government and public sector entities. PAT is a WorkTech reseller. www.worktech.ca
SRB Education Solutions
RB Education Solutions Inc., focuses on providing software solutions and services for the finance, human resources and payroll application requirements of school districts across Western Canada, and also has K-12 customers. http://www.srbeducationsolutions.com/
Partners
At Pacific Alliance Technologies, we believe that it requires an ecosystem of best of breed suppliers to provide the business solutions that our clients demand. We work together with a distinguished group of partners, to provide comprehensive solutions:
Autodesk Inc.
Autodesk, Inc., is the world's leading supplier of advanced 2D and 3D design, digital content creation, and project collaboration software tools, including AutoCAD, Map 3D, Civil 3D, Revit, MapGuide, and more. Pacific Alliance is a Premier Solutions Provider for Autodesk’s AEC, CAD and GIS products. PAT is an Autodesk reseller, Authorized Training Centre and a member of the Autodesk Developer Network. www.autodesk.com
Bentley Software
The makers of the MicroStation CAD product, Bentley provides software for the lifecycle of the world’s infrastructure. The company’s comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. PAT is a member of the Bentley Developer Network. www.bentley.com
CarteGraph Software
CartêGraph provides an efficient and effective public works management system. CartêGraph technology is especially designed with government and the customers you serve in mind. PAT is a reseller and implementation expert in the CartêGraph Suite. www.cartegraph.com
ERMS Corporation
ERMS is a leader in crisis management and emergency notification services. The ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations. Delivered via “Software as a Service” (SaaS) model, ERMS provides clients with access to a secure, fully hosted, web-based solution. PAT is a member of the ERMS Service Partner Reseller Program. www.ermscorp.com
ESRI Canada
Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) solutions. ESRI Canada distributes the world's leading GIS software including solutions from ESRI Inc., Miner and Miner, I.S.M. International Systemap Corp. and Azteca. In order to provide organizations with complete industry-specific solutions ESRI Canada has established an extensive business partner program that includes more than 130 Canadian organizations. ESRI Canada is a leader in providing world-class enterprise GIS solutions for many industries including public works, land management, utilities, defence, public safety, business demographics, education, natural resources and transportation. www.esricanada.com
Safe Software
Founded in 1993, Safe Software is the industry leading provider of spatial data interoperability solutions. Its flagship product is FME, the number one spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) platform. PAT is a reseller for Safe Software. www.safe.com
LizardTech
LizardTech, a Celartem company, provides compression software and tools for geographic data, document management, and web distribution. PAT is a reseller of LizardTech's software. www.lizardtech.com
Microsoft
Microsoft is a critical part of each system that we implement. To bring the best possible solutions to our clients we are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. www.microsoft.com
Associations
Pacific Alliance is proud to be involved with the following industry associations:
Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) - www.gita.org
Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) - www.urisabc.org
Municipal Information Systems Association (MISA) - www.misa.bc.ca
Vancouver AutoCAD User Society (VAUS) - www.vaus.org
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) - www.giac.ca
Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) - www.amebc.ca
Architectural Institute of BC (AIBC) - www.aibc.ca
Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) - www.seinstitute.org
Today, Autodesk publicly announced the release of a fully native Mac® version of AutoCAD® software this fall.
Later today, Autodesk will host a press event, which will be recorded and available for viewing soon at www.autodesk.com/autocadformac. Autodesk is publicly communicating the timing for the release of AutoCAD® 2011 for Mac® will be fall 2010.
Autodesk also announced AutoCAD® WS web and mobile application for AutoCAD® software. Thousands of users worldwide have already begun using the web application, which is available today as Project Butterfly on Autodesk Labs. Later this fall, Project Butterfly will graduate from Labs and be launched as AutoCAD WS.
AutoCAD WS is a free companion application for AutoCAD software that gives AutoCAD customers the ability to view, edit, and share DWG™ files through a web browser and on select mobile devices, including Apple® iPhone™ and Apple® iPad™. There will also be a plug-in for AutoCAD software that enables customers to access AutoCAD WS directly from inside their AutoCAD software.
For more information please browse to:http://pat.ca/aec/software/general-autocad/
PAT Launches Seattle, WA Office
07/14/2010
The fastest growth in iVAULT’s client base is in the US. To better support this market, PAT is pleased to officially announce the launch of our new Seattle Office. We hope that this decision will show our continued commitment to our US clients and partners.
We were fortunate to find a seasoned GIS professional to head our operations in the US Pacific Northwest. Chris Gardner, GISP was recently a Principal/Owner, at a regional Autodesk Partner. Prior to that, he worked on GIS implementations for an ESRI partner in Seattle. He has also worked for the US Forest Service and a multi-national forestry company. Chris navigates the CAD-GIS space with ease – further promoting PAT’s membership in the ESRI, Autodesk and Bentley Developer Networks. While we plan to grow the office substantially in the coming years, our commitment is to grow
well—not quickly. As always, the greatest challenge to growth is finding and hiring exceptional people like Chris!
Over the years PAT has engaged in many projects in the Pacific Northwest, making Seattle the logical location for our first American office. It is through these projects that PAT first started working with Chris. “I have had the pleasure of working with PAT on several successful projects over the years, and have always been impressed with their level of innovation, stability, and dedication to client results. PAT’s long, successful history of solving business challenges in various industries such as; Oil/Gas, Telcom, Power Utilities, Water/Wastewater, Commercial Real Estate Management, and Municipal, perfectly position them for success in U.S markets. This, combined with the offerings from the other StarDyne held companies, (Vadim, Tempest, Diamond, WorkTech) make this a very exciting opportunity.”
Contact Information:
Chris Gardner, GISP
Western US Regional Manager
Pacific Alliance Technologies
4701 SW Admiral Way, #343
Seattle, WA 98116
MAIN: 206.409.9105
Tol: 877.691.9171
Fax: 604.682.0962
Eml: cg@pat.ca
Web: www.pat.ca
• BIM Management
• Collaboration
• Conceptual Design & Visualization
• Site and Structural Design
On July 29th we are offering Revit Architecture 2011 BIM Management. The objective of this course is to enable students who have worked with Revit to expand their knowledge in setting up office standards with templates that include annotation styles, preset views, sheets, and schedules, as well as creating custom element types and families.
On July 30th we are offering Revit Architecture 2011 Collaboration Tools. The objective of this course is to enable students who have a basic knowledge of Revit to increase their productivity while working with other people on a team, either in the same firm or with other firms, and while working with Revit files or other CAD files.
We use only Autodesk Official Training Guides for our training delivery. We offer courses in our Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto locations – or at your site. Please find more information at www.pat.ca/training
Please email our Training Manager Gloria at gs@pat.ca to register.
Ranking Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 100 profiles the country's most successful growth companies. Published in the June issue of PROFIT and online at PROFIT100.com, the PROFIT 100 is Canada's largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial achievement. “Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies are the poster children for entrepreneurship, innovation and pure tenacity,” says Ian Portsmouth, editor of PROFIT. “They demonstrate what it takes to succeed in today’s highly competitive, technology-driven global economy.”
From 2004 to 2009 StarDyne’s revenue grew more than 196%. “The increase in revenue is driven by acquisitions and organic growth in both our Government and Education Divisions,” says David Burke, CEO of StarDyne.
“The foundation of our business is our Triple Bottom Line - Employee Satisfaction, Customer Satisfaction and Financial Satisfaction. We continue to achieve high ratings for Employee and Customer satisfaction which in turn provides the strong financial results as evidenced by ranking us among the Fastest Growing Companies in Canada even with the economic challenges faced by many businesses in the last year,” adds Brad Imrich, CFO of StarDyne.
The consistent hard work and dedication of the StarDyne group continues to drive StarDyne forward in new and exciting ways.
About PROFIT Magazine
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada’s preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 28 years, Canadian entrepreneurs and senior managers across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it’s a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT online at www.profitmagazine.ca.
About StarDyne Technologies Inc.
Founded in 2001, StarDyne Technologies (StarDyne) makes strategic investments in businesses providing software and related solutions to the public sector including local government and education. StarDyne’s growth is fuelled by strategic acquisitions, partnerships, and managed internal growth within Group Companies. As a strategic investor, StarDyne makes a positive difference for its customers by providing stability and a consistent focus on the public sector marketplace.
www.stardynetech.com
For more information please contact:
Brad Imrich, CFO and VP Finance, StarDyne
Brad.imrich@stardynetech.com
The economic environment that developed in late 2008 and remained for much of 2009 resulted in a mix of opportunity and hardship for the industry’s leading firms.* This environment has led to the majority of companies either moving down the Branham list or maintaining their standing from 2009.
The foundation supporting StarDyne’s success is its Triple Bottom Line philosophy – employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction which drive financial satisfaction. StarDyne is showing a year over year improvement in the Triple Bottom Line!
Headquartered in Chicago, USA, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management. JLL works with corporate occupiers with space requirements for better space utilization, managing costs, efficiency and performance of the real estate they own and occupy. JLL has more than 30,000 people in 750 locations in 60 that allows us to be flexible and countries.
Challenges
JLL had been an Autodesk MapGuide 6.5 customer for several years, and wanted to upgrade to MapGuide Open Source. JLL unsuccessfully pursued a customized solution before deciding to upgrade to iVAULT. System flexibility, stability and performance and user support were key business needs.
Solution
JLL chose Pacific Alliance Technologies given our MapGuide expertise, and our strength at rapid, configurable implementation. Combining this with iVAULT put them in control of their data for quick access and flexibility.
iVAULT was chosen as it is a commercial off the shelf software package that offers numerous benefits including an architecture that is tuned for easier data integration and that is configured rather than programmed. iVAULT enables JLL’s clients to query attributes of the CAD data used to manage millions of square feet of tenant space.
Results
JLL migrated to the MapGuide Open Source platform along with iVAULT, keeping MapGuide’s functionality with added flexibility. This gave JLL the ability to configure queries the way JLL want—meeting their business needs. iVAULT’s intuitive front-end made a smooth transition for users.
Steven Bogart, Jones Lang LaSalle Vice President, Manager Occupancy Planning - Corporate Solutions, said, “iVAULT has given us the flexibility and functionality we need to service multiple clients with varying requirements without the constant need for customization. The result is lower costs to us and to our clients and greater adaptability to meet our client’s unique and changing needs.”
Pacific Alliance Technologies (www.pat.ca)
Pacific Alliance Technologies, a member of StarDyne Technologies, provides proven CAD and GIS solutions and services for local and regional governments. Easy, flexible and affordable, Pacific Alliance’s solutions enable government staff to manage, query and analyze spatial, attribute and financial information. Delivered via a web browser, data is integrated from multiple sources to deliver a solution that streamlines Asset Management and facilitates self-service for the public. With a combined 120+ years of technical experience, Pacific Alliance is lauded in the industry as a GIS technology and service provider.
Implemented in over 150 organizations across North America, Eclipse is rapidly becoming a tool of choice in the municipal government sector. Eclipse combines powerful project, portfolio and resource management capabilities with a common sense approach that stresses ease of use, implementation and support.
Craig MacInnis, VP Business Development with Solution Q identified that, “Pacific Alliance has a reputation for understanding and working with the municipal sector. The partnership with Pacific Alliance Technologies will allow for a broader implementation of the Eclipse PPM solution in the municipal sector as we leverage their expertise and service strength across North America.”
Ron Begg, Chief Operating Officer of StarDyne Technologies’ Government Solutions Division said, “Eclipse is an exciting addition to our family in the Government Solutions Division. Eclipse is an excellent Portfolio Project Management tool, and our position and peer networking in the local government market adds value to what our clients can get out of this technology.“
About Pacific Alliance Technologies
Established in 1998, Pacific Alliance Technologies is a leading provider of GIS, web-based mapping, asset management services specializing in the customization and implementation of customer-driven software solutions. For more information visit: www.pat.ca.
About Solution Q Inc.
Solution Q is a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management software and services. Eclipse Project Portfolio Management Software provides real-time visibility, accountability, and a single location for all project information. With its easy implementation, navigation, and functionality, Eclipse strikes a balance between executive information requirements and ease-of-use. This “Success Simplified” approach results in improved project prioritization, selection and execution combined with a more efficient use of resources. For more information visit: www.solutionq.com.
About StarDyne Technologies Inc.
StarDyne Technologies provides market leading software and related services to the public sector, primarily local government and education markets. StarDyne offers, through its group companies, alternative and complimentary solutions to satisfy customer requirements. StarDyne has invested substantially in its companies through product development, market expansion and acquisitions. The StarDyne group serves over 500 local governments and 255 school districts, comprising over 6800 schools. For more information visit: www.stardynetech.com.
For more information contact:
Ron Begg, COO
Government Solutions Division
StarDyne Technologies Inc.
519-987-9390
ron.begg@stardynetech.com
Angela Phillips
Solution Q Inc
416-385-0774
aphillips@solutionq.com
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PAT is continuing to build our team of experts delivering innovative solutions with the opening of new offices and hiring of knowledgeable staff. Scott Stafford-Veale joins us in Victoria as a Practice Lead, Tom Liang joins us in Ontario as our Asset Management Lead and Jeff Lamb is joining our Vancouver head office as a Senior Technical Consultant. PAT’s rapid growth reflects the success of the iVAULT™ solution, which is rapidly becoming the benchmark in web-GIS Solutions, and our success in Asset Management implementation.
Scott brings with him eleven years of solution matching expertise from his work establishing the ESRI Canada Victoria office. In that role he established ESRI software as the defacto standard for the BC Government while growing the Victoria office to eight staff. Scott is well respected in the ESRI community from his time working at ESRI building a successful network of Business Partner and OEM clients.
Tom, Asset Management Lead, is a seasoned project manager and consultant with diverse experience in many aspects of the asset management field. Throughout his career, Tom has worked extensively, both in the leadership and implementer roles, with numerous government agencies at the local, provincial/state and federal levels throughout North America, performing business/operational gap analysis and process developments, implementing best practices, deploying software/hardware systems, performing asset data collections and analysis, and participating/leading clients in strategic & tactical planning as part of directives to develop new asset management programs, optimizing or revamping/overhauling existing non-performing programs.
· Development Process Optimization
· CarteGraph integration and implementation
· WorkTech integration and implementation
· GIS implementations in asset management
· Project Management / Product Development
· Business/Operational Process design and deployment
· Gap Analysis
Jeff has a wealth of experience in our domain, having worked with some of the leaders such as Telus and DMTI. He is well respected in the industry and was a former student of a well known professor “Anthony Bonnici”! Jeff has demonstrated experience at varying levels of the business workflow. This experience has been gained at both a technical and business level. Jeff has managed large budget implementations, but also been hands on in development of automated data processes. Jeff’s adaptability and diverse resume should complement our existing team skills very well.
More specifically, some highlights that capture his diverse experience include :
- Project Manager responsible for successful delivery of Internal AVL projects
- Managed short and long term projects with budgets up to $1.5 million dollars
- Scope and justify new GIS Asset Management tools and system enhancements
- Perform high level GIS analysis, maintain processes and project standards
- Responsible for day to day operations of GIS and GPS departments
- Automated GPS process significantly by creating standard data dictionaries and writing scripts to process GPS data
- AML scripting to automate workflow
- Performed GIS analysis using ArcGIS
- Cartographic output - created presentation maps
“We are pleased to have Scott, Tom and Jeff Join Pacific Alliance Technologies team. Our focus continues to be to better serve our clients and partners with leading edge solutions. Gaining the right people to achieve this goal is a mission we take seriously and we are quite pleased to have the talent and expertise of this team on the PAT team. Please join me in welcoming them to our team and yours” commented Chris Webber, Founder and President of Pacific Alliance Technologies.
“With the recent additions to the professional services team, we now have increased depth and knowledge to serve our existing client base. We can guide our clients from inception of their ideas through to implementation. I’m very proud services and solutions that we provide and believe that we have further distinguished ourselves as leaders in our domain” commented Ronnie Wahi, Vice President of Pacific Alliance Technologies.
Calgary - Today PAT provided the following presentation to a packed house at the GITA Oil & Gas Conference. Many of Canada's Engineering, drilling and geomatics firms are turning to PAT to publish their geomatics data to the web.
Jumpstart Your Next Project: Don't Start From Scratch, Start with Your Historical Data
John Galambos, Pacific Alliance Technologies
Jumpstart Your Next Project: Don't start from scratch, start with your historical data. Ever want to have your entire firm's historical data at your finger tips the moment you start a project? Do you want others to access and/or edit CAD drawings and data over the web? Do you have databases that you want to connect to your drawings for viewing and searching over the web? Do you want to price your projects more quickly? Do you want a closer relationship with your customers and project stakeholders?
Using a web mapping implementation at an Alberta based geomatics company as a case study, this presentation will illustrate how Millennium Geomatics was able to automate publishing to the web information from thousands of AutoCAD drawings. The presentation will also cover how the drawing data were linked to a pre-existing project database allowing users to quickly search for and locate projects, identify other nearby projects, and view related project documents. The underlying technologies used during the implementation will be discussed, including an overview of MapGuide Open Source, FME, and iVAULT.
Pacific Alliance Technologies is pleased to announce a new release to iVAULT to support ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.3 software. This release complements ArcGIS Server capabilities to publish data and geo-spatial information quickly and easily via the Web.
Chris Webber, President of Pacific Alliance Technologies, said, “Our goal is to meet customer needs for fast and efficient Web publishing of data and GIS information, from novice users to experts. iVAULT’s latest release enhances functionality and security for ESRI’s ArcGIS server platform. Adding iVAULT to this platform improves overall workflow efficiency with unparalleled data and application integration capabilities. Our iVAULT customers find it gives them access to data spread across their company, improving service times and saves on costly customization.”
iVAULT structures data to facilitate integration of your spatial systems with other business systems. Hot on the heels of this release please expect to see announcements of software integrations with financial and asset management systems.
Pacific Alliance Technologies—a member of StarDyne Technologies Inc.—is a leading provider of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), asset management, web-based mapping, architectural, and engineering software, specializing in the customization, implementation, training and support of these solutions. Flexible and affordable, Pacific Alliance Technologies develops and implements solutions to sharpen your edge and increase productivity.
Pacific Alliance Technologies provides a unique perspective gained from being a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, a member of the Bentley Developer Network, a member of the ESRI Developer Network and by being Microsoft Gold Certified. This perspective allow us to be a leading provider of software and service to architecture, engineering, construction, government, utilities, telecommunication, oil & gas, mining, facilities management, and transportation.
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For media enquiries, contact:
Chris Webber, President – Pacific Alliance Technologies, 604-676-6000, X102
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