Kevin Rankin

Tropic Networks, Inc. designed, developed and marketed regional and metro-area optical networking equipment for use in telephony, data and cable applications. Recognized that service providers in both the telecom and cable industries are standardizing on wavelengths for their metro backbone networks, the company had purpose built a Wavelength Tracker, a powered optical transport solution for application in both these key markets. The company was founded in May, 2007 and was headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

International Datacasting Corp. engages in digital content distribution for broadcasters in radio, television, data, and digital cinema. It offers audio processing; content distribution and management; receivers; transport stream processing; and video processing. It also provides a portfolio of solutions including Pro Audio, Pro Video, Pro Cinema, and Pro Data. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Fidus Systems, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in electronic product development. The private company is based in Ottawa, Canada. With over 20 years of experience, they have delivered over 3,000 projects to 400+ customers. The company aims to be a strategic partner to their clients and ensure that their electronic product design is done right the first time. Fidus Systems builds long-term relationships with their clients by consistently exceeding expectations. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The company was founded by Michael Wakim, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Corsa Technology, Inc. provides hardware networking services. It is an SDN networking company focused on delivering programmable switches, routers and Layer4-7 capabilities for software defined networking and network function virtualization. The company was founded by Bruce Gregory, Yatish Kumar, Carolyn Raab and Stephen Yee in 2013 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.