About

Pronexus Established in 1993, Pronexus is a leading developer of award winning Interactive voice response (IVR) development toolkits for telecom and Speech Technology companies. Their VBVoice® IVR RAD Toolkit integration with Microsoft Visual Studio™ provides a very compelling value proposition and allows developers to take advantage of existing platforms, leverage in-house programming skills, and use familiar debugging tools – all integrated in the Visual Studio environment. The ability to use industry-standard languages such as VB.NET and C# (to enhance the functionality of VBVoice’s drag-and-drop capabilities) greatly reduces the development time for experienced developers and shortens the learning curve for developers new to the telephony landscape; this allows them to rapidly create voice-enabled communication solutions on time and within budget.

Welcome Home to Ottawa

In my opinion, Ottawa is the Worlds’ leading incubator of innovation and entrepreneurship” says Gary Hannah President and CEO of Pronexus. “I have worked and traveled to many parts of this planet and Ottawa (Canada’s capital) is the only city that has such an inimitable pool of talent and an offering of a way of life only dreamt about by most other major cities. Much the same as any other city or industry” he continues, “Our local talent does migrate from company to company, but what is unique about Ottawa is that almost ALL of these talented people choose to stay in Ottawa and many venture on to start their own technology companies and realize their entrepreneurial dreams”. “This is why I believe so many technology professionals call Ottawa home” Mr. Hannah concludes.

About Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada is a picturesque G8 Metro city with a geography that covers over 4,600 square kilometers with beautiful waterways, canals, historic architecture, a profusion of green space, lakes and rural countryside. While it is large enough to support the finest amenities, such as world-class arts, culture, museums and entertainment venues including major league sports teams and trendy shopping districts, Ottawa retains the warmth and charm of a quaint European city. Simply put Ottawa is and has urban sophistication with pure country charm and is located only a short flight from major centers such as Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Raleigh-Durham.

Government and Industry support innovation and entrepreneurship

True, Ottawa’s beauty and diversity rivals that of any other city in the world but most importantly for business, Ottawa boasts the best and most desirable government, employers and employees and is one of the world's top five locations for R&D, and have more engineers, scientists and PhDs per capita than any other city in the country. Pronexus enjoys the company of other leading technology innovators such as Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent, Dell, IBM-Cognos, Cisco, RIM and WorldHeart. Our federal government is also extremely dedicated to fostering an investment climate that encourages the private sector to compete against the worlds’ best on the basis of innovation in science and technology. The Government of Canada funded $2.7 billion of R&D and scientific related activities in 2005 including the SR&ED Canada Tax Credit Program (Scientific Research & Experimental Development) which provides significant tax benefits to businesses carrying out research in Canada.

Additionally the Canadian Government has many agencies targeted towards innovation and entrepreneurs. The National Research Council offers companies the chance to co-locate within world-class NRC research labs. Currently there are over 109 firms current incubating within the NRC. Communication Research Center - Innovation Center is a great place for fledgling companies and entrepreneurs to test their wings. The CRC Innovations center has more than 150 research scientists, engineers and technologists, all leading experts in their fields, which include: terrestrial wireless; broadcast technologies;broadband network systems; and microelectronic and optical technologies. Defense Research and Development Canada helps companies connect to emerging, leading edge technologies and provides support to take innovations from concept to working systems. Programs include collaboration with leading universities, industry, other government departments, and international allies in the following areas; Anti-terrorism and Counter Smuggling Technologies, Electronic Warfare Secure Mobile networking, Information Protection and Assurance to name a few.

The future of Pronexus

While Pronexus is already acknowledged as an innovator in voice/speech technology and has market penetration efforts currently underway in South Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Pronexus will continue to invest in its Ottawa based R&D, and sales teams for the foreseeable future.  “I feel it’s key to the success of not only my company but the local tech industry that we each do our part and be active contributor to the economic development and prosperity of the Ottawa Tech Sector” Gary Hannah, President and CEO Pronexus Ottawa, March 2008.

Contact Info

Pronexus, Inc.
200-750 Palladium Drive,
Ottawa, ON K2V 1C7
Canada
ph: 1-877-766-3987
email: marketing@pronexus.com
www.pronexus.com