Vivacity Technologies

Many of you may not know, but today is a very special day for Vivacity Technologies. Today marks our third anniversary as a company! 🎉 🎉🎉Today marks 3 years of organized chaos and exploring the unknown to find our place. This is such a major milestone for the VivaTeam, and we are so proud of all the work we have put in to get us here! Many of you will know that the majority of start-ups fail. We know we aren’t out of the woods yet when it comes to the statistics, but those statistics are just numbers. What we as a team have built is so much more. I want to take a moment to acknowledge all of the people behind the hard work and dedication that has brought us to 3 years. We would not be here if it was not for the absolute dedication, passion, and unbelievably hard work of our Founder and CEO George Emery. He lives and breathes this company, and no one could have gotten us here but him. This company would not exist without him, and none of us would be here if he didn’t believe in us and the vision we could create together. He is Vivacity. We also have our amazing Engineering Team: Stefano Stamato, Jaime Sedore, Alex Kofman, Rhythm C., and Jackie Gorman. Some of the best and brightest among us, they can pull a platform out of thin air and develop something truly amazing. They have helped build the bedrocks of this company and are the reason VivaCitadel exists. There is no one better. Finally, we have the Business Team: George Emery, Dr Premie Naicker (PhD), Sarah Zeidel, Sheikh Farzin Rahman, Cassandra Roberge, and Kobe Shimoyama. The client facing side of our company, these are the people you will see running our consulting projects and taking care of our vCIO clients day in and day out. Never a shortage of challenges, but the team is always ready to step up to the plate and deliver something amazing. Always hard working and dedicated to our clients, these are the people you always want in your corner. Then there’s you. Everyone who has supported us along the way, been a cheerleader, a champion, a mentor, a client, or just a friend. We also would not be here without you. Thank you for always being in our corner. Here’s to more years to come! And here’s to us.

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The Best of Kamloops 2024 voting round is still live! Local businesses of all sizes thrive under the support and patronage of our local communities. Events like the Best of Kamloops provide the opportunity for members of the community to recognize all the businesses that work together to bring value to Kamloops. As a small, local business, Vivacity Technologies understands just how much it means to be recognized in this way. Being nominated for the Best of Kamloops in numerous technology categories is humbling and so impactful for the team. It shows us that the community sees the value in the work we do, and in our ability to contribute our piece in making the City of Kamloops a great place to live, work, and play. For everyone nominated in the various categories of this year's Best of Kamloops awards, we know they feel the same impact. For everyone who has a few spare minutes in their day, please consider taking some time to recognize the businesses that help build and support our community. You can vote for Vivacity and all your favourite businesses here in Kamloops at the link below. Voting closes September 6th. https://lnkd.in/eEADviq

Vivacity Technologies is thrilled to say that we are once again a gold sponsor of the 2024 Municipal Information Systems Association British Columbia (MISA BC) Fall Conference! Kicking off on September 9th, the MISA BC Fall Conference is happening in the beautiful Resort Municipality Of Whistler, BC. Come by our booth in the exhibit hall to speak with our CEO George Emery, Head of Product Stefano Stamato, and Business and Marketing Analyst Cassandra Roberge to learn all about our VivaCitadel platform and how it has changed since MISA last year. We will have a live demo of our platform, as well as a few fun surprises for attendees, so make sure to swing by and talk with the team! We will also be presenting about VivaCitadel and our progress on our deployment with the City of Kelowna and the Design Partners Program! Stop by our talk “Recapturing Lost Value: How VivaCitadel is Transforming Records Request Services at the City of Kelowna” to learn about how VivaCitadel is revolutionizing municipal records requests. Come by and say hi to the team, learn a little bit about our progress, and leave with some fun Vivacity themed items. We’ll see you at MISA!

It’s time! Voting for Best of Kamloops 2024 is now open. Thanks to everyone who nominated Vivacity Technologies in various tech categories, you can now vote for your friendly neighbourhood tech company! Vivacity has moved on to the voting round in the following categories: Best IT Company Best Technology Company Best Tech Startup Best Software Developer Voting is open from now until 3 pm on Friday, September 6th! The company with the most votes in each category will be voted “Best of” by the community. It is massive for us to make it to this phase, and we are so grateful for all the local support! If you are interested in continuing to support us, you can vote for us and all your other favourite local companies following the link below. Happy Voting! https://lnkd.in/eEADviq

The Vivacity Technologies consulting team is about half way through our Facilities Technology Assessment with the City of Kelowna. We asked the project team for their thoughts on the project so far. It has been a valuable project for the team, allowing them to further strengthen relationships with the city while providing insights and value to the Facilities Department. Working with the team over at Kelowna’s Facilities Department, and engaging with various vendors and other municipalities, our team is gaining unique insights into facilities management. This project has given us the opportunity to delve into new and engaging challenges to work towards the best custom solution for the City. With each new project we undertake, the knowledge of our team grows, and we work to further refine our processes to provide the best possible result to our clients. Overall, the project is progressing smoothly, and the team is enjoying overcoming challenges and gaining new knowledge through this project. As always, we are grateful to the City of Kelowna for being a wonderful partner through this project, and for putting their trust in the VivaTeam to get their Facilities portfolio to where they want it to be.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Welcome to the month of August! As with the beginning of every month, the VivaTeam has been reminiscing about the last month and all it brought us. You can read all about it as Vivacity Technologies brings you your regularly scheduled VivaScoop! In the VivaScoop July, read all about the most exciting news of the last month, including award nominations, new clients, and more!

To keep the excitement from last week rolling, Vivacity Technologies has some more good news to share this week: The VivaTeam is delighted to announce that we are a finalist for this year’s Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards! We were so grateful to receive a nomination for three separate awards: the Community Service Award, Innovation Award, and Emerging Business of the Year. Unfortunately we were not able to run for the community service or innovation awards as we have not been in business long enough to qualify, but we were thrilled to put our name forward for Emerging Business of the Year following our nomination. Thanks to the generosity of the Kamloops community, and the hard work of the volunteer-based selection committee, Vivacity was selected from 47 nominations to be considered for the Community Futures Thompson Country Emerging Business of the Year award. We are truly honoured to be considered among some of the most innovative and hard-working businesses in our community, and excited as always to meet with exceptional local talent building the future of Kamloops and beyond. We wish our fellow finalists the best of luck and hope to see you at the Business Excellence Awards Gala this October! You can see the full list of finalists in the Chamber’s press release below. https://lnkd.in/gkq42p9z

Happy Friday everyone! As we are gearing down into the weekend, we would like to remind everyone that today is the last day to nominate local businesses that you want to recognize for the Best of Kamloops 2024 Awards! Nominations close today at 3 pm, so make sure you get your votes in! There are so many local businesses who are doing amazing work in the community, and it means so much to us and other businesses to see the impact we have made on our community. While you're there, please consider nominating Vivacity Technologies for Best IT Company, Best Technology Company, Best Tech Start-up, and Best Software Developer! You can make your nominations at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gqnt566

In more exciting news for this week, Vivacity Technologies is thrilled to announce our newest client: the City of Castlegar! The City of Castlegar has put a lot of work into their IT strategy over the previous year. Now that they are preparing to roll out their plan, they want to make sure all of the pieces are in place. That’s where we come in! The City of Castlegar has brought on Vivacity to undertake an IT Assessment, ensuring that they are prepared to execute on their plans. After our initial assessment is complete, Vivacity will help Castlegar go to RFP for a new Managed Service Provider so they can ensure they have all the support they need to build on their IT environment. Vivacity is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Castlegar during this pivotal time in their IT strategic development, and we look forward to helping provide a clear path to a stronger and more resilient IT environment for the city!