Hello and welcome to Compugen’s brand new corporate community newsletter!
We’re excited to be able to bring you news and information from some of the amazing people we are lucky to have working for us at Compugen branches across Canada. We work together every day on delivering value to our customers – this is our chance to learn more about some of the other things people are doing every day and to promote the underlying community that we are all a part of.
by Corrina Solomon
We are pleased to announce that we have implemented a recognition award as an enhancement to our quality management system. This award is to recognize staff members who have taken the time to make suggestions for improvement (PAR – Preventive Action Request) and has been implemented to drive quality, customer satisfaction and overall improvement in our service delivery.
by Michelle Hounsell
On Thursday, February 24 14 CIOs, IT Directors and managers from a number of enterprises in the GTA gathered in Toronto to hear Alain Lamoureux, National Director, Server Business Development, Compugen, and Chris Pratt, Strategic Initiatives Executive, IBM Canada speak on how the proliferation of end-point user devices and interconnected smart systems is changing the way we manage data.
More than just a management challenge, the changing landscape is presenting opportunities for smart organizations to develop new processes, game-changing strategies and to profit from these opportunities.
by Jeremy Erlick
Compugen’s recently signed vendor of record contracts with the Ontario Government for IT products and services are keeping the government team very busy . . . with both OPS (Ontario Public Sector) and BPS (Broader Public Sector).
The vendor of record contracts, the result of an extensive and highly competitive bidding process, name Compugen as supplier to Ontario public sector organizations for certain server, print (and toner), desktop and Microsoft software products. As a result of these wins, Compugen is already acquired much new business in all applicable categories. Compugen has become one of only a handful of such suppliers for the terms of the contracts, which are renewable.
by Amy Nguyen
Pledge forms can still be completed and monthly deductions made at an amount that works for you. 
If each Richmond Hill staff member gave 6.33 per pay, the total would be over 75k for worthy charities in York Region. Please confer with your tax consultant or financial planner in order to understand the tax benefits of your charitable donations.
by Steve Spence
One of the Canada’s largest and most high profile Federal crown corporations, CMCC, has outsourced its entire IT support to Compugen.
by Brent Vieira
The winners of the Q3/2010 service excellence awards are Chris Maniatis and Yatan Prakash. The award is based on evidence of continued excellence in excess of the required level of performance in any one or more of Compugen’s 8 Core Values.
by the Editors
Another success story, this time outside the workplace! Wally England and Paul Murphy, two Compugen technical services staff on contract to Vale-Inco at the Voisey’s Bay mine site near Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, are part of the thirty-member Voisey’s Bay Mine Rescue Team. This is a group with highly developed skills in rescue, medical and environmental emergency response.
by the Editors
For every issue of the Compugen Newsletter, we are going to highlight one department in Compugen, detailing their role and contributions to Compugen’s success.
Who is Marketing at Compugen?
We are Andrew Stewart, Johanna Delroy, Andre Murrell, Don Anderson, Heather Hill, Lauralee Guthrie, Michelle Hounsell, Norman Schumann.
Depending on what department you work in, you may only have dealt with us for the subsidization of technical training or information on an upcoming Sales meeting. You may be surprised to know that Marketing at Compugen has a wide range of roles that we play allowing us to interact with every department in the Company.
