====== GC Strategies ======

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**GC Strategies** is a Canadian information technology contractor based in [[canada:ontario:Ottawa]], [[canada:Ontario]].

===== History =====

GC Strategies was founded in 2015.((Garcia, L. (2021, March 25). //GC Strategies Partners with Level Access on Government of Canada Accessibility Initiatives.// PRWeb. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417183457/https://www.prweb.com/releases/gc_strategies_partners_with_level_access_on_government_of_canada_accessibility_initiatives/prweb17823944.htm#:~:text=Founded%20in%202015%2C%20GC%20Strategies,Mobile%20Application%20Development%20and%20Biometrics.))

GC Strategies was hired by the [[Government of Canada]] to assist in the planning of the country's [[5G]] rollout.((//Home.// GC Strategies. Retrieved April 24, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20180424060613/http://www.gcstrategies.ca/))

==== COVID-19 ====

GC Strategies was hired by the [[Canadian Digital Service]] to develop the [[COVID Alert]] app.((//COVID Alert.// GC Strategies. Retrieved June 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020431/https://gcstrategies.ca/covid-alert/index.html)) The firm was also tapped through pre-existing contracts with the [[Government of Canada]] to develop the [[ArriveCAN]] app with the [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA), [[Health Canada]] and the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC).((Clark, C. (2022, October 24). //Nobody knows what happened with ArriveCan, but it sure was lucrative for some.// The Globe and Mail. http://archive.today/2022.10.24-165744/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-nobody-knows-what-happened-with-arrivecan-but-it-sure-was-lucrative/))

On March 25, 2021, GC Strategies announced a partnership with [[Level Access]].((Garcia, L. (2021, March 25). //GC Strategies Partners with Level Access on Government of Canada Accessibility Initiatives.// PRWeb. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417183457/https://www.prweb.com/releases/gc_strategies_partners_with_level_access_on_government_of_canada_accessibility_initiatives/prweb17823944.htm#:~:text=Founded%20in%202015%2C%20GC%20Strategies,Mobile%20Application%20Development%20and%20Biometrics.))

===== Organization =====

==== Personnel ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Kristian Firth]]  | Partner  | [[Veritaaq]], [[Experis]]  |
| [[Darren Anthony]]  | Partner  | [[I4C Consulting]], [[Veritaaq]], [[Telus]], [[Saint Mary's University]], [[Experis]]  |
| [[Caleb White]]  | Partner (former)  | [[Wells Fargo]], [[Veritaaq]], [[Redwood Global]], [[I4C Consulting]], [[Apollo Consulting]], [[Climate Engine]]  |
| [[Wes Jarvis]]  | Partner (former)  | [[Lixar]], [[IBM]], [[Donna Cona]], [[Experis]], [[Veritaaq]], [[Nobel Biocare]]  |

==== Partners ====

Current and former partners of GC Strategies include:((//Home.// GC Strategies. Retrieved January 12, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160112152202/http://www.gcstrategies.ca/))

  * [[Agora Consulting]]
  * [[Cogniva]]
  * [[Innovexa Solutions]]
  * [[ObjectiveSpark]]
  * [[Oproma]]
  * [[ROOT Data Center]]
  * [[Thinking Big]]

==== Clients ====

GC Strategies' clients include:((//Home.// GC Strategies. Retrieved April 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230411020608/https://gcstrategies.ca/)) ((//Home.// GC Strategies. Retrieved August 23, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170823140208/http://www.gcstrategies.ca/)) ((//Home.// GC Strategies. Retrieved April 24, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20180424060613/http://www.gcstrategies.ca/))

  * [[Adobe]]
  * [[Agora Consulting]]
  * [[Aramco]]
  * [[AT&T]]
  * [[ATCO]]
  * [[Beer Store]]
  * [[CBC News]]
  * [[City of Ottawa]]
  * [[Cloudera]]
  * [[Corus Entertainment]]
  * [[Gambit]]
  * [[Google]]
  * [[Government of Canada]]
    * [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA)
    * [[Canadian Digital Service]]
    * [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]
    * [[Health Canada]]
    * [[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]] (ISED)
    * [[Invest in Canada]]
    * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC)
    * [[Transport Canada]]
    * [[Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat]]
  * [[HEXO Corp]]
  * [[Hopewell]]
  * [[Innovapost]]
  * [[Liquor Control Board of Ontario]] (LCBO)
  * [[Lixar]]
  * [[McDonald's]]
  * [[Pivotal]]
  * [[River Analytics & Automation]]
  * [[Western Union]]

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gc-strategies|Crunchbase]]
  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/gcstrategies/|LinkedIn]]