Investing in people and technology to create intentional disruption

The evidentiary data capture and transcription industry is at a significant inflection point. Explosive growth in the amount, and types, of information being captured is unrelenting. New threats to information privacy and security appear weekly. Advancements within artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), create the perfect opportunity to employ enhanced technologies and an experienced services team to drive a new standard in the industry.

VIQ is uniquely positioned to guide law enforcement, courts, and insurance agencies through digital transformation. The intelligent automation within our solution suite, working alongside human intelligence, streamlines operations and informs better decision making.

Our Sophisticated Solutions…

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…provide user-friendly workflow solutions that address everyday, time-consuming business problems. VIQ solutions give attorneys, police officers and investigators, court reporters, and insurance adjusters more time in their day to focus on time-sensitive, higher-value tasks.

In 2018, VIQ acquired three documentation services providers to create secure and compliant verbatim documentation in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The resulting transition to a services model created what is now a unique, powerful and flexible combination of technologies, industry experience, and expertise. VIQ can meet the toughest transcription challenges accurately, rapidly, securely, and economically.

The VIQ Value Proposition

1
AI is a welcome disruptor in the transcription industry to support efficiency, accuracy, and insights within a predominately analog industry
2
Pre-processing technology that uses speech recognition and AI to evaluate content for levels of confidence and intelligently route a machine-assisted draft to a typist, editor, or quality assurance professional dramatically decreases turnaround times
3
AI, combined with machine-augmented transcription workflow management, is a game changer for our clients, with enormous potential and benefits
4
VIQ has 30 years’ experience supporting international, diversified clients with rapidly increasing volumes of digital content they need to manage for evidentiary, documentation, and transcription purposes

Collectively, VIQ has more than 30 years of experience using automation and experienced human resources to successfully process some five million minutes of audio every year.

Every day, VIQ helps more than 2,500 clients around the world convert digital audio and video content into actionable documentation quickly, accurately, securely, and economically.

Meet VIQ’s Executive Management

25+ years’ experience in digital content and secure enterprise workflow strategy
President & COO at CSDC Systems, a digital compliance SaaS technology platform, where he led four acquisitions
Assisted the modernization of technology infrastructure for government agencies in Canada and the EMEA market

Sebastien Paré

President & CEO

30 years executive leadership, consulting and operations management roles in Fortune 500 companies
Deep insight and experience in building world-class operational infrastructure for IT companies
Successfully combined several middle-market operating companies in the medical transcription space generating a successful exit for capital providers
Oversaw the acquisition and integration of multiple transcription and IT businesses at Nuance Corporation

Susan Sumner

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

20 + years’ experience in finance and accounting spanning various industries, namely including Real Estate and High Technology
Proven finance leader who has built and shaped first-class finance teams, led the integration of numerous acquisitions in various jurisdictions, and overseen implementation of incredibly challenging accounting changes
Previously served as Vice President of Finance for Jonas Software (Subsidiary of Constellation Software), an international provider of market-leading software

Alexie Edwards

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Over 30 years of experience in technology
Built infrastructure, systems and processes for three growing public companies
Proven record in international government-regulated businesses and healthcare markets
Executive leadership in solutions companies, specializing in healthcare provider systems for global markets

Malcolm Macallum

Chief Innovation Officer (CINO)

Significant experience in the telecommunications, healthcare, and manufacturing industries throughout his 25 year career.
Track record of developing and operating industry disruptive technology innovations.
Seasoned executive at merging companies into efficient organizations and maximizing enterprise value.
Previously served as CTO of several market leading healthcare and clinical documentation companies in Canada and the U.S.

Gilles-André Morin

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

20 years’ in solutions marketing leadership with an emphasis on strategy and operational execution in large corporate and small entrepreneurial companies
Developed Go-To-Market strategies for multi-channel technology companies within the healthcare market
Led the successful launch of many cloud-based solutions driving growth in both bookings and pipeline

Laura Haggard

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

VIQ’s Board of Directors

Mr. Taylor is the President of Taylor Made Solutions based in Toronto and is a CEO Group Leader for CEO Global Network also based in Toronto. Mr. Taylor is an experienced CEO with a strong track record of leadership in growing financial services and professional services firms. As a former Managing Partner at Ernst & Young, Mr. Taylor also has broad management consulting experience assisting various multinational and regional companies transform their organizations. In addition, Mr. Taylor is an experienced investor working with private equity firms, public and private companies to identify, acquire and combine companies to create superior shareholder value. He also services as Board Chair for the Green Energy Co-op and Spark Power, both based in Ontario.

Larry Taylor

Chairman

Harvey Gordon is an experienced executive with extensive CEO experience with International and North American companies, both public and private.

Mr. Gordon has held key senior executive positions with industry-leading firms, including Algorithmics Inc., Changepoint, Infonet Services and Magic Lantern Group, and has established profitable operations throughout Europe, Asia and North America through acquisitions and joint ventures.

Mr. Gordon holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a Bachelors of Applied Science in Engineering Science.

Harvey Gordon

Director

Mike Kessel is President & CEO of Cleveland Clinic Canada. During his tenure, the organization has implemented a unique public/private hybrid strategy that has led to the formation of with Canadian healthcare community stakeholders, such as Sick Kids, Sunnybrook, Mt. Sinai and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

He has also led partnership efforts with the Ontario Ministry of Health, resulting in several important firsts for in-country and cross-border patient care.

Mr. Kessel holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Accounting from The Ohio State University. He received his CPA designation in 1995, and his MBA from Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University in 2005 with a focus on Marketing, Finance and Strategy.

Mike Kessel

Director

Joseph D. Quarin was CEO of Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. until a $4.8 billion reverse merger announcement with Waste Connections Inc. in January 2016. During his tenure of 15+ years, Progressive’s executive drove up the company’s revenue from $100 million to $2 billion.

Mr. Quarin was ranked #10 on the Financial Post’s Top 100 CEO Scorecard 2016, and named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2004.

Mr. Quarin developed his finance and business management skills at Edgestone Capital Partners, KPMG, Deloitte & Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Quarin holds an MBA (Dean’s Honour List) from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University, and is a CPA.

Joseph D. Quarin

Director

Latest Press Releases

VIQ Solutions Announces Record Q1 Earnings with 112 Percent Year-over-Year Revenue Growth

May 8, 2019

Today, VIQ Solutions reported financial results for the 2019 first quarter and the close of an oversubscribed capital financing round. According to CEO and President Sebastian Paré, these results set a new turning point after last year’s acquisitions, which required $6.5 million in capital funding. “By March 31, the year end foundation began to reveal its accretive value, both operationally and financially, with much more to come throughout 2019 as the AI platform integration accelerates.”

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VIQ Solutions Inc. Set for Strong 2019 Growth Building on 2018 Results

April 29, 2019

Fiscal 2018 was a transformative year for VIQ as the company established a solid foundation for continued growth, margin expansion and return to sustainable cash profitability throughout 2019. While the actual and pro forma 2018 financial results include several one-time items, including transition purchase accounting adjustments, transaction closing costs, and impacts of the US government shutdown in the fourth quarter, VIQ’s operating performance during the first quarter of 2019 is tracking ahead of plan with an approximate revenue and gross margin of $6.3M and $2.8M respectively compared to $3.0M and $1.2M of revenue and gross margin in Q1 2018.

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Investing in people and technology to create intentional disruption

Our Sophisticated Solutions…

The VIQ Value Proposition

Meet VIQ’s Executive Management

Sebastien Paré

Susan Sumner

Alexie Edwards

Malcolm Macallum

Gilles-André Morin

Laura Haggard

VIQ’s Board of Directors

Larry Taylor

Harvey Gordon

Mike Kessel

Joseph D. Quarin

Latest Press Releases

VIQ Solutions Announces Record Q1 Earnings with 112 Percent Year-over-Year Revenue Growth

VIQ Solutions Inc. Set for Strong 2019 Growth Building on 2018 Results

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