Western Canada Delegation to SXSW2014_(V1)

Western Canadian Delegation to South By South West Interactive
March 7th to March 12th Austin, Texas

Participant Profiles
2 Web Designs Inc.
2 WEB DESIGN have provided web design services for 375+ businesses, non-profit
organizations, and municipalities in just under a decade. With a collaborative
design approach to our projects, we will continue to provide our clients with
unique and customized web design solutions.

We offer:
 Fully customized solution, with per-project pricing model
 Manage your own website with a robust Content Management System
 Reduce bounce rates and increase website traffic
 Develop a social media strategy with weekly, monthly, and yearly milestones
Current Products and Services:
 Website Development, mobile websites & applications, content management, online marketing
Target Audience:
 Post secondary institutions, event centers, resort properties, non-profit organizations
 Geographic focus, North America, Middle East

Main Contact:
Mouneeb Shahid, Owner
102 – 108 Research Drive, Saskatoon, SK
Office: 306.664.2932
Cell : 306-251-1925
Email : mouneeb@2webdesign.com
Website : http://www.2webdesign.com
http://www.linkedin.com/company/2webdesign-com
@2WebDesign

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Complex Games Inc.
Complex Games is a leading mobile game development studio with a strong
expertise in free-to-play game design and monetization, with over 11 years of
proven experience creating & delivering top-selling, award-winning mobile
games for some of the world’s largest game publishers and entertainment
brands.
Complex Games has successfully developed and deployed its own Multiplex Engine supporting real-time
synchronous multiplayer strategy & action games for smartphones and tablets.
We offer:
 Multiplex Engine – manages real-time mobile multiplayer games.
 AGAP Analytics Platform – collects relevant user gameplay data.
 Dedicated A.R.M. team – maximize your game’s financial results.
 Award winning mobile games including Disney Duck Tails, Scrooge’s Loot, Zynga CityVille
Invasion, Lost Girl – the game, Battle Bears 1 & battle Bears Royale, Mega Bloks and many
others.
Target Audience:
 Primary market is large video game publishers: Activision, Sony, Microsoft etc.
 Secondary market is the entertainment industry (videogame tie-ins for film, music, tv):
Paramount, Universal, Warner, etc.

Main Contact:
Noah Decter - Jackson
201 – 545 Hervo Street, Winnipeg, MB
Office: 204.997.4260
Email : noah@complexgames.com
Website : www.complexgames.com
@complexgames

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Playhouse Entertainment Inc.
Playhouse Entertainment Inc. is an indie video game development studio
dedicated to combining realistic and innovative motion controlled gameplay
with engaging and emotional storytelling.
In order to achieve a level of interaction that has yet be to seen in video games, Playhouse has
developed a unique motion controller peripheral that enables familiar dual joystick controls to be paired
with two handed motion-controlled gameplay for the first time ever on video game consoles.
Playhouse Entertainment is a licensed 3rd Party PlayStation Developer, currently hard at work on our
first commercial release, which is being developed for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC.
We offer:
 The Playhouse Motion Controller Peripheral (PS4, PS3, Wii U.)
 The Manifeste (Coming soon: PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PC)
o An episodic 1st and 3rd person action adventure game featuring an exhilarating original
story where the player’s choices affect the outcome. Combines immersive motion
controlled gameplay with natural joystick character and camera controls.
Target Audience:
 Developers currently working with Razer Hydra, Sixense STEM system peripheral manufacturers,
console publishers.
 Potential companies: Cloudhead games, Super massive games, Sixense, Oculus VR, Razer, Mad
cats, PDP, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo.

Main Contact:
Brett Gale, CEO
Unit 19 - 222 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB
Office: 204.292.9889
Email: playhouseent.inc@gmail.com
Website: www.playhouseentertainment.com

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PO-MO Inc.
PO-MO is one of North America's leaders in transforming spaces for events
and promotions using interactive projections on buildings, augmented
reality display solutions, gesture controlled displays, and dynamic lighting
design to provide users with new and engaging experiences.
PO-MO Inc. develops interactive motion and gesture display solutions, including Po-motion, LUMO,
Sparkle Party, Headswap, and custom R&D projects. Po-motion interactive floor and wall software
makes it easy to create affordable interactive projection games and effects. Because our creation tools
are so simple, many of our customers would like to give their children the opportunity to create games
and effects and use them at home. Po-motion has been used by Air New Zealand, Google, Samsung,
and Reebok.
We offer:
 Software: creative tools development, interactive display software, driver development, online
content management.
 Hardware: sensor and camera testing, early stage controller integration, projector and display
testing, concept design.
 Support: online customer support, driver support, remote calibration.
 R&D: new display tech evaluation, user testing experience.
 Po-motion Interactive Display Software – interactive wall and floor software.
 Custom R&D (recent clients include Google, Samsung, Nestle, Air New Zealand, Adidas).
 Motion Maker creation tools.
 LUMO interactive projector – allows children to make interactive projection surfaces.
Target Audience:
 Primary market is Digital Out Of Home (DooH) Advertising and toy manufacturers/wholesalers,
particularly those who release tech-toys: Wow-wee, Hasbro, Leapfrog.
 Current clients: large marking organizations such as Ogilvy, Mather and independent AV companies
including Human Touch Interactive (South Africa), Think Big (Peru) and Hiperbox (Mexico).
Main Contact:
Meghan Athavale
403 – 63 Albert Street, Winnipeg, MB
Office: 204.775.5529
Email : meg@po-mo.com
Website : www.po-mo.com
Social Media: www.facebook.com/pomoproject, www.facebook.com/pomotion,
www.facebook.com/lumoplay
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VendAsta Technologies, Inc.
At VendAsta, we’re focused on building a platform that helps
small and medium businesses do three main things: monitor,
manage, and build their online reputations. Available through a white labeled Business Center or via
APIs, our tools offer comprehensive online presence solutions that satisfy – and exceed – local
business's goals.
Our partners are some of the largest media companies in North America. Currently, we serve 250 media
institutions operating over 1,800 media properties (including Dow Jones, Hearst Corporation, Web.com,
The McClatchy Company, and Gannett, just to name a few), which together represent 8,550+
salespeople. But at the end of the day, we’re here for the little guys - the local car dealerships, the
hidden pizza joints, the average plumber, and anyone else who needs a hand building their online
audience and strengthening their brand.
We offer:
 Reputation Intelligence – software that monitors online listings, ratings, reviews, and
unstructured mentions from the web and provides competitive share of voice reports so that
 business owners can find out how to improve their online visibility.
 Brand Analytics– a solution that provides multi-location Reputation Management reporting for
brands and franchises. The software gathers information at the local level, so that companies
with multiple locations can get an accurate picture of their customers’ online conversations and
visibility data.
 Concierge - a Reputation Management and Social Media CRM tool that provides publishers and media
companies a scalable solution for offering “Do It For Me” services to their local business clients.
 Presence Builder - unifies local businesses’ online presences by providing a streamlined way to
create mobile sites, customizable landing pages, and Facebook Apps.
 Social Marketing - a platform that helps local businesses build their online fan-bases, conduct
customer service, and generate leads with social media.
Target Audience:
 Primary markets include IYP companies, newspaper groups, interactive agencies, certified
marketing representatives, digital agencies, and any other company in North America that sells
digital solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
Main Contact:
Allan Wolinski
Suite 405 Avenue Building, 220 3rd Avenue South, Saskatoon, SK
Office: 306.955.5512
Email : awolinski@vendasta.com
Website : www.vendasta.com
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Zu Digital Agency
We are zu, a digital agency. For over 16 years we’ve been using skill and
imagination to build things for the web and mobile platforms. Our team is made
up of craftsmen—experts in strategy, design and development—who take pride
in their work, creating pixel-perfect websites and applications for our clients.
We offer:
 Strategy: User research, competitive analysis, planning, marketing research, usability testing.
 Creative: Creative strategy, visual design, content strategy, content development, scenario
development, UX.
 Development; systems integration, software architecture, content management systems,
server-side development, client-side development, quality assurance and deployment.
We use technology, creative thinking and collaboration to build smart, elegant solutions. We help
businesses and organizations of all sizes communicate with their customers, their investors and even
themselves. In short, we build digital things for mobile platforms and the web.
Current clients include: Government of Saskatchewan, Cameco, PotashCorp, Viterra.
Target Audience:
 Firms with 500 ++ employees.
 Governments, major publications, advertising/promotional agencies.

Main Contact:
Ryan Lejbak, CEO
303 Pacific Ave, Saskatoon, SK
Office: 306.653.4747
Email : ryan.lejbak@zu.com
Website : www.zu.com
@Ryanlejbak ; @zutweets

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Tactica Interactive
Tactica specializes in creating cross-platform digital media
strategies & products for television producers, marketers and broadcasters. More recently we have
extended our reach into life sciences with a focus on health sector applications for knowledge
translation and research. We collaborate with you to create high-impact, revenue generating and
award-winning websites, mobile Apps, video games, and social media to deliver an effective crossplatform digital media strategy.
We offer:
 Engaging interactive digital media experiences.
 Development of strategies to educate, inform, and build target audiences.
 Creation of new revenue streams based on content.
 Assistance with budgeting, pitching and accessing funding & tax credits.
Current Products and Services (recent projects):
● Seed - Shots of Wisdom (Second screen experience)
○ a second screen experience for Canadian broadcaster, Rogers Media for the original
comedy series, Seed. Premiered February 4, 2013. Find out more about Seed .
● Million Dollar Neighbourhood - Facebook app
○ Pledge your way to financial health, supports the factual series airing on the Oprah
Winfrey Network. See the app on Facebook .
● Tiga Talk - Speech therapy app for pre-schoolers
○ The TIGA TALK! mobile iPhone application is a super fun way for children to develop
speech sounds through playful games featuring encouragement from Tiga and friends.
○ See the video about the app.
● 3D Baby
○ 3D Baby Pregnancy Tracker & Calendar gives you an amazing 3D and 360 view of baby in
utero week by week. Find out more about 3D Baby .
Target Audience:
 Adverting and marketing agencies looking for interactive media partners, broadcasters,
television producers, companyies catering to new parents, children’s market.
 Geographic: international but with a focus on US, UK and Australian companies.
Main Contact:
Angela Heck, Director Business Development
248 Princess Street, Winnipeg, MB
Office: 204.960.4325
Email:angelaheck@tactica.ca; @tactica
Website: http://tactica.ca/
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Display Systems International Inc.
Founded in Saskatoon Saskatchewan in 1983, Display Systems International
manufactures and markets industry-leading software for public and private
cable networks. Their software is used to develop various products including photo advertising channels,
hotel television networks, and TV listings channels. Innovation is central to their business as they work
to develop new products to meet the changing demands of the cable industry.
Target Audience:
 Cable TV (adverting, real estate, community channels), Private Cable (Country clubs, apartment
complexes, retail), Care Facilities (hospitals, care centers etc.), hotel chains, educational
facilities.
 Governments, major publications, advertising/promotional agencies.

QuickLinkt simplifies the referral process and reduces missed
opportunities through an easy to use smartphone app
enabling realtors, mortgage brokers and investment advisors
to drive additional opportunity by encouraging, rewarding and
tracking in the moment referrals.
Target Audience:
 Local mortgage brokerages and real estate firms.
 Geographic – Austin area and beyond.
Main Contact:
Dale Lemke, CEO
2214 Hanselman Ave., Saskatoon, SK
Office: 1.877.934.6884
Email : dale.lemke@displaysystemsintl.com
Website : www.displaysystemsintl.com

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Twisted Pair productions Inc.

Twisted Pair Productions Ltd. is a full service media production company specializing in
video, audio and interactive development. We have two interactive developers on
staff and are fully fluent in iOS, Android and Blackberry mobile development as well as
C++, Java, Flash, Director and .Net. We have extensive experience in developing
applications for museum and interpretive center clients across Western Canada. These
would include touch tables, touch screen applications, video and audio presentations,
games and puzzles. Clients include Saskatchewan Government House, Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump,
Vancouver Museum, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Saskatchewan Science Center and others.
We are experienced with web development using open source CMS such as Joomla including extensive
multimedia and social capabilities. As well, we have experience porting mobile applications from one
platform to the other. Recent examples of this include the 2013 JUNO Awards app ported to Android
from iOS as well as Hamilton Health Sciences also ported from iOS to Android.
We offer:
 App development with emphasis on the museum and interpretive center markets.
 Video and audio production and post production, described video production, language
versioning.
 Twisted pair has completed digital media production projects for the following companies:
o Access Communications, Alliance Atlantis, Arizona Portland cement, Calgary stampede,
CanWest Global, Cinepost films, City of Calgary & Regina, ESPN, Fox TV, EnCana, Frank
Slide interpretive Center, The Banff Center, Travel Alberta, Tourism Saskatchewan,
Universal Studios, and many others.
Target Audience:
 For SXSW, Twisted pair is interested in meeting with Interpretive Centers, museums, tourism
agencies etc.
 A secondary market is existing developers who would like to publish on multiple platforms
recent works include: 2013 JUNO Awards app ported to Android from iOS as well as Hamilton
Health Sciences also ported from iOS to Android.
Main Contact:
Mike MacNaughton
603 Park Street, Regina, SK
Office: 1.306.721.2590
Email : mike@twistedpairproductions.com
Website: http://www.twistedpairproductions.com/
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Shnaap
Shnaap is a highly engaging platform which blends the opportunities of stock
photography with social media.
We offer:
 We cater to small/medium sized enterprises involved in the Internet, Technology, Social Media,
e-Commerce, Photography, Music, Sports and Recreation-based industries.
 Launch underway. Details follow.
Target Audience:
 Media, Marketing & Advertising Agencies, Venture Capital.
 Geographic: global.
Main Contact:
Rob Ranson, President & CEO
Units 2 to 6, 590 Roseberry Street, Winnepeg, MB
Office: 204.414.9260
Email : rob@Shnaap.com
Website: www.shnaap.com

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Atami

Atimit is a one-stop shop with full service mobile app development
and consulting for iOS, Android, Windows mobile and Blackberry
platforms. Founded in 20011, Atimi has over 125 full time employees and is a trusted development
partner to HBO, the New York Stock exchange, Warner bros, and other Fortune 1000 companies.
Atimi handles high value intellectual property for some of the largest companies in the world. Atimi’s
broad range of expertise and effective development processes helps clients to reach their target launch
dates reliably and efficiently thereby allowing them to focus on building strong, lasting relationships
with their own customers. The end goal isn’t simply to create an app – plan, design, build and provide
marketing direction so clients have a successful product they’re excited about.
We offer:
 Custom software solutions, content management, market strategy, mobile app development
 Orchard mobile framework – our patented rapid-development framework which provides a
solid ready-made foundation of fundamental, state-of-the-art features that harness the full
power of the end device across all mobile platforms.
 Atimi has built more than 50 custom mobile applications for a growing list of Fortune 100 clients. To
date, Atimi-built apps have been downloaded by over 100 million users combined and regularly appear
among the top performing and top grossing apps in their App Store categories.
 Examples of recognizable Atimi apps include: P90X, PF&E Mobile Bill Play, HBO, HBO – Inside
Boardwalk Empire.
Target Audience:
 Primary geographic market in North America, majority US, secondary is Western Europe
 Industry specific: Media companies - broadcaster level: Rogers, Bell, NBC Universal, Fox, CBS;
Sports companies – sport teams and franchises, broadcasters, sport related product
manufacturers (Under Armour, Oakley, Red Bull etc.); Agencies of record for Fortune 1000
clients – DDV, BBDO, McGarryBowen, The Martin Agency, Wunderman, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey;
Liquor/Alcohol companies: labatt’s, Smirnoff, Coors, Bacardi, Johnnie Walker, Absolut, jack
daniels, Anheuser-Busch, Heineken etc.
Main Contact:
Skipp Johnson
600 – 550 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC
Office: 778.372.2008
Email : sjohnson@atimi.com
Website: www.atimi.com
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Zeros to Heroes Media
We are a technology company that makes entertainment properties awesome

Current Projects include:
 Continuum - Working with Showcase and Reunion Pictures, Zeros 2 Heroes produced and
designed all the digital extensions for the TV series. These included a branded show microsite
with behind the scenes footage, a social media and blog campaign, an 8 issue graphic novel, and
a nation wide twelve week Alternate Reality Game that combined live events and online game
play.
 The Centenary project - A once in a generation opportunity to commemorate the most seminal
period in modern history World War I. The basis of the Centenary project is to use transmedia
storytelling techniques to recount a once-in-a- generation event: the centennial
commemorations of the First World War.
 ANIMISM: THE GODS' LAKE - Part Harry Potter, part Hunger Games, this animated epic that
tears aside the veil that lies between our world and one that is much darker - and more fantastic
- than we can imagine. In addition to creating and producing the television series, Zeros 2
Heroes developed a comprehensive transmedia strategy that includes comics, games, mobile
apps and a short fiction anthology (penned in equal parts by fans and best-selling writers of
science fiction and fantasy).


and
20 Year Media
20 Year Media Corp. (“20YM”) is a pioneer in demand driven inventory
optimization solutions for the motion picture industry. 20YM builds
technology to aggregate consumer demand for content and then matches and delivers that content
digitally to the appropriate screen, whether it’s a movie theater, a TV, a laptop or a mobile phone.
By harnessing social dynamics through the Qdup.com and WannaWatch.It web applications, 20YM
analyzes user proﬁles and social connections to optimize the delivery of content, and facilitates social
viewing opportunities to maximize revenue.
20YM’s products and services are aimed at the 300 million plus movie-watchers in North America to
address the problems of movie discovery and social consumption brought on by the proliferation of new
digital channels and the demise of the video store
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Target Audience:
 Film industry across North America: filmmakers and exhibitors.
 Secondary - outreach directly to movie fans and consumers.

Main Contact
Mike Rosen
Suite 600, 55 Water Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1A1
(604) 684 4577
Email: mike@z2hmedia.com
Website: http://zeros2heroes.com/

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