Posted on Thu, Dec 01, 2011 @ 01:27 PM
Vivonet has been recognized by BCBusiness Magazine as one of the 2011 Best Companies to Work For in BC. The key to Vivonet’s success is a corporate environment that hires and fosters the company’s core values of courageous exploration, relentless pursuit of excellence, and personal accountability to team success.
“We have a rigorous hiring process,” HR manager Carla Botteselle explains, “and we really focus on bringing the right people in the door. You can have all of the technical skills but if you are not a cultural fit, that’s not going to work.”
Hiring employees with common values creates a strong foundation. Team members feel confident that coworkers are working equally hard towards a common goal, creating an environment where employees can rely on each other to be accountable, take initiative and work as a team to drive the company’s success.
As a company that tripled in size in 2011, Vivonet knows that orientation and training is an essential part of its success strategy. The extensive training program includes Restaurant Industry Orientation from a Red Seal Chef in order to better understand Vivonet’s customers, how Halo™ integrates with all areas of daily restaurant operations, and an overview of Vivonet’s history and the vision for the future.
Vivonet offers a flexible and affordable POS solution called Halo™, which is delivered to restaurant and food service clients simply and securely over the Internet. Data collected allows clients to make better and faster product decisions and improve supply chain optimization.
In 2011 alone Vivonet has been named, amongst others, BCTIA’s Emerging Company of the Year, one of BC’s 20 Most Innovative Companies by BC Business Guide to Innovation, 3rd Fastest Growing Technology Company in BC by TechVibes, one of the Top 100 Best Workplaces in Canada by the Great Place to Work® Institute, and garnered a spot on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ list, ranking 43 in Canada and 243 in North America.
If you are interested in joining the Vivonet team, please visit the Careers page for current opportunities.
Posted on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 @ 05:47 AM
Vivonet Has Reinvented the Cash Register Providing Web-Based Point-Of-Sale Software for the North American Restaurant Industry
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Oct. 20, 2011) -
Vivonet Inc. is being recognized as one of the top 50 Canadian companies on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ for making world-class achievements and evolving the Canadian technology sector. Vivonet is ranked 43 in Canada for the 2011 Fast 50 and 243 in North America on the Technology Fast 500™ list, the rating is based on five successive years of growth. Vivonet is well known for “reinventing the cash register” with its innovative, web-based point of sale (POS) software Halo™ revolutionizing retail transaction data management in the North American restaurant industry.
Over the last five years, Vivonet has experienced 365 per cent growth with over $110 million in customer transactions per month. Last year Vivonet secured a landmark agreement with Sodexo Inc. to deploy Halo™ into the majority of its 6,000 North American client sites by 2015. Earlier this year, Vivonet launched the company’s new mobile technology, Halo Mobile™, introducing mobile ordering and payment to customers, taking the line-up out of take-out.
“The recognition as Canada’s Technology Fast 50 is a testament to our team’s exceptional work and achievements over 10 years,” said Ryan Volberg, president and CEO of Vivonet Inc. “Our forward thinking approach for the North American restaurant industry is helping food establishments manage their sales and operations in real-time and allows us to cater to each clients’ needs – from small to large businesses. Halo Mobile™ is taking our customer service into new territory and providing products to the consumer, not just the restaurant industry anymore.”
Burnaby-based Vivonet is changing the way restaurants and other food services retailers conduct business by combining a user friendly interface with real-time data and analytics. Vivonet’s point of sale (POS) technology, Halo™, is a stark contrast to traditional POS solutions and eliminates the need for complex and expensive site specific equipment and on-site IT support. The company’s product is providing a flexible and affordable solution securely over the Internet and is leading the way for Software as a Service (“SaaS”).
With the release of Halo Mobile™ in fall 2011, Vivonet is offering a convenient new app that modernizes the ordering and payment process, and allows customers to order, pay and set pick-up times from their favourite restaurants directly on their smartphones. The app allows cafes and restaurants, small and large, to quickly and easily get their brand featured in the App Store and Android Marketplace and compete in a market that might not have been available to them before. The app is synced to Halo, their web-based restaurant Point of Sale (POS) system, and the technology enables the merchants to fulfill orders instantly.
Port Moody’s artisan coffee house, Caffé Divano, was the first Vivonet customer to launch Halo Mobile and introduce the iPhone app to its customers in the Tri-City area. Clients such as Caffé Divano are noticing a higher than average cheque from customers using Halo Mobile.
About Vivonet:
Established in 1999, Vivonet Inc. is the restaurant industry leader in Software as a Service (“SaaS”) solutions that enable, acquire and organize over one hundred million transactions every month for customers in Canada and the United States. Vivonet provides Halo™ Secure Web Based POS and on-demand enterprise management, POS, payment processing and performance benchmarking solution for its customers. Vivonet’s unique ability to empower the transaction data created by its customers allows their clients to benchmark their performance against other users and the industry at large – leading to better performance and higher business success rates.
This year Vivonet was awarded the 2011 Emerging Company of the Year by the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work® Institute, and selected by Rocket Builders as one of its 2011 top 25 “Ready to Rocket” Information and Communications Technology companies in BC.
About Halo Secure Web-Based POS:
As the industry leader, Halo™ Secure Web-Based POS powered by Vivonet gives restaurateurs the tools, information and knowledge they need to run better. In fact, restaurants that use Halo Secure Web-Based POS outperform the National Restaurant Association’s sales index by an average of 3.88%. For more information about Halo Secure Web-Based POS, please visit www.Vivonet.com.
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Posted on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 @ 05:41 AM
Vivonet Inc. has been awarded the 2011 Emerging Company of the Year by the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) for “reinventing the cash register”.
This award recognizes Vivonet’s innovative POS software Halo™ that has revolutionized retail transaction data management. Halo™ is a web-based complete POS software enabling small and medium sized restaurants and retailers to remotely manage their restaurants whenever and wherever they are. It gives restaurateurs and retailers a new level of control over their operations and in turn boosts bottom line by consolidating equipment and allowing easy, real-time access to important information.
“We are extremely honoured to be awarded the Emerging Company of the Year by the BCTIA and recognized for our accomplishments and innovation in Software as a Service,” said Ryan Volberg, president and CEO of Vivonet Inc. “We are 100 per cent dedicated to our clients and will continue to enable, acquire and organize millions of transactions for our customers and provide restaurants and retailers with the world’s most trusted source of retail performance information.”
In a fast growing company, it’s essential to make sure your teams are focused. Vivonet understands this, and uses a number of innovative practices to drive momentum forward and encourage collaboration across departments. Each month, all executives and managers are taken off-site for a one day session to work on “the big picture” and ensure all teams are prioritizing their objectives on the most important opportunities. The company doesn’t stop there – they also focus on customer communication. It’s a requirement at Vivonet for every technical team member to shadow customer support and system implementation teams for a minimum of four hours every month. In the fast moving and high pressure restaurant business, this ensures the voice of the customer is being communicated from the front lines and passed directly to the people who manage functionality of the systems that are supporting Vivonet’s customers.
With the release of Halo MobileTM Vivonet is taking a giant leap forward in revolutionizing the restaurant industry and allowing customers to order, pay and set pick-up times from their favourite restaurants directly on their smartphones. The smartphone app for Android™ and iOS devices link directly to the restaurant’s web-based Halo POS system, allowing the restaurateur to use a single system to manage menus, ordering and payment. HaloMobile™ allows restaurant owners to see exactly how their branded app is performing through their POS reporting interface. The app allows every restaurant to quickly and easily get their brand featured in the App StoreSM and Android™ Market and compete in a market that might not have been available to them before.
The BCTIA Technology Impact Awards recognizes companies in BC delivering integrating innovations that touch all sectors of the economy. The Emerging Company of the Year award acknowledges an emerging company with continuous revenue growth, innovative products or services, strong business plan and has potential of becoming a leader in its market. This year’s Technology Impact Awards attracted over 100 applications from companies of all sectors and sizes and from all corners of British Columbia.
Vivonet was recognized as the 9th fastest growing company in BC by Business in Vancouver in 2010 and in the same year, Vivonet secured a $60 million agreement with Sodexo, a leading provider of Comprehensive Service Solutions, to deploy Halo™ in the majority of Sodexo’s 6,000 North American client sites by 2015. This record breaking agreement with Sodexo also led to a marketing partnership with Intuit.
This is the fourth accolade Vivonet has earned this year. The company was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work® Institute, and was named one of the Most Innovative Companies in BC by BC Business Magazine. Vivonet was also selected by Rocket Builders in January as one of its top 25 “Ready to Rocket” Information and Communications Technology companies in BC.
Posted on Sat, Apr 30, 2011 @ 05:39 AM
Vivonet Inc., the leader in secure web-based POS software for the North American restaurant industry, is being recognized as one of the 2011 Top 100 Best Workplaces in Canada by the Great Place to Work® Institute.
Vivonet demonstrates employee and workplace satisfaction by fostering key management practices for building a culture of trust through innovation, productivity and collaboration. Vivonet concentrates on ensuring a high level of employee and workplace satisfaction in addition to its exceptional business success.
“The recognition is an honour and demonstrates that true success comes from within a company,” said Ryan Volberg, president and CEO of Vivonet Inc. “We have an exceptionally skilled and talented team that has helped to shape our culture making it an innovative, fun and exciting workplace.”
Vivonet makes celebrating success a priority. The company enjoys marking milestones and wins and recognizes achievements through numerous programs: kudos on Yammer!, annual awards presentations, and employee driven “shout-outs” at their weekly meetings.
As a company that’s tripled its staff in the last year, Vivonet knows that orientation for new employees is serious business. However, they also like to add a dose of fun into the mix. For new employees, the comprehensive three-day orientation program includes a corporate history lesson with the CEO and even a scavenger hunt that includes tasks such as getting a high-five from each member of the accounting team. In addition, all employees receive a Restaurant Industry Orientation session from a Red Seal Chef in order to better understand Vivonet’s customers and how the company’s POS system, Halo, is integrated and used in all facets of daily restaurant operations.
The Great Place to Work® Institute selects its winners based on a 58-statement survey completed by employees, along with their open-ended comments about their organization, and on an in-depth review of the organization’s culture, including an evaluation of human resources policies and procedures.
Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work: creditability, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. This year’s list received participation from more than 50,000 employees for the 2011 “Best Workplaces in Canada” survey. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture.
This is the third award Vivonet has earned this year. Earlier in April, Vivonet was named one of the Most Innovative Companies in BC by BC Business Magazine, and in January Vivonet was selected by Rocket Builders as one of its top 25 “Ready to Rocket” Information and Communications Technology companies in BC.
Posted on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 @ 05:36 AM
2011 BC Business Guide to Innovation
B.C.’s 20 Most Innovative Companies in 2011
Vivonet is being recognized by BC Business Magazine as one of the province’s top technology innovators for its cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system for the food services industry.
Ranked No. 13 in the magazine’s 2011 list of the Most Innovative Companies in BC, Vivonet continues to set the standard in the restaurant technology sector with its HaloTM Software as a Service (“SaaS”) product.
HaloTM is a flexible and affordable POS solution that is delivered to restaurant and foodservice clients simply and securely over the Internet. HaloTM enables real-time transaction processing and acquires centralized point of sale, product, pricing and customer data. The data collected can be organized, analyzed, reported and shared with management and allows clients to make better and faster product decisions and improve supply chain optimization.
Vivonet is helping one of the world’s largest food services company standardize their operations. In 2010, Vivonet secured a landmark agreement with Sodexo, a leading provider of Comprehensive Service Solutions, to deploy HaloTM in the majority of Sodexo’s 6,000 North American client sites by 2015. Sodexo serves more than 10 million customers daily in corporations, health care, long-term care, retirement, schools, higher education, government and remote sites. The partnership with Sodexo represents the largest ever SaaS point-of-sale rollout in North America.
Companies in BC Business Magazine’s survey were evaluated on four criteria by a panel of 12 volunteer advisers, business leaders and experts:
- The innovation is based on an ambitious, imaginative idea
- The innovation has been put into action in its intended market
- Something about the idea or how it is being used is new to the market
- There’s evidence that this innovation has had a significant benefit to both the organization and its market
For the full story on how “Vivonet’s cloud-based point-of-sale system for the food-service industry wins big”, visit BCBusiness.
Posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 @ 05:34 AM
We’re honoured to be featured on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The episode that aired Friday, February 18, 2011, shows the restaurant The Grasshopper also receiving a complete makeover.
Check out the moment that Gordon reveals their new POS system, Halo at about the 3:01 mark:
Posted on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 @ 05:31 AM
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/21/11 – Vivonet Inc., the leader in secure web-based point of sale (“POS”) software for the North American restaurant industry, is excited to announce the appointment of Fred Tummonds as its new Vice President of Product.
In his new role, Fred will be responsible for leading the team at Vivonet as the organization continues to define and deliver the world’s most user-friendly and scalable “Software as a Service” (“SaaS”) solution and POS system for restaurants. He will focus on product roadmap and delivery for Halo, Vivonet’s SaaS product, a flexible and affordable solution that is delivered to restaurant and foodservice clients over the Internet.
With over 17 years experience in the software industry, Fred has successfully managed and led product teams at both Fortune 500 and start-up companies. He has a proven track record of defining, building and delivering customer driven products.
His passion for software started at the young age of 10, when he designed and wrote his first software program – a video game for the TRS-80. Since then, Fred has continued to foster his interest in software development and design, and he has worked alongside some of the most experienced technology professionals in the industry.
Fred has spent 11 years at Business Objects (formerly Crystal Decisions) where he was VP of Enterprise Reporting, overseeing three releases of Crystal Reports which generated over $80 million in annual revenue. Prior to joining Vivonet, Fred was the co-founder and CTO at Indicee, a SaaS business intelligence company which won the 2010 BCTIA Most Promising Startup Award.
Posted on Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 05:28 AM
For the fifth consecutive year, Vivonet Inc., the leader in secure web-based point of sale (“POS”) software for the North American restaurant industry, has made Rocket Builders’ annual list, “Ready to Rocket”.
“Ready to Rocket” selected the top 25 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies in BC that are best positioned to capitalize on the 2011 technology sector trends that will lead them to faster growth than their peers.
Burnaby-based Vivonet is changing the way restaurants and other food services retailers conduct business by combining a user friendly interface with real-time data and analytics. Vivonet’s point of sale technology, Halo™ is a stark contrast to traditional POS solutions and eliminates the need for complex and expensive site specific equipment and on-site IT support. The company is a leader in offering Software as a Service (“SaaS”) product, providing a flexible and affordable solution securely over the Internet.
Vivonet is leading the charge in their industry with a landmark agreement in 2010 with Sodexo Inc, a leading provider of Comprehensive Service Solutions serving more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care, retirement, schools, higher education, government and remote sites. Sodexo, Inc. operates in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $7.7 billion (USD) in annual revenue. Sodexo will deploy Halo™ into the majority of its 6,000 North American client sites by 2015.
Notwithstanding their fair share of business challenges over the last 10 years, Vivonet has met its obstacles head on and come out on top. Since 2005 Vivonet has experienced triple digit growth every year, with over $65 million in customer transactions a month and this number continues to grow. In 2010, the head count has increased by 260% to 102 employees. The “Ready to Rocket” list is a great launching pad and further testimony of the company’s continued innovation, success and growth.
About Ready to Rocket
Ready to Rocket is a unique business recognition list that profiles technology companies with the greatest potential for revenue growth. Each year, based on analysis of trends that will drive growth in the information technology sector, Rocket Builders identifies the top private companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the trends for growth. This selection methodology has been an accurate predictor of growth with “Ready to Rocket” companies exceeding the industry growth rate. Also, many of these companies raise investment capital and each year many of the profiled “Ready to Rocket’ companies are acquired. www.readytorocket.com
About Vivonet
Established in 1999, Vivonet Inc. (www.vivonet.com) is the restaurant industry leader in software as a service (“SaaS”) solutions that enable, acquire and organize over one hundred million transactions every month for customers in Canada and the United States. Vivonet provides Halo Secure Web Based POS and on-demand enterprise management, POS, payment processing and performance benchmarking solution for its customers. Vivonet’s unique ability to aggregate the transaction data created by its customers allows their customers to benchmark their performance against other users and the industry at large – leading to better performance and higher business success rates.
Posted on Wed, Sep 01, 2010 @ 05:25 AM
Vivonet Inc. Announces Appointment of Jim MacCallum as Chief Financial Officer
Vancouver, British Columbia – September 1, 2010 – Vivonet Inc., the leader in secure web-based point of sale (“POS”) software for the North American restaurant industry, is excited to announce the appointment of Jim MacCallum as Chief Financial Officer.
Jim brings more than 15 years of financial expertise to Vivonet and a successful track record working with high growth technology companies. As the newest member of the Vivonet Executive team, Jim will provide leadership on business and financial strategies, financial reporting, treasury, taxation and administration.
“Every year since 2005, Vivonet has experienced triple digit growth and since January 2010 the company’s workforce has doubled in size to 75 employees. We look forward to the valuable contribution Jim will bring to the company as we continue in our rapid growth phase,” says Ryan Volberg, president and CEO of Vivonet. “Jim’s experience with leading technology companies, coupled with his strong financial and educational background make him an ideal candidate for CFO.”
Prior to joining Vivonet, Jim was Vice President of Finance for Absolute Software (TSE:ABT), a $200 million company specializing in technology and services for the management and security of mobile computers, netbooks, and smartphones. He has also held similar positions at Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) as Controller, Global Customer Financial Services and at PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS) as Controller of Operations. Jim has participated in initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, debt financing and has managed public company reporting.
Jim completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG LLP in 1995 and earned his BA from the University of British Columbia.
Jim will be replacing Kevin Falk, who assumed the role of interim Chief Finance Officer in October 2008. Kevin has transitioned into the role of Chief Product Officer at Vivonet. This summer, Vivonet secured a landmark agreement with Sodexo, world leader in quality of daily life solutions. Vivonet is set to deploy its Halo Secure Web Based POS software into the majority of Sodexo’s 6,000 North American client sites by 2015. As Chief Product Officer, Kevin, a co-founder of Vivonet, will have the opportunity to focus on product strategy, development and positioning of the Halo Secure Web Based POS product brand to restaurant and foodservice clients across North America.
About Vivonet:
Established in 1999, Vivonet Inc. (www.Vivonet.com) is the restaurant industry leader in software as a service (“SaaS”) solutions that enable, acquire and organize over one hundred million transactions every month for customers in Canada and the United States. Vivonet provides Halo Secure Web Based POS (www.Vivonet.com/halo-pos) and on-demand enterprise management, POS, payment processing and performance benchmarking solution for its customers. Vivonet’s unique ability to empower the transaction data created by its customers allows their customers to benchmark their performance against other users and the industry at large – leading to better performance and higher business success rates.
About Halo Secure Web-Based POS:
As the industry leader, Halo™ Secure Web-Based POS powered by Vivonet gives restaurateurs the tools, information and knowledge they need to run better. In fact, restaurants that use Halo Secure Web-Based POS outperform the National Restaurant Association’s sales index by an average of 3.88%. For more information about Halo Secure Web-Based POS, please visit Vivonet.
For more information, please contact:
Kevin Froese
Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing
Vivonet Inc.
E: kfroese[@]vivonet.com
T: 1.866.512.2033 x 106
Posted on Wed, Sep 01, 2010 @ 05:23 AM
Customer: Full Service Casual Caribbean/American Cuisine.
Customer Since: Jan 2007
Score: 10
Comments: Halo is by far the best POS System / It is the simplest and easiest system I have ever seen in my life / I am computer illiterate and I can do all the work on this system / I like that it is Internet based and I can use it from home and can tell what kind of business we are having at the restaurant / There is nothing bad that I can say about Halo / Tech support is also great / I have recommended this system to about 10 people already…
