It was a Saturday night and the scene was exhilarating. Guests were dressed to impress, food & drink were in abundance, and the venue offered a spectacular 360-degree view of Toronto. On December 12th, 2009 Intelex hosted its annual Christmas party at Panorama Lounge & Restaurant, set atop the 51st floor of the Manulife Centre at Bay & Bloor. Intelexians were invited to bring along spouses, significant others, and BFFs to join the festivities, making it a truly special evening. We ate, we drank, we danced, and we even made some new friends.

In just a few years, the Intelex Christmas party has more than doubled in size and moved from a condo party room to one of the most extravagant restaurants in downtown Toronto. Curious to know how these changes have influenced the general mood of the Christmas party, I asked Nicky, Quality Assurance Manager, to tell me about previous years’ parties. After hearing a few stories I can definitely say that the ambiance of the Christmas party has changed drastically over the years; however, the one thing that has remained consistent is the Intelex culture. It’s something our team celebrates both in and out of the office. Whether we’re working hard, having a few drinks after work, or getting dressed up on a Saturday night for our Christmas party, the Intelex family is just that. Family.

A big thanks goes out to all those who helped us celebrate this holiday season and a special thanks to Mark Jaine, Intelex President & CEO, for treating us to an incredibly memorable night! To my fellow Intelexians, Intelex clients, and clients to be - Happy Holidays & all the best in 2010! 

Intelex is pleased to announce they have been selected by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to provide a Training and Licensing Management System for their 4800 employees. The Laboratory, one of nine Johns Hopkins divisions, approached Intelex in search of a cost effective IT system that would allow them to streamline the management of their employee training and certification requirements at the departmental level.

The Intelex Training and Licensing Management System that they selected has the ability to establish specific training requirement and certification standards associated with any workgroup, is robust enough to accommodate a large number of employees, and is highly automated allowing for easy scheduling and re-scheduling of training. The Compliance Report, which is a pre-built feature of the system fosters the generation of real-time reports drawn from all training data in the system. Key reporting metrics include: assigned training by employee, training hours completed, training hours pending, certifications completed, certifications pending, certification renewals approaching as well as data specific to individual courses such as the number of employees assigned to a course and the number completed.

"We are excited to add John Hopkins University to our educational client roster along with others like the University of Virginia and Texas A&M University," commented Intelex President and CEO Mark Jaine, "Our EHSQ software systems have been gaining a lot of momentum within the education industry and we are looking ahead to continue this trend and provide solutions unique to the industry's needs." With the Intelex system being highly scalable in nature, it will be able to adapt to the expanding needs of the University and ultimately not be outgrown.

Find out more about Intelex's Training and Licensing Management System.

Intelex held its annual Vision Meeting with much success last week in the ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel located in Toronto's Rogers Center, home of the Toronto Blue Jays. Each year, the Vision Meeting is held as an opportunity for the entire Intelex team to spend a day together and get to know each other and the company better. At the same time, the meeting is designed to generate employee feedback and input on how to improve all aspects of the organization. Hosted by Intelex President and CEO Mark Jaine, the event consisted of three separate presentations looking at performance in the 2009 fiscal year, focus and priorities for 2010, and a sneak peek at the highly anticipated Intelex.net system. A variety of group activities were conducted in between presentations with the annual Intelex jingle/skit competition returning by popular demand and exposing some unknown internal talent.

A complete success, the 2010 Vision Meeting yielded some informative presentations, valuable input and suggestions, and helped to solidify the visionary nature and unique culture here at Intelex. Having achieved at least 40% revenue growth each year over the past 8 years, and with a current team of 95 talented employees and counting, Intelex has grown to establish itself as a pioneer and leader in the EHSQ software industry.

Thanks to everyone for participating, we are looking forward to next year already.