Last Updated: 2012-12-03

Techneos Systems Inc.

Company information

Legal Name:   Techneos Systems Inc.
Operating Name:   Techneos Systems Inc.
Mailing Address 209-788 Beatty St VANCOUVER, British Columbia V6B 2M1	Location Address 209-788 Beatty St VANCOUVER, British Columbia V6B 2M1
Telephone: (604) 435-6007
Toll Free Phone: 1-888-282-0641
Fax: (604) 435-6037
Email: info@techneos.com
Website URL: http://www.techneos.com

Contact information

Dave King
	Title:   Chief Executive Officer
	Telephone:   (604) 435-6007
	Fax:   (604) 435-6037

Company description

Since 1995, Techneos Systems has maintained a singular focus: to provide the world’s most powerful and flexible mobile survey software. Our Entryware software platform powers millions of surveys in dozens of languages, and our groundbreaking Survey On-Demand Application (SODA) works on most brands of mobile phones. Customers in 50 countries, ranging from the smallest research boutiques to the world’s largest Fortune 500 firms, rely on Techneos software to conduct their wireless surveys, providing them with timely and relevant customer feedback. Techneos survey software is used to conduct sophisticated questionnaires for a wide range of survey applications, including: face-to-face interviews, diary studies, mystery shopping, audits and inspections, observational studies and mobile panels.
Country of Ownership:	Canada
Year Established:	1995
Exporting:	Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS):	541510 - Computer Systems Design and Related Services
Primary Business Activity:	Manufacturer / Processor / Producer
Total Sales ($CDN):	$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Export Sales ($CDN):	$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Number of Employees:	11

Product / Service / Licensing

Product Name:	Entryware
Techneos Entryware software allows the user to create, deploy and conduct questionnaires using PDAs, Ultra-Mobile PCs, tablet PCs and laptop computers. Entryware supports both wireless and wireline connection, and does not require mobile users to maintain an Internet connection during data collection.
Product Name:	SODA
Techneos Survey On-Demand Application (SODA) software brings the power of advanced survey software to a wide range of mobile phones. SODA provides the entire infrastructure required to create, deploy and manage wireless survey projects by combining a sophisticated questionnaire authoring tool with an online project management portal and a mobile run-time engine, and exporting analysis-ready data in many popular formats. The entire process is wireless, and does not require mobile users to maintain an Internet connection during data collection.

Technology profile

Techneos’ meta-data model provides unparalleled power, flexibility, and ease of use for creating mobile surveys. By offering a powerful survey delivery platform that does not require an active internet connection, companies and non-profit researchers can reach the right people in the right place at the right time. In this way, organizations can garner contextual feedback, allowing them to answer critical questions about attitudes, behaviours and intents on everything from product and service usage to current economic policy.

Techneos’ products are compliant with most common data formats, including Excel, Access, XML, the open SPSS MR Data Model and many more. The product suite comprises desktop, mobile device and server-based software. All tools are built on industry standard platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, Palm, etc.

Market profile

Alliances:

• Financial
• Sales/Marketing
• Technology

Strategic alliances:

Financing for working capital and R&D;
Sales & marketing alliances with firms that have strong vertical
market presence (e.g., transportation, retail) and solid
knowledge of mobile computing.

Industry sector market interests:

• Consumer Products
• Culture
• Environment
• Information Technology and Telecommunications
• Medical/Biotechnology/Chemical
• Service Industry
• Tourism
• Transportation
• Wholesale/Retail
• Automotive
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Furniture and Wood Product
• Textile and Clothing

Geographic markets:

Export experience:

• Australia
• Austria
• Brazil
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Czech Republic
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kenya
• Macao
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mexico
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Serbia
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
• Zimbabwe
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

Actively pursuing:

• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Cook Islands
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Fiji
• Finland
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• Gibraltar
• Greenland
• Holy See (Vatican City State)
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Martinique
• Monaco
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Viet Nam
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maine
• Mississippi
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Utah
• Vermont
• Wyoming

Sector information

Unique applications:

MCAPI (Mobile Computer-Assisted Personal
Interviewing), MCASI (Mobile Computer-Assisted
Self-Interviewing); multi-modal data collection;
mobile observational studies; mobile diaries; digital ethnographies.

Success stories:

Techneos Entryware software is used by federal,
provincial/state, and municipal governments for
social and marketing research (protected areas,
health, education, wildlife management, tourism);
global CPG (consumer packaged goods)
manufacturers; private sector tourism operators;
and universities.

Testimonial:

“If your goal is to automate data collection, and mobility is critical, then Techneos’ solution is unmatched.”
Richard Kottler, former Director, SPSS

“Techneos Entryware software is by far the most full-featured CAPI software in the world. Anything that can be done in a typical web-based survey can easily be done on a handheld running Entryware.”
Matthew Campion, VP Market Research, Epocrates