History
How We Got Here
The Story of Pandell
Company Timeline
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- ALLETE, a major US Utility Company, selects Pandell’s Land and GIS suite and digitization services for its enterprise-wide land management solution.
- YYC Data Society Showcases Pandell for its innovative use of AI to digitize ancient land documents for the energy industry.
- Pandell VP, a vendor invoice portal for service companies to submit invoices to their energy clients, surpassed 6,500 users; 500,000 digital invoices submitted; and $2.94 billion in transactions processed.
- Selected from 2,800 companies to receive an Esri Partner Network ArcGIS SaaS Adoption Award.
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- Introduced Pandell Mobile - a mobile application that gives operators and land service agents real-time access to land acquisition project information and approval functionality right from the field.
- Implemented Pandell Land and GIS suite at renewable energy companies including NorthRenew Energy, Grid United, Steelhead Americas, Transalta, and Boralex.
- Implemented Pandell Land and GIS suite at utility companies including AltaLink, Daryland Power Cooperative, and Tucson Electric Power.
- Lightsource bp, a leading global solar renewable energy company, selects Pandell’s Land & GIS Software suite for its worldwide land and GIS management solution.
- Retired Pandell PA production accounting product and migrated clients to Pandell PetroNet.
- Donated $12,500 to the Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary (DDRC) and $12,500 to the Friends of Down Syndrome organization in Houston.
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- Retired the “LandRite” brand name and consolidated Pandell’s land management software product line under the brand name “LandWorks.”
- Donated $10,000 to Distress Centre Calgary and $10,000 to Mental Health America of Greater Houston.
- Introduced Pandell XD Executive Dashboard to deliver live, aggregated reporting analytics to energy companies that use Pandell’s financial and land products.
- Implemented Pandell’s Land & GIS suite at leading Renewable Energy companies including Pattern Energy, Potentia Renewables, Broad Reach Power Operations Services, Liberty Utilities, and Hanwha Q CELLS USA.
- Featured on the Digital Oil & Gas Podcast where Pandell's CEO & President Greg Chudiak discussed his career through energy market booms and busts with industry speaker and author Geoffrey Cann.
- Sponsored West Virginia University Davis College’s E3: Energy, Environment, and Excitement Summer Camp.
- Hosted 24 free, live learning opportunities between Pandell Lunch-N-Learns and Leadership Series webinars.
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- Donated $10,000 to the Calgary Food Bank and $10,000 to the Houston Food Bank.
- A global pandemic (COVID-19) causes historical hardship to health, business, and economies worldwide. Massive job losses occur throughout the oil & gas and services sectors in North America. Pandell’s US and Canadian operations stay the course with the deployment of strategic client support programs and minimal reductions in staff.
- Released a major version upgrade of Projects land acquisition management software to Canadian land brokers and energy operators.
- TC Energy, a major pipeline and infrastructure operator, selects Pandell land management & GIS software solution.
- Acquired PetroNet Systems, the Canadian oil and gas sector’s top production accounting software.
- Repsol, an international leader in electricity, renewable energy, and low emissions oil and gas energy, selects Pandell land management & GIS software solution.
- ATCO Pipelines, an Alberta-based natural gas pipeline owner and operator, selects Pandell land management & GIS software solution.
- Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP), a Texas-based major electric utility company, selects Pandell land management & GIS software solution.
- Black Hills Energy, a major US natural gas and electric utility company, selects Pandell land management & GIS software solution.
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- Opened new office in Houston and transitioned 100 staff.
- Financial software suite named in Top 5 Digital Oilfield Technologies by the Daily Oil Bulletin’s Energy Excellence Awards.
- Donated $70k child development center renovation to Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society.
- Awarded a major land and GIS systems contract for Altalink; Alberta’s largest regulated electricity transmission company.
- Received Esri Cornerstone Award for 20-year GIS technology partnership.
- Adopted LandWorks land management and GIS software sets into the Pandell brand family.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 11th year by Branham Group Inc.
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- Launched VP Vendor Invoice Portal for end-to-end digital invoicing.
- Acquired LandWorks, Inc., a Houston-based provider of land asset management and GIS solutions.
- Released a major JV 5 web-based financial accounting and reporting solution for Canadian energy companies.
- Released a major LandRite 5 web-based land asset management solution for Canadian energy companies.
- Became Esri’s first SaaS joint solutions partner, delivering a land asset management solution with fully integrated ArcGIS mapping and analytics technology.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 10th Year by Branham Group Inc.
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- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 9th Year by Branham Group Inc.
- Attained our CSAE3416 IT Certification for meeting strict industry standards for its application hosting environment and software development processes.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 9th year by Alberta Venture and KMPG.
- Our annual charity drive raises $18,000 for Discovery House.
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- Launched Connect, a secure portal for communicating requests and managing consent agreements.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 8th Year by Branham Group Inc.
- Rebranded our entire oil and gas software suite.
- Acquired Jobutrax Services Ltd. and its web-based oilfield services field ticketing solution.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 8th year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
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- Business in Calgary Recognizes Greg Chudiak and David Beresford as Visionary Business Leaders.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 7th year by Branham Group Inc.
- Acquired the land management software set; LandRite, iLand, and MapQ from Divestco Inc.
- Introduced JVNexus version 4.1 with auto-generated reversal vouchers, JIBLink Royalty extract, and the ability to produce T5 forms.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 7th year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
- Release of PANexus version 4.1, which introduced a gas module as well as direct exports to the Petrotranz’s COTS and JIBLink systems.
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- Release of AFENexus version 4.0, which enabled end-to-end management of capital spending through a secure, web-based mobile workflow solution.
- Due to continued growth we moved our head office into a larger space on the WestMount Corporate Campus in Calgary.
- The Branham Group Inc. has named us one of Canada’s top 250 information and communication technology companies for the 6th year.
- Released a major Roads version 4.0 upgrade that migrates the software from a desktop application to a fully web-based mobile solution
- Greg Chudiak and David Beresford were named finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award in the Prairie region.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 6th year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
- Released a major JVNexus upgrade that transitioned from Advantage Database Server to SQL Server database.
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- Hit $10 million in revenue.
- Named Alberta’s Best Workplace in the category of Perks, Benefits and Incentives by Venture Publishing.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 5th year by Branham Group Inc.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 5th year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
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- Retooled and rebranded SLIM product suite as Landscape Roads, Crossings, Projects and Stakeholders.
- Acquired Prizm Surface Group Ltd. and with it, a set of surface land information management software products (SLIM).
- Moved head office to WestMount Corporate Campus in Calgary, to accommodate an aggressive growth plan.
- Awarded contract for major technology upgrade to Petrotranz’s COTS application.
- Signed deal with IBM to co-develop the Government of Alberta’s WATERS Project.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 4th year by Branham Group Inc.
- Released a major PANexus upgrade that enabled Saskatchewan Government Reporting through the Alberta Petroleum Registry.
- Introduced APNexus to the oil and gas industry with the signing of Sure Energy Inc.
- Named Alberta TechRev Innovator by Innovate Calgary.
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- Introduced AFENexus to the American oil and gas industry with the signing of our first American client, Murphy Exploration and Production Company, based in Houston.
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 3rd year by Branham Group Inc.
- Divested Risk Innovations Consulting Inc.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 4th year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
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- Awarded a grant for our Pandell Liquid Intelligence (PLI) application platform from Canada’s Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies for the 2nd year by Branham Group Inc.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 3rd year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
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- Acquired Risk Innovations Consulting Inc. and with it, retooled software and services to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Delivered Alberta Government’s new Electronic Payment System (EPS).
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies for the 2nd year by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
- Weathered the global financial crisis by diversifying our products and services, strengthening our infrastructure, and developing a solid marketing plan.
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- Acquired Dowwest Accounting Management Ltd. and with it, introduced PANexus for production accounting and FANexus for joint interest accounting.
- Introduced Pandell Outsourced Accounting Services for oil and gas companies.
- Named one of Calgary’s Best Places to work by Calgary Inc. Magazine and Leger Marketing.
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- Opened Downtown Training Centre in Calgary.
- Acquired REAP Solutions Ltd. and with it, introduced EANexus for economic analysis.
- Microsoft profiled one of our customers, Delphi Energy Corp, for its use of AFENexus.
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- Selected by Microsoft as 1 of 20 companies worldwide for its Lighthouse Program.
- Acquired In House Software Ltd. and with it, introduced JVNexus and GeoNexus solutions for joint venture accounting and land management, respectively.
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- Named one of Canada’s Top 250 Information and Communication Technology Companies by Branham Group Inc.
- Named one of the NEXT 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada by PROFIT Magazine.
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- Delivered the Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) solution to the Government of Alberta.
- Signed ‘Teaming Agreement’ with IBM, to provide expert development service and support to IBM.
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- Introduced AFE Nexus to the Canadian oil and gas industry with the signing of our first client, Murphy Oil Canada.
- Awarded the contract to power Turner Construction’s North American B2B Commerce Initiative.
- Awarded the contract to manage and support the Government of Alberta’s province-wide Electronic Tendering System (ETS).
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- Established an advisory board.
- Awarded ‘Managed Partner’ status with Microsoft.
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- Hit $1M in revenue.
- Founders were recognized as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists.
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- Weathered the dotcom crash and transitioned from internet and technology companies over to more traditional business clientele.
- Named one of Alberta’s Fast Growth 50 Companies by Alberta Venture and KPMG.
- Named one of Canada’s Hottest 50 Start-ups by PROFIT Magazine.
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- Delivered our first software product, an internet e-commerce marketplace solution to Patchgear.com.
- Opened first office at the Currie Barracks in Calgary.
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- Selected by internet start-up Patchgear.com to deliver its B2B e-commerce marketplace.
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- Founded as a basement start-up with 2 employees providing custom programming services.
