Best Ottawa Business (The BOBs) awards were handed out to 28 companies in 9 different categories, recognizing a wide range of organizations from diverse industries at the gala on November 15 at the Westin Ottawa amidst VIPs, celebrities, business and community leaders and more than 750 guests.

The BOBs recognize Ottawa’s top businesses and the people behind them, and celebrate the history of innovation & entrepreneurship in the National Capital Region.

The 2017 CEO of the Year Award was presented to Kevin Ford, CEO, Calian Group Limited and the Lifetime Achievement Award to John Ruddy, philanthropist and Executive Chairman of Trinity Development Group Inc will also be presented at the gala.

2017 CEO of the Year: Kevin Ford, Calian Group Ltd.

2017 Lifetime Achievement Award: John Ruddy, Trinity Development Group

2017 BOB Award Recipients:

Best New Business

• Collab Space
• Numbercrunch inc.
• Sampford Advisors

#NextBigThingOTT

• Contextere
• MasterpieceVR 
• The Growcer

Retail Deal of the Year

• Mad Radish

Technology Deal of the Year

• Shopify

Tourism Deal of the Year

• Ottawa 2017

Real Estate Deal of the Year

• CBRE

Global Market Deal of the Year

• Canopy Growth Corporation

Best Performance in Co-op

• Kinaxis

Best Performance in Export

• You.i TV

Best Performance in Social Entrepreneurship

• Ottawa Tool Library

Best Performance in HR

• Kinaxis

Best Performance in Marketing

• Ottawa 2017

Best Performance in Customer Experience

• uOttawa Food Services

Best Performance in Sales

• Giatec Scientific Inc.

Best Performance in Sustainability

•  Rainbow Foods

#SeriousTechLivesHere

• Solink

• ThinkWrap Commerce

Best Business

• Assent Compliance
• Welch LLP
• Shopify

Newsmaker of the Year

• Blackberry QNX

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