SpikeFli Analytics

🎄 Happy Holidays from SpikeFli! 🎉

As 2023 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you. Whether you're a client who has entrusted us with your business needs, or an employee who has dedicated your time and talent to our mission, you are the reason we smile a little brighter this holiday season.

May your holidays be filled with joy, laughter, and warmth. We look forward to another fantastic year together, filled with innovation, growth, and more memorable moments.

Cheers to a wonderful 2023 and an even brighter 2024! 🥂
With gratitude,
Heather, Jan and Blair

Happy Holidays!🎉

In lieu of holiday cards, SpikeFli is donating to the Calgary Food Bank.

Please consider joining us in donating here: https://ow.ly/UmrH50QkPf6 🎇

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Elevate your business with SpikeFli's turn-key solution - the ultimate platform for , , and , tailored specifically to , , and professionals. 📈💻✅

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet the newest member of SpikeFli's team, Cara! Cara joined us in October 2023 in the role of Enterprise Account Manager.

With over ten years of experience in the industry, Cara is a true customer service professional. Cara's technical support expertise and extensive telecom experience have allowed her to step into the SpikeFli team seamlessly. Welcome Cara!

Your business can't manage what it can't see. SpikeFli's inventory mapping and reporting can show you. 🔍✨

Book a meeting with our CRO, Blair Beisel, to learn more: https://ow.ly/kpWb50QewWR

SpikeFli is proud to support and organizations through our intuitive solution. 🌐📊🚀

We're excited to announce that our newsletter will hit inboxes in January! ✉️

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🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet Emily! Emily has been with SpikeFli since 2020 and is our Communications and Client Success Manager.

Combining experience in journalism, non-profits, and client management with her Honours English Literature degree from the University of British Columbia, Emily supports both SpikeFli's communications strategy and the success of new and current clients.

Cathy O.'s organization came to SpikeFli in 2018 intending to take pressure off their department. They were able to do just that by the of their account to SpikeFli.

On top of that, SpikeFli saved Cathy's organization 27% on their wireless contract.💲

SpikeFli secured these savings through expert contract negotiation skills and experience negotiating hundreds of contracts. Not only that, but SpikeFli also saved Cathy's organization time by taking over the daily management of their wireless lines. ✅

When you partner with SpikeFli, you are not only gaining a service but also access to a powerhouse of analysts armed with expertise in and .

Ready to take your telecom management to the next level? Here are just a few areas the SpikeFli specializes in:

📄 Monthly Invoice & Contract Audits - SpikeFli has invoice down to a science: our team seamlessly audits and processes invoices, validates charges against contracts and service agreements, and identifies and resolves billing errors.

💲 Cost Optimization Projects - after analyzing usage patterns, SpikeFli recommends cost-saving measures that identify and eliminate unnecessary services and redundant expenses.

✔️ Inventory Audits - SpikeFli mapping allows for the ability to understand the location of each circuit, device, or voice connection.

📱 Assessment - by staying up-to-date with the newest and current , SpikeFli accurately assesses the landscape of an organization's technologies and advises on potential upgrades or migrations.

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet Quinn Ryall! Quinn joined SpikeFli in July 2023 as our Sales and File Administrator.

Quinn manages the collection, , and submission of invoices for all SpikeFli clients. With meticulous attention to detail, Quinn ensures the SpikeFli team has everything they need to review, analyze, and report on up-to-date and .

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet Jasmin, our Enterprise Account Manager for Wireline. Jasmin joined SpikeFli in 2019 and has since been our dedicated point of contact for all things .

With exceptional , technical support, and data assessment skills, Jasmin goes above and beyond for her clients. With a keen eye for cost-saving , Jasmin consistently cuts costs for SpikeFli clients while providing exceptional Wireline support.

🍁 Today we pause to remember and honour the brave individuals who have served our country. Let us never forget their commitment and sacrifices. 🍁

Supercharge Your Support with SpikeFli Analytics Corp! 🔧🌐

your telecom support to SpikeFli comes with a multitude of benefits:

💰Cost savings - outsourcing is often more cost-effective than hiring and training internal staff.

💡 Access to expertise - outsourced telecom support has an expert team backed by industry knowledge and experience. This leads to better quality support and faster problem resolution.

📊 Increased reporting - outsourcing gives your business access to increased reporting and insights to ensure you get the most out of your vendor contracts.

⚙️ Improved - taking telecom support off your team's plate frees up time and internal resources.

📈 - outsourcing has greater flexibility and scalability. As your company grows, your outsourced telecom support can adjust their services accordingly.

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet Kristy! Kristy joined SpikeFli in 2018 as our Enterprise Account Manager for Wireless.

With over twenty-five years of experience in the industry supporting clients extensively, Kristy has a wealth of knowledge that our team relies on. Kristy's technical support skills in tandem with her wireless expertise make her our client's point of contact for all requests.

Vendor and Procurement Managers have dynamic roles within their business, and SpikeFli provides them with a range of tools to make their jobs easier.

✅Better vendor management - SpikeFli provides Vendor and Managers with a comprehensive view of vendor performance, allowing them to quickly identify which vendors are working well for their company and which are falling short.

✅Streamlined procurement - SpikeFli helps and procurement processes, reducing the time and effort required to manage vendor relationships and contracts as well as promote efficiencies.

✅Improved decision-making - SpikeFli's platform helps Vendor and Procurement Managers make informed decisions about vendor selection, contract negotiations, and procurement with knowledge of trends, patterns, and anomalies.

✅Cost savings - SpikeFli identifies cost-saving for Vendor and Procurement Managers through negotiating better vendor contracts or reducing excess capacity.

✅ Increased and - SpikeFli increases transparency and accountability in vendor management and procurement activities by providing real-time visibility into .

When Marty R. came to SpikeFli in 2019, he sought better pricing from his organization's existing telecom carrier. SpikeFli did this and more.

By choosing SpikeFli in 2019, Marty's organization has benefitted from:

✔️Increased visibility into asset locations.

✔️Wireline call audits identifying redundant assets.

✔️Renegotiation of their teleconferencing contract.

✔️Audit of all inventory to ensure assets at past locations are not being paid for.

Since 2019, SpikeFli has saved Marty's organization 47% on teleconferencing and 58% on their wireline contract renewal💲✅

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Meet Blair Beisel, our Chief Revenue Officer. Blair joined SpikeFli in March 2023 and is the driving force behind SpikeFli’s revenue growth.

With over twenty years of experience selling technology solutions, Blair has an unwavering commitment to optimizing business’s telecom and IT spend. With Blair spearheading our revenue strategy, he is focusing on forging strategic partnerships and ensuring our clients achieve maximum savings on their telecom and technology spend.

There are several challenges governments face in the management of information technology. Luckily, SpikeFli has the solutions.

🌐Cybersecurity - government agencies hold confidential information, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks. By implementing SpikeFli governments can be confident that in the event of cyberattacks, their telecom and IT data is stored safely by a third party and that they will not experience service disruptions.

🌐Data management - SpikeFli's portal can store and centralize large amounts of data from various vendors, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and privacy.

🌐Integration of systems - when a government utilizes multiple IT systems, SpikeFli's portal makes it possible to integrate these data sources.

🌐Ensuring compliance - governments must adhere to strict laws and regulations, and SpikeFli helps to ensure compliance.

🌐Budget constraints - when a government has a limited IT budget, SpikeFli's team of analysts works to discover cost-savings opportunities throughout telecom and IT.

🛰️Exciting news from Starlink as they are set to revolutionize how we connect through their upcoming "Direct-to-Cell Service" in 2024! 🛰️

Starlink says Direct to Cell sat phone service coming 2024 Slated to work with existing 4G phones, though space rivals still trying to shoot it down

🎉Meet the Team🎉

Our next featured team member is our Chief Operating Officer, Jan Forsyth.

Jan joined Heather in 2009 and has been instrumental in developing SpikeFli's corporate structure. With domestic and international experience leading the operational sides of numerous businesses, Jan is an integral piece of the daily operations and the overall growth of SpikeFli.

🎉Meet the Team!🎉

Throughout October, we will highlight our valuable team members — introducing them to some and re-introducing them to others. We will be starting with our CEO and Founder, Heather Pauls.

Heather started what would eventually become SpikeFli in 2007. After ten years of working in the telecom industry, she saw an opportunity to help businesses better manage and take control of their telecom. SpikeFli has evolved from a service-based business into an innovative technology company that has created a turn-key solution that automates the technology lifecycle, ensuring accountability and transparency amongst technology and telecom vendors.

Since 2007, Heather has grown SpikeFli to a knowledgeable and talented team of professionals and continues leading SpikeFli to serve our clients better daily.

Today is World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is "Mental health is a universal human right."

At SpikeFli, the well-being of our team is a top priority, and so is supporting mental health. SpikeFli offers the flexibility our team needs through remote work and flex days, along with Employee Assistance Programming to ensure our team is set up for success but has resources available when necessary.

🍂🦃Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🍂

From our team to yours, we wish you a relaxing Thanksgiving. SpikeFli is grateful for our team and clients daily, but especially today as we reflect on the last year. Happy Thanksgiving!

Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation stems from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 80, calling on the federal government to establish an annual day commemorating and honouring the history of residential schools.

On Canada's third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, SpikeFli acknowledges and reflects on the history of residential schools in Canada and their ongoing and intergenerational effects.

This week is Truth and Reconciliation Week in Canada.

Throughout the week, SpikeFli will attend virtual "Lunch and Learn" sessions hosted by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Each session has speakers on important topics relating to Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous history, and Indigenous realities in Canada. We encourage our network to join us in attending these sessions, as they are an excellent opportunity to learn and to begin reflecting leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 September 25 – 30, 2023 Learning and commemorating the truth of our history from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledge keepers is an important part on the path of reconciliation.

This week is in Canada.

As a women-owned and women-run business, SpikeFli proudly supports and works every day to promote gender equality.

⛳Last week, our CRO Blair Beisel participated in Insight's golf tournament supporting Give A Mile! ⛳

Give A Mile is a volunteer-driven organization that gifts flights to help families be with their critically or terminally ill loved ones. Thank you to Insight for putting together such a great day in support of an even greater cause!

Last week Heather Pauls, our CEO, and Blair Beisel, our CRO, played in Cenovus Energy's 3rd annual Infomation Technology/CPMO Golf Tournament ⛳

Our team is thrilled to have participated in this event benefiting the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation, Safe Haven, and the Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre.

🎉Congratulations to Emily Jolly who has been promoted to Communications and Client Success Manager! 🎉

Emily has been part of the team since 2020, and we're excited to see her thrive in this exciting new role.

Congratulations, Emily!

SpikeFli Analytics voted BEST PEN at the Global Energy Show in Calgary! 😁😁

Welcome to the team, Blair! We're looking forward to having your leadership and experience supporting us as we expand SpikeFli Analytics! 🤩🥳



You can reach us here if you want to learn more: https://www.spikefli.com/contact-us

🚀 The supply chain and sourcing industry is undergoing a transformation, thanks to the power of AI! 🤖 This exciting article from Journaldunet highlights how AI is improving demand forecasting, supplier identification, and risk management. 🔍 At SpikeFli Analytics, we're proud to be leading the charge in leveraging AI to drive efficiency, agility, and cost savings for our clients. 🙌

L'intelligence artificielle au service de la supply chain et du sourcing L'approvisionnement et le sourcing ont connu un véritable bouleversement au cours des deux dernières années, principalement à cause de l'impact de la pandémie.