SIFT EVERY THING

Your company provided the sort of service I can count on. You delivered what you said you would deliver, when you said you would deliver it, and to the standards that we set. You delivered on the question and did not over promise. In my books, this makes you 'referable'.

Sift's approach to relationship building is refreshing. It is based on an industry engagement model that invites input from the company at the earliest stage, as opposed to a marketing approach which may or may not resonate. NAIT needs to understand where its capacity can be applied even before it builds applied research programming. Sift's approach allowed this to happen and helped us generate strong introductions with a number of important companies.

This approach will resonate across all of our applied research initiatives and I believe that not only has it resulted in a valuable outcome for our organization, but it has provided a significant learning opportunity for my staff.

I would like to commend you for your organizational skills and professional manner in which you moderated a strong group of industrialists, members of government and academia.

Sift played a key role in attracting $6 million to our company. They asked the questions we needed to answer to define our business opportunities and strategic direction. It didn't stop there, they worked along side us in discussions with investors -- their work is a critical part of our success.

I've always had an unusual approach to strategy. Somehow Sift seems to fit. Sift took all our opportunities, directions, and intentions and translated them into a form that investors believe in. Sift's capacity to weave our strategic approach with market analysis and due diligence is very valuable.

Jeremy has an unusual blend of strategic capacity and pragmatic wisdom. His macro perspective generates deep insight that gets to the core of issues. Jeremy is also very intuitive to where things are moving. And he has a pretty good sense of humor to boot!

SIFT provided original thinking, competitive intelligence, strategic insight, and creativity in a series of incisive reports that helped me guide Alberta Ingenuity Fund decisions on $130 million of research and innovation investments building Alberta's next generation economy. SIFT is solid. SIFT has integrity.

Sift provided sound financial and economic background on the potential of initiatives we were considering. The unbiased perspective and evaluation allowed us to make the right decisions.

I remain impressed with the straightforward way you approach problems and communicate results. The process you used to analyze Jurisdictional Advantage took theory (academic lit review, exploration with business faculty and research groups) and tempered it with your very practical perspective. We will use this work.

As part of developing Alberta Innovates, Sift designed an analytical tool to assess where the province of Alberta has opportunities in the global market place. Building on the emerging concept of "Jurisdictional Advantage", Sift laid out key elements to be considered -- the work was very thorough and well presented.