Founded in 1986, Online Business Systems is a privately held information technology and business consultancy. We help enterprise customers enhance competitive advantage by designing improved business processes enabled with robust and secure information systems. In addition to technology and business consulting, we provide advanced solutions in information security, customer experience, and service management. We work across sectors and have extensive knowledge within our targeted industries of finance, healthcare, energy, and agribusiness.
A proven formula
for success
Technology independence
Our unsurpassed delivery, our people, and the Online culture of loyalty, trust, and commitment to mutual success set us apart. For 30 years, Online has maintained rigorous hiring practices and a commitment to career mentorship and professional development. We always do our best to balance doing what’s right for our clients, for our company, and for Onliners. The results are tangible – high morale and low staff turnover, numerous awards for being a great place to work, and consistently high Glassdoor ratings. Today we have nearly 300 business and technical consultants throughout Canada and the US.
Customers benefit from our preferred relationships with a wide range of leading technology partners. We maintain technology independence while continually assessing available software and sourcing the most suitable solution for a given situation.
Leadership at Online
Online is led by founder and CEO, Chuck Loewen. Under Chuck’s leadership, the company has maintained an unwavering focus on taking care of our customers and sharing ownership of their business objectives. While the individuals profiled below comprise our executive leadership team, we strongly believe in fostering a culture of leadership across the entire company and have formal leadership training programs available to all Onliners. To us, leading is less about being in charge and more about accountability and charting a path forward. To this end, we aspire to create an organization of leaders.
Chuck Loewen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tim Siemens
Partner and Chief Technology Officer
Lynne Black
Chief Financial Officer
Ria Neuendorff
Chief People Officer
John Frejuk
Vice President,
Digital Transformation
David Neufeld
Vice President, Corporate Services
Greg Loewen
VP, Sales and Client Relationships
Steve Levinson
Vice President, Risk, Security and Privacy
Online in the community
At Online we believe that we have a responsibility to our communities, the environment, and each other. We often say that together we are part of something larger than ourselves – this applies to our business potential as well as our corporate citizenship.
Responsible employer
Very close to our hearts is our role as an employer. We are driven by a set of core values and a culture of mutual respect. We celebrate individuality and diversity and promote personal and professional development. We formally track our performance as an employer. The results are transparent and available to Onliners.
Sustainability
While not a large consumer of resources, we still strive to minimize our carbon footprint through minimum-consumption and recycling programs, as well as energy efficient office environments. In our professional practice, we assist clients in meeting their commitments through solutions that enhance their own sustainability programs.
Community support
We are very committed to supporting our local communities with a particular emphasis on assisting community-building organizations where Onliners are enthusiastic and active volunteers. We also support our professional community through membership and sponsorship of numerous industry associations.
News
“This is the ultimate collaboration; robots and humans…..”
Online is pleased to announce their recent partnership with Robotic Process Automation industry leader, UiPath. “This is the ultimate collaboration; robots and humans. Robots do all the boring backroom stuff so we don’t have to. We can dream big and push ourselves to be our best versions. We can create
Online Renews it’s Focus on Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity in North America, via Salesforce
Winnipeg, Manitoba: As part of this strategic focus, Online Business Systems (Online) has teamed up with Salesforce and is officially a Lightning Accredited and Registered Consulting Partner! “At Online we realize that businesses today are under enormous pressure to transform to remain relevant. This presents an opportunity for our clients
Online Placed 5th on the 50 “Best Workplaces in Canada” List
April 26, 2019 – We are very excited to announce that Online has placed 5th on the 50 “Best Workplaces in Canada” list (100-999 employees)! This is Online’s 13th consecutive year on this list and the highest we have ever placed. “I can’t tell you how proud we were to
Events
Online Heading Down to Orlando for InfoSec World 2019
Online is pleased to be participating in the InfoSec World 2019 Conference taking place April 1-3rd, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. We are excited to be part of this great event as InfoSec World celebrates their 25th anniversary. Onliners Patrick Hayes, Rob Harvey, and Adam Kehler will be speaking at the
Online is Proud to Sponsor the Twin Cities Digital Transformation Leadership Luncheon
Online is proud to be sponsoring the Twin Cities Digital Transformation Leadership Luncheon coming up on March 21, 2019 in Minneapolis. A collection of CIOs, CISOs, InfoSec and Corporate IT Management Professionals will be gathering for an exciting lunch and an exclusive peer-level roundtable conversation in digital transformation and solidifying your
Online to Host Healthcare Cybersecurity Executive Briefing in Texas
Online’s Managed Security Services team is proud to welcome Will Long, CISO for Children’s Health, & Sheraun Howard, FBI Special Agent to an Healthcare Cybersecurity Executive Briefing, “Mitigating Threat Vectors: Are you Doing Enough?” This briefing will take place on February 20, 2019 from 11:30am – 1:00pm at La Cima Club