One of the newest graduates from the world-renowned Accelerator Centre program is Mozzaz, which in a short time has grown from the three, including former RIM employees, to more than 20 people coordinating care for children with special needs through technology.
“The first product we developed was for individuals who have life challenges,” said Sammy Wahab, co-founder and CEO of Mozzaz. “They maybe non-functional, non-verbal and our goal was to take the mobile device, which is a powerful piece of equipment, and program it to make their life easier.”
The company designs software for personal computers, tablets and smartphones. The software helps those with disabilities communicate and it also helps caregivers co-ordinate care and communication with heathcare workers more efficiently.
It was a highly personal project for co-founders Sammy Wahab and Rini Singh. The each had a child with a chronic illness and wanted to address some of the gaps they saw in their treatment.
The other graduate from the Accelerator Centre last week, Plum, has also made major inroads in overseas markets with a new hire assessment tool that can determine if a person is the right fight for your company in about five minutes.
Plum, formerly CreamHR, uses behavioural science to see how a potential hire matches up with a company’s needs and its corporate culture.
Caitlin MacGregor said Plum recently opened a new office in uptown Waterloo at the corner of King and Erb, and have made great progress targeting decision makers who were trying to make the human resources process more efficient and use the data available to make better decisions.
They’ve done proof of concept with some massive online job platforms that cater to thousands of online job seekers and had some great exposure.
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