Leveraging Technical Expertise Locally (LTEL) was a pilot partnership project with TEC Edmonton that had two objectives. The first objective was to solve a real and pressing problem faced by the City of Edmonton. While helping local tech companies gain experience in dealing with a large and complex buyer, the City’s second objective was to connect with local expertise. The LTEL attracted 14 applications from Edmonton’s IT community with Hybrid Forge winning the contract.

“This is an excellent opportunity for us, and we are excited about forging relationships with the City of Edmonton and TEC Edmonton,” said Geoff Kliza, president of Hybrid Forge. “Our goal is to integrate business systems with emerging web trends such as social networking to provide a closer relationship between our clients and their customers.”