Toronto's
QA Consultants predicted big demand for on-shore quality assurance testing when it
opened its Test Factory on Sparks Avenue in North York last July. And big demand is what QA Managing director Brian Grieve says they have found.
"The amount of revenue and number of clients we've acquired through the facility over the past six months has been growing by leaps and bounds," he says. "We've seen 80 per cent growth over the past six months."
Grieve says the staff, which was at 12 when the Test Factory launched, has grown to 85, and the company has launched a training program to "immerse recent university graduates in QA over a three-month period." The company is just now filing its first patent. "I remember standing and looking at my old office and thinking it was so quiet. It gets a little loud now," he laughs.
He expect it to get louder in the near future, as Grieve's business plan calls for roughly doubling the client base over the next six to nine months, "and we expect to double staff, too." He's not worried about where to house all the new people. Their 60,000-square-foot facility can comfortable fit 600 employees.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Brain Grieve, Managing Director, QA Consultants