Encepta develops licensable data collection software designed for telecommunications, utility, and municipality infrastructure. The various tools allow users to keep highly accurate digitalized data records regarding the state of their physical network, including power and communication poles, towers, cables, manholes, and other external assets.
The software tools developed by Encepta, along with their contracting services, provide the solutions needed to collect, visualize and manipulate, and manage external plant assets and data. Customers using Encepta’s tools and services are able to make critical engineering decisions with confidence, increasing their efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness.
Encepta’s founders, Devan Bouchard, a UVic Engineering graduate, and Hadi Firouzi, a UBC graduate, joined the e@UBC entrepreneurship program offered by the Alacrity Foundation. With access to mentors, advisors, and funding through the program, the two engineering graduates established the company in 2012 in Vancouver, BC and were able to achieve over $1M in revenue within the first 10 months of operation. They have continued to grow at an exceptional rate since, working together with clients such as one of Canada’s biggest telecommunications companies, Telus Communications.
About the Service
Encepta provides contract services involving the knowledge and skills of both young engineers and seasoned industry experts. Their services include;
- Arial support structure assessment
- Subterranean plant assessment
- Subscriber mapping
- Outside plant design
While their software is based mainly on data collection and treatment, Encepta provides optimized solutions depending on the customer’s role as an infrastructure owner or contractor. They then not only supply the software, but also provide contract services to get the software into operation in a customized and professional manner.
Partners
Encepta’s partners include Wesley Clover, Alacrity Foundation, and Entrepreneurship@UBC.
