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From Rainbows to Rodeos: WCD's Summer of Community Connection



07.31.2023

It's been a busy start to the summer for WCD—full of community, connection and downright fun!

As we dive into August, our team is reflecting on the past few months, instilled with a newfound sense of excitement and opportunity for the second half of the year. For us, this season has been a reminder that the true driver behind everything we do is connection. In celebration, here's a behind-the-scenes look at our summer, so far.

1) Pride in Art

This June, our team gathered at the stunning Sky Garden on the 54th Floor of The Bow Building for 2023's Pride in Art—an art exhibition and networking mixer for local LGBTQ2S+ artists and the community. As proud sponsors of Pride in Business, WCD was honoured to support this artful and inspiring event for the second year in a row.

Pride in Art 2023
Pride in Art 2023 Team

2) West Canadian Cup

On Sunday, July 2, we gathered with clients, partners and staff for the 37th Annual West Canadian Cup at Spruce Meadows. This iconic event has become a coveted tradition for WCD, bringing together business and community leaders to connect and enjoy a morning of world-class equestrian show jumping.

West Canadian Cup 2023

This year's event raised over $1000 for The Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth (USAY)—an organization on a mission to enrich the lives of all urban Indigenous youth by nurturing self-empowerment and fostering healthy collaboration and communication.

West Canadian Cup 2023

3) Calgary Stampede

As a Calgary-born business located just minutes from the grounds, the Calgary Stampede has always been special to the WCD team—but even more so this year with our appointment as the organization's Official Print Partner. It's a title we were proud to live up to, helping the Stampede share its story and connect with its customers, volunteers, and stakeholders through high-quality print, signage, and creative design.

The best part? After a busy season of preparation, watching it all come to life and immersing ourselves in the atmosphere we'd helped to create. Here are a few of this year's highlights:

The Great Indoors Volunteer Lounge

Volunteers are the backbone of the Calgary Stampede. Creating a calm, inviting environment for them to kick back and enjoy a delicious meal in the midst of their shift is important to the Stampede, and we love helping make that happen.

WCD Volunteer Lounge 2023

Transforming the volunteer lounge with signage and creative decor, our Great Indoors theme is a play on bringing the outdoors inside. This year, our Creative Services team designed a Western naturescape that brought the space to life in vivid colour.

Volunteer Lounge 2

      Stampede Pride Day

      This year, WCD was proud to sponsor Calgary Stampede Pride Day—a vibrant celebration of diversity, inclusion, and community. The Nashville North tent came alive as attendees sported Calgary Stampede rainbow boot stickers and rallied in support of the LGBTQ2S+ community. The energy was electrifying, with sensational drag performances to boot!

      Pride Day

      It's a 'Yahoo' From Us

      Happen to see a 'Yahoo' sign or two pop up around Calgary in July? It's entirely possible they were produced by yours truly! From vibrant lawn signs to fun stickers and window clings, we helped Calgarians show off their Stampede spirit in style.

      Yahoo Sign

      To the Chuckwagons!

      We were honoured to print this year's iconic chuckwagon tarps, showcasing the vibrant colors and designs of the participating teams and their sponsors. These tarps are more than meets the eye—they represent the rich heritage, fierce competition, and true community spirit of the Calgary Stampede. Plus, we got to meet some superstars!

      Chuckwagons MobSquad

      We were especially excited to collaborate with MobSquad, who comissioned Indigenous artist Nahanni Giuricich of the Sayisi Dene First Nation to design their eye-catching tarp. We worked closely with Nahanni to ensure her vision and the integrity of her concept translated beautifully to MobSquad's chuckwagon box, tarp and barn area.

        Thank you to our incredible community for making this a summer to remember. To stay up with the latest exciting news and events, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook!


        09.23.2025

        WCD x StackDX Strategic Partnership Announcement

        WCD and StackDX Announce Strategic Partnership to Unlock the Future of AI-Enabled Land Management Transforming legacy records into actionable insights, accelerating digital transformation and smarter decision-making. Calgary, AB – September 23, 2025 – WCD, Canada’s leader in back-office optimization, today announced a new imaging and digitization preferred partnership with StackDX, a leading technology provider of intelligent content and data management solutions for the energy industry. The partnership will deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality digitization services to power StackDX’s modular platform and transform how energy companies manage complex records. Through this partnership, StackDX customers will benefit from WCD’s secure commercial-grade scanning capacity—processing up to three million images per month with 99.9% accuracy, combined with seamless workflow automation and direct integration into StackDX. From legacy land files to complex exploration records, WCD and StackDX are working together to ensure organizations can digitize, access and act on critical information faster to accelerate transactions, ensure compliance and strengthen stakeholder relationships. “Digitization is the foundation for intelligent automation, and our partnership with StackDX ensures customers in the energy sector can accelerate that journey with confidence,” said Karen Brookman, President & CEO, WCD. “Together, we are at the forefront of helping enterprise customers modernize their back office by leveraging AI and delivering solutions that free people to focus on strategic, high value work to propel their business forward.” Energy organizations are under increasing pressure to modernize. Regulatory and compliance requirements are intensifying, while hybrid workforces demand real-time access to accurate information. Legacy, paper-heavy processes slow operations and increase risk. By combining WCD’s expertise in secure digitization with StackDX's AI-enabled content management platform, the partnership offers a unique integrated solution that goes beyond traditional imaging - delivering clarity, control, and smarter decision-making across the asset lifecycle. "WCD has demonstrated proven expertise and reliability in digitization services, making them a trusted partner for supporting our clients' digitization needs," said Kyla Lawson, Founding Member, StackDX. “Their ability to scale, while maintaining quality and speed ensures our clients get the most from the StackDX platform—unlocking the value of their content and improving decision-making across the asset lifecycle." This partnership reflects WCD’s mission to transform back-office functions into drivers of business growth and competitive advantage. For StackDX, it extends the power of its platform by ensuring that legacy paper records can be digitized at scale and integrated seamlessly into clients’ existing environments. Together, the companies are helping energy organizations accelerate digital transformation, reduce risk, and unlock operational efficiencies by connecting unstructured documents with structured data, resulting in faster land deals, compliance and collaboration with regulators and Indigenous communities. ## About WCD WCD helps organizations rethink their back-office operations. As a leader in back-office optimization, we turn the back-office into a driver of data intelligence, business growth, and competitive advantage. Our approach connects people, process, data, and automation—eliminating low-value, repetitive tasks, accelerating workflows, improving accuracy, unlocking insights, and freeing your team to focus on what truly moves the business forward. Build a Better Back-Office at wcdconnect.com. About StackDX StackDX is a leading provider of intelligent content and data management solutions purpose-built for the energy industry. Its modular platform is designed to connect unstructured documents with structured data, transforming how companies manage land, well, facility, environmental, and third-party records. From digitizing legacy files to automating workflows and enabling real-time search, StackDX brings clarity and control to complex content ecosystems. With tools tailored to every part of the asset lifecycle, StackDX empowers teams to work smarter, faster, and more collaboratively. Unlock the power of your documents. Optimize your workflows. Drive better decisions. Find out more at stackdx.com

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        05.16.2025

        WCD x Lithe Strategic Partnership Announcement

        WCD and Lithe Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver AI-driven Digital Mailroom Platform to Businesses across Canada WCD becomes the preferred Canadian partner of the Ondox digital mailroom platform, transforming document workflows for businesses across the country. Calgary, Canada and Glasgow, UK – Tue, May 20 – WCD, Canada’s leader in back-office optimization, today announced a strategic partnership with Lithe IT Limited, a global leader in document and process automation. Through this new alliance, WCD becomes a certified reseller and preferred Canadian partner of Ondox, Lithe’s industry-leading AI-driven digital mailroom platform. “We’re thrilled to welcome WCD as a certified reseller of the Ondox platform,” said Anthony Murphy, CEO of Lithe. “Their reputation for delivering trusted, high-value solutions aligns perfectly with our mission to help organizations modernize their document workflows.” The partnership brings together Lithe’s deep expertise in intelligent document processing and workflow automation with WCD’s leadership in back-office optimization—leveraging their more than 70 years of customer trust and strong regional presence in Canada. By integrating the AI-driven Ondox platform into WCD’s managed back-office services, organizations can capture, classify, route, and process inbound documents in real time. The result: a data-intelligent back office that accelerates workflows, boosts accuracy, and turns mailrooms into engines of business growth and competitive advantage. “Adding Ondox to our technology portfolio strengthens WCD’s mission to connect people, process, data and automation so the back-office becomes a strategic asset and actually delivers competitive advantage,” said Karen Brookman, President and CEO at WCD. “Our customers are looking for smarter ways to manage physical and digital communications. Ondox delivers exactly that – efficiency, compliance, and a seamless user experience.” This collaboration enhances WCD’s ability to deliver end-to-end digital transformation solutions and provides Lithe with a strong partner to expand Ondox’s footprint across North America. ## About Lithe Lithe unlocks the business potential of intelligent automation. Our AI-driven Ondox™ Digital Mailroom platform applies artificial intelligence to transform your whole company, not just your mailroom. For enterprise-scale organizations worldwide, Ondox cuts the cost of operations, increases team productivity, enables faster response to customers, strengthens security and compliance, and helps meet business resilience and sustainability goals. To mailroom operations and document-intensive business processes, Ondox delivers speed, smarts, simplicity, security, and scalability that traditional mailroom operations and other digital mailroom solutions cannot provide. Find out more at Ondox.ai Media Contacts: For WCD Jennifer Brookman, Vice President, Revenue Operations & Innovation Email: marketing@wcdconnect.com For OndoxHolly O’Doherty, Marketing ManagerEmail: HollyODoherty@ondox.ai

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        05.15.2025

        The Next Evolution of WCD: Leading the Way in Back-Office Optimization

        Why WCD is Leading the Shift Toward Back-Office Optimization For over 70 years, WCD has helped organizations modernize the way they work—digitizing documents, automating workflows, and supporting business operations with hands-on services and technology. Today, we’re proud to announce the next chapter in our evolution: a deeper focus on Back-Office Optimization. This shift isn’t a departure from what we’ve always done—it’s a natural extension of our legacy and expertise. As businesses face mounting pressure to do more with less, streamline operations, and embrace digital transformation, the back office has become a critical frontier for innovation. The back-office is the foundation for enabling growth and holds untapped potential for competitive advantage. “The back office is the engine room of digital transformation. It's where inefficiencies hide and untapped potential lives,” says Karen Brookman, CEO of WCD. "When you modernize these processes, you unlock speed, accuracy and insight. People stop chasing paper and start driving value. That’s how organizations become more agile, more data-driven, and ultimately, more competitive. That’s the transformation we’re enabling." Why Back-Office Optimization — and Why Now? The back office may not be the most visible part of a business, but it’s often where complexity lives. Admin functions, finance, accounting, compliance, procurement, and HR teams are under more pressure than ever to operate faster, leaner, and smarter. At the same time, companies are navigating: Rising demand for cost-efficiency and productivityIncreased regulatory and compliance pressureRemote and hybrid workforces requiring digital collaborationAI and automation opportunities that go far beyond basic task management In this environment, organizations need more than just technology—they need expertise, integration, and insight. That’s where WCD comes in. A Foundation Built for Optimization WCD brings a unique combination of experience and adaptability to this opportunity: Decades of digital transformation leadership: From document digitization and mailroom automation to intelligent workflows and structured data extraction, we’ve been helping clients reduce manual work for years. Hands-on operational support: Our work in managed back-office services gives us a ground-level view into the challenges shared services teams face every day. Growing expertise in smart automation: We’re actively investing in AI-driven tools, cloud-based platforms, and modular service models that give our clients flexibility and scale. Our clients already trust us to manage complex document workflows. Now, we’re helping them reimagine how their entire back-office runs—from intake to insight. What This Means for Our Customers If you’re already working with us, you’ll see this as a natural evolution of our services. You’ll get even more value from a trusted partner who understands your business. For new customers, WCD represents a well-respected and proven alternative to one-size-fits-all service providers—an organization that brings both strategic thinking and executional excellence. Whether you’re in energy & natural resources, finance & insurance, education, government & public sector, transportation & logistics, healthcare, or enterprise operations, we’re here to help you modernize, streamline, and lead. Forward-thinking organizations across every sector are investing in smarter, more agile operations—and seeing the results. We’re here to help them capitalize on this mission-critical transformation, rethink how their back office functions, and build a better back-office. Follow us on LinkedIn for updates or reach out anytime to learn about how we can help you make your back-office into a competitive advantage.

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