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09.23.2025

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

05.16.2025

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

05.15.2025

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.