industry symbolic computation software technical computing founded 20 april 1988 waterloo maple software 3 march 2003 maplesoft founder keith geddes and gaston gonnet headquarters waterloo ontario canada parent cybernet systems group website www.maplesoft.com maplesoft corporate headquarters waterloo maple inc. is a canadian software company headquartered in waterloo ontario . it operates under the trade name maplesoft . it is best known as the manufacturer of the maple computer algebra system maplesim physical modeling and simulation software and maple t.a. an online testing and assessment tool . contents 1 corporate history 2 subsidiaries 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links corporate history edit waterloo maple inc. was first incorporated under the name waterloo maple software in april 1988 by keith geddes and gaston gonnet who were both then professors in the symbolic computation group a part of the computer science department now the david r. cheriton school of computer science at the university of waterloo . tim bray served as the part time ceo of waterloo maple inc. from 1989 1990 . during this period he claims in his resume that he helped save the company from one close encounter with bankruptcy by instituting financial discipline . 1 gonnet left the company in 1994 after a failed attempt to purchase a controlling stake despite already owning 30 % of the shares and following protracted disagreements over the management of the company sold his remaining share in 2001 . 2 in 1998 04 20 waterloo maple inc. announced its relocation to seagram museum 3 in waterloo which was itself the former location of the original seagram distillery . in 2003 03 03 waterloo maple inc. announced the immediate introduction of the name maplesoft as its primary business name . 4 in 2003 05 27 maplesoft announced relocating its headquarters to waterloo tech campusat 615 kumpf drive north waterloo 5 and expected to begin operation at the relocated site on 2003 09 02 . 6 in 2008 07 16 maplesoft announced cybernet systems taiwan was appointed as a maplesoft reseller for the commercial and government markets . 7 in 2009 07 30 maplesoft announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by cybernet systems co. ltd. 8 in 2009 07 31 cybernet systems co. ltd. announced its acquisitions of all outstanding shares of waterloo maple inc. with transaction to be executed via cybernet holdings canada inc with consolidation to be completed by 2009 09 01 . 9 10 11 12 in 2012 06 26 maplesoft announced its entry to modelica based professional consulting services which included model development and simulation services analysis and tool development real time plant model code generation and training . 13 subsidiaries edit maplesoft france division based in versailles france . in 2015 01 20 maplesoft announced the opening of its office in paris france . 14 15 maplesoft gmbh maplesoft europe gmbh division based in aachen germany . in 2010 03 31 maplesoft announced the opening of its first office in germany replacing scientific computers as reseller in germany and austria . 16 17 in 2011 02 15 the office was registered as maplesoft europe gmbh . 18 cybernet systems korea maplesoft korea a maplesoft distributor in korea . in 2012 07 15 maplesoft announced the opening of cybernet systems korea and cybernet systems korea as the exclusive distributor maplesoft products in korea . 19 maplesoft europe limited division based in cambridge uk . in 2013 11 18 maplesoft announced the opening of a new office in cambridge uk which would act as the headquarters for maplesoft s european operations including offices in france and germany . 20 in 2016 01 14 maplesoft announced a reseller agreement with enginsoft where enginsoft would represent maplesoft in the commercial markets in germany france italy uk nordic spain and turkey . 21 products edit product related products version maple maple add ons blockimporter global optimization grid computing maple interactive e books advanced engineering mathematics with maple calculus study guide precalculus study guide the mathematics survival kit maple edition 2016.1 maplesim maplesim add ons maplesim connector maplesim connector for labview and ni veristand software maplesim connector for dspace software maplesim control design toolbox maplesim tire component library maplesim driveline component library 2016.1 maple t.a. maple t.a. add ons & related products maple t.a. connector for blackboard software maple t.a. maa placement test suite 2016 maplenet n a 18 information above taken from the official maplesoft website . 22 see also edit maple software maplesim maple t.a. references edit resume of tim bray interview with gaston gonnet co creator of maple siam history of numerical analysis and computing march 16 2005 waterloo maple inc. celebrates 10th anniversary waterloo maple inc. introduces maplesoft as primary business name maplesoft announces relocation to waterloo tech campus maplesoft moves to waterloo tech campus note to editors maplesoft expands distribution in taiwan cybernet systems co. ltd. to acquire maplesoft in early september 2009 cybernet systems made waterloo maples inc. its subsidiary and acquires shares waterloo maple inc. edwards mike august 7 2009 . cybernet systems co. ltd. to acquire maplesoft in early september 2009 . design product news . archived from the original on march 7 2012 . retrieved 2011 02 07 . cs1 maint unfit url link cybernet group maplesoft adds consulting services to its portfolio maplesoft brings direct presence to france maplesoft apporte une presence directe en france maplesoft opens office in germany maplesoft er ffnet niederlassung in deutschland maplesoft europe gmbh allemagne chiffre d affaires r sultat bilans sur societe.com 529810657 cybernet systems opens in korea to exclusively market maplesoft products maplesoft expands european operations with new regional headquarters maplesoft strengthens operations in europe with new partner for engineering business mathematical and engineering software products for commercial and academic applications maplesoft . external links edit maplesoft corporate website cybernet systems korea maplesoft korea website symbolic computation group website coordinates 43 30 22 n 80 32 52 w 43.5060 n 80.5478 w 43.5060 ; 80.5478 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title waterloo maple & oldid 741277427 categories software companies of canadacompanies based in waterloo ontariomaplesoftcompanies established in 1988hidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlcoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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