st. suite 700 london ontario n6a 5b6 canada area served global founder s david ciccarelli ceo stephanie ciccarelli cbo industry media entertainment revenue 10 million 2014 1 employees 90 2015 2 website official website alexa rank 48 631 december 2015 update 3 launched 25 october 2011 voices.com is a job search website focusing on voice actors and voice actor employers headquartered in london ontario . 4 the company has a global user base of more than 200 000 registered individuals and companies . 5 contents 1 company history 2 business overview 3 people 4 awards 5 controversies 6 see also 7 references 8 external links company history edit voices.com was founded in 2004 by husband and wife david and stephanie ciccarelli and was officially incorporated in 2005 in ontario canada . 5 the couple first developed the business on the back of a paper napkin while sitting at their kitchen table . 4 the original name for the business was interactive voices and eventually purchased the website voices.com for 30 000 from the medical journal silencing the critical voices in your head . 6 it allows employers in small markets to connect with voice actors in other regions as well as connecting larger companies with voice actors . 7 in 2011 voices.com had revenues of 2 266 887 97 % of which came from exports . 8 that year the company moved its headquarters from western university s research park to a larger space in downtown london ontario . 4 in 2014 the company launched its first non english site for spanish speakers in latin america . 9 as part of the 2015 canada technology accelerator the company set up a temporary office in new york city for four months . 2 10 business overview edit voices.com has a store function that provides prices for different kinds of voice services such as commercials or voicemail messages . it also has a library of articles to educate users about the voice acting industry and trends in the field . 11 the site offers freelancers in more than 100 languages . beside each freelancer s name there is a small sample of the person s voice that employers can listen to . 12 13 in may 2012 the website launched an app for ipad and iphone devices 14 followed by the release of an app for android devices in january 2013 both allowing job seekers to interact with potential employers directly over their mobile devices . 5 clients that have worked with voices.com include espn pbs the history channel reader s digest nbc dreamworks animation sony and greer & associates . 4 5 15 people edit david ciccarelli currently serves as ceo of the company while stephanie ciccarelli serves as chief brand officer . 16 17 they are the authors of the book voice acting for dummies published in 2013 . 9 18 david ciccarelli studied audio engineering at the ontario institute of audio recording technology 19 and opened a recording studio after he graduated . 20 he has been nominated for the young entrepreneur of the year award by the business development bank of canada . 21 awards edit crm magazine elite market award 2007 22 winner london chamber of commerce medium business of the year 2012 23 finalist ontario chamber of commerce small business of the year 2012 4 11 profit 500 ranking of canada s fastest growing companies 2015 24 controversies edit in 2006 ceo of voices.com david ciccarelli claimed that the google radio ad product which was in beta testing at the time was nearly identical to the one offered by voices.com . ciccarelli admitted however that he hadn t actually seen google s product and neglected to mention that google s offering was based on technology developed by dmarc which google had acquired the previous year . 25 see also edit online shopping voice over references edit philippe de montigny debt financing route helps keep voice over business in the family financial post september 8 2014 . a b steven d souza canadian tech companies look to make it big in new york cbc news may 18 2015 . voices.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 12 13 . a b c d e john matisz 7 august 2012 . the voice of success local company up for province wide biz award . metro . retrieved 5 march 2013 . a b c d john matisz 21 january 2013 . voices.com in london gets more interactive . metro . retrieved 5 march 2013 . sprouter 17 october 2010 . voices.com founder be quick and always give great service . financial post . retrieved 5 march 2013 . thomas friedman 12 december 2009 . the do it yourself economy . new york times . retrieved 5 march 2013 . voices.com interactive voices inc. . profit guide . retrieved 5 march 2013 . a b paul attfield voice over entrepreneurs make their own good vibrations the globe and mail may 5 2014 . brenda bouw canadian startups take bite out of the big apple through federal program the globe and mail march 2 2015 . tj mccue 14 september 2010 . voiceover talent for your small business review of voices.com . small business trends . retrieved 5 march 2013 . steve mollman 11 june 2007 . internet gives voice to unseen actors . cnn . retrieved 5 march 2013 . blake ellis 5 october 2010 . surprising six figure jobs voice actor for tv commercials . cnn . retrieved 5 march 2013 . voices.com launches new mobile app for iphone and ipad . london community news . 7 may 2012 . retrieved 5 march 2013 . friedman thomas l. 13 december 2009 . the do it yourself economy . http www.nytimes.com the new york times . retrieved 25 may 2011 . we had a script that called for 4 to 5 voices . rather than hiring local voice talent for 250 to 500 per hour we searched the internet for high quality voices that we could afford . we found several sites offering various forms of narration or voice overs . we selected www.voices.com . in less than one minute we created an account posted our requirements and solicited bids . within five minutes we had 10 to 15 applicants . mary knox merrill . easy high paying jobs voice actor . cnbc . retrieved 5 march 2013 . entries by stephanie ciccarelli huffington post . accessed january 10 2015 . david ciccarelli and stephanie ciccarelli 2012 . voice acting for dummies . for dummies . retrieved 5 march 2013 . david ciccarelli . tech vibes . retrieved 5 march 2013 . david ciccarelli when creating an online marketplace start local and think global wall street journal march 3 2015 . david ciccarelli . tech vibes . retrieved 5 march 2013 . phillip britt september 2007 . the 2007 market awards elite voices.com . crm magazine . retrieved 5 march 2013 . business achievement awards london chamber of commerce . accessed december 13 2015 . the 2015 profit 500 canada s fastest growing marketing companies profit september 17 2015 . startup cries foul at google s new radio ads product . http www.techcrunch.com tech crunch . retrieved 25 may 2011 . voices.com ceo david ciccarelli is crying foul at part of google s new radio ad product which is in beta testing with select google adwords customers . external links edit official website retrieved from https 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