as tsx hgn founded 1996 headquarters ottawa canada key people les rechan ceo and president michael slaunwhite co founder and executive chairman products hr management software number of employees 475 website www.halogensoftware.com halogen software is a canadian company that provides cloud based talent management solutions 1 2 to customers with between 100 and 10 000 employees . 3 the firm was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in ottawa canada . 4 5 history edit the firm was formerly known as manta corporation and in june 2001 6 changed its name to halogen software inc. halogen software has been backed by jmi equity since 2008 . 7 8 les rechan became halogen software s new president and ceo in 2015 after serving as interim ceo and on halogen s board of directors from may 2015 . 9 10 halogen opened an office in the united kingdom in september 2011 and created its first australian office in 2012 . between 2013 and 2015 it opened new offices in san jose north carolina amsterdam and dubai . 11 12 in may 2013 halogen software debuted in the toronto stock exchange under the ticker symbol hgn . 13 the company stock jumped to 17 percent on its first day . 14 15 in september 2013 halogen software launched two software modules to implement one on one sessions between managers and employees in the workforce and improve employee communication by incorporating the myers briggs type indicator . 16 references edit crotty james marshall . talent crunch threatens u.s. recovery . software to rescue . forbes . retrieved 2016 02 02 . hr tech briefing halogen shining a light on value zdnet . zdnet . retrieved 2016 02 02 . halogen prepares ipo plans technology ottawa business journal . www.obj.ca . retrieved 2016 02 02 . who s doing deals in ottawa technology ottawa business journal . www.obj.ca . retrieved 2016 02 02 . rob ashe joins halogen board technology ottawa business journal . www.obj.ca . retrieved 2016 02 02 . hgn.to profile halogen software inc stock yahoo canada finance . ca.finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . jmi equity raises 1 billion in new fund . the san diego union tribune . retrieved 2016 02 02 . harry s. gruner executive profile & biography businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . loucks resigns as halogen ceo technology ottawa business journal . www.obj.ca . retrieved 2016 02 02 . people on the move hats off for the record ottawa business journal . www.obj.ca . retrieved 2016 02 02 . www.recruiter.com . talent management provider halogen software expands into the uk . recruiter . retrieved 2016 02 02 . halogen software ceo paul loucks talks to cantech letter cantech letter . cantech letter . retrieved 2016 02 02 . list of public companies worldwide letter businessweek businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . lam eric . halogen software soars 15 % in ipo trading debut toronto mover . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . halogen software soars in tsx debut . financial post . retrieved 2016 02 02 . stockwatch . www.stockwatch.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . this article needs additional or more specific categories . please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles . february 2016 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title halogen software & oldid 743153799 categories companies of canadalearning management systemscompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangehidden categories articles needing additional categories from february 2016 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 pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 05 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view