please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message bridgewater systems former type public industry telecommunications fate acquired by amdocs founded 1997 1997 defunct 2011 2011 headquarters ottawa ontario canada area served worldwide key people ed ogonek vice president data experience bu kim butler vice president bu operations sir terence matthews chairman revenue approx . 93.4 million fy2010 number of employees 300 2011 website www.bridgewatersystems.com bridgewater systems was a canadian network management technology firm . 1 it developed software for phone and cable companies . 2 the firm was acquired by amdocs in 2011 . 1 history edit bridgewater was founded by doug somers and russ freen in 1997 . citation needed from 2004 to 2007 bridgewater s revenues grew from 13.7 million to 39 million . in 2007 bridgewater made an initial public offering on the toronto stock exchange under the stock symbol bwc where it raised 35 million . 2 in 2008 bridgewater expanded its long time relationship with verizon wireless by signing a three year contract which included an initial order valued at 30 million . the april 2010 infonetics research report ranked bridgewater as 1 in the 2009 policy market 3 in 2011 bridgewater s board unanimously approved a takeover bid from amdocs an american headquarter technology firm valuing the company at 215 million . 4 references edit a b ottawa s bridgewater systems acquired for 211m . financial post . retrieved 2015 10 11 . a b citizen the ottawa . bridgewater ipo nets 35 million to finance growth . canada.com . retrieved 2015 10 11 . http www.infonetics.com newsletters next gen oss policy 032510.html amdocs to acquire bridgewater systems globes 19 june 2011 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bridgewater systems & oldid 685613451 categories companies based in ottawatelecommunications companies of canadatelecommunications equipment vendorshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2010articles with a promotional tone from august 2010all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015 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 13 october 2015 at 21 59 . 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