“I think it’s going to be, in North America, one of the most special tech headquarters. And so we’ll be able to move the whole team back together again in one place, and be able to hire a lot more people and have lots of room to grow. We’re about 200 people globally, but 140 in Montreal. So, we’re split across two buildings in Mile End. I bought a building three years ago that I thought was going to last us a very long time. ![]() I’m like, “What is happening with this building? Why has it been empty for so long? Why can’t anybody do anything with it?” So we’re so excited that we’re going to be the anchor tenant, taking up four suites at the very top. I decided that now was a good time to reach out to Dax Dasilva and chat about his company’s past, as well as its future, and furthermore to ask, how lucky do you feel to be moving in to the coolest old building in Montreal?ĭax: There are so many Montrealers who have the exact same story, including myself. ![]() # If you wish to republish this article, please follow our Terms of Use.Later that day, an article in La Presse confirmed the building’s imminent transformation, and furthermore that LightSpeed Retail was to be the primary occupant. I hope that more companies locate here so we have a vibrant tech community, and we won’t have to commute over the hill. SB: It’s been great working in Santa Cruz. SCTB: Is there anything else you’d like to share w/ Santa Cruz Tech Beat readers? Some folks are more front-end, some are more back-end. We followed industry best practices: agile, code reviews, automated unit, functional, and UI tests integrated with the ticketing and source code control systems, etc. A quick summary would be: full-stack LAMP developers (both PHP and Python) proficient with: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, MySQL. SCTB: Are they all looking for new work? What are their skill sets? SCTB: How many people work/worked in the Santa Cruz office? It’s much more cost-effective to hire people in Montreal. SB: Development costs were unsustainable. SCTB: Is there a reason why the company is closing the Santa Cruz office? The SC office was a development team focused on the “Retail” product line (item 1). Each of these product lines support multiple stores and registers, track inventory, perform employee management, and provide reporting of all data. SB: Lightspeed has four main products in the area of: retail store management, both (1) web-based and (2) Mac OSX native app, (3) eCom (web storefronts for retailers), and (4) Hospitality (restaurant/bar management). SCTB: What does/did Lightspeed do in Santa Cruz? I had the opportunity to get the scoop directly from local Lightspeed development manager, Stephen Bartlett. Lightspeed POS, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is now closing their Santa Cruz office, located on Pacific Avenue. ![]() It’s launching LightSpeed Cloud, a new product powered by LightSpeed-acquired point-of-sales software maker MerchantOS. ![]() LightSpeed, an Accel-backed company offering tools for physical retailers to both manage their business and engage their customers, is aiming at a new audience today. In July 2013, a Santa Cruz startup, MerchantOS, was acquired by Lightspeed. Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat
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