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VANCOUVER, British Columbia \u2014 PUG Interactive<\/a> is honoured to be selected as a Microsoft “Great Canadian Innovator” for 2020.<\/p>\n

According to Harp Girn, Microsoft’s Vice-President, Small Medium & Corporate Sales, “To celebrate our SMBs, startups, and partner communities, we\u2019re releasing a 2020 version of Great Canadian Innovators yearbook. The new edition features a collection of 15 remarkable, technology-driven Canadian companies innovating in their field leveraging AI, IoT, BI, and more.\u00a0This book includes innovators from coast to coast.”<\/p>\n

PUG Interactive was chosen for its cutting edge use of gamification, creativity, and fun to inspire more customer loyalty than traditional loyalty tactics.<\/p>\n

The Great Canadian Innovators Yearbook 2020 is an extremely valuable and meaningful handbook, highlighting extraordinary innovations and ideas. It recognizes the great entrepreneurs and leaders collaborating with Microsoft to bring outstanding solutions to their fullest potential through the power of AI, cloud-based analytics and computing, and augmented reality.<\/p>\n

Download The Great Canadian Innovators Yearbook 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

About PUG Interactive<\/strong><\/p>\n

PUG Interactive is a leader in providing gamified engagement solutions for enterprise, delivering playful, purposeful community engagement to the world’s top brands. By combining proven video gameplay design experience and its proven Picnic\u2122 platform technology<\/a>, PUG Interactive delivers high-performance retention, loyalty, and motivation solutions for large audiences and enterprise applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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