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Waterloo Maple Inc. is a Canadian software company, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. It operates under the trade name Maplesoft. It is best known as the manufacturer of the Maple computer algebra system, and MapleSim physical modeling and simulation software.
Corporate historyEdit
Waterloo Maple Inc. was first incorporated under the name Waterloo Maple Software in April 1988 by Keith Geddes and Gaston Gonnet, who were both then professors in the Symbolic Computation Group, a part of the computer science department (now the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science) at the University of Waterloo.
Tim Bray served as the part-time CEO of Waterloo Maple Inc. from 1989-1990. During this period he claims in his resume that he helped save the company from one close encounter with bankruptcy by "instituting financial discipline".<ref>Resume of Tim Bray</ref>
Gonnet left the company in 1994 after a failed attempt to purchase a controlling stake despite already owning 30% of the shares, and following protracted disagreements over the management of the company sold his remaining share in 2001.<ref>Interview with Gaston Gonnet, co-creator of Maple, SIAM History of Numerical Analysis and Computing, March 16, 2005</ref>
On April 20, 1998, Waterloo Maple Inc. announced its relocation to Seagram Museum<ref>Waterloo Maple Inc. Celebrates 10th Anniversary</ref> in Waterloo, which was itself the former location of the original Seagram distillery.
On March 3, 2003, Waterloo Maple Inc. announced the immediate introduction of the name Maplesoft as its primary business name.<ref>Waterloo Maple Inc. introduces Maplesoft as primary business name</ref>
On May 27, 2003, Maplesoft announced relocating its headquarters to Waterloo Tech Campus at 615 Kumpf Drive, North Waterloo,<ref>Maplesoft announces relocation to Waterloo Tech Campus</ref> and expected to begin operation at the relocated site on 2003-09-02.<ref>Maplesoft moves to Waterloo Tech Campus</ref>
On July 16, 2008, Maplesoft announced Cybernet Systems Taiwan was appointed as a Maplesoft Reseller for the Commercial and Government markets.<ref>NOTE TO EDITORS: Maplesoft Expands Distribution in Taiwan</ref>
On July 30, 2009, Maplesoft announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd.<ref>Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. to acquire Maplesoft in early September 2009</ref> In 2009-07-31, Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. announced its acquisitions of all outstanding shares of Waterloo Maple Inc., with transaction to be executed via Cybernet Holdings CANADA, Inc, with consolidation to be completed by 2009-09-01. As a result of this acquisition, 10% of the workforce at the time (Around a dozen workers) lost their jobs.<ref>Cybernet Systems made Waterloo Maples Inc. its subsidiary and acquires shares</ref><ref>カナダWaterloo Maple Inc.の株式取得と子会社化に関するお知らせ</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Cybernet Group</ref>
On June 26, 2012, Maplesoft announced its entry to Modelica-based professional consulting services, which included model development and simulation services, analysis and tool development, real-time plant-model code generation, and training.<ref>Maplesoft Adds Consulting Services to its Portfolio</ref>
In June 2018, Maplesoft announced that it was spinning off its Möbius and Maple T.A. products to a new, independent company called DigitalEd.<ref name=therecord>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On December 19, 2018, Maplesoft announced that Dr. Laurent Bernardin, COO and Chief Scientist has been appointed as new CEO and President of Maplesoft effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Bernardin succeeds former CEO, Jim Cooper who has moved to become the full-time CEO of DigitalEd, a company Maplesoft spun-off in early 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dr. Bernardin was a student at ETH and was supervised by Prof. Gaston Gonnet, co-founder of Maplesoft.<ref name=mathgenealogy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
SubsidiariesEdit
- Maplesoft France: Division based in Versailles, France. On January 20, 2015, Maplesoft announced the opening of its office in Paris, France.<ref>Maplesoft Brings Direct Presence to France</ref><ref>MAPLESOFT APPORTE UNE PRESENCE DIRECTE EN FRANCE</ref>
- Maplesoft GmbH/Maplesoft Europe GmbH: Division based in Aachen, Germany. On March 30, 2010, Maplesoft announced the opening of its first office in Germany, replacing Scientific Computers as reseller in Germany and Austria.<ref>Maplesoft Opens Office in Germany</ref><ref>Maplesoft eröffnet Niederlassung in Deutschland</ref> In 2011-02-15, the office was registered as Maplesoft Europe GmbH.<ref>MAPLESOFT EUROPE GMBH (ALLEMAGNE) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 529810657</ref>
- Cybernet Systems Korea (가이아넷코리아주식회사)/Maplesoft Korea: A Maplesoft distributor in Korea. On July 15, 2012, Maplesoft announced the opening of Cybernet Systems Korea and Cybernet Systems Korea as the exclusive distributor Maplesoft products in Korea.<ref>Cybernet Systems Opens in Korea to Exclusively Market Maplesoft Products</ref>
- Maplesoft Europe Limited: Division based in Cambridge, UK. On November 18, 2013, Maplesoft announced the opening of a new office in Cambridge, UK, which would act as the headquarters for Maplesoft's European operations, including offices in France and Germany.<ref>Maplesoft Expands European Operations with New Regional Headquarters</ref> On January 14, 2016, Maplesoft announced a reseller agreement with EnginSoft, where EnginSoft would represent Maplesoft in the commercial markets in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Nordic, Spain, and Turkey.<ref>Maplesoft Strengthens Operations in Europe with New Partner for Engineering Business</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Maplesoft China: Division based in Shanghai, China. On February 20, 2019, Maplesoft announced the opening of a new and direct operation in China, jointly operated with its sister company Sigmetrix to replace their reseller Cybernet China.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Maplesoft Japan: Division based in Tokyo, Japan. On February 12, 2020, Maplesoft announced the opening of a new and direct operation in Japan, replacing their parent company Cybernet System as reseller in Japanese market.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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ProductsEdit
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