Custom Software · Contendo Innovation
Our custom software division is now Contendo Innovation.
We design, build and host custom platforms and practical AI tools for small and medium-sized businesses across Atlantic Canada, so the work stops living in spreadsheets, inboxes and people’s heads. The division now has its own home, with the systems we build, the work running in production, and how our free assessment works.
contendoinnovation.ca. The new home of Contendo’s custom software and AI work.
Where we start
Off-the-shelf software makes you work its way. Custom systems work yours.
The spreadsheet that runs the business
One file, three versions, and the one person who knows which is current. We turn it into a system with real records, permissions and history.
Five tools that don't talk to each other
Typing the same information into scheduling, payroll and invoicing. We connect the steps so information is entered once and flows where it’s needed.
Know-how that lives in someone's head
Procedures nobody has written down, and documents nobody has time to write. We capture the process and use AI to keep the documentation current.
What we build
Five kinds of systems, built to fit.
Each one is designed around how your business already runs. Pick a system to see it on the Contendo Innovation site.
01 · People
HR and Onboarding
Onboarding, training records, certifications, time off and the HR admin in between, in one place your people will actually use. It includes our own Training Management System.
02 · Time and money
Time, Billing and Invoicing
Punch in from the field, approve timesheets and turn hours into invoices without re-keying a thing. Built on Punch-in, our own timesheet and invoicing system.
03 · AI
AI Documentation and Process Tools
AI that reads your engineering documents, OEM manuals, control narratives and standards, then drafts SOPs, quality procedures and training material you can trace back to the source.
04 · Projects
Project Management and Execution
Plan, assign, track and close out work, with the field and the office looking at the same live picture. Built by the team behind Arbiter.
05 · Customers
Market-Facing Systems
Client portals, provider portals and customer-facing tools that put your service online, under your brand.
Not sure which one you need?
Most businesses need a mix.
The free assessment tells you where a custom system pays off, and where it doesn’t.
Our Work, on contendoinnovation.ca. Every system there was designed and built by our own team, and we still support each one.
In production
Running inside real organizations today.
Horizon Health Network
Clinical placement platform. One system connecting a health network’s HR and placement teams with the universities, colleges and students they host.
Sancon
STRIDE training, mobilization and HR. A training management system that grew into an HR suite: profiles, training assignments, progression paths, vacation and banked time.
Learnsphere
Client and provider portals. A SaaS platform with separate portals for clients and providers, built, migrated and supported by our team under a multi-year agreement.
Arbiter Completions started the same way, as a custom build for a client project, and is now its own company at arbiter-completions.com.
How we work
Start with a free assessment. Pay for value, not hours.
We don’t sell hours. Before anything is built, we show you what the system is worth to your business and what it will cost, so you can make the call with real numbers.
01 Free assessment
We look at how the work gets done today: your software, spreadsheets and handoffs, and where AI or automation would genuinely help.
02 The value to you
We put a number on what the change is worth: hours saved, errors avoided, revenue you can take on. If the value isn’t there, we’ll tell you.
03 An up-front build price
You get the cost of development before work starts. No open-ended hourly billing, no surprises.
04 A modest annual fee
Hosting, maintenance and support for one modest yearly fee, so your system stays secure, current and working.
No cost. No obligation. If a custom build isn’t the answer, we’ll say so and point you to what is.
Tell us what's slowing your business down.
An Atlantic Canadian team that has been building software for more than 15 years. Start with one conversation.