Trusted by Critical Infrastructure Leaders in Toronto and Beyond
Delivering resilient, high-availability solutions for Tier-1 utilities, energy producers, and industrial innovators across North America.
Enterprise-Grade Delivery for Toronto’s Industrial Sector
In critical infrastructure, the challenge isn't just digital—it's physical. Improving bridges the gap between legacy operational technology (OT) and modern cloud systems. We help Toronto’s industrial leaders digitize field operations and deploy AI to ensure every asset is visible, predictable, and safe.
Asset Performance & Field Modernization
Bridge the gap between legacy Operational Technology and the cloud with resilient, high-availability digital tools.
Legacy SCADA & ICS Integration to Cloud
Connected Worker Mobile Solutions for Remote Teams
Digital Twin Architecture for Real-Time Asset Tracking
Industrial Data & IoT Fabric
Transform fragmented sensor data into a unified "Single Source of Truth" for real-time monitoring across your entire footprint.
Unified Namespace for Real-Time Sensor Data
Edge-to-Cloud Data Pipelines for Distributed Infrastructure
NERC CIP & NIST-Aligned Cybersecurity Frameworks
Predictive Operations & Safety AI
Move beyond dashboards to AI-driven systems that anticipate equipment failure and mitigate environmental risks.
AI-Driven Predictive Maintenance to Reduce Unplanned Downtime
Computer Vision for Leak Detection & Site Safety Monitoring
Automated Regulatory & ESG Reporting for Environmental Compliance
Operational Resiliency for Mission-Critical Infrastructure
In the energy sector, downtime is a public safety risk. Improving combines deep engineering expertise with a rigorous focus on field-hardened reliability. Our strategic industrial partnerships and NERC CIP-aligned frameworks ensure that every solution we build—from smart grid analytics to predictive AI—meets the stringent uptime and safety standards of the modern industrial landscape.
Strategic Assurances for Your Enterprise
OT-Integrated Security: Governance and threat mitigation are integrated directly into the IT/OT bridge from Day 1—ensuring field assets remain secure from edge to cloud.
NERC CIP & NIST Compliance: Maintain rigorous adherence to critical infrastructure protection standards through automated logging and documentation that satisfies provincial and federal regulators.
High-Availability Edge Architecture: Deploy on resilient, cloud-hybrid foundations that ensure 24/7 operational continuity and data sovereignty, even for remote or disconnected field sites.
Industrial Execution Discipline: Minimize operational risk through mature, automated delivery processes and site-acceptance testing (SAT) that ensure software never compromises physical hardware.
Converged Modernization Partner: A single, trusted team capable of unifying your SCADA data, field applications, and AI roadmap under one cohesive industrial safety framework.
Proven Outcomes for Critical Industrial Infrastructure
We don’t just deliver technology; we solve the high-stakes friction between legacy field assets and modern operational intelligence. Explore how we’ve helped leading energy and utility providers across North America achieve measurable uptime and safety while maintaining absolute infrastructure resiliency.
Scalable Load Testing for a Growing Grid
Improving built a custom test infrastructure to simulate millions of smart devices and OEM partner APIs, helping EnergyHub identify performance limits and eliminate bottlenecks—ensuring their platform can scale safely as it manages grid stability across North America.
AWS
Java
Python
DekaFlow Modernization Project
Improving helped Berkshire Hathaway Energy modernize a legacy Java Swing app into a cloud-native, microservices-based system using React, Kafka, and Azure, boosting deployment speed, scalability, and resilience while eliminating Oracle dependencies.
React.js
Java
Apache Kafka
Modernizing Financial Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud
Improving helped NYPA replace legacy systems with SAP Analytics Cloud, enabling automation, real-time analytics, and accurate forecasting. The solution improved reporting, collaboration, and supported NYPA’s goal of becoming the world’s first fully digital utility.
SAP
Application Modernization
Energy & Utilities
SAP BPC to SAP Analytics Cloud Migration
Learn how NorthRiver Midstream partnered with Improving to modernize its financial planning by transitioning from an outdated on-premises SAP BPC system to SAP Analytics Cloud, streamlining processes and improving efficiency across its gas gathering and processing operations.
SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
SAP S/4HANA
Modernizing Enterprise Analytics with SAP Datasphere
Nexus Water partnered with Improving to migrate from a legacy SAP BW system to SAP Datasphere, establishing a scalable, cloud-native data foundation. This modernization unified data modeling and empowered business users with real-time reporting through SAP Analytics Cloud.
SAP Datasphere
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
Python
The Strategic Advantage for Toronto’s Industrial Leaders
In Toronto’s evolving industrial landscape, the challenge isn’t just innovating—it’s innovating without compromising critical infrastructure reliability. Improving provides the high-trust engineering required to modernize field assets and deploy AI while maintaining the safety, uptime, and resiliency your operations and regulators demand.
Enhanced Operational Uptime without Compromising Safety
SAP Gold Partner Specialization in BTP, BDC, & Group Reporting
Production-Ready AI with Built-in NERC CIP & NIST Guardrails
Strategic Advisory Led by Senior Industrial Solution Architects
Real-Time Data Visibility for Greater Grid & Asset Confidence
Scalable Roadmaps Designed for Phased, Low-Risk Execution
Engineering Predictability - Our 5D Methodology
Critical infrastructure modernization cannot afford trial and error. Our 5D delivery framework provides the transparency and engineering rigor required for high-stakes industrial environments. We ensure that operational safety, NERC CIP compliance, and IT/OT synchronization are engineered into the process to ensure a seamless transition from the sandbox to the field.
1. Discover
Align stakeholders on outcomes, constraints, and success metrics—then assess systems, data, and risk to define a clear scope. You leave with a practical plan that reduces uncertainty and accelerates delivery.
2. Design
Create the architecture blueprint, data flows, and security controls needed for compliant, scalable delivery. We define the backlog and priorities so teams can move fast with fewer surprises.
3. Develop
Build in iterative sprints with strong engineering practices, automation, and continuous integration. Security and governance are baked into the work, not bolted on at the end.
4. Demonstrate
Validate progress through regular demos, testing, and measurable outcomes tied to business goals. Feedback loops stay tight so priorities remain aligned and risk stays low.
5. Deploy
Release with confidence using automated pipelines, monitoring, and operational readiness. We support go-live and knowledge transfer so the solution is stable, secure, and sustainable.
Improving - It's What We Do
Improving is a global software engineering and strategy firm specializing in high-stakes digital transformation. By combining our Toronto-based delivery team with a global network of over 2,500 professionals, we provide the localized attention of a boutique firm with the enterprise-grade depth required to modernize the world's most critical energy and industrial infrastructure.
20+ Global Locations: 2,500+ professionals across a resilient global network.
Local Toronto Leadership: Dedicated Ontario-based consultants who understand the provincial regulatory landscape and the "IT/OT" convergence.
Fortune 500 Pedigree: Trusted by the world’s largest energy producers, utility providers, and manufacturing giants.
End-to-End Modernization: Integrated delivery expertise across Apps, Data, and AI within mission-critical operational frameworks.
Conscious Capitalism: A culture of high-trust partnership that prioritizes long-term infrastructure health over short-term contracts.
Regional Expertise. Enterprise Accountability
Success in the Toronto infrastructure landscape requires more than just technical skill; it requires a partner who understands the local grid and the regional regulatory pulse. Meet the leaders responsible for ensuring your project meets Improving’s high standards of trust, safety, and engineering excellence.
Luke McGrath
President, Improving Toronto
Sean Antonello
Architecte en chef de solutions SAP
Jeff Armstrong
Directeur Microsoft, solutions industriellesStart a Conversation with Our Toronto Experts
Modernization is a journey, not a transaction. Whether you are navigating IT/OT convergence or establishing operational AI readiness, we’re here to share the strategies that are working for Toronto's industrial leaders today. Connect with our local team for a high-value, no-pressure discussion on your roadmap.
