<s>
Galvanize	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
ACL	B-Application
Services	O
Ltd	O
.	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
owned	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
company	O
founded	O
and	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
British	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Company	O
builds	O
security	O
,	O
risk	O
management	O
,	O
compliance	O
and	O
audit	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
governance	B-Application
,	I-Application
risk	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	I-Application
and	I-Application
compliance	I-Application
(	O
GRC	O
)	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galvanize	B-Application
has	O
offices	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
(	O
HQ	O
)	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
London	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
and	O
Secaucus	O
,	O
New	O
Jersey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
(	O
Hart	O
Will	O
)	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
interactive	O
audit	O
software	O
,	O
"	O
Audit	B-Application
Command	I-Application
Language	I-Application
"	O
(	O
ACL	B-Application
)	O
for	O
data	O
bank	O
and	O
model	O
bank	O
audits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Will	O
and	O
his	O
son	O
,	O
Harald	O
Will	O
,	O
launched	O
the	O
commercial	O
business	O
ACL	B-Application
Services	O
Ltd	O
.	O
Harald	O
Will	O
grew	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
founder	O
&	O
CEO	O
until	O
inviting	O
Laurie	O
Schultz	O
to	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
President	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
ACL	B-Application
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
ACL	B-Application
expanded	O
into	O
the	O
electronic	O
work	O
papers	O
market	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Workpapers.com,	O
led	O
by	O
Dan	O
Zitting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
signaled	O
the	O
shift	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
towards	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
,	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACL	B-Application
acquired	O
digital	O
design	O
firm	O
Artletic	O
LLC	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACL	B-Application
took	O
its	O
first	O
outside	O
funding	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
$50	O
million	O
strategic	O
minority	O
investment	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
growth	O
equity	O
team	O
at	O
Norwest	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
Canada	B-Application
's	I-Application
Top	I-Application
100	I-Application
Employers	I-Application
"	O
by	O
Mediacorp	O
Canada	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACL	B-Application
acquired	O
Rsam	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
rebranded	O
from	O
ACL	B-Application
to	O
Galvanize	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Galvanize	B-Application
was	O
once	O
again	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
Canada	O
's	O
Best	O
Managed	O
Companies	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
consecutive	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galvanize	B-Application
was	O
also	O
named	O
a	O
Leader	O
in	O
The	O
Forrester	O
Wave	O
:	O
Governance	O
,	O
Risk	O
,	O
and	O
Compliance	O
Software	O
for	O
Q1	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
Galvanize	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
sold	O
to	O
Diligent	O
Corp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Company	O
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
Canada	B-Application
's	I-Application
Top	I-Application
100	I-Application
Employers	I-Application
by	O
Mediacorp	O
Canada	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
