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Bluedrop Performance Learning
Company typePublic
TSXBPL
IndustryE-learning
FounderEmad Rizkalla
Headquarters
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Emad Rizkalla (CEO)
Number of employees
108 [1]
WebsiteBluedrop.com

Bluedrop Performance Learning (TSX:BPL) is an e-learning company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The company, founded in 1992 by President and CEO Emad Rizkalla, provides custom courseware and learning solutions for defence and aerospace, healthcare, small businesses and governments. Bluedrop Performance Learning has offices in Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa and Vancouver.[2] The company currently employs more than 100 people and has developed e-learning courseware and learning tools for clients such as Dell Inc., Sony, Prentice Hall Inc., Pfizer Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and McGraw-Hill.[3]

Bluedrop has two business units; The Defence and Aerospace (DA) Unit and the CoursePark Learning Services (CLS) Unit. Its DA unit produces mission training solutions for international military and commercial aviation clientele. Work in this unit has seen Bluedrop listed in Canada's 2011 Top 50 Defence Companies[4]. Bluedrop’s CLS is the developer of CoursePark, an online e-learning platform.[5]

On January 26, 2012, the company completed a reverse takeover transaction with Serebra Learning Corporation. [6] Completion of this transaction makes Bluedrop Canada's largest full service eLearning company. [7]

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  6. ^ "Bluedrop to Trade on TSX Venture Following Serebra RTO". TechFinance. TechNews. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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