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DRIVING SUCCESSFUL 
DIGITAL CHANGE

2020 Annual Review

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Alithya is a leader in strategy and  
digital transformation, with more than  
2,000 professionals in Canada,  
the US and Europe.

Combining technology acumen with a customer-driven approach,  
we have been deploying for over 25 years leading-edge digital solutions, 
services, and skills to meet the unique needs of our customers in a variety of 
industries.

Vision

 Be recognized as a trusted advisor  

 with solid expertise in strategy  

 and digital technology. 

Mission

 Advise, guide and support  

 our clients in their pursuit of  

 innovation, excellence and the  

 achievement of their business  

 objectives through the optimal  

 use of technologies.

Values

CREATIVITY

TRUST

RESPECT

PASSION

INTEGRITY

WELL-BEING

TSX: ALYA  NASDAQ: ALYA

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GUIDING OUR CLIENTS OF TODAY 
TOWARDS A BRIGHTER TOMORROW

BUSINESS 
STRATEGY

 › Strategic Consulting

 › Digital Transformation

 › Organizational Performance

 › Enterprise Architecture

APPLICATION 
SERVICES

 › Digital Applications  

Development

 › Legacy Systems Modernization

 › Control/Software Engineering

 › Cloud and Infrastructure

ENTERPRISE 
SOLUTIONS

 › Enterprise Resource 

Planning (ERP)

 › Corporate Performance 

Management (CPM/EPM)

 › Customer Relationship Management 

(CRM/CXM)

 › Human Capital Management (HCM)

DATA AND 
ANALYTICS

 › Business Intelligence

 › Data Management

 › Artificial Intelligence  
and Machine Learning

 › Internet of Things (IoT)

MAIN INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

Financial Services

Manufacturing

Energy

Transportation
and Logistics

Telecommunications

Healthcare

Professional
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OUR INDUSTRY-FOCUSED SOLUTIONS
Our specialized IP products help customers do business in ways they  
haven’t considered.

Solutions that leverage Alithya’s range of proprietary 
applications using AI, machine learning, and deep learning  
techniques to increase productivity across industries.

Complete test automation platform designed for QA 
specialists to quickly create tests without needing deep 
technical skills, while guaranteeing software quality.

A cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant platform,  
built to help healthcare providers maximize supply 
management processes.

Solutions that help nuclear plants to generate 
maintenance performance reports and to provide insight 
into opportunities for streamlining maintenance.

Secure solution that facilitates distribution of medical 
results to healthcare facilities, and to centralized 
electronic health records.

OUR MAIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Reputable partners that we do business with share our goal of making our 
customers’ organizations more efficient.

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KEY FACTS

THE THREE ACQUISITIONS 
IN F2020 provide us with 
additional expertise, while 
generating new cross-selling 
opportunities and synergies to 
better support our customers

THE HIRING OF MORE 
PERMANENT EMPLOYEES 
has helped to consolidate the 
technical expertise of our teams 
and to reduce operating costs

REVENUES FROM HIGHER 
VALUE-ADDED SERVICES 
increased as a result of the 
implementation of our strategy 
to develop services related to 
digital transformation

OUR AVAILABLE 
LIQUIDITY AND WORKING 
CAPITAL provide solid 
foundations that will enable us to 
continue to execute our strategic 
plan and to weather uncertain 
economic conditions

THE LARGER SCALE of 
the company has allowed us to 
leverage resources, expertise, 
and expanded partnerships in 
order to attract an increasing 
number of new customers

 Alithya’s experts are deeply committed to achieving the goals  

 of our artificial intelligence projects. In recent years, Alcoa has had  

 the privilege of working with teams of impeccable integrity and  

 professionalism. Alithya has always demonstrated excellent work  

 organization and strong competencies in advanced analytics and  

 data science architecture. 

BRUNO LONGCHAMPS, Manager, Aluminum Manufacturing Intelligence
Alcoa

Alcoa is a global industry leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

Q1

 › Laid the foundations to complete 
the integration of the fiscal 2019 
transformative US acquisition

 › Finalist in the “2019 Microsoft 
Dynamics 365 for Finance and 
Operations Partner of the Year Award”, 
with winners chosen from a field 
of more than 2,900 entrants from 
115 countries

Q3

 › Acquired Matricis Informatique Inc., 
which expanded our expertise in the 
IoT and AI spaces

 › Acquired Travercent LLC, a leading  

US-based cloud-focused ERP 
consulting group specialized in the 
healthcare sector

 › Officially named an Amazon Web 
Services cloud technology partner

 › Won the Organization of Canadian 
Nuclear Industries’ “2019 Customer 
Service Excellence Award”

Q2

 › Achieved the prestigious “2019/2020 
Inner Circle for Microsoft Business 
Applications Award” for the 14th year  
in a row, based on our sales 
achievements

 › Ranked 3rd on the “2019 Top 100 VARs 
List” for our accomplishments as a top 
value-added reseller for 2019 ERP and 
accounting software

 › Launched a new website that presents 
a more integrated overview of Alithya’s 
global service offerings

Q4

 › Acquired Askida, broadening 

our service offering of advanced 
application development testing and 
software quality assurance

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Implemented company-wide Microsoft 
Dynamics 365, providing all of our 
operational teams with a single, unified 
CRM system

 › Rolled out Oracle’s ERP solution in the 
US as our primary system for finance, 
project accounting, human capital, 
and business reporting

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RESULTS OVER  
THE LAST THREE YEARS

REVENUES (C$M)

GROSS MARGIN (%)

279

209

159

29.7

25.9

21.8

F2018

F2019

F2020

F2018

F2019

F2020

ADJUSTED EBITDA* (C$M)

10.2

11.8

6.2

F2018

F2019

F2020

*  Non-IFRS measure. For details, please refer to Alithya’s 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended  
March 31, 2020.

** Alithya recorded a net loss of $39.7 million, $12.5 million 

and $7.2 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2020,  
2019 and 2018, respectively.

 We selected and partnered with Alithya due to their food  

 and beverage expertise, their proven track record of successful  

 implementations, and their willingness to be candid in advising us  

 what to do and what not to do. With Microsoft Dynamics 365, we can  

 easily provide our team members with the right information, at the  

 right time, to enable them to make better decisions, which gives us  

 a significant competitive advantage. 

NORM VANDEREE, Chief Financial Officer
Iovate Health Sciences International, Inc.

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F2020 REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION

GEOGRAPHIC REVENUES (%)

REVENUES BY CLIENTS (%)

CANADA
53.0

US
42.3

EUROPE
4.7

TOP 8 
CLIENTS
30.8

ALL OTHER 
CLIENTS
69.2

REVENUES BY INDUSTRY (%)

TRANSPORTATION
6

FINANCE
29

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
10

GOVERNMENT & HEALTH
22

ENERGY
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MANUFACTURING, 
DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL
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 Alithya Askida designed a custom application adapted to Groupe Forget’s  

 growth strategy. They distinguished themselves through their simple  

 approach and their focus on clearly understanding their customers’ needs  

 in order to provide the most suitable technology. The Alithya Askida experts  

 responded to our needs and enabled our professionals to optimize their  

 processes, to improve productivity, and to analyze performance. In addition   

 to sharing their in-depth industry knowledge with us, the application that  

 they delivered provided us with a fresh look at our operations. 

STEVE FORGET, President and Chief Executive Officer
Groupe Forget

Groupe Forget, Audioprosthetists, is the largest hearing health network in Quebec.

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INTERVIEW WITH 
THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

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Pierre Turcotte

Alithya has continued to 
build the scale and depth it 
requires in order to better 
serve its customers and 
to seize new business 
opportunities. Its strategy 
provides the means to 
remain solid, while ensuring 
an offering of services 
sought by its customers.

What is the Board’s assessment 
of the execution and performance 
of Alithya’s 3-5 year strategy?

Alithya’s management team has a clear 
understanding of the many issues related to 
our business sector. Alithya’s performance 
reflects the leadership and expertise of all 
of our employees and confirms our belief 
in our ability to achieve the goals of the 
strategic plan. When the plan was first 
released, we were aware of the magnitude 
of the task ahead in terms of positioning 
Alithya judiciously in the value chain and 
growing the company to an ideal size. The 
choice was inevitable in respect to enabling 
Alithya to continue to evolve and to face 
situations of unexpected proportions.

The Board firmly believes 

that steps taken over 

the course of the past 

year will allow Alithya to 

achieve solid long-term 

performance, thereby 

continuing its accelerated 

growth plan for the 

benefit of its shareholders,  

its partners, and its 

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The confidence of the Board of directors 
in Alithya’s overall strategy has been 
strengthened by the significant progress 
of the last fiscal year, both in terms of 
operational efficiency and effectiveness, 
and the constant monitoring of established 
orientations and strategies. All members 
of the Board, including myself, firmly 
believe that steps taken during the fiscal 
year will allow Alithya to achieve solid 
long-term performance, thus enabling the 
continuation of our accelerated growth 
plan for the benefit of our shareholders, our 
partners, and our professionals. We are all 
aligned in our commitment to executing the 
plan and delivering the successes that will 
make Alithya a North American leader in 
digital transformation.

What are the next steps in respect 
to the strategic plan?

We are managing a growing business, and 
thanks to the diversification and range of 
high value services offered by Alithya, we 
will prioritize and continue to strengthen 
our geographic presence, our expertise, our 
integrated services offer, and our positioning 
in the value chain. Doing so will allow us 
to pursue our development in market 
segments experiencing rapid growth, 
primarily that of the digital transformation 
of organizations.

We apply our plan with rigor and discipline, 
and we will continue to acquire companies 
whose culture and service offer align 
with ours, while ensuring the well-being 
of our professionals and their personal 
development. In that regard, the Board is 
delighted with the addition of the Matricis, 
Travercent, and Askida teams that have 
joined Alithya in the past fiscal year. During 
the acquisitions process, Alithya’s directors 
provided constant support to senior 
management to ensure that the objectives 
of our overall growth strategy were met. We 
also monitored post-acquisition activities 
in order to ensure the sustainable organic 
growth that our investors are seeking.

Fiscal 2021 will be marked by Alithya’s 
ability to navigate a new environment 
created by an international pandemic. 
Was Alithya ready to face this crisis?

Over the years, Alithya has established itself 
in the digital transformation sector through 
rapid growth and remarkable adaptability. I 
have served as Chairman of the Board since 
2011, and I am proud of the path that Alithya 
has taken to transform and consolidate 
its service offerings. Among other factors, 
that development has positioned us 
favorably to face the new economic reality. 
No doubt, this is a new chapter unfolding 
for businesses around the globe, but we 
believe that there will be even greater 
demand for digital solutions and trusted 
advisors with multidisciplinary teams. The 
situation that we are experiencing now 
will undoubtedly push our current and 
future customers to view transformation 
as a necessity, rather than as an intention. 
The Board believes that Alithya has the 
strong operational capacity and exceptional 
leadership necessary to continue being 
a trusted partner sought by companies 
looking to achieve their business goals.

The international pandemic that arose 
during the fourth quarter of the fiscal 
year provided insight into Alithya’s 
strengths at all levels, as well as the 
quality of relationships of trust that we 
have established with our customers 
and partners. Diversification of our 
services, our customers, and our regional 
presence has also emboldened Alithya 
to solidly face this crisis. On that note, my 
colleagues on the Board of directors join 
me in highlighting the remarkable work 
that has been accomplished at all levels 
of the organization to protect the health 
of our professionals and our customer 
relationships since the onset of this 
pandemic, while ensuring the sustainability 
of our business. Extraordinary meetings of 
the Board of directors have been organized 
with the executive team in order to identify 
winning conditions that will contribute to 
the success of our customers in a post-
COVID-19 environment.

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What initiatives has the company 
implemented to ensure greater 
diversity within its ranks?

Our goal is to represent the communities 
that we serve, which is why we are 
committed to representation of both men 
and women on the Board of directors, and 
to the complementary experience and 
expertise necessary for ensuring the Board’s 
optimal functioning. Our Board consists of 
nine members, including two women (22%), 
all of whom have exceptional qualities. We 
have also established a goal of achieving 
a minimum of 30% of women among 
our directors.

I would like to take this opportunity to 
highlight the arrival of Ms. Lucie Martel and 
Mr. James Renacci to our Board of directors. 
Lucie has established a long track record 
in strategic human resources management 
and labor relations, and she chairs the 
Human Capital and Compensation 
Committee. We also believe that a diverse 
range of skills, perspectives, and training 
contributes to more effective governance. 
Accordingly, we sought out James’ 
qualifications in order to strengthen our 
Board’s knowledge of the American market. 
Mr. Renacci has extensive experience in 
mergers and acquisitions in several sectors, 
as well as a deep understanding of the 
workings of the American public sector.

Final word

The Board and its committees have played 
a vital role in advising senior management 
in order to ensure that Alithya’s objectives 
are met, while maintaining a balance of 
interests for shareholders, customers, 
and our professionals. I would like to take 
this opportunity to thank all of my fellow 
directors for their unwavering commitment, 
and for the tremendous quality of their 
contributions.

We also can’t ignore the incredible 
leadership of Alithya’s management team, 
including its President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Paul Raymond. In recognition of his 
management and communications skills, 
Paul was honored with the « Investissement 
Québec 2020 Distinguished CEO Award », 
which is the most important distinction of 
business leaders in Quebec’s technology 
industry.

We also wish to express our sincere 
gratitude to our shareholders. Their 
loyalty and trust are essential to the 
accomplishment of our mission. Finally, 
we would like to say a big thank you to all 
of Alithya’s teams for their excellent work, 
their continued commitment, and their 
unwavering professionalism.

 We have been partnering with Alithya on a large scale, multi-faceted  

 implementation which is projected to have an unprecedented positive  

 impact on the visibility, timeliness and accuracy of our internal and  

 external financial reporting processes. They have been with us in the  

 trenches through tasks large and small, deftly managing cross-modular  

 issues and teams. Their guidance and transfer of knowledge has been  

 invaluable in successfully working towards our financial reporting needs. 

TANESHA THOMAS-MCCLAIN, Sr. Director, Financial Systems and Reporting
Thomas Jefferson Enterprise Finance

Thomas Jefferson Enterprise Finance serves Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals  
and Jefferson University Physicians.

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INTERVIEW WITH 
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO

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Paul Raymond

While our vision has always 
been bold and ambitious, 
our commitment to being a 
leader in strategy and digital 
transformation continues to 
forge ahead. By supporting our 
customers in the achievement 
of their digital transformation 
goals pre-COVID-19, we’ve 
strengthened our position for 
accompanying them through 
this unprecedented period 
and beyond.

As businesses face a great deal 
of uncertainty, what key benefits 
of Alithya’s growth strategy allow 
the company to remain optimistic?

A few years ago, we had the foresight to 
embark on a strategic journey to prepare 
Alithya for the next decade. The plan 
addressed our underlying belief that 
selective and continuous expansion was 
required to empower us to take on any 
transformation project, regardless of its 
size, location, or complexity. Since then, 
we have developed new markets in three 
different countries, we have diversified our 
customer base, and we have expanded our 
higher value-added service offerings, all of 
which strengthen our position in the current 
climate. Additionally, digital transformation 
will only gain momentum as a result of this 
crisis. Those who have already begun their 
transformation will accelerate their plans, 
while others will now recognize the urgency, 
and will look for the support of a trusted 
and experienced partner like Alithya.

The strategic choices 

that we have made, and  

our disciplined approach, 

have prepared us to 

not only weather this storm,  

but to be ready to seize 

the potential opportunities 

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What are some of the highlights of 
the past year in terms of strategic wins, 
and how do they align with Alithya’s 
growth plan?

The past year has been record-setting for 
us on numerous fronts, with contributions 
from our workforce of over 2,000 dedicated 
professionals helping to establish new 
records for total revenue, gross margins, 
and adjusted EBITDA. Furthermore, we 
completed the integration of our fiscal 2019 
US acquisition, Edgewater Technology, 
while completing three new acquisitions 
of niche, high quality, value-added services 
companies that were immediately accretive 
to our business. We also leveraged cross-
border capabilities to foster synergies from 
our new acquisitions that offer additional 
expertise to our rapidly growing customer 
base. Operationally, our successful rollout 
of Oracle Cloud ERP, and more recently 
Microsoft Dynamics CRM, have helped us 
to manage all areas of our business with 
great discipline, positioning us for a strong 
emergence from the COVID-19 crisis. Having 
implemented various financial measures to 
protect our balance sheet, we finished the 
year in an excellent financial position, and 
all of the aforementioned strategic wins 
will help us to resume and accelerate our 
strategic growth plan moving forward.

What business priorities are key 
for Alithya in fiscal 2021?

It’s no longer a question of whether or not 
businesses ‘want’ to transform, but rather 
a question of how fast they can reach 
their goals in the current environment and 
ahead of the next storm. Accordingly, our 
main priority is to be the trusted advisor to 
our customers as they transition through 
challenging situations in a rapidly evolving 
digital world. In our highly fragmented IT 
industry, it’s important that we distinguish 
ourselves through our expertise. We 
intend to stay ahead of the curve 
through intelligent growth and constant 
improvement, inspiring confidence in our 
customers as an agile partner that they 
can trust. Our strategic framework for 
accomplishing that is clear, and it’s a plan 
that we must embrace wholeheartedly. 
Our business priorities remain focused on 

fostering best-in-class expertise, providing 
integrated, high-value offerings that position 
us judiciously in the value chain, and 
ensuring a strategic geographic presence. 
As we continue to prioritize organic growth, 
we will also continue to actively pursue 
opportunities in our geographic markets, 
but with a patient and disciplined approach 
that will ensure that any such transactions 
create value for our customers and our 
shareholders. 

Can you elaborate on the importance 
of having been a trusted advisor during 
a pandemic such as the one we are 
experiencing?

“Resilience” is the first word that comes 
to mind in terms of Alithya’s response to 
this crisis. Since day one, our Business 
Continuity Plan has focused on protecting 
our people, protecting our clients, and 
protecting our company. Internal and 
external crisis management centers were 
established early on, and actions taken 
on all three fronts on a daily basis have 
allowed us to focus on our short-term 
challenges without compromising our 
long-term strategy. Resilience is a critical 
part of optimizing success and productivity 
in the workplace, and to that end we have 
made all of the necessary accommodations 
required to support the health and well-
being of our people, and we will continue 
to do so. Resilience has also been the key 
to successfully migrating a global workforce 
to working from home in response to a 
growing threat, while maintaining a proactive 
attitude and assisting our customers who 
were going through similar challenges. 

For our customers, resilience translates 
into “reliability”, and we have proved our 
agility to quickly intervene in extraordinary 
circumstances to ensure the continuity 
of our activities. Through our Crisis 
Management Center of Expertise, we have 
supported all our clients, providing them 
with direct and centralized access to our 
multidisciplinary team. Access to fast and 
effective advice has helped our customers 
ensure the pursuit of their businesses, while 
preparing for the post-COVID-19 landscape. 
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forced to adapt to teleworking through 
remote cloud environments. As a leader in 
migrating customers to cloud environments 
as part of a digital transformation 
strategy, Alithya was well-positioned to 
accompany them.

How do you keep your team engaged 
and effective during a crisis like this? 

Since the crisis began, we have been very 
transparent and forthcoming with our 
people. They understand and support all 
our pandemic related decisions. Through 
our web-based tool, we continuously survey 
and measure employee engagement and 
satisfaction in real-time, and I am pleased to 
report that our engagement and satisfaction 
KPIs have been increasing since this crisis 
began. In fact, we’ve established new 
records in several categories and in overall 
employee engagement, while receiving a 
99% approval rating on our handling of the 
crisis. We know that there is still room for 
improvement, and we shall endeavor to do 
more.

How is Alithya building a better 
workplace for the future?

Undoubtedly, the current situation 
has reshaped the way that we work. 
Nevertheless, we still believe that having 
offices where our employees can meet and 
deliver solutions to our customers is highly 
beneficial. To that end, Alithya has invested 
in spacious, modern, and collaborative 
new digital solutions centers in Montreal, 
Toronto, and Quebec City. The state-of-
the-art environments are conducive to 
developing digital solutions and adding 
value to the implementation of our projects 
and are highly adaptable to our new reality.

In terms of leadership and diversity, 
Alithya’s Women in Leadership initiative 
was launched to attract more women to our 
industry and our company. This initiative 
also raises the awareness of all our leaders 
to recognize unconscious biases, and to 
ensure the promotion of more women to 
management positions. While women in 
the IT sector account for less than 20% 
of the workforce, as of March 31, 2020, 

approximately 36% of Alithya’s senior 
management team was comprised of 
women, with women accounting for 28% of 
our overall workforce. Additionally, Alithya 
is building a better workplace for the future 
by investing in the continuous development 
of its employees. The Alithya Leadership 
Academy, comprised of several modules, 
espouses initiatives focused on training 
and developing our leaders. Each module 
addresses a specific theme, empowering 
our managers to be effective leaders in 
all situations, and helping them grow as 
individuals. 

Conclusion

In closing, I would like to take this 
opportunity to express my gratitude to the 
multitude of people who advance Alithya’s 
mission on a daily basis. The unwavering 
engagement, dedication, flexibility, and 
diversity of our skilled professionals 
continues to lead Alithya forward through 
innovation. Our talented workforce is also 
the beating heart behind who we are as a 
company. They continue to reinforce that 
notion through their selfless acts, such as 
representing Alithya in large numbers for 
the Make-a-Wish 48-Hour Ride for sick 
kids, and by raising record donations for the 
many causes that our people hold dearly, 
across all of our geographic territories.

I would like to thank our loyal customers 
for the trust and confidence that they 
continue to invest in Alithya. We consider 
ourselves fortunate to be associated with 
industry leaders who challenge us every 
day to be better. I would also like to thank 
our shareholders, our strategic financial 
partners and other business partners who 
have stood by us throughout this past year. 
We continue to do our best every day to 
earn that trust.

Finally, given the extraordinary 
circumstances surrounding this particular 
annual reporting period, I would like to take 
the time to thank our incredible healthcare 
workers and other front-line emergency 
responders who remain out there, 24/7, 
trying to make our lives better during these 
extremely challenging times.

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OUR THREE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

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INCREASING SCALE 
THROUGH ORGANIC 
GROWTH AND 
STRATEGIC 
ACQUISITIONS

ACHIEVING  
BEST-IN-CLASS
EMPLOYEE 
ENGAGEMENT

PROVIDING OUR
INVESTORS, PARTNERS
AND STAKEHOLDERS 
WITH LONG-TERM  
GROWING RETURN  
ON INVESTMENT

 › Sustained organic growth 

 › Fostering a culture 

 › Strengthening our 

through innovation,  
higher value offerings  
and client-relationships 
based on trust 

 › Strategic acquisitions by 
way of a North-America 
geographic expansion 
to complement current 
market presence, while 
progressively adding 
major integrated 
enterprise solutions 
offerings and selected 
specialized expertise

of collaboration and 
ownership 

 › Cultivating employee 

well-being and personal 
growth 

 › Investing in the 

development of our 
leaders and employees

existing relationships with 
clients, as a key trusted 
advisor, by generating 
long-term profitable 
growth  

 › Investing in innovation 

and higher value service 
offerings 

 › Acting responsibly, 

with a sustainable and 
respectful vision for 
our stakeholders

 We partnered with Alithya to support our Oracle ERP and HCM project.  

 We saw added value from the relationship with Alithya due to their  

 experience across our business functions of HR, finance, and supply  

 chain operations as well as their industry specific tools like Capsure RF.  

 The Alithya team worked as dedicated partners to help us achieve  

 our Oracle deployment. 

TOM LAWTON, Vice President and Chief Resource Officer
Centra Health

Centra is a regional nonprofit healthcare system based in the US state of Virginia that serves  
over 500,000 people and provides care in 70 locations.

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A PROVEN GROWTH STRATEGY
A recognized consolidator with a successful integration history,  
as well as strong organic growth

2015

Acquisition of Telus 
professional services 
and of OSI Consulting 
Group (IT and 
recruitment capacity)
+ 300
PROFESSIONALS

2017

Acquisition of SWI 
(Energy, Finance, 
BI, Analytics 
expertise)
+ 160
PROFESSIONALS

2011

Management  
Buy-out

2019

 › Acquisition 
of Matricis  
(IoT, AI, AIoT)
 › Acquisition 

of Travercent 
(Oracle,  
Cloud-based  
ERP expertise)

+ 80
PROFESSIONALS

CREATION PHASE

DIVERSIFICATION PHASE

CONSOLIDATION & ACCELERATION PHASE

1992

Origin of the 
company

2016

Acquisition of 
Pro2p (Oracle 
expertise)
+ 75
PROFESSIONALS

2012-
2013

 › New brand: 

Alithya
 › Acquisition 
of Sinapse 
(Public sector 
experience)

+ 200
PROFESSIONALS

2020

Acquisition 
of Askida  
(QA, application 
development and 
modernization)
+ 110
PROFESSIONALS

2018

 › Going public
 › Acquisition 

of Edgewater 
Technology 
(Microsoft and 
Oracle expertise)

 › Acquisition of 

Telus’ Managed 
Web Services 
activities

+ 400
PROFESSIONALS

 Since 2015, Alithya has been working hand in hand with our Novatech  

 teams to manage our databases. Alithya’s remarkable expertise,  

 in conjunction with Oracle, provides us with a 360-degree vision of  

 our database architecture. The relevance of their interventions ensures  

 that we are able to make informed decisions and that we improve the  

 functioning of our operations while carrying out numerous acquisitions. 

MICK MORIN, Director, IT
Novatech

Novatech operates ultra-modern plants producing entry doors, door windows, and patio doors.

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MANAGING THE CRISIS AND COMING OUT STRONGER

 › Alithya’s Crisis Management Expertise 

THREE PILLARS

Centre was set up to support businesses 
during the COVID-19 pandemic and to 
provide them with direct and centralized 
access to a multidisciplinary team. They 
benefited from fast and effective advice to 
ensure the continuity of their businesses 
and to prepare for the post-COVID-19 period.

 › PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE

 › PROTECTING OUR CLIENTS

 › PROTECTING THE COMPANY

MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL 
OF INDIVIDUALS AND 
THE COMMUNITY
 › Alithya and its employees were involved 
in numerous local causes, including 
Make-A-Wish (more than $100,000 for 
the cause), the Terry Fox Run, the Atlanta 
Community Food Bank, and France’s 
World Clean Up Day.

 Our teams at Purkinje enjoy privileged relationships with those of Alithya,  

 based on trust and respect for our mutual skills. Alithya’s digital  

 applications provide transparency and agility that meet the challenges  

 of the healthcare sector. We rely on their collaborative leadership to  

 develop, integrate, and deploy applications, not to mention the impetus  

 that their Agile Academy provides to our teams. 

FRANCK ROBERT, Chief Operating Officer
Purkinje

Purkinje is a Canadian company providing information technology solutions for the healthcare sector.

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DEVELOPING WORLD-CLASS 
TALENTED LEADERS
 › The Alithya Leadership Academy 

BUILDING A WORKPLACE 
FOR THE FUTURE
 › We built spacious new offices in Montreal 

brings our learning and development 
programs under one umbrella for all of our 
managers around the world. In 2019, 93% 
of our Canadian, American, and French 
managers gathered in Montreal for a 
two-day training session. 

(BOMA Best Silver), Toronto (BOMA 
Best Silver), and Quebec City that invite 
our employees to interact in numerous 
collaborative spaces featuring state-of-
the-art lighting. These environments are 
home to 60% of our professionals.

ENSURING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR WORKFORCE
 › As part of our gender diversity focus, we launched the Women in Leadership initiative. 
Our objectives are to have more women join our organization, and to train our managers 
to recognize unconscious bias.

 › Female diversity: 36% of Alithya’s overall senior management team, and 28% of its 

team members, are women. The Board has set a target that at least 30% of directors on 
the Board should be women. Alithya has not yet achieved its target, but is progressing 
towards that goal. 

 This is my third major ERP re-vamping of a company and I have  

 never seen the level of success and relatively smooth transition that  

 this one had. Alithya, we can’t thank you enough for the time, energy,  

 thoughtfulness and thoroughness that you and the whole team  

 brought to the game. 

DALE BAKER, President and COO
Green Roads

Green Roads is a pharmacist-founded CBD (cannabidiol) company.

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A SOLID MANAGEMENT TEAM

BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS

Dana Adès-Landy
Director

Robert Comeau
Lead Director and  
President of the Audit and  
Risk Management Committee

Fredrick DiSanto
Director

Lucie Martel
Director and President  
of the Human Capital and Compensation 
Committee

Paul Raymond
President and CEO, and Director

James Renacci
Director

Ghyslain Rivard
Director

C. Lee Thomas
Director

Pierre Turcotte
President of the Board and  
President of the Corporate Governance 
and  
Nominating Committee

Nathalie Forcier
Chief Legal Officer &  
Corporate Secretary
Senior legal executive with strong  
experience acquired with two large 
international publicly-traded 
services, technology and IT firms, 
and with a national law firm.

Robert Lamarre
Chief Information Officer
Seasoned executive in the digital 
industry, in the integration of 
acquisitions, the management 
of real estate portfolios and 
procurement processes.

Natalie Piccinin
Senior Vice President, 
Human Capital
Human Resource executive 
with a solid background in 
organizational efficiency, talent and 
performance management, as well 
as employee engagement for 
several companies.

Paul Raymond
President and CEO
A former officer in the Canadian 
Armed Forces and an accomplished 
executive who held several key 
senior management positions in a 
major IT firm, namely as leader of 
their US North-Eastern operations.

Claude Rousseau
Chief Operating Officer
Senior executive with extensive 
experience and expertise in 
overseeing large firms’ business 
operations in sectors such as 
information technology and 
telecommunications.

Claude Thibault
Chief Financial Officer
Experienced executive who served 
as CFO for a variety of companies, 
both private and publicly traded, 
operating in Canada and the US.

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WHY ALITHYA?

1

Experienced 
executive  
team

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Operating within 
faster growing 
segments of the 
overall IT sector

3

Solid financial 
position

4

Proven industry 
consolidator in 
highly fragmented 
market

5

Short-term 
synergies and 
cross-selling with 
acquisitions

6

Expanded 
geographic 
presence in  
the US

 Alithya implements best practices to support Vergers Leahy’s digital  

 transformation. Thanks to the unparalleled rigor of their exceptional  

 team, our agri-food company is successfully modernizing its systems  

 to make them smarter, while improving competitiveness. Vergers Leahy  

 is pleased to be able to rely on a leading partner like Alithya that  

 ensures transparent communication and excellent risk management. 

MITCHELL LEAHY, Vice-President, Operations and Production
Vergers Leahy

Vergers Leahy is a world-class company that processes 130 million pounds of fresh fruit destined  
for the Canadian, American, and overseas markets.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained herein may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning 
of applicable Canadian securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the  
U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable U.S. safe harbours (collectively  
“forward-looking statements”). These statements may include, without limitation, estimates, plans, 
expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections or other statements regarding the future growth, results 
of operations, performance and business prospects of Alithya that do not exclusively relate to historical 
facts or which refer to the characterizations of future events or circumstances, including information 
or statements regarding our ability to generate sufficient earnings to support our operations, our ability 
to expand our capacities and broaden the scope of our service offering, our strategy, future operations, 
and prospects, our expectations regarding our financial performance, and the impact on Alithya of, 
and the response of Alithya to, the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although management believes the expectations reflected in Alithya’s forward-looking statements 
were reasonable as at the date they were made, forward-looking statements are based on the 
opinions, assumptions and estimates of management and, as such, are subject to a variety of risks and 
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Alithya’s control, and which could cause 
actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such 
risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those discussed in Alithya’s annual Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis for the year ended March 31, 2020 and other materials made public, including 
documents filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities from time to time and which 
are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements 
contained herein are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and are made 
only as of the date of Alithya’s annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended March 
31, 2020. Alithya expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, 
or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or 
otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance 
on forward-looking statements since actual results may vary materially from them.

Certain measures disclosed herein have also not been prepared in accordance with IFRS. These 
measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be 
comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. These measures should be considered 
as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in 
accordance with IFRS. Please refer to Alithya’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year 
ended March 31, 2020 for further details.

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