| 1957 |
Empyrean’s founder, Nigel Harvey, was originally involved with guided missile research at EMI laboratories in England. |
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| 1960 |
Nigel came to Canada to participate in anti-submarine warfare research. |
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| 1963 |
Nigel joined RCA (Montreal) and was eventually promoted to President. |
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| 1974 |
Nigel founded his own consulting company, N. P. Harvey & Associates, which became a government/industry liaison for marketing, export development, etc. |
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| 1985 |
David Bodi become Controller of Gates Canada, a tier-one auto parts supplier. |
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| 1987 |
Revenue Canada established the SR&ED program. Nigel worked closely with the government to interpret the new tax regulations, and helped to pioneer the concept of "shop floor” R&D. The company began to specialize in SR&ED. |
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| 1989 |
Frank Naccarato joined Dynacon Systems Inc. and was eventually promoted to Director, Product Development and R&D. |
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| 1991 |
N. P. Harvey & Associates became The Empyrean Group. Soon afterwards, the company began operations in the US as well as Canada. The US operation was dedicated to R&D tax credits offered by the IRS, |
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| 1997 |
David was recruited by Nigel to join Empyrean. |
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| 2001 |
Empyrean was acquired by Carlin, Charron & Rosen LLP of Massachusetts. |
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| 2002 |
Frank was asked to join Empyrean. |
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| 2005 |
Empyrean's sister company in the US began to operate under its own brand as CCR Cost Recovery Services LLC. |
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| 2009 |
Empyrean was acquired by Frank Naccarato and David Bodi, the current President and Vice President. In the US, CCR Cost Recovery Services was acquired by Steve Powers, its Managing Director, and bacame Intrepid Advisors. |
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Today, Empyrean and Intrepid continue to work in a close strategic alliance, allowing both companies to share resources in Canada and the US. |
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