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Impact 360 Degrees Inc. is a specialized profit recovery consulting firm based in Toronto and Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

It operates with a core group of approximately 30 full-time employees and on-demand consultants. The business focus is on tax incentive and government policy areas where access to funding is either very complex or very specialized. Consulting and management services include recovering overpaid sales taxes and accessing government funding programs.

Key areas of focus are:


 * Sales & Duty Tax
 * Scientific Research & Experimental Development Tax Credits
 * Ontario Digital Media Tax Credits
 * Federal and Provincial Government Grants

The Impact 360 team is composed of experienced professionals in their respective fields, with advanced accounting, business or technical degrees. All have backgrounds in diverse organizations spanning Canadian banking, finance, and large consulting firms.

Impact 360’s affiliated Canadian registered charity, Impact Global Change, is dedicated to working to improve the lives of individuals and families from communities in the developing world by strengthening the capacity of individuals through skills development, education, and leadership development. A percentage of Impact 360’s annual earnings is directed to Impact Global Change to fund these humanitarian projects.

To date, Impact Global Change’s efforts in Central America have helped support:


 * home construction projects
 * stove installations in homes that had previously relied on open fires for heat and cooking
 * health and medical clinic improvements
 * water filtration system installations
 * construction of classrooms for schools
 * annual academic scholarships for students in Central America

In Ontario, Impact Global Change continues to support local charities and has provided a state-of-the-art Information Technology system to Couchiching Jubilee House, a transitional home for women and children in Orillia, Ontario.

AssetMine – In 2011, a new service line was added, to identify and retrieve unclaimed financial assets and property via AssetMine, a subsidiary company.

History
Impact 360 Degrees Inc. was co-founded in 2005 by Darren Jack and Lisa Hyde. The Head Office is located in Barrie Ontario; this location is central to a large segment of Ontario businesses in the manufacturing and high-tech sector.

Impact Technologies, an on-demand IT outsourcing company, was acquired by Impact 360 Degrees Inc., in 2005.

Impact Global Change was founded in 2010 and registered as a Canadian charity in 2011.

AssetMine was launched in 2011 as a subsidiary of Impact 360 Degrees Inc.

Founding Partners
Darren Jack is a senior-level financial services expert with over 20 years of experience in international corporate restructuring and management consulting with a large Canadian consulting firm. Prior to co-founding Impact 360, Mr. Jack directed projects and coordinated teams of financial and technology professionals on several international assignments.

Lisa Hyde has held leadership positions in large Canadian financial institutions prior to co-founding Impact 360. Ms. Hyde has extensive business consulting experience, with more than 15 years commercial banking and lending leadership.

Mr. Jack and Ms. Hyde are also co-founders and directors of Impact Global Change, and AssetMine.