Bluedrop Performance Learning

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|name = Bluedrop ISM

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|type = Private (since 2021)
Public (prior to 2021)

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|industry = E-learning

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|founder = Emad Rizkalla

|location = 18 Prescott Street
{{nowrap|St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador}}
A1C 3S4

|area_served = Worldwide

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|subsid = Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc.
Bluedrop ISM

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|num_employees = 130{{cite web|title=Canadian Company Capabilities|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.do?lang=eng&prtl=1&sbPrtl=&estblmntNo=123456259339&profile=cmpltPrfl&profileId=1861&app=sold|work=Industry Canada|access-date=28 January 2012}}

|homepage = {{URL|https://www.bluedrop.com/}}

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Bluedrop ISM (formerly Bluedrop Performance Learning) 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 services for defence and aerospace, healthcare, small businesses and governments. Bluedrop Performance Learning has offices in Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa, and Vancouver.{{cite web|title=Canadian Company Capabilities|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.do?lang=eng&prtl=1&sbPrtl=&estblmntNo=123456259339&profile=cmpltPrfl&profileId=1861&app=sold|work=Industry Canada|access-date=28 January 2012}} 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, ExxonMobil and McGraw-Hill.{{cite web|title=Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency|url=http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/eng/Pages/BluedropInc.aspx?ProgramID=|access-date=11 February 2012}}

Bluedrop has two business units; The Defence and Aerospace (DA) Unit and the CoursePark Learning Services (CLS) Unit. Its DA unit produces mission training services{{clarify|date=July 2018}} for international military and commercial aviation clientele. Work in this unit has seen Bluedrop listed in Canada's 2011 Top 50 Defence Companies.{{cite web|title=Canadian Defence Review's 2011 TOP 50 Defence Companies|url=http://www.canadiandefencereview.com/new_item_en_en_298cms.htm|access-date=11 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331092659/http://www.canadiandefencereview.com/new_item_en_en_298cms.htm|archivedate=31 March 2012}} Bluedrop's CLS is the developer of an online e-learning platform.{{cite web|title=Canadian Company Capabilities|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.do?lang=eng&prtl=1&sbPrtl=&estblmntNo=123456259339&profile=cmpltPrfl&profileId=1861&app=sold|work=Industry Canada|access-date=28 January 2012}}

On January 26, 2012, the company completed a reverse takeover transaction with Serebra Learning Corporation.{{cite web|title=Bluedrop to Trade on TSX Venture Following Serebra RTO|url=http://news.techfinance.ca/bluedrop-to-trade-on-tsx-venture-following-serebra-rto/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713040608/http://news.techfinance.ca/bluedrop-to-trade-on-tsx-venture-following-serebra-rto/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|work=TechFinance|publisher=TechNews|access-date=28 January 2012}} Completion of this transaction makes Bluedrop Canada's largest full service eLearning company.{{cite web|title=NATI Releases|url=http://www.nati.net/news-releases/nati-releases.aspx|access-date=11 February 2012}}

The company was purchased by Rizbollo Holdings Limited and Name 3 Capital Inc. in April 2021 with its stock being delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange.{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210416005303/en/BPLI-Holdings-Inc.-Completes-Going-Private-Transaction|title=BPLI Holdings Inc. Completes Going-Private Transaction|date=April 16, 2021|agency=Business Wire}}

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