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Andrew Jaine

Co-founder, Intelex

Enterprise software

Andrew Jaine co-founded Intelex, the Toronto maker of environment, health, safety and quality management software, with Ted Grunau in 1992. The Globe and Mail identified him as the father of Mark Jaine, who later ran the company. Industrial Scientific agreed to buy Intelex in 2019 for US$570 million.

Andrew hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Andrew co-founded Intelex, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Who is Andrew Jaine?

A co-founder of Intelex. Intelex's about page, checked in September 2026, names "Intelex founders Dr. Andrew Jaine and Ted Grunau", and BetaKit reported in June 2019 that the company was founded in 1992 by Andrew Jaine and Ted Grunau.

How did Intelex start?

An Intelex blog post from March 2022 says Linde, the industrial gases business of Union Carbide, asked co-founder Ted Grunau to build a DOS-based system for its environment, health and safety records, and that Grunau and partner Andy Jaine were then given the right to resell it to other companies. Intelex Technologies started in 1992.

How is Andrew Jaine related to Mark Jaine?

He is Mark Jaine's father. The Globe and Mail reported on June 6, 2019 that Intelex was co-founded in 1992 by Mark Jaine's father, Andrew Jaine, and Ted Grunau. Mark Jaine joined the company at 21 and ran it as president and CEO through its sale.

What happened to Intelex?

BetaKit and The Globe and Mail reported in June 2019 that Industrial Scientific, a Pittsburgh company, was acquiring Toronto's Intelex for US$570 million.

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