Local Firm Wins National Award

Hinsdale, IL, August 18, 2002
– Syscon, Inc. earned recognition last week as one of the top five (5) sales organizations for Intuit’s new Construction Software Division. Syscon has been providing technology solutions to the Construction Industry since 1986, supporting networks of various sizes, providing needs analysis, as well as hardware and software installation. The award was presented at Intuit’s Master Builder 2002 National Convention for its construction services division. The award ceremony was held on the final day of the Conference in Rohnert Park, California, attended by over two hundred (200) Construction Industry Consultants, members of the Intuit Staff and Intuit’s CEO, Steve Bennett, and Co-Founder and Chairman, Scott Cook. Accepting the award for Syscon, Inc. were the company’s co-founders, Larry and Cathy Wendt.

Master Builder is a Construction Management product that includes Accounting and Project Management specifically for the Construction Industry. The Master Builder software began in 1982 as Omware, Inc. and was spearheaded by Dan Smith, President of Omware, now Vice-President of Intuit’s Construction Division. After a thorough review of Construction Accounting software products, their company cultures and installed customer base, Intuit chose to add Master Builder to its product family in November of 2001. The August 2002 Conference marks the first annual conference under the Intuit brand name after ten (10) annual conferences as Omware, Inc.