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Who we are . . .

The principal of the firm is Andy Beck, an engineer with over 35 years experience in both hardware and software design and development. His background extends across a range of projects from instrument development and factory automation to enterprise-wide financial applications.  He has been involved in defining development methodologies and developing ISO-9001 specifications and practices.  He has also taught, lectured and written articles on many topics including the development process, program optimization, hardware design issues, programming languages and instrument design.  All projects get the personal attention of Andy - from inception to product release.

History . . .
Software concepts was first founded in 1978 by Andy Beck as AB Computer Products - a part-time venture. This was just a couple of years after the birth of the personal computer.  In those days - before the IBM PC - companies  like IMSAI,  ALTAIR, and even a fledging Apple Computer dominated the market, while the most popular operating system was CP/M.  

Initially AB Computer Products concentrated on producing data communications peripherals for main-frame and mini computers.  One of the first product offerings was a serial-to-parallel data converter used to connect IBM System 7 computers to Modems.  Soon after, AB Computer Products became a full-time venture and the first computer-based product, the VideoComp 100, was introduced.  This computer was unique in that it housed all of the components - CPU, disk drive, CRT and keyboard - in one integrated unit.  For the next several years, Andy continued to develop personal computer products and related peripherals, as well as standard and custom software development. 

A couple of years later the company was concentrating almost exclusively on custom software design and the name was changed to Applied Computer Systems.  Initially the emphasis was on producing software for embedded systems, but as the PC gained ground in industrial and scientific markets, MS/DOS and then Windows programming services were offered.  

Throughout the eighties and nineties Andy ran the business as a part time venture while managing the engineering departments of several instrument manufacturers including Physical Acoustics, Tobias Associates and DataColor International.  During this time he gained significant knowledge in instrumentation, optics, color science, and most importanly project management.

In 1997 Andy again turned the business into a full time venture, incorporated it and changed the name to Software Concepts, Inc. Today, Software Concepts is leader in the development of Machine-to_Machine products and tehcnologies.

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