BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$39.0M
- Private
- US
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Martin Group was founded in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1970. The company initially focused on providing engineering services to ILECs in South Dakota. In 1974, the company began to expand geographically as well as into financial consulting services for ILECs. In 1978, Martin Group designed VMS , a USOC-oriented customer care & billing solution. In 1980, the company was reorganized as a sub S corporation. Martin Group's software development team was sought after in 1995 to develop a revolutionary OSS/BSS solution for the competitive market. In 1999, TA Associates and Summit Partners acquired a majority ownership interest. Martin Group acquired Missoula, MT based GeoEconomics in 2002, a privately held provider of facilities management software and services. The addition of the GeoExplorer applications suite further enhanced and expanded Martin Group's capabilities for asset and network management.
CEO
Jim OdomNumber of Employees 250
Contact Information
1515 N Sanborn Blvd
Mitchell, South Dakota 57301-1021
(605) 996-9646
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Computer Systems Design Services: 541512
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Principal Real Estate Investors and The Martin Group Enter Joint Venture Agreement
Firms partner to develop new office projects in Sunnyvale, Calif. DES MOINES, Iowa -- Principal Real Estate Investors, the fourth largest manager of real estate assets in the U.S. based on tax-exempt assets under management1, and The Martin Group of Companies, one of the most active real estate developers...
SS8 Networks and Martin Group Team to Offer Trusted Third-Party Services for Lawful Intercept Needs
Wireless News 05-08-2007 SS8 Networks and Martin Group Team to Offer Trusted Third-Party Services for Lawful Intercept Needs WIRELESS NEWS-May 8, 2007-SS8 Networks and Martin Group Team to Offer Trusted Third-Party Services for Lawful Intercept Needs C2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com ...
SS8 Networks and Martin Group Join to Offer Service Providers Trusted Third-Party Services for Lawful Intercept Needs
Martin Group to use SS8 Networks' Xcipio[TM] Platform to Provide Fast, Secure CALEA Compliance
Symmetricom Features Time and Frequency Solutions at Martin Group's 5th Annual Technology Conference; Next-Generation Time and Frequency Solutions Featured - September 11-13, 2006 - San Antonio, TX
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, today announced the company is exhibiting its next-generation time and frequency solutions at Martin Group's 5th Annual Technology Conference, September 11-13, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, Texas. Martin...
Martin of NIST to deliver 2006 Mattiello Lecture
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology FSCT has selected Jonathan W. Martin, group leader of the polymeric materials group with the building and fire research laboratory of NIST, to deliver the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture during the organization's 84th annual meeting, Nov. 1-3 at the Ernest N. Morial...
Martin Group Celebrates Thirty-Five Years in Business; Loyal Clients and Employees Are the Reason for This Significant Milestone
MITCHELL, S.D. -- Martin Group, the nationwide leader of software solutions, business services, and engineering services for the communications industry, has marked its thirty-fifth anniversary in business and is seeing continued growth in sales, customer satisfaction, engineering & consulting capabilities, and software development. Established in February 1970 with eight...
Frank Guignon Named Martin Group's TCE Customer Relations Manager
MITCHELL, S.D. -- Martin Group, a leading software, business services, and engineering provider for the telecommunications industry, today announces that Mr. Frank Guignon has joined Martin Group as Customer Relations Manager for the Telecommunications Consulting & Engineering TCE business unit. He reports directly to Mr. Peter Rasmusson, TCE General Manager....
People in Wireless News: Frank Guignon Named Martin Group's TCE Customer Relations Manager
Wireless News 12-01-2004 People in Wireless News: Frank Guignon Named Martin Group's TCE Customer Relations Manager WIRELESS NEWS-1 December 2004-People in Wireless News: Frank Guignon Named Martin Group's TCE Customer Relations Manager C2004 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com ...
Dakota Central Telecommunications Selects Optibase's MGW 5100 and Martin Group Engineering Team to Deliver ``Triple Play'' Services
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Odom | CEO |
| Wayne Crosby | Chief Financial Officer |
| William B. Schleich | Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Development |
| Dave Fridley | Vice President of Tce |
| Dawn Hill | Vice President, Product Management |
| Jeffrey Boozer | Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| Matt Swenson | Vice President, Business Development |
| Steve Angerhofer | Vice President of Martin Group's Tce Department |
| Brandi Christensen | Director, HR |
| Jay Wempe | Director, Services |
| Leonard Daidone | Director of Implementation Services |
| William Bill | Director, Software Development |
| DeAnn Schmidt | Office Manager |
| Peter Rasmusson | General Manager, TeleCommun Consulting, Engineering |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenneth Schiciano | Board of Directors |
Jim Odom is President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of Martin Group, the nationwide leader of Software Solutions, Business Services, and Engineering that address operational and marketplace challenges faced by communications providers. Mr. Odom joined Martin Group as CEO in September 2000. Since that time, the company has increased its market reach through new product offerings designed to address the software and engineering needs of wireline and wireless telecommunications companies, and through acquisitions that complement the Martin Group organization and its product families. Prior to joining Martin Group, Mr. Odom was Vice President and head of the Operational Support Systems business unit for the Network Support Division of Harris Corporation, a $2 billion global communications technology company. His responsibilities at Harris included marketing, sales, installation and development of networking applications, operational support systems, and services for utilities, cable TV, telecommunications companies, government agencies, and OEMs. Mr. Odom launched this business unit in 1996 and sales doubled each year of his tenure. Mr. Odom has a Bachelors of Science degree in both Management and Business Data Processing.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Business Services, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Business Services, Inc. | President | Current |
| Business Services, Inc. | Leader | Current |
Wayne Crosby joined Martin Group in 2001 as Controller and serves today as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crosby oversees all financial reporting, maintains bank and investor relationships, and manages the Accounting Department. He is also responsible for insurance and contract management. Mr. Crosby is a CPA and was first employed in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche, LLP for 8 years with their auditing group. Mr. Crosby has 30 years experience in finance and administration and has served as Controller or Chief Financial Officer of both public and private companies during that tenure. Mr. Crosby graduated from University of California, Los Angeles, with a BA in Economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| University of California, Los Angeles | BA In Economics | Former |
Bill Schleich's career in the computer industry began in 1978 when he completed his education at Mitchell Technical Institute (Electronics, Telephone and Computers), and continued his studies at Dakota Wesleyan University (Math, Physics). In his 24 years he has worked in many areas of the computer industry and held positions including Computer Software Specialist, Systems Manager, Systems Analyst, Network Design, Systems Design, and Project Management. Mr. Schleich's hardware platform experience includes microprocessors, DEC PDPs, VAX, Alpha and PCs. The operating systems he's worked with include RSX-11M, UNIX, VMS, and the various Microsoft Windows platforms. His database experience includes RMS, Sybase and Microsoft SQL. Mr. Schleich has programmed in Fortran, Cobol, VAX Basic, ADA, Pascal, Macro-32, Machine Language, Visual Basic, Visual C++, C, Java, JavaScript, JSP , HTML, ASP, and the latest .NET from Microsoft.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Development | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director, Software Development | Former |
| Mitchell Technical Institute | Former | |
| Wesleyan University | Former |
Dave Fridley, Vice President of Martin Group's TCE Department, is responsible for the coordination of the multiple aspects of ongoing engineering projects for individual clients as well as multiple clients. Mr. Fridley has written Central Office Equipment plans and specifications for over 450 initial digital and next generation switches, over 200 major upgrades to digital switches, over 150 lightwave terminal specifications (both asynchronous and SONET based), forty (40) Digital Cross-Connects (DACS) systems, and a multitude of miscellaneous equipment specifications. Mr. Fridley began his telecommunications career with DeWilde, Grant, and Reckert (DGR) in Rock Rapids, Iowa. He specialized in outside plant and conduit engineering while at DGR. The firm worked almost exclusively for Qwest (formerly NWB and US West) during his employment. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1976.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Vice President of Tce | Current |
| South Dakota State University | Former |
Dawn Hill is Vice President of Product Management with concentration on billing, customer care, provisioning, and facilities management within Martin Group's OSS/BSS software suite. Ms. Hill works closely with Martin Group's Development staff to manage software enhancement requests from existing clients and to assist with product direction. Ms. Hill is also a member of the IMS forum. During her tenure with Martin Group, Ms. Hill has also held the following positions: Director of Clients Services; Sales Engineer; Director of Support; and a member of the Activation Team. Previous to Martin Group, Ms. Hill worked for a power company for 11 years with one million subscribers. Ms. Hill was selected a core member of the team responsible for launching a CLEC in 1996. During the successful turn up, which yielded 30,000+ subscribers in the first year, Ms. Hill lead the system selection and deployment in addition to developing the interconnection agreements, tariffs, call center and service provisioning process for facilities and resale service delivery. Ms. Hill was the Network Operation Manager for 2 years prior joining Martin Group.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Vice President, Product Management | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director of Product Management | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Vice President, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Billing Concepts, Inc. | Former | |
| ALLTEL Corporation | Former |
Matt Swenson joined Martin Group in February 2002 as the General Manager of Client Services. In this position, he directed and managed all Activations and IT business associated with Martin Group's new OMNIA Product Suite. In his current role as Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Swenson oversees the Facilities Management Business Unit and coordinates efforts associated with developing potential business partner relationships. Previous to Martin Group, Mr. Swenson founded GeoEconomics, Inc. in 1992 in Missoula, Montana. Mr. Swenson designed, marketed, and managed all aspects of the business. The company built Facilities Management and Mapping Software and performed integration and conversion services in the Telecommunications industry. In 2002, Martin Group acquired GeoEconomics, Inc. Mr. Swenson has a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) in Economics, and a M.A. Economics from the University of Montana.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Client Services Inc. | General Manager | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | General Manager, Business Dev | Former |
| Geoeconomics Limited | Founder | Former |
| Martin Group, Inc. | General Manager, Business Development | Former |
| Facilities Management | Former | |
| University of Montana | M.A. Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Vice President of Martin Group's Tce Department | Current |
| McLeodUSA Incorporated | Director of Data Development | Former |
| Dtg | Former | |
| University of South Dakota | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director, Services | Current |
| University of Minnesota | Bachelor of Science Degree In Education | Former |
| South Dakota State University | Bachelor of Science Degree In Mathematics | Former |
Leonard Daidone, Director of Implementation Services, oversees the Implementation organization for Martin Group's OMNIA and OASIS product suites. Mr. Daidone has also held the positions of Project Manager and Client Relationship Manager at Martin Group. Mr. Daidone has 25 years experience in the Information Services/Software arena. Twenty of those years were specifically in the telecommunications industry working for companies such as Alltel and IBM where Mr. Daidone held management positions. In his various positions, Mr. Daidone was responsible for the generation and management of professional services for new and existing customers as well as Management of Technical Support Services, Implementation Services, and Consulting Services groups. Other responsibilities included the management and direction of an application services business unit totaling 185 members, located in multiple locations throughout the United States.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director of Implementation Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director, Software Development | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | Director, Software Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | Office Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Group, Inc. | General Manager, TeleCommun Consulting, Engineering | Current |
| Iowa.Com | President | Former |
| Iowa.Com | General Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| TA Associates, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Boston Ballet Inc. | Trustee | Current |
| Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University | Board Visitor | Current |
| MetroPCS Communications, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Ion Trading, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Martin Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| eSecLending LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Women's Hospital | Board of Directors | Current |
| Visitors | Board of Directors | Current |
| AT&T Bell Laboratories | NA | Former |
| Island Ecn | Board Director | Former |
| Netscout Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Datek Online Holdings Corp | Board of Directors | Former |
| IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Stanford University | MS Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Duke University | BS | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. Degree | Former |
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