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CDS has offices in Austin, Texas.
For Sales information please contact:
Complete Data Solutions
1301 S. Capital of Texas Highway
Suite B-330
Austin, TX 78746
voice: 512.329.6161
fax: 512.329.6163
sales@compdata.com
CDS Professional Services
The range of CDS’ expertise allows us to provide transformational e-business
solutions. Our services include strategy consulting, system architecture, web
development, systems integration and support. What we don’t do for our customers
is network design and installation, content development or provide creative
services. However, we recognize these as important components of a total solution.
Therefore, we partner with the industry’s best in these areas. CDS personnel
act as virtual CTO/CIO for numerous organizations. We work with organizations
at the highest levels to strategize on aligning their business goals and IT
infrastructure. For a small number of exciting start-up organizations, CDS takes
our partnership to another level by incubating these companies at our facilities.
CDS partners with its clients to solve business and technology problems. For CDS to contribute to this mission we must know your business model, goals and obstacles as well if not better than any of your employees.
We assign a Virtual CTO to your account to acquire the in-depth knowledge of your business and to act both as your trusted advisor and the leader of further efforts by internal CDS teams.
Your VCTO will rely on world class Requirements Analysts to adequately define and detail the required data. From your organizations internal understanding of the goals or the creation of an RFP for project bidding to actual referendum on the most granular of system design details, we rely heavily on our Requirements Analysts to ensure that we are all focused on the exact same problem and solution.
We also utilize the theories of change management and the associated principals to enable organizational ‘buy-in’ rather than ‘top-down’ methodology. This always brings the core of an organization to the same page and engages the efforts of the ‘majority’ not just the ‘few’.
Overseeing
all of the consulting efforts, CDS assigns a Project Manager. Our project managers
are engaged throughout the process and we view this as a substantial benefit
to the client. You will have a single go-to person who manages the tasks and
deliverables of all consultants. This early stage involvement is also hugely
beneficial as any defined strategies begin to be implemented. Whether CDS is
building a custom software application or managing the selection, purchase and
integration of a third party application, you will have a history and working
understanding with your project manager.
Virtual CTO
Technology is becoming an increasingly integrated aspect of operations and production. Companies invest more in technology and expect more from it. Therefore, a company’s strategic planning is often tied directly to strategic technology planning.
Today’s strong economy has placed a severe limitation on skilled IT personnel and has limited the ability for many firms to hire a full-time Chief Technology Officer. Our concept of the Virtual Chief Technology Officer (VCTO) is to make experienced senior technology consultants available as a dedicated resource to our clients. The VCTO is as on-call and available as you require, they are in essence, your employee.
Your VCTO will come to know and understand your business goals as well as any of your employees and then be able to co-create the technology path that best suits your model.
Some of the technology planning topics that your VCTO will advise you on include the following:
Change Management/Organizational Development
The AllignIT process enables a company to quickly identify and build consensus around the obstacles that exist to the organization’s success. Electronic voting terminals allow individuals to anonymously prioritize these issues and rank the company’s performance on each. This leads to the development of an information technology plan that addresses your current challenges and makes the most of your future opportunities. Your organization will accomplish a number of things in this 2 day process, including:
•Fully incorporate the best ideas from your employees, customers, suppliers and competitors into your business.
•Find hidden capacities within your organization to do more.
•Gain employee commitment.
•Discover new business opportunities.
•Allign efforts for better teamwork and improved performance.
•Identify how to redistribute your resources from ineffective activities to activities that really contribute to the bottom line.
•Discover best practices and extend them throughout your business.
•Allign your business and IT strategies, in critical areas including e-commerce.
Project Management
Communicate and resolve issues: Information exchanged between project managers, associated partners, customers, and development groups will be timely. Item status and actions taken will be clearly presented and systematically communicated to the appropriate project team members, or customers, stimulating cooperation and reducing resolution cycles.
Manage changes and impacts: Control of critical issues and their downstream effect on other project items will be minimized.
Control documents and approvals: Tracking progress of all types of project related documents through various approval stages including, review, approval, audit and closure.
Track trouble reports and cleanup: Efficiently track item details. Report generating and presenting of desired information in standard and customized reports that are available online.
Software Architecture and Design
Architecture and system design serve both technical and organizational purposes. On the organizational side, the architecture helps in:
On the technical side, architecture allows us to design better systems:
Custom Software Application Development
Core concentrations
Programming
Languages, DB Languages and Access Tools
Life Cycle
Methodologies
Waterfall Catalysis (OOA/D) SEI CMM
(Lifecycle) UML
RAD/JAD STRADIS IS9000 Spiral
(Lifecycle)
CDS Products
As a competitive differentiator and also to demonstrate what is capable with the next generation internet, CDS has developed an XML-based content delivery and presentation toolkit which enables our clients to revolutionize the way they do business. Business people, rather than programmers, can completely redesign the look, feel and function of multiple websites without any knowledge of programming. CDS’s FoundationOS engine and the future it represents enables CDS to beat out much larger competitors in the marketplace.. This platform capitalizes on the new underpinnings of the web--XML, XSL and SOAP.. Today’s leading products are now being ported/extended to these new technologies, but CDS’ product toolkit is native to this environment, and it offers significant advantage to those who want the flexibility to stay competitive. Business people can a) aggregate disparate content and function b) host and maintain multiple portal sites with dramatically different look and feel c) allow end users to setup highly customized personal start pages. FoundationOS also provides full context control that allows highly personalized and targeted content. CDS compliments its own product offering with a suite of best-of-breed vendor relationships. Leveraging our expertise, strong process and management teams and our XML/portal toolkit, CDS positions companies to capitalize on the new trends of the internet in a sustainable and cost effective way.. If you would like to try this next generation product, contact sales@compdata.com or 512-329-6161x269 for your password and user id.
Press Releases
Answers.com Acquires KnowItAll, Inc. -
First Company Incubated
by CDS
AUSTIN, Texas - December 1, 2000 -Answers.com, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based KnowItAll, Inc., developers of real-time communication and collaboration technology targeting online customer service. Founded in February 1999, KnowItAll was the first company incubated by Internet solution provider, Complete Data Solutions, Inc. (CDS). CDS provided strategic consulting, internet application development, fund raising assistance and incubation services to KnowItAll. For a handful of exciting start-up organizations utilizing CDS' strategic consulting and internet application development services, CDS extends an invitation to make themselves a home in the CDS facilities on Capital of Texas Highway. "It creates a very exciting atmosphere around here and has become a powerful tool for us in attracting and retaining top caliber people. We are able to offer our employees the stable equity of CDS, a growing services company with a 14-year track record of success, and we also offer them the Las Vegas-style upside of equity in this group of startups. In today's environment with so many dot com's crashing, it's a compelling proposition for talented people to spread out their risk," said Dewey Gaedcke, President of Complete Data Solutions. In addition to providing strategic consulting, virtual CTO and internet application development services to exciting young organizations, CDS also maintains a roster of industry leading customers including Cisco Systems, Williams Communications Solutions, Nortel Networks, Motorola and Dow Chemical. For more information about how CDS can help your organization extend new or existing business models to the web, please contact Marianne Linde at 512-329-6161x423.
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to Offer Affordable Financial Services to the Hispanic Community
Austin,
TX, October 27, 2000 - Internet Solutions Innovator - Complete Data Solutions, has
teamed up with VITAmerica and Garcia LKS to develop a system that will enable Hispanic
families to realize their dreams of financial security and higher education for their
children.
VITAmerica Corp. is a new venture formed by Aegon USA and sponsored by Banamex. With
Aegon, one of the world’s leading insurers and Banamex, Mexico’s leading
commercial bank, VITAmerica’s reputation in the life insurance industry is one of
honesty and stability. VITAmerica was founded by Hispanic Americans to offer
affordable financial security to the Hispanic community. The company's mission is to
help Hispanics honor family commitments. By offering life insurance, discount
prescription cards, college tuition plans and annuities, VITAmerica addresses the
consumers’ need for affordable options, understandable information and the
affirmation that the product is a "good investment for the family."
For a four-month period beginning in August, the VITAmerica brand will be tested in the
following markets: Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville, Harlingen, Weslaco and McAllen), San
Diego and Austin. In addition to three independent insurance agencies and their
agents, the test market will include print, radio, and out-of-home media vehicles.
GarciaLKS, the leading advertising/branding agency in San Antonio, TX was selected as the
media and marketing partner for VITAmerica. GarciaLKS and CDS worked together to
develop a Spanish and English web-based solution tailored to the needs of the entire
process. From call center lead entry, account lead assignment and management to
monitoring the status of market tests, and managing the results, this system affords easy
access to sales agents, program managers and call center representatives via the Internet.
"Being committed to providing technology services in an open architecture, which lays
a solid foundation for flexibility and growth, has led VITAmerica Corp. and many other
leading organizations to realize the benefits of choosing CDS as their technology
partner," commented Dewey Gaedcke, president of CDS.
CDS is an Internet technology services and consulting firm. We specialize in helping our customers extend their new or existing business models to the Internet. We are very proud of our successes with customers including Cisco Systems, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Yehti, The Texas Governor's Office, iTEAM, Williams Communications Solutions, Texas Department of Transportation and SyrusCorp.com.
Old and new companies alike are discovering that new information access and communication products are radically changing the competitive landscape. The value chain in every industry was formed and sustained with high transaction costs in the transfer and use of information. This reality exists no more. Think about your suppliers. Why are they not your competitors, yet? The world is changing and they will be very soon!
CDS has top notch individuals who are extremely adept at helping organizations identify the opportunities for technology to enable sustained accomplishment of business goals. Our Virtual Technology Officers and requirements documentation teams are skilled at guiding you through the process of identifying your highest business priorities and developing an execution plan and implementation schedule. CDS partnered with world-renowned change management experts to develop this process, "AllignIT".
Once your organization has an execution plan, CDS can assist you with evaluating and selecting from among the myriad technology products on the market today. In some cases, depending upon diverse needs, this may involve the development of technology tailored specifically for your business. In all cases, our project managers will keep your project on schedule and on budget while you remain well informed.
Company History
CDS was founded by Dewey Gaedcke in 1986. While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, Dewey got a job at the UT Microcenter developing database solutions for departments on campus. There he built a reputation for his personal commitment to the needs of each customer and for getting each job done right, on time and on budget. Soon, Dewey became the most requested employee at the UT Microcenter. Upon his graduation, he left the Microcenter, but to his surprise, UT departments kept calling him. So, with a $5,000 investment in equipment, CDS was born.
Fourteen years later, word of mouth is still the way CDS is introduced to most of our new business. However, today, in addition to departments at the University of Texas, we answer calls from departments at Cisco Systems, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Texas Department of Transportation, EDS, The Texas Governor's Office, Williams Communications Solutions and from the CEO’s of Yehti, Answers.com, iTEAM, and Syrus.com. From our headquarters in Austin, TX we support these industry leading and start up organizations around Texas and across the country.
CDS has been helping companies leverage internet technology from the very beginning. Our pioneering work created the internet’s first fully automated on-line configurator in the early ‘90’s. Today, Dewey Gaedcke serves as President and Chairman of the Board of Complete Data Solutions, Inc. Despite all our growth and all the technology changes over the years, one thing at CDS remains the same. That is the philosophy Dewey started out with in 1986, a philosophy of personal commitment to the needs of each customer and to delivering high quality solutions on time and on budget.
Company Principals
Dewey Gaedcke - President
dgaedcke@compdata.com
Gus Walsh – Executive Vice President
gwalsh@compdata.com
Marianne Linde - CEO
mlinde@compdata.com
Jamon Crockom – Chief Architect
jcrockom@compdata.com
Justin Fischer –
VP-Technology
Jfischer@compdata.com
Brian Brown – Chief Technology Officer
Bbrown@compdata.com
Culture/Environment/Philosophy
CDS is an innovative and entirely employee-owned business. Each of our team members has a stake in our success. This, of course, makes us all the more responsive to the needs and ultimate success of our clients. We recruit only the finest people in the various IT disciplines and actively support their growth, so that we are continuously on top of technological developments. We work hard, but we also make time for fun and family. We only hire team players. We believe in treating each other with ultimate respect and we base performance on results and the total satisfaction of our customers.
CDS Clients
Over the years CDS has
supported more than 200 different clients including corporate, government and education
industry leaders around the country.
Careers at CDS
The dynamic environment at CDS will provide you with continuous challenge and excitement as well as the opportunity to participate in the success of CDS and our customers. CDS holds equity positions in several of the emerging companies that we incubate at our facilities. As a result, CDS employees enjoy the benefits of stock in CDS as well as in our portfolio companies.
Complete Data Solutions is currently seeking to fill the following positions:
Web Developer
Hiring contact: Human Resources
A partial list of CDS clients includes:
Alcon Laboratories
Apple Computers
Appliance Warehouse
Austin Convention Center
Austin Independent School District
AutoBond Acceptance Corp
BASF Research Dynamics
Baxter Health Care
Bital Bank of Mexico
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Board of Tax Professionals
Dow Chemical
Classic Cable
Cisco Systems
EDS
Ed-X.com
Ernst & Young
FaithHighway.com
General Electric
General Mills
Hasselblad
iTeam.com
Just4Biz.com
KnowItAll.com
Mactell
Motorola
Michigan State University
Nortel Networks
Omnibase Service
Power Computing
Reading and Bates
Resources for Living
Schering Plough
Society of Certified Insurance Counselors
Softbank
SyrusCorp.com
Texas Animal Health Commission
Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Governor's Office
Texas Legislative Council
Texas Natural Resource Conversation Commission
T.F. Hudgins
TheResidentClub.com
Unico
University of Texas
Williams Telecommunications
Yehti, Inc.
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Motorola
"Motorola: chose CDS to be our partner on this project because of your expertise, enthusiasm for your work and your flexibility. Mostly, however, it was the comfort level I received from CDS president, Dewey Gaedcke, that he and his team would help us design the best solution to meet our business needs. CDS’ expertise in internet and database development coupled with our knowledge of Motorola business needs and the flexibility of both parties proved to be a very successful combination." Cindy Montemorra, Call Center Manager, Motorola. CDS partnered with Motorola to transform the operations of its Customer Response Center and World Marketing Organizations in Phoenix, AZ. A highly successful intranet solution was developed that expanded throughout Motorola’s Phoenix and Austin operations. CDS designed the system architecture, developed the solution, assisted Motorola in selecting the best hardware and software to support their needs, and CDS provided database administration and support services. CDS and Motorola have worked together on numerous successful initiatives such as this one over the years.
KnowItAll
KnowItAll.com: "CDS has been a strategic partner of KnowItAll.com’s from the company’s inception. Our needs have always been a high priority and CDS’ response time has been outstanding. CDS has proven to us that despite their roster of large customers, the needs of a small company like ours are just as important to them." Steve Vandegrift, Board of Advisors, KnowItAll.com Founded in February, 1999, KnowItAll.com was the first company incubated by CDS. We provided Virtual CIO services, strategic consulting, contribution to the company’s corporate image package, fund raising assistance, development hosting and infrastructure support. On October 25, 2000 CDS was proud to announce the successful acquisition of KnowItAll.com by Answers.com. CDS employees share in the equity of CDS as well as in the equity of several exciting start ups including KnowItAll.com, so October 25 was a day of celebration for all!
Nortel Networks.
Nortel Networks: "In selecting a technology partner, the cost/value proposition is very important. Working with CDS has provided an excellent return on investment for Nortel Networks. This is something that few companies can say about major technology initiatives." Olga Stroud, Information Systems Manager, Nortel Networks. CDS and Nortel Networks have had a multi-year partnership that has resulted in numerous highly successful initiatives for the company. One of our most high profile solutions is PSI, Professional Services Intranet. The architecture CDS designed for this growing solution supports 20,000 simultaneous users worldwide. PSI gives management an exact snap shot of the progress and results of the company’s engineering projects, and it gives employees access from anywhere in the world. The system was originally designed for Nortel’s remote Caribbean salesforce. CDS worked with Nortel I.S. teams to expand the original system to support the global needs of the company.
