A local software shop is experiencing some healthy growth.
PowerObjects helps companies configure and customize Microsoft Dynamics relationship management software, which helps organizations keep track of information about their clients, customers or sales leads.
The company was Microsoft's fastest-growing partner in its last fiscal year. COO Jim Sheehan says revenues are on track to be 40 percent over last year. In June, PowerObjects
announced an expansion of its office in the SO|HO building in downtown Minneapolis, where it employs 32 people.
Sheehan credits the company's growth to its "laser focus" on Microsoft Dynamics software. Until three years ago the company was much less specialized and did a variety of custom software projects for customers.
"It was pretty scary for us. We had a few million dollars in business in other software lines, and we said: Nope, we're going to get rid of it all," Sheehan said, and focus exclusively on implementing Microsoft Dynamics software.
As a result, they're known at Microsoft, and that's resulted in some major business referrals.
It also has an expertise in software for health care and life sciences--"pretty much anything that relates to or could touch a patient," says Sheehan.
The company also has about 15 employees in Texas at offices in Dallas and San Antonio.
Source: Jim Sheehan, PowerObjects
Writer:
Dan Haugen