Software Developers(Ranked by number of local software engineers and programmers*)

Rank

NameAddressTelephoneWebsite

No. of Local SoftwareEngineers/Programmers

Local / CompanywideEmployees

No. ofArea

Offices

SoftwareDevelopment as a

Percentage ofTotal LocalRevenues Types of Software Developed Target Markets Served Services Offered Notable Clients Top Local Executive(s)

YearLocally

Founded

1. Mindex Technologies Inc.3495 Winton Place, Building E, Suite 4Rochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 424-3590www.mindex.com

120190 / 190

1 NA Digital imaging, document management,parcel management, inventory control,financial

Education, commercial Software development, project management,requirements management, testing andsupport services

Xerox Corp., Eastman Kodak Co.,Paychex Inc., New York schooldistricts

Marc Fiore, president 1994

2. Technisource Inc.1530 WillowBrook Office ParkFairport, N.Y. 14450(585) 586-7530www.technisource.com

105112 / 7,000

1 NA Windows, Linux, Unix Manufacturing, engineering,banking, finance, higher education,telecommunications, aerospace,defense, health care

Strategic IT and management consulting,applications management services,infrastructure management services,outsourced IT services

Xerox Corp., FrontierCommunications Inc., Harris Corp.RF Communications, Paychex Inc.,University of Rochester, RochesterInstitute of Technology, ITT Corp.Geospatial Systems division

Timothy O'Brien,managing director

1982

3. Computer Aid Inc.1080 University Ave.Rochester, N.Y. 14607(585) 241-4578www.compaid.com

95101 / 2,700

1 35 Financial, human resources, shop floor,survey and polling, inventory, sales andmarketing, telecommunications

Manufacturing, health insurance,financial, marketing,communications,telecommunications, retail

Software development, software maintenance,consulting, desktop services

New York State government,Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, TycoElectronics Ltd., FrontierCommunications Inc., Harris Corp.RF Communications, Wegmans FoodMarkets Inc.

Steven Graham,managing director

1997

4. Info Directions833 Phillips RoadVictor, N.Y. 14564(585) 924-4110www.infodirections.com

60147 / 160

2 100 Billing, customer care and point-of-salesystems

Telecommunications Billing services for the communications market AT&T Corp., Jitterbug, Credo Mobile,Mitel Networks Corp., AppalachianWireless, ConsolidatedCommunications

Don Culeton, president 1996

5. Paetec Holding Corp.600 WillowBrook Office ParkFairport, N.Y. 14450(585) 340-2500www.paetec.com

40830 / 3,646

5 NA Pinnacle application, an integrated platform tomanage the life cycle of IT service supportand service delivery processes fromprocurement through provisioning, paymentand cost allocation

Midsize to large enterprisesincluding health care, governmentagencies, financial, retail and highereducation

Advanced IT security solutions, cloud anddata center solutions, technology expensemanagement and provisioning software, IPPBX manufacturing, customer premisesequipment reseller, fixed wireless connectivity,energy solutions

RIT, Cornell and Stanforduniversities, state governmentagencies, General Electric Co.

Arunas Chesonis,chairman and CEO

1998

6. Optimation Technology Inc.50 High Tech DriveRush, N.Y. 14543(585) 321-2300www.optimation.us

40260 / 300

2 35 Automation and controls, supervisory controland data acquisition, human-machineinterface, database, VisualBasic, ASP, .NETand Web applications, ERP integration, barcode and RFID systems, vision inspectionsystems, test systems, manufacturing IT,validation

Automotive, chemical, consumerproducts, food and beverage, glassand ceramics, oil and gas, metalsand mining, pharmaceuticals andmedical devices, pulp and paper,utilities

Process and mechanical engineering,electrical and instrumentation, automation,systems integration, software engineering,MES, test systems, validation, fabrication,installation, construction, maintenance

Eastman Kodak Co., 3M Co.,AstraZeneca PLC, Pactiv Corp.,General Mills Inc., Halliburton Co.

William Pollock,president and CEO

1985

7. RTEmd2

160 Office Park WayPittsford, N.Y. 14534(585) 383-1290www.rtemd.com

3843 / 43

1 100 Custom software for medical equipment Medical equipment manufacturers,in-vitro diagnostics, diagnosticimaging, ophthalmics, therapeutics

Custom software for medical devices, newproduct development, sustaining engineering,validation and verification

Abbott Laboratories, Ortho-ClinicalDiagnostics Inc., IDEXX LaboratoriesInc., LipoScience Inc., Welch AllynInc.

Robert Ruppenthal,president

1981

8. Rochester Software Associates Inc.69 Cascade DriveRochester, N.Y. 14614(585) 262-2690www.rocsoft.com

3751 / 56

1 90 Digital printing software, including productionprint management, transformation, work flowand queuing, Web-based print job submissionand fulfillment

High-volume digital document usersin all vertical markets

Work-flow assessment, systems design,systems integration, consulting andimplementation, product support and training,software as a service

Brown University, JPMorgan Chase &Co., Pacific Life Insurance Co.,Manatee County schools, Booz Allen& Hamilton Inc., Pep Boys

Robert Baden, president 1986

9. The Rochester Group Inc.600 Park Ave.Rochester, N.Y. 14607(585) 271-1110www.rochestergroup.com

3643 / 43

1 100 Windows, Linux, Java, .NET, Salesforce.com,Oracle, SQL Server, MS Office, MS Exchangecustom

Business, retail, consumer,telecommunications

Custom software, sales force automation,marketing resource management, finance-related business intelligence solutions, salesterritory configuration

Xerox Corp., Wegmans FoodMarkets Inc., Verizon Inc., XeroxCapital Services LLC, TelusCommunications

Claude Marini,president, Peter Tieslink,vice president ofdevelopment services

1982

10. LPA Systems Inc.400 Linden OaksRochester, N.Y. 14625(585) 419-3900www.lpa.com

3335 / 40

1 100 Business intelligence, data analytics, digitalimagery exploitation, document collaboration

Commercial, education, health care Consulting, business analysis, projectmanagement, software development

Xerox Corp., Pictometry InternationalCorp., Allscripts, Google Inc.,University of Rochester

Katrina Adams, vicepresident , DonaldSoule, president

2001

11. RailComm1387 Fairport Road, Building 900Fairport, N.Y. 14450(585) 377-3360www.railcomm.com

3246 / 50

1 90 Train control and railroad managementsoftware

Worldwide fixed rail marketincluding all U.S. Class 1 railroadsand major metropolitan passengerrail systems

Remote control and automation of trains andfixed infrastructure equipment, datacommunications networks between centralcontrol office and remote devices

Union Pacific Corp., CSX Corp.,BNSF Railway Co., Norfolk SouthernCorp., Canadian National RailwayCo., Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

Joseph Denny, CEO 1999

12. Impact Technologies LLC200 Canal View Blvd.Rochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 424-1990www.impact-tek.com

3080 / 130

1 80 Equipment prognostics and healthmanagement and condition-basedmaintenance and logistics solutions, deviceintegration and machine-to-machine solutions

Military and commercial originalequipment manufacturers, digitalprinting and imaging, health careand medical, distributed transactionequipment, construction and facilitymanagement

Custom software, extension andcustomization of out-of-the-box remote devicemanagement software, leveraging ofpackaged software, integration with existingbusiness applications

U.S. Department of Defense,Northrop Grumman Corp., GeneralDynamics Corp., General ElectricCo., Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., EastmanKodak Co.

Mark Redding, president 1999

13. BCC Software Inc.75 Josons DriveRochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 272-9130www.bccsoftware.com

2488 / 105

1 90 Bulk mailing software, address updatingservices, data quality solutions

Professional mailers, printers,education, advertising agencies,government, non-profit

NCOALink services, address correction, listhygiene, list suppression, mail piece tracking,list brokering, data quality solutions, mailingsoftware training

The Miami Herald, Wal-Mart StoresInc., R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., U.S.House of Representatives, CohberPress Inc., University of Rochester,RIT

Chris Lien, president 1992

14. Innovative Solutions Ltd.3495 Winton Place, Building C, Suite 2Rochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 292-5070www.innovativesol.com

2055 / 55

1 1 Microsoft Development Suite including .NET,SQL, Expression Blend 4, Silverlight, AdobeDevelopment Suite including Photoshop,Contribute and Dreamweaver

Business-to-business, business-to-consumer, health care, non-profit

IT consulting, Internet marketing strategies,website development, custom applicationdevelopment, systems integration, networking

Coordinated Care Services Inc.,Monro Services Corp., SkanskaGroup, Transcat Inc., United Way ofGreater Rochester

Robert Dunning, RobertTitus, owners

1989

15. PM&L Inc.50 University Ave.Rochester, N.Y. 14605(585) 327-5640www.pmlweb.com

1315 / 15

1 100 Windows, Mac, mobile, iPhone, iPad, Droid,BlackBerry

Commercial, industrial and non-profit

Custom software, Web applications, databasemanagement, business intelligenceimplementations

Greater Rochester HealthFoundation, Leukemia & LymphomaSociety Inc., Transcat Inc., Peckar &Abramson Inc.

Craig Lamb, DavidMastrella, partners

1998

16. Second Avenue Software Inc.190 Office Park WayPittsford, N.Y. 14534(585) 419-6530www.secondavesoftware.com

1221 / 33

1 NA Interactive media for education and training Educational institutions, health care,science and publishing institutions

Custom software development Pearson PLC, W.W. Norton & Co.Inc., Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublishing Co., Discover magazine

Victoria Van Voorhis,CEO

2006

17. Entre Computer Services Inc.2000 S. Winton RoadRochester, N.Y. 14618(585) 760-1010www.entrecs.com, www.escreenz.net

1085 / 85

1 20 Evan.net, SharePoint, DotNetNuke, AdobeCreative Suite, EScreenz

Health care, business,manufacturers, engineering firms,advertising agencies, government,professional firms

IT managed services, help desk services,remote managed services, network services,SharePoint services, Web and applicationdevelopment, consulting

University of Rochester, ExcellusBlueCross BlueShield, Bausch &Lomb Inc.

Andre Godfrey,president and CEO,Mark Lucas, executivevice president

1984

18. Bio-Optronics Inc.1870 S. Winton Road, Suite 10Rochester, N.Y. 14618(585) 272-1960www.bio-optronics.com

820 / 22

1 100 Health care work-flow optimization includingclinical trial management systems, physician,staff and patient scheduling, real-time patienttracking, patient identification wristbands andmedications administration

Hospitals, clinical research sites,imaging centers, specialty practices

Standard and custom software, integration toother health care IT systems, hosted andlocally deployed software, professionalservices, training, customer support

Veterans hospitals, RochesterClinical Research Inc., University ofMontreal, Johns Hopkins University,Rochester General Hospital, CliniqueCecil

Daniel Kerpelman,president and CEO

1985

Layer 8 Group85 Allen St., Suite 200Rochester, N.Y. 14608(585) 442-8888www.layer8group.com

820 / 20

1 50 .NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, DotNetNuke,Joomla, HTML

Health care, telecommunications,automotive, manufacturing, hightech

Web application development, Web hosting,server co-location, IT managed services.

NA Timothy Scahill,president, CathleenUhrich

2005

20. Ambrosia Software Inc.P.O. Box 23140Rochester, N.Y. 14692(585) 325-1910www.ambrosiasw.com

712 / 12

1 NA Screen capturing software, audio recordingand editing software, games and variousutilities

Macintosh users, audioprofessionals, educationprofessionals, sound engineers andMac gamers

Personal productivity tools that make using acomputer more enjoyable, as well as anti-productivity tools (games) that are just fun

Apple Inc., Ivy League universities,U.S. government and Secret Service,Pixar Animation Studios, Walt DisneyCo.

NA 1993

21. OS-Cubed Inc.274 N. Goodman St., Suite A401Rochester, N.Y. 14607(585) 756-2444www.os-cubed.com

710 / 10

1 70 Brochure websites, business-to-businesswebsites, Web 2.0 and 3.0 real-timedevelopment, mobile platform development,real estate software, business-to-consumersoftware, not-for-profit websites, DotNetNukeand .NET experts

Midsize to large businesses, Web2.0 entrepreneurs, non-profit, healthcare, manufacturing, consulting, realestate

Entrepreneurial software development,DotNetNuke module development, ASP.NET,VB.NET, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, VBASP, Powershell, Exchange, MS SQL Server,Web, email and application hosting, computerserver and desktop support, Microsoft-certifiedpartner, independent software vendor

Champion Photochemistry Inc.,Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC,Knowledge Athletes Inc., AllergyAsthma Immunology of Rochester,Volunteers of America, ThompsonHealth

Lee Drake, presidentand CEO

2005

22. The Parx Group Inc.90 Air Park DriveRochester, N.Y. 14624(585) 328-4790www.parxgroup.com

57 / 7

1 NA Embedded software, SQL, Windows devicedrivers, architect, Linux, C++

Aerospace, defense, consumerproducts and financial

Software development Northrop Grumman, ITT Corp.Geospatial Systems, Eastman KodakCo., Carestream Health Inc.

Patricia Ruffino,president and CEO

1998

23. Logical Images Inc.3445 Winton Road, Suite 240Rochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 427-2790www.logicalimages.com

420 / 22

1 NA NA NA NA Georgia Department of CommunityHealth Division of EmergencyPreparedness and Response, SouthCarolina Department of Health andEnvironmental Control, South DakotaDepartment of Health, Texas DSHSRegion 8, Los Angeles CountyDepartment of Public Health,Department of Veteran Affairs

Richard Cohan, CEO 1999

24. New York Technology Partners -Rochester332 Jefferson RoadRochester, N.Y. 14623(585) 300-4720www.nytpartners.com

47 / 140

1 100 Trading settlement systems, accountingsystems, human resource systems

Financial, health care, retail, mediaand advertising

Consulting, custom software development Goldman Sachs, Bank of America,Bloomingdales Inc., Saatchi &Saatchi, Marsh McLennan, EducationDynamics

NA 2006

25. S&W Technologies Inc.23 Scarborough ParkRochester, N.Y. 14625(585) 787-9799www.swtechnologies.com

46 / 6

1 1 Guardian safety solutions software, securitysoftware, visual survey data system,environmental survey solutions, graphicalelectronic dosimetry display system, real-timedata monitoring

Nuclear and power industry,industrial, commercial, educational

Comprehensive software development andmaintenance, licensing, hosting

Duke Energy Corp., Progress EnergyInc., American Electric Power Co.Inc., Ontario Power Generation Inc.,U.S. Department of Energy

NA 2008

*In case of ties, firms are ranked by total local employees.Notes: Information was provided by individual software developers that responded to an emailsurvey. The survey area was Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne counties.

1 Technisource Inc. is a subsidiary of Spherion Corp.2 RTEmd is the dba for Real Time Enterprises Inc.NA - Not available

Researched by Ashley Coon © Rochester Business Journal 2011

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