Integrated Software Systems

Integrated Software Systems was founded in 1983 in San Luis Obispo, California by Larry Ridenour. ISS began as a full service Mini and Main-frame programming group developing in-house software solutions in legacy programming languages. Programming in those days was hand coded in languages like COBOL and RPGII and yielded text based data input screens on terminals. These systems were typically the size of a small car and had less memory and hard drive space than today's typical hand-held cellular device.

Hitech Solutions is a division of ISS and was spawned in the mid 90s in response to the sophistication and rapid growth of Web based applications. Today we continue to provide high quality solutions in Application Development using modern tools like Microsoft's DotNet languages, SQL Server, HTML & Javascript.

Larry Ridenour, the founder of ISS, has been designing and developing applications for almost 30 years. He came to San Luis Obispo in 1983 when the Los Angeles based airline he was consulting for decided to move it's corporate offices up here and offered him the position of DP Manager. With the stipulation that he would also continue to grow his own business, Larry packed up 2 families, including his 3 children, left his hometown of Orange County behind for good and made the 300 mile trek to SLO Town.

At Hitech Solutions, we have a policy of hiring Programmers and IT Technicians that have at least 6-8 years of hands-on experience in addition to a related degree. There's a reason for this. Larry founded this company to represent the best of the best. Experts that were considered to be "Consultants" to a company's own IT Department. There are alot of local Web Design & IT Companies that have massive advertising budgets and yet they hire college students with little or no practical experience to handle first contact with their clients. They pay them dirt cheap wages and then bill out their time at top rates. Their philosophy is one of numbers and percentages. They back up these neophites with the real experts only when they run into trouble they can't handle.

Have you ever called the tech department for your phone or TV and found yourself talking to someone in India that appears to be running you thru a pre-written script of Q&A? It's aggravating to say the least. While this is great for "their" bottom line, in our mind it's not what a customer expects or deserves when they hire experts. All of our Programmers and Technicians are experts in their own right and are extremely professional. That's what the Larry created back in 1983 and that's what he demands of his company to this day. This is what you can expect from Hitech Solutions and that's what you deserve.