HISTORY BEHIND SWIFT PAYROLL SOFTWARE

In 1982 Dan bought an Alpha Micro computer and hired Gary to modify the Alpha Micro Basic programs that came with the computer to process customer's payrolls. Dan had been outside sales for payroll for Crocker Bank. The Napa Valley was his territory so he set up his business in St. Helena and called himself The Computer Company.

In 1986, he switched computers and hired Jim to get the new one going. This time he wanted it set up so others could have their own payroll processing business. The program was written so that the operator could get the payroll going quickly and get onto the next client while the computer did the processing and printing for the last one. The program was copyrighted and a corporation formed to handle the copyright and income from license issuance fees.

Dan and Jim helped set up payroll processing centers in Calistoga, Napa, Fairfield, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, San Rafael, Martinez, Walnut Creek, Redding, Chico, Woodland, Sacramento, Auburn, Ione, Santa Cruz, and Modesto in California; Medford, Bend, and Eugene in Oregon; Reno and Carson City in Nevada.

Due to unplanned changes in payroll regulations, such as dividing Medicare from Social Security, continuing programming expenses were encountered. The income from licensing was not covering the unexpected programming costs. Dan sold his business and copyright to Dave and started a new payroll service bureau in Petaluma.

Dave changed the name to Payroll Masters and moved to Napa. Then he added another programmer, Steve. He also created new license issuance agreements for the existing users. This time there was included a license maintenance fee and a clause giving Dave first option to buy out the payroll center in case they wanted to sell.

Dave was more aggressive in getting payroll clients than Dan had been but made no effort to market the software. As time went on his payroll client base increased, mostly from buying out other payroll centers, until at its peak, he had 1500 clients his company was processing payrolls for.

The crash in 2008 and the COVID lockdown in 2020 took their toll. When Dave decided to retire, he only had about 1000 clients when he sold his client base to Paychex. Since Paychex has their own software they did not buy the programs that Steve and Jim have worked on for years.

Steve and Jim incorporated Swift Payroll for the continued support and development of the software. This time there will be no conflict of interest as we will not process payrolls, only support payroll centers. We have the sale of the copyright effective June 1, 2022, and are ready to put you in business.