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When Partners Partner


* When Partners Partner, great things happen.
             Such is the case for RyanTech and eLeaderTech.


Microsoft Partner eLeaderTech, located in Salt Lake City, UT had been developing a product called Executing the Standards, a.k.a. "ETS",  for over 3 years.  In their attempt to build out the software in the .Net framework as well as many other third party objects, the system began to take a road of its own in the sense that the software almost seemed to have a mind of it's own.  Due to the many different programmers and companies involved in the buildout over the years, the code had become unmanageable and the software suffered a potential self destruction.

Enter RyanTech, another Microsoft Partner that had been providing ETS with Data Services through its API for a product called DMSi.  The relationship between the Founder of eLeaderTech, David Ibarra, and RyanTech's Founder, Kevin McMillen started to bloom when David asked Kevin to take a peek into his software and provide some insight as to how/why things were happening.  After a 30 day evaluation, the two Microsoft Partners decided to merge some parts of their companies.  RyanTech took over operations and training for the development staff and eLeaderTech took on field and sales support for the product.  The 5 programmers on staff at eLeaderTech had not embraced the MPN nor had they ever attempted to get certified in a competency within the MPN.  RyanTech changed that by providing all of the training material, test certificates and time to study. Today, all programmers on staff are MCPD and stay current in their certifications.

After a period of one year, the software had been "tuned up" and started showing signs of life again.  Most third party controls had been removed and replaced with native, open-source .Net code.  RyanTech earned a 20% stake in eLeaderTech and provides to this day all management, direction and training for the 6 programmers that the two companies share.

"We found a way not only to partner but to succeed separately and together at the same time." said Kevin McMillen of RyanTech. "While our focus for a structured development team has always proven successful by using good coding practices and the full suite of assets made available to us by the MSDN through our partnership with Microsoft, what became of our relationship is a very close group of people that rely on one another's strengths and have a desire to succeed together."

"Management by strengths is a key component to our partnership and is key to our software. I have no doubt that this partnership which was made possible through our mutual relationship with Microsoft will continue to reveal great opportunity for each company but more importantly for our employees and customers.", said David Ibarra of eLeaderTech.

Today, the two companies are in the process of a full redesign of the ETS software with incredible improvements and new modules. Some of the new features include full integration with the Office365 API and implementations of Windows Intune on the computers that the ETS software is installed on in order to protect the P.C.

In May of 2012, the software was implemented into 6 automobile dealerships in what they call the "Dealership of the Future".

Contact Information:


Kevin McMillen
Founder, RyanTech
http://www.ryantechinc.com
435-647-0118


David Ibarra
CEO, eLeaderTech
http://www.eleadertech.com
801-364-9080




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