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About Syscon · Founded 1986

Forty years of asking contractors “what’s actually broken?”

Syscon was founded in 1986, before the internet had construction clients. We’ve been close to this industry through four decades of change, and watched a lot of technology come and go.

Our Story
We’re not a generalist MSP that “also does construction.” We’re a dedicated technology partner that has spent forty years building software, cloud infrastructure, and accounting workflows specifically for contractors.

Syscon started in 1986. Cathy and Larry Wendt saw what the personal computer was about to do for small business, and they set out to help owners put it to work. Forty years later, we're still a family business, and we still pick up the phone when it rings.

Somewhere along the way we committed our craft to one industry: construction. Money that has to be wired out the door on time. Payroll that doesn't care that it's Monday. Jobs that finish, or don't, on the strength of how well the office and the field talk to each other. We learned that operational reality alongside our contractor clients, and we never left it.

For more than 30 of those years, that's meant Sage 100 Contractor, the accounting system formerly known as Master Builder — and today it also includes Acumatica Construction Edition for firms ready for a browser-native multi-entity cloud ERP. Across decades of implementations, we built software to close the gaps construction accountants kept running into: Over/Under Billing (WIP), Indirect Cost Allocation, Cost-to-Complete, and now Syscon One — our unified cloud application platform.

We also built field software from scratch: the FIT System, short for Field-Integrated Time. Hours, receipt photos, and GPS punches flow seamlessly from field phones into your back office for review and one-click Sage import, instead of riding in on a stack of Monday-morning paper tickets. That same engineering mindset powers the Power BI executive dashboards we build — turning raw job-cost tables into clear decisions.

In 2014, the next generation joined the business. Chris Wendt came on, took over software engineering, and pointed us toward what was coming: rearchitecting how Sage runs on SQL Server, building Syscon Galaxy to automate cloud infrastructure and security, standing up our Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure, and launching Syscon One. We started in suburban Chicago; today Syscon is an Arizona company operating fully remote across all 50 states — uniting Managed IT, 24/7 cybersecurity, Managed Cloud, ERP consulting, proprietary construction software, Power BI, and practical AI consulting.

None of that changed what we are: a technology and software engineering partner built exclusively for contractors. We speak cost codes, over/under billings, prevailing wage by local, and Monday payroll — and we'd rather show you that we understand your business than tell you. We invest heavily in R&D so we can hand you capabilities that don't exist anywhere else, and we're still answering our own phones, live, 8 to 5 Central.

Four Decades · 1986 to 2026Select any chapter across 40 years of engineering
2026 · 40th Year · Syscon One, Fast Company & 3× Inc. 5000

Forty years strong — Syscon One launches alongside Fast Company & 3× Inc. 5000 honors.

Named to the Inc. 5000 for the third consecutive year (2024–2026) and honored on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators list in both AI, Automation & Machine Learning Excellence and North America — while launching Syscon One, Acumatica Construction Edition, and practical AI consulting.

Read Cathy’s Fast Company innovation story
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The Family That Built ItFour decades · Two generations · One standard of care

Three Wendts, one through-line.

Larry and Cathy founded Syscon in 1986. Their son Chris leads technology today. Four decades, one family, the same care.

Catherine “Cathy” Wendt
Co-Founder · Since 1986

Catherine “Cathy” Wendt

Co-Founder & President

Cathy co-founded Syscon in 1986 and has been President since 2013, after five years leading our Network Department and earlier turns as Controller, in Sales & Marketing, and Project Management. With 25-plus years implementing Sage 100 Contractor, she's a trusted advisor on construction accounting, WIP, and union and prevailing-wage setup for clients across the country. The oldest of 11 children, mother of four, and married to Larry since 1984, she earned her degree Summa Cum Laude and sang five seasons with the Chicago Symphony Chorus — the same care she brings to every client she serves.

Larry Wendt
Co-Founder · Since 1986

Larry Wendt

Co-Founder & Director of Business Development

Larry co-founded Syscon in 1986 and has spent 30-plus years as an entrepreneur and IT consultant, with a background in physics, mathematics, and early work in expert systems and AI. Along the way he built Benchmark, one of the first computerized estimating systems written for construction, ran a Grammy-nominated music label, and worked in his family's third-generation commercial masonry firm. He was named Sage 100 Contractor Developer of the Year in 2012 for the enhancements we built.

Chris Wendt
Next Generation · Since 2014

Chris Wendt

VP of Technology Services

Chris joined Syscon in 2014, took over software engineering in 2016, and became VP of Technology Services in 2021 — uniting Managed IT, Business Applications, and Software Engineering under one roof. He rearchitected how Sage 100 Contractor runs on SQL Server, led the team that built Syscon’s Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure, and architected the FIT System, Syscon Galaxy (our cloud-native infrastructure and security automation platform), and Syscon One (our unified cloud application platform for contractors). Today he also leads Syscon’s Power BI analytics and practical AI consulting practices — work recognized on Fast Company’s 2026 Best Workplaces for Innovators list for AI, Automation & Machine Learning Excellence and three consecutive years on the Inc. 5000.

How We WorkWhy contractors choose Syscon →

Four things we care about, more than most.

01

A human answers the phone.

Not a queue, not an auto-attendant, not a chatbot. A person. Every call, 8–5 Central.

02

Clients first; always.

We measure ourselves by whether your project succeeded. If it didn't, we didn't.

03

Invest in the craft.

R&D budget that keeps us on the cutting edge. We don't sell tech we haven't used ourselves.

04

Teach, don't gatekeep.

Newsletters, webinars, YouTube, long-form writing. Smarter clients = better outcomes.

In Their Words · All 50 States

Clients on what it’s like to work with Syscon.

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Client Voice · 01 / 3923+ YEAR CLIENT
“My favorite thing about Syscon is the staff! Without question, Syscon hires very knowledgeable employees, and it has always been a good experience working with Syscon. As a business owner, it has been a relief to be working with Syscon — knowing their expertise in cyber security, all our I.T., and we even have an employee participating in Syscon's peer group. We started over 23 years ago with Larry and Cathy Wendt. We have never considered another company to assist us with our I.T.”
Joan Boulet-Lynch
Joan Boulet-LynchLynch Construction
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Careers · Fully Remote Nationwide

We’re always looking for sharp, dependable people.

If you’re interested in technology, construction, or both — and you believe answering the phone is a virtue, not a burden — we’d like to hear from you. Even if you don’t see a role that matches, send us your resumé.

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