Susan
Morton, President
Susan Morton began her data processing
career in 1977 with Kelly Services
working with a wide variety of clients,
software and equipment. In June 1978
she began working at Precision Systems,
Inc., a data processing service bureau.
Advancing from the staff to the position
of supervisor, Susan managed twenty-four
operators on two shifts.
In April 1982 she was the first employee of International Data Corporation (IDC). While taking programming and business courses at night, she advanced to Vice President of IDC. IDC to become the largest data entry shop in St. Louis, with a staff of over 70 data entry operators on three shifts. Susan was responsible for generating and maintaining clients, preparing price quotes, programming and providing technical assistance.
In April of 1991, Susan found 3 investors and in July 1991, Data Dash, Inc. (DDI) opened for business providing data entry services, processing and marketing Unibase data entry software that runs on Novell and Unix. Susan's responsibilities at DDI include administration, management, sales, client relations, marketing, technical support and programming.
Data Dash wanted to be on the leading edge with Document Imaging technology but did want to pay for another vendor’s research and development. DDI began by providing a team of operators off site to the St. Louis County Government to scan and key the index data for over 300,000 UCC's. In 1994, Susan sent another team to the St. Louis Country Government to scan over 600,000 voter signatures.
In 1994, DDI bid on and won a large
State government contract for data
entry services for the State Of Illinois
Department Of Revenue on the 1040
tax forms. This resulted in Data Dash
tripling in size.
In 1999, Susan found office space
and opened a second Data Dash facility
in Farmington, MO. That office was
operating in less than one week from
when Susan first looked at the space.
In 2000, Farmington's office doubled in size and Susan bought out her original investors. Additionally in 2000, Data Dash became a reseller in Visionshape Scanners and LaserFiche document imaging software.
In 2001, Farmington again doubled
it's processing capacity. Ed Fabian,
too, recruited to provide technical
and network support. In 2001, Data
Dash received certification as a Woman
Owned Business Enterprise with the
State of Missouri, Disadvantage Business
Enterprise and WBE with the St. Louis
Lambert Airport Authority and HUBZone
with the United States Small Business.
Susan has served as President for the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, ((AITP, (formally the Data Processing Management Association, DPMA)) in 2002 and has served as Executive Vice President, First Vice President and a number of chair positions.
Susan continues to serve on the St. Louis Special School District Business Advisory Council and has since 1988. Susan in an active member of the Women’s President Organization, (WPO), The Association for Work Process Improvement, (TAWPI), the Regional Commerce and Growth Association, (RCGA), the Direct Marketing Association, (DMA), the American Marketing Association, (AMA), the Gravois Business Association, the Farmington Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau.
Susan has served on the golf committee for the Jackie Smith’s Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Golf Scramble. Susan plays in several association golf tournaments throughout the year.
Susan has been participating in the
National Multiple
Sclerosis Society MS150 Bike Ride
since 1999. Every year
she sets her personal fund raising
goal higher. In 2001 Susan
started a Data Dash MS150 bike team.
In 2002, the Data
Dash team partnered with Dogfish Bike
and Triathlon
team to grow the team from three riders
to over thirteen.