Who We Are - Silveredge Consulting

In business since 1987, we are comprised of two shareholders and a management team of experienced professionals. We are proud of our technical team, which is dedicated to your success and pledged to exceed your expectations. In an industry where consultants average two years at an employer, half of our employees’ tenure exceeds ten years, with one third having less than five years on staff. We retain talented people with the right core values and we continue to hire to maintain diversity. Silveredge is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise.

Our Leadership

Sue Boers

President and Shareholder

Sue is President and majority owner of Silveredge and has over 30 year of experience in the IBM i and AS/400 market. Sue is one of the original founders of Silveredge in 1987. She began her career in the technical side of IT Consulting and the original intention was for her to continue her technology consulting career at Silveredge.

With her accounting and financial background, it was natural that she assume responsibility for the sales and administrative functions of the firm at inception. This ultimately resulted in her election as President of Silveredge in 2001. Later she became the majority shareholder.

Sue is always looking for new opportunities to grow and develop the business as well as improve the practice of the company. In addition to setting goals and providing strategic direction for Silveredge, Sue manages the most important resources – Silveredge clients and staff. She directs all activities with regard to technical IBM i and network resources necessary to service our clients. Sue has responsibility for all of the company’s financial, operational, administrative and HR decisions.

Ambrose Marton

Shareholder and Executive VP

Ambrose is an owner and Executive VP at Silveredge and has over 30 years of consulting experience in the IBM i and AS/400 market. Ambrose provides management and technical consulting services for clients in a wide variety of industries and is responsible for project management for large engagements.

His degree is in Industrial Engineering, with early experience at Anderson Consulting. A highly skilled project manager committed to the IBM i, the bulk of his time is spent providing cost effective solutions to customers through the whole system development life cycle. Ambrose has worked on literally hundreds of customer engagements, and has deep knowledge in metals, manufacturing and distribution and health care sectors. In addition, he provides career guidance to Silveredge consultants in pursuit of professional development.

Our Business

Mission

Mission

Our corporate mission is to be the partner of choice for our clients’ information consulting services, while being both a responsible and responsive employer.

We expect to become a trusted advisor in your Information Technology needs. While we may not be able to actually provide the services for every platform in your environment, our customers often consult with us on every aspect of their business IT and ERP problems. It is our corporate culture and we will settle for nothing less!

As an employer, our employees describe our management style as fair and trustworthy. Unlike our competitors, we aren’t a collective of freelance consultants. Our team is comprised of dedicated employees that come alongside our customers to solve their unique business challenges.

Although many will claim to have built a first-class organization, we have forged customer and employee relationships to substantiate the story. Visit the various parts of our web site to understand more about us and to learn why you will benefit from investing in a relationship with us.

Core Values

Core Values

Throughout the course of our business history, we have realized that certain key core values are true for both the customer and employee relationships we build. Silveredge is known as a first-class organization. We believe there are two key factors which form the cornerstone of our success:

Next to our employees, the only asset we have is our reputation. We simply cannot afford a dissatisfied customer, and we know it.
Strong relationships are built on success. Together we work with our customers and employees to complete projects successfully; success for our customers builds long term success for Silveredge.

These concepts sound simple, right? But to create these results takes hard work every day and a collective commitment to common goals.

History

History

Silveredge was established in 1987 by shareholders including Ambrose Marton and Sue Boers. With a commitment to quality, the company has changed with technology to encompass IBM i (formerly AS/400 or System i), networking, personal computing, web services and the generally diverse environments of our customers. The talented and diverse staff of Silveredge shares the vision of its founders.

For our clients, effective management of information is the competitive edge in their marketplace. Companies who evaluate and implement IT projects properly are rewarded with lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, and the ability to recognize and adjust to changing market conditions. They deliver management tools to run the business. We help our customers identify and deliver well thought out solutions. We believe that our approach is the cornerstone of our success.

Silveredge keeps abreast of changes in technology as well as changes in business. We provide a balance between the ability to analyze and re-engineer a business process and to implement new technological solutions. Our years of experience in information technology have exposed us to many challenging situations and solutions. Our ability to resolve problems has earned us an outstanding reputation and provides us with many long-term, loyal customers and employees.