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An Overview of Southeast Digital Networks, Inc.
In 1984, Standard Business Machines & Service, Inc. was
created to sell, service and support office automation systems. In 1984,
office automation systems were relatively simple. Your choices were
mechanical or electronic typewriters. Not so today! In the last several
years the office automation market has exploded to include a myriad of new
tools such as computers, networks, fax machines, the internet, etc. That is
just to name a few. We felt it necessary, in February 2001, to change the
name of the business from “Standard Business Machines & Service, Inc.” to
“Southeast Digital Networks, Inc.”, in order to more accurately reflect the
products and services that we now offer. Our philosophy at Southeast
Digital Networks, Inc. is to offer state of the art, turnkey solutions for
business.
Mitchell Hicks and Wayne Lindsey were the founding fathers
of Standard Business Machines. In 1993, Rodney Watts purchased stock in
Standard Business Machines and brought with him many years of experience and
an exceptional marketing ability in the office automation field. It
was apparent to Rodney Watts that if the company continued on just
supporting the typewriter market that Standard Business Machines was doomed
to fail because the office automation market was quickly evolving and
typewriters were becoming an item of the past. Eventually, Mitchell Hicks
and Wayne Lindsey retired and in 1996, Rodney brought an electrical
engineer, Sidney Watts, with many years of experience in the computer and
electronics field to Standard Business Machines to help him reinvent the
company. This symbiotic relationship proved to be a very successful one and
Southeast Digital Networks, Inc. continues to grow and evolve with the market.
Our success, we believe, has been due to our number one
priority of commitment to customer satisfaction, and our ability to master
and implement the ever-changing technologies and applying them as unique
solutions to our customers on an individual basis to help them compete in an
ever increasingly competitive world.
We now have an impressive staff of professional and
dedicated engineers, engineering technologists, market analysts,
technicians, and administrative personnel.
Now, Southeast Digital Networks, Inc. is at a point where we have established a good reputation in the office automation market for
quality service and support of the new market technologies and have acquired
a substantial customer base. Southeast Digital Networks, Inc. will continue
to push the envelope and exploit the new and emerging technologies and
provide our customers with unique solutions on an individual basis.
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Our Professional and
Dedicated Team
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President
Rodney Watts |
Rodney has been involved in this industry since 1976 when he started out as
an IBM Selectric typewriter technician. Serving as company president
and director of sales and general operations, Rodney provides spirited
leadership and maintains the company's focus on service "beyond
expectations". His orientation to service and his technical ability
has contributed to the company's reputation as "the technician's choice". |
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Director of Operations
Sidney Watts
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Sidney has been involved in the computer and electronics industry since
1975. After graduating from high school, Sidney spent three years in
the U.S. Army working as an electronic/mechanical systems technician on the
HAWK missile and radar system. One year of that time was spent in
electronics technical school at Redstone Arsenal, AL. After being
discharged from the Army, Sidney attended and graduated from Louisiana State
University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in
May of 1986. Upon graduation,
Sidney went to work for RCA for several years where he designed electronic
circuits and wrote software programs, specializing in digital and analog
electronic
control systems. In May, 1996 Sidney bought into Standard Business
Machines, Inc. which is now known as Southeast Digital Networks, Inc.
Sidney pioneered the redevelopment of the technical department of SDN, which
entailed moving from a typewriter repair facility into a State-of-the-Art
company providing products and services such as sales and maintenance of
computers, networks (LAN's and WAN's), firewalls, VPN solutions, Terminal
Server solutions, POS hardware and software,
Web Site design and hosting, email hosting, printers, facsimile
machines, copiers, and Digital Document Management systems and just about
anything else you might find in an office environment. Sidney also
volunteers his time and sits on the computer and computer networking school
Board at the Lively Technical School. |
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Bookkeeper
Kay Sullivan |
After graduating in 1995 from
Ambrose Alli University in Nigeria, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Accounting, Kay has worked in various Accounting/Academic capacities.
Kay obtained her Microsoft Certified Professional certification in 2002 and
created and managed databases for the West Link International Computer firm
that she was employed with at the time. Kay has also attended seminars
and workshops in the United Kingdom on designing and implementing databases.
Kay is currently working on her Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
certification and has completed her A+ certification. Kay presently
does all of the accounting work for Southeast Digital networks and is
revamping and redesigning their accounting system, among many other hats
that she also wears at this company. |
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Technician
Scott Haynes |
Scott Haynes received his Associate in Arts degree from Tallahassee
Community College in the late 80s where he concentrated in business and
communications and technical theater. He spent the next 10 years moving up
and down the East coast working for various theaters including the
prestigious Wolftrap Opera Company, Lime Kiln Arts, the Mac-Haydn, the
Barter Theater and many productions at our local FSU and TCC theaters. He
has done everything from Technical Direction, Properties Management, Stage
Management, Master Electrician, Master Carpentry, Sound Engineering and even
Costume and Makeup.
After he got married, he found the traveling life to be problematic; he then
turned his attention to his other love… Computers. Scott’s introduction to
computers began in the days of punch cards and he has been working with them
ever since. He has been a Network Administrator, a Systems Administrator and
a Database Administrator as well as being a PC and printer repair
technician. He is proficient in End-User support and has extensive
experience with Microsoft Office products. Other skills include data
cabling, routing, website design, graphic art, and just generally taking
things apart. |
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Technician
Scott Piggot |
Scott Pigott worked as a Locksmith for close to 8 years for Pigott’s Lock
Service serving the greater Wakulla County area. While working at Pigott’s
Lock Service Scott managed to put himself through college and graduated in
2003 from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Information Studies. Scott’s studies at Florida State covered such things
as: designing WebPages with html and JavaScript; programming with languages
such as C++, C, and Java; and maintaining computer networks using Windows
2000, MAC OS X, and Novell’s Netware. Scott is currently working on becoming
a Cisco Certified Network Associate and in the future plans on getting
certified as a Sun Solaris System Administrator.
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Technician
Frank Bowen |
Frank Bowen graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1996. At the time he
was working in the grocery business in Cairo Ga. He was the grocery manager
for a local supermarket there and kept long, unpredictable hours. He had
been there since he was 16 and soon realized this business wasn’t for him,
so he enrolled in Bainbridge College in 1998. After majoring in General
Studies, then Science, he finally settled on Computer Information Systems.
It was at this time when he began a new job in the office equipment industry
at Tristate Office Products in Bainbridge GA, his hometown. He started out
making supply deliveries and doing the company’s receiving and merchandise
stocking. He continued to attend night classes, and in 2001 he was moved to
the company’s service department where he was trained in the areas of analog
and digital copier, laser printer, typewriter, and facsimile repair. During
the years of 2001-2004 he received certification from Sharp Electronics
Corporation in Atlanta, on seven different models including digital copiers,
Multi-Functional and color printers. In May 2004 he graduated from
Bainbridge College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Computer
Information Systems, along with Technical Certificates of Credit in A+ Comp
Tia preparation, and the college’s Business Office Assistant program. |
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Administrative Assistant
Pam Evans |
Pam Evans has worked in the Technical/Customer Service Field for about 13
years now. Pam spent 8 years working for the Florida Department of
Transportation as a Telephone System Installation/Repair Technician trained
by Siemens Rolm. Pam assisted in the installation/programming of a 9751
Siemens Rolm Telephone Switch that replaced the outdated single line Sprint
technology and also allowed the Department to do their own Move-Adds and
Changes to their telephone system. Pam has also worked for the Agency for
Healthcare Administration as their Telecommunications Administrator who was
responsible for the agency's telecommunications budget and was responsible
for the telecommunications needs for all Florida locations for this agency.
Pam has most recently managed a Homemaker/Companion Care Company called
Comfort Keepers. This business catered mostly to the needs of the elderly.
Pam enjoys working in the Technical/Customer Service Field since helping
people is very important to her.
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