Local Software Entrepreneur Fred Ode Always Lived for the Journey and Never the End
Summary
For the last 35 years, Foundation Software has been proudly family-owned, and following the transaction, Ode will continue to maintain a minority ownership in the company. But like all good things, there is an ending and it is time for me to move on to that proverbial next phase of life.” The company, which started out as a developer of a single product—accounting software for construction—has grown over the years into providing multiple services and products, all aimed at the construction industry. " As for the rest of the company, they will continue to maintain their headquarters in the community that helped raise them—on Royalton Road in Strongsville, OH—under the leadership of new CEO and president, Mike Ode. In addition to their core job cost accounting product, Foundation also offers project management and mobile tools to help contractors run the business side of construction. Payroll4Construction.com compliments the organization’s software offerings by delivering a payroll processing and reporting service exclusive to the construction industry.