In 1986, John Andrews and Jim Collar, two comfortably employed engineers, determined that a serious need existed for
custom information management software for Macintosh—at that time a relatively new personal computer with a unique
graphical interface. Some 25 years later, the graphical user interface is common on both PC and Macintosh and
Footprints employs a dozen technical staff in three integrated full service offices and counts over 200 successful projects
executed on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
All Footprints offices work as a cohesive team, with programming and design tasks assigned to available team members
having appropriate technical expertise. A wide area network, video conferencing and centralized project administration
and documentation software facilitate project management. All employees adhere to comprehensive programming
standards designed to ensure that in addition to being able to easily read each other's code today, even code written 10
or more years ago is equally easy to understand and to maintain.