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Tyler Technologies

Tyler Technologies, the company formed from three government-owned businesses.

Tyler Technologies was originally established as Saturn Industries in 1966. Currently, it is a publicly-traded company based in Plano, Texas and it provides software to the United States public sector. It has a total of 17 offices across the US and one in Toronto, Canada because it has expanded its service there as well. The founder of the company is Joseph F. McKinney and the CEO of the company is H Lynn Moore Jr. Tyler Technologies was initially Tyler Corporation and it changed its name in 1999. Entering the 21st century, the company made plenty of accusations (more than 15 companies).

About Tyler Technologies

Tyler Technologies mainly offers its software to the public sector. There is a total of eight categories of software it offers. They are appraisal and tax services, financial, records and documents, school, courts and justice, data and insights, planning, regulatory, and maintenance, and public safety. In each of these categories, there is much software for varieties of purposes. The company has also received several awards and accolades in the last five decades. Tyler Technologies has been awarded “Best Places to Work” awarded by several magazines like Mississippi Business Journal, Albany Business Reviews, The Washington Post, etc. It was also featured in Forbes and Fortune several times, especially for fast growth and innovation.

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History of Tyler Corporation

Born in 1966 as Saturn Industries, Joseph F. Kinney is the main brain behind this successful enterprise. Tyler Technologies, today, was born out of three government companies, Ling-Temco_Vought. McKinney bought these three companies and then merged them to form Tyler Technologies. The company’s name changed from Saturn Industries to Tyler Corporation after it bought an iron pipes manufacturer, Tyler Pipe. The acquisition took place in 1968 and soon it became the parent company’s main source of annual revenue. Hence it was later renamed Tyler Corporation.

After three years of being in business, Tyler Corporation was already a huge success. Hence in 1969 the company decided to go public and got listed on the New York Stock exchange. The company’s name was officially changed to Tyler Corporation in 1970. It was after almost two decades that Tyler Corporation started developing software for the various government bodies of the US. In the late 1990s, Tyler Corporation started making acquisitions. In 1998, it acquired three companies. They are Business Resources Corporation, Interactive Computer Designs, and The Software Group Inc.

Major Events

The current name of the company, i.e., Tyler Technologies was adopted in 1999 changing it from Tyler Corporation. Tyler Technologies, till 2021, has acquired several companies. After acquiring three companies consecutively in 1998, it acquired a series of companies in 1999. They include Eagle Computer Systems, Micro Arizala Systems, Process Incorporated Computer Center Software, Gemini Systems (a subsidiary of Essex Technology Group), and Cole Layer Trumble Company. After the acquisitions in the late 1990s, the company again started acquiring from 2003. It acquired a Washington-based company called Eden Systems and a Portland-based company called GBF Information Systems in 2003. In 2006, it acquired three companies, namely, MazikUSA Inc, IL, and TACS. The company acquired Versatrans, Olympia Computing Company, PulseMark, Wiznet, Advanced-Data Systems, and more in the next few years.

In recent years, apart from acquiring several companies, Tyler Technologies has also extended its partnership to mane state bodies. In November 2021, it extended a 22-years contract in the State of Utah for digital government and payment solutions. In Troy, Michigan, the company was named a top workplace in 2021 for the fifth consecutive year. In February 2022, it acquired US eDirect.

About the CEO

Lynn Moore Jr is the CEO of Tyler Technologies since 2018. He joined the company in 1998 as a legal in-house counsel and from there, he became secretary of the Board of Directors. He also served in the company as an Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. The main of the company currently under Moore’s leadership to the transition of the solutions provided the company to the cloud. Moore holds a degree in Economics from Georgetown University.

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