Compudigital Began As A Research & Development Company
How We Began
Compudigital started as a Research and Development company in 1985, producing electronic equipment for the Genetics Industry. In 1997, our corporate direction began to change as major manufacturers required assistance in selling excess materials and products. Today, our company expertise lies in the areas of WEB programming and the sales of excess materials via the Internet. We maintain numerous sites for Fortune 100 manufacturers, all used to either sell excess materials or to track the sales of new and B-Stock products. The mainstay of our service offering is a program we call ExcessManager, a tool specifically designed for controlled sales of excess materials and inventory. Our additional software package called MeetComp tracks price drop approvals to bring this process into compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
Jeffrey L. Hilliard, CEO and President of Compudigital Industries, Inc.
Areas of Expertise
Creativity
Process Development
Programming
Programming
Process Development
Programming
Process Development
Process Development
Product Returns Management
Product Returns Management
Hardware in software integration
Product Returns Management
Hardware in software integration
Hardware in software integration
Hardware in software integration
Internet Sales
Hardware in software integration
Hardware in software integration
Warehouse Operations
Quick turnaround processes
Quick turnaround processes
Quick turnaround processes
Quick turnaround processes
Quick turnaround processes
Inventions
Quick turnaround processes
Inventions
Inventor of 3 patented products (U.S. Patent #s 5,272,474, 4,695,547, and 4,882,281)
1990 - 1999
Invented, developed, and manufactured the Progenetor, a genetic Fusion Device used in cancer research and plant development. This system was sold through Hoefer Scientific Instruments in San Francisco (eventually purchased by Monsanto) and was instrumental in new developments to further crop distribution. The Progenetor was also used to develop a tomato with more meat. One of the more notable products developed was the seedless watermelon, which is enjoyed by the billions each summer.
Compudigital Industries, Inc. also manufactured a high accuracy LED Digital panel meter for Hoefer Scientific Instruments. This meter was incorporated into the manufacturing of their power supply products. Compudigital produced over 80,000 meters spanning a 9 year period.
1991 – Talking elevator module for Otis
In collaboration with Otis Elevator in San Francisco, Compudigital developed the first talking Otis Elevator. This device used the “Digitalker” Chip technology and was the basis for future talking elevators all over the world.
This technology was the predecessor to a system designed for Country Coach Motorhomes. The system integrated with their mainframe in order to warn owners of potential issues, such as, high or low fluid levels, power issues, and more.
1985 - Electrofusion Electrodes
President of Compudigital, Jeff Hilliard, invented and manufactured an electrofusion electrode used to fuse (electroporate) genetic cells from two dissimilar plant varieties. This electrofusion is how scientists came up with the seedless watermelon and other new varieties of plants. Compudigital manufactured the electrodes for Hoefer Scientific Instruments.
U.S. Patent (Patent #4,695,547) on September 22, 1987, Jeff Hilliard
US Patent (Patent # 4,882,281) on November 21, 1989, Jeff Hilliard
1990 - Designed Battery Charging Systems for Interspace Battery Company
Developed smart battery chargers for Fighter Jets, where the charge level was adjusted based on battery post temperature. Compudigital discovered that as batteries charged, the temperature remains constant until a point where the charge is nearly complete. Once charged, the battery temperature began to increase. Our development was a system which scales back the charge rate to a trickle.
1990 - IntelliHost Restaurant Seating Management System
Compudigital invented, designed, manufactured, and installed Intelli-Host, a system that manages seating in a restaurant. Almost every restaurant worldwide uses a Seating Management System at their greeting station and these systems are designed around this patent.
Patent # 5,272,474) on December 21, 1993, Jeff Hilliard
1992 - 1994
Worked with Disneyland in Anaheim, California and Euro Disneyland in Marne La Valle, France to install IntelliHost as their first Restaurant Seating Management system at the new theme park.
1994 - 1997 – Scanner Return Center
Compudigital engineered and managed a customer product return center for Hewlett Packard where customer returns were processed. Through this process, our company provided evaluation and refurbishment services for many imaging products produced by Hewlett Packard for North America, South America, and parts of Europe. At the height of this process, Compudigital was able to evaluate, test, refurbish, and repackage from 20,000 to 25,000 imaging products per month at 50% of their original cost. All internet reporting systems for this process were developed by Compudigital programmers which sent process information to customers in real-time.
1997 – Scanner rework process
Compudigital set up a process to modify and rework over 20,000 document scanners in 1 month. Working with engineers from Rutishauser (The manufacturer from Germany), Compudigital successfully processed 20,000 scanners long before the expected completion date in record time, saving thousands of dollars in the process.
1996 - 2009 – Processing Excess Inventory
Compudigital began working with a major manufacturer of consumer products in the marketing of their excess products, setting up one of the first Internet based auction sites. During this time, Compudigital successfully took them from the point where they were offering excess materials through FAX Auctions, to the point where they were using the internet exclusively to sell their excess.
2001 - Online Internet Marketing and site Production
Developed On-line sales system for Sony Broadcast to sell excess and B-Stock models. Compudigital worked with Sony Broadcast from 2001 through 2010 while co-marketing materials to over 3,000 customers. The system grossed over $26M worth of product that was destined for the scrap process.
2002 - Current – Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Software Development
Compudigital began workin with a major manufacturer to develop a full on-line sales system to allow them to market products to their primary market partners with full Sarbanes Oxley trackable. HP continues to utilize this software today to sell products to their primary market partners.
2003 - 2007 - Developed Automated Punch-Out System
Compudigital developed a system for General Electric, NBC Television in New York, and Universal Studios in Hollywood that displays vendor catalogs to purchasing agents, allowing them to purchase products via the Internet from vendors that do not have the expertise or funding to develop systems on their own. This system called a "punch-out" system, has been in use since 2003 and continues to operate today. The NBC-Universal system is designed to integrate directly with NBC's E-Buy system and their new "SRM" systems using XML file transfer technology.
2004 - 2009 – Development of MeetComp system
Compudigital developed a web-based application called Meetcomp which is designed to assist major manufacturers in becoming Sarbanes Oxley compliant. By carefully tracking price change requests and approvals, all information becomes audit-able in real time. This system is in full operation today and is used by over 300 major buyers worldwide.
2011 – 2013 – Dolby Educational video production
Compudigital created educational video content for Dolby “Atmos”. This new and innovative surround system was difficult to understand, but the 3D Virtual demonstration videos produced by Compudigital helped supply Dolby's dealers and customers with information that makes it easy to understand.