History

Since our founding in 1997, Wipfli LLP/Brittenford has had one mission – to empower organizations to leverage financial management applications.

2015

Selected to Bob Scott’s VAR Stars

Intacct Partner of the Month for April

Selected to Bob Scott’s Top VARs

Released InvoiceConnect for Intacct and InvoiceConnect for GP

Integration with Concur Invoice

Named Concur App Center Partner of the Year for second consecutive year

2014

Named Concur App Center Partner of the Year

Selected to Bob Scott’s VAR Stars

Named to the Accounting Today Top 100 Resellers

Selected as one of Intaccts Premier Partners

2013

Released our second Brittenford product, ExpenseConnect for Intacct, a web-based integration with Concur

Selected to Bob Scott’s Top VARs

Named to the Accounting Today Top 100 Resellers

Named Matt Rowley as new Chief Operating Officer

Released ExpenseConnect for Dynamics GP, a web-services integration with Concur Travel and Expense

Became a Host Analytics Reseller

Selected to Bob Scott’s VAR Stars

2012

Launched Brittenford Staffing, a groundbreaking staffing business model that is a first in the Microsoft Partner Channel

Released our first Brittenford product, PositivePay for Intacct, a check fraud prevention system for your Intacct checking accounts

Selected to Bob Scott’s VAR Stars

Named to the Accounting Today Top 100 Resellers

2011

Expanded cloud-based financial management and accounting system offerings with the addition of the Intacct solution.

Named to the list of the nation’s Top 100 accounting resellers.

Named Shereen Mahoney as new Chief Executive Officer.

2010

Named to the list of the nation’s Top 100 accounting resellers.

2009

Launched innovative monthly webinar training classes, the Advanced Learning Program, to provide cost-effective educational opportunities for users of Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, FRx, and Excel.

Merged Innovative Enterprise Solutions into Brittenford Systems, strengthening the Dynamics GP practice group.  Named Warren May, CPA and formerly CEO of Innovative Enterprise Solutions, as a Managing Director.

Chosen as a national “Technology Pacesetter” by Accounting Technology Magazine.

2008

Attained President’s Club Microsoft Status – top 5% of Microsoft partners worldwide.

Named for fourth consecutive year to the list of the nation’s Top 100 accounting systems resellers.

Re-launched upgraded educational center with high-end hardware, including 12 new student workstations with 24″ monitors, to deliver the best possible learning environment for students.

2007

Named Brian Dietz as new President.

Earned three Microsoft certifications: Microsoft Information Worker, Microsoft Data Management Solutions, and Microsoft Small Business Specialist Certification.

Named for the third consecutive year to the list of the nation’s Top 100 accounting systems resellers by Accounting Technology magazine.

Cited by “Redmond Magazine” leading edge examples in the Microsoft IT community.

2006

Featured at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference as one of the fastest growing Microsoft Dynamics partners in the country.

Profiled in the April edition of SmartCEO Magazine article, “A Bulletproof Process for Hiring ‘A’ Players.”  This two-page article described in depth our rigorous recruiting process.

Featured in Fortune Small Business magazine’s “Owner to Owner” column. This full-page article examined our executive hiring process.

Named for the second consecutive year to the list of the nation’s Top 100 accounting systems resellers by Accounting Technology Magazine.

The Brittenford Gong is introduced.  It’s used in celebrations of significant achievements by Britts.  It replaced the Mississippi State University cowbell (used by Michael Mahoney, founder), providing a more pleasing sound!

2005

Achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, placing the firm among the top 1% of Microsoft Dynamics partners.

Named a Top 100 accounting systems reseller in the nation by Accounting Technology Magazine.

Management Team strengthened by addition of Francis J. Durante, government contracting and software industry veteran, to manage the Business Intelligence Systems practice group.

Changed our name to “Brittenford Systems.”  Same company, same people and  mission; new name.

2004

Recognized by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at a Washington, DC user event for a leading-edge integration of the Microsoft Project Management and Accounting solution with Microsoft Project Server.

Relocated to our present Class-A office space location in Reston, Virginia.

Launched the first Microsoft Certified Learning Center for Microsoft Business Solutions (now Microsoft Dynamics) in the mid-Atlantic.

Awarded GSA schedule to provide business intelligence consulting services to the federal government.

Won the “Microsoft Spotlight Award” in recognition of creating tangible business value through the implementation of a project-based Solomon accounting system in a professional services government contractor.

2003

Recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the United States (the “Inc. 500″) over the past five years. Our firm was the only accounting systems reseller in the country to make the Inc. 500.

Expanded our client base by over 25% in spite of an economic downturn.

Named Brian Dietz, CPA, former industry CFO and PwC senior audit manager, to head the Accounting Information Systems practice group.

2002

Recorded our sixth consecutive year of profitable growth and added over twenty five new clients while maintaining our business focus.

2001

Awarded a $1M development contract over 32 other bidders.   Contract was to develop a worldwide budgeting, forecasting and reporting system for the world’s largest international development lender.  The Web-based system was successfully completed in 2002.

2000

Launched Great Plains practice

Opened a professional training center to offer instructor-led, computer-based training.

Deployed our first entirely Web-based, enterprise-wide budgeting system for a project-based client.

1998

Expanded our domain knowledge to budgeting, forecasting and business intelligence for project-based organizations based on the Applix TM1 analytical database (OLAP) engine.

1997

Founded as “Adonix, Inc.” on August 1 by Michael Mahoney, CPA, as an accounting systems reseller for Solomon Software (now Microsoft Dynamics SL) with a focus on project-driven and nonprofit organizations.