ComSpec International watches revenue, staff grow

ComSpec International is watching its bottomline grow as demand for its custom software and EMPOWER Student Information System increases.

That has led the Bingham Farms-based business to grow its revenue by 20 percent and add one more staff member. The 29-year-old firm now employs 28 people and one intern after hiring one of its former interns earlier this year.

"The custom side took off this year," says Robert Brender, president of ComSpec International. Our customers asked us to start building things this year."

ComSpec International has also seen an increase in interest in its EMPOWER Student Information System after deploying it at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine last year. The company expects to find more customers in the medical and nursing schools. The EMPOWER Student Information System handles the back-end sections of institutions of higher education, specifically the non-education portion.

Source: Robert Brender, president of ComSpec International
Writer: Jon Zemke

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