Joel Konicek
SSI Hall Of Fame: 2004
Career Highlights
- Graduated from Univ. of Florida as an engineer
- First job was helping develop security equipment for Webster Electric
- Spent five years as installing dealer
- In 1982, founded Northern Computers with brother-in-law
- In 1998, published “Security, ID Systems and Locks: The Book on Electronic Access Control”
Why He’s on The List
- Developed distributed intelligence systems not requiring computer for decisions
- “Building block approach” didn’t require throwing away old parts, components and software backward compatible
- In 1983, marketed PC-based systems, providing departure from mini-computer-based solutions of 1970s
- Created software for dealers for $500, about one-tenth what other manufacturers were charging
- Expanded market to hundreds of thousands of new customers
Comments & Reaction: “I would like to be remembered as a person who served others rather than himself, never abused authority given to me by others and returned substantial profits to shareholders.”
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