L-R Cal Holfeld, computer repair tech; Joe Collinson, web software developer; Mike Johnson, computer sales & service manager; Preston Lord, owner/web software developer; Lori Lord, owner/accounting
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ntricate Networks Inc. is Southwest Saskatchewan’s source for computer support. The company was born as a division of South West Terminal, and has grown to support companies across Western Canada, while maintaining its core business in Swift Current. Preston Lord, working in computer service and support in the Swift Current area since 1998, started the company with South West Terminal in 2005. “We
started developing custom software for the terminal, and branched out quickly over the next three years,” says Preston. Intricate Networks was based at the terminal, creating custom software for the grain industry, and providing support to several businesses in the area. By 2008, Intricate Networks relocated to Swift Current from Gull Lake, hiring Mike Johnson as the company’s computer sales and service manager, and Joe Collinson as a web software developer. The company
grew again in 2010 with the addition of Cal Holfeld as a computer technician. Finally, in April 2011, Preston and his wife Lori, bought the company outright. Today, Intricate Networks offers computer support to large and small business networks, department stores, gas stations, banks, car dealerships, hotels and motels, restaurants and more. “For any new client, we do onsite assessments and an estimate of the
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