Established 1988, CMW is a privately held entity.
Chief Executive Officer:
Steve L. Seawall, CPA, BS, MS, MBA, MPA
30 plus years experience in Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Budgeting
Co-author Kansas Municipal Audit Guide (1994)
Gold Key Award Winner, State of Kansas
Elijah Watt Sells Award Winner, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
NDEA Fellowship Award, 1970-1972 Oklahoma State University
GASB Statement No. 14 project participant
GASB Statement No. 34 project participant
GASB Statement No. 35 project participant
Prepared first GAAP Annual Financial Report, University of Kansas (1999)
Frequent speaker (CPA conferences, Legislative committees, etc.)
Founder, Past President, Topeka PC Users Club
We have a stable organization, having been in operation for over two decades.
We are a privately held entity. We are not driven by the profit motive of shareholders.
We are a publicly responsible entity. We provide free services, usually on request, when we believe other alternatives are not available.
Business Philosophy: Our primary objective is to assist small cities.
How can we help small cities? We keep our software simple to use without sacrificing essential features and reporting. We keep our costs down and pass along the savings to you.
We keep our software simple. We know you have a small office staff, perhaps only the city clerk. We know you cannot afford to hire a CPA to run your office. Yet we know better than most you need to use a fund accounting system daily, prepare utility bills every month, and get the payroll out on time. And that is just for starters. That is why we keep our software simple!
While we strive to provide essential features and reporting, we design our products with you in mind. No feature gets added or changed without an analysis of the impact on you. We want our software to double as a training tool. We want you to spend less time learning how to use the software and more time understanding the reports it generates.
Sales costs are minimized. For most software companies, sales staff and advertising is a significant cost. And, of course, that cost is passed on to you. We let our product, and our customers do our advertising for us.
Training and support costs are minimized. For most of our competitors, on-site training and support are a necessity. Even though this is sometimes advertised as “free”, you certainly are paying for it. All of our training and support is provided by phone and email.
Our support group comes from small cities just like yours. Virtually every person in our group has city clerk experience, or has worked with a city clerk from a small city. As with any organization, members of our support group have varying levels of experience. Whatever your question is, we are confident we can help you.
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