Applied Tech

Specialties

Applied Tech specializes in providing IT services for small to medium-​sized businesses and organizations that want to enjoy the advantages of technology without the high price tag. We strive to provide IT capabilities to the under-​served portion of the small business community, while respecting their cost-​consciousness and the need to accomplish more with less.

History

Established in 1999.

Applied Tech was started in 1999 as the result of initiatives by Kurt Sippel when working as IT Director at the University of Wisconsin’s Lafollette Institute of Public Policy. Applied Tech started out by providing technical services to small departments at the UW-​Madison campus. The company evolved when Applied Tech started providing small businesses with services such as networking, system design, technical consulting and hardware. Mr. Sippel wanted to provide IT capabilities to the under-​served portion of the small business community, while respecting their cost-​consciousness and need to accomplish more with less. The company later expanded this service line to include business solutions.

Meet the Business Owner

Kurt S.

Business Owner

Kurt Sippel is president and CEO of Applied Tech Solutions Inc., a firm he started in Madison in 1999 to focus on the technology needs of small and medium –sized businesses. Kurt started his technology career at age 18 by consulting with various small businesses in Fond du Lac County.

He then worked eight years for the University of Wisconsin –Madison where he managed the teaching and research technology needs for the La Follette School of Public Affairs while pursuing a master’s in urban and regional planning. Among his accomplishments in this job was the establishment of the first production Windows NT network and the first production Microsoft Exchange server on UW Madison Campus.

He left the university to start his own firm, Applied Tech, in 1999. In 2005, Applied Tech moved into its current location, a 5000 square foot building in the heart of Madison’s redeveloped Central Park region. In 2005, Applied Tech again expanded acquiring a firm in Stevens Point, WI.