Company Profile

Watch Captain is a Marine Software development company having its roots in the engineering of large and complex financial transaction processing systems. The precursor of Watch Captain, Quadrant Corporation, developed information systems for banks and mutual fund companies. The company, based in Marion, Massachusetts was approached by a local shipyard seeking help in designing a new system to manage the workflow of its own expanding operations. Quadrant took its understanding of financial databases and processing of accounting transactions to produce its first system for shipyards under the specifications of its client, Mattapoisett Boat Yard.

The successful implementation of the Mattapoisett project in 1998 led to numerous inquiries from other local shipyards within the South Eastern region of the state and other New England states. The company renamed its Marine Management Systems operation as "Watch Captain" in 2000 and set out to redevelop the original system utilizing the latest information processing technologies coming into maturity with the advent of Internet-based businesses. Watch Captain's clients understood the increased importance of efficient communications with vendors, suppliers and customers in the operation of shipyards and wanted a system that could accommodate consistent and secure data interface with other business entities through the Internet in the future. Clients also expressed interest in a new, more modern, user interface much closer to the style of interaction with software through a "Browser" screen that the typical user, at any level of technical training, has become used to in today's world.

As most of the existing Marine systems are essentially local software applications built without much consideration for external connectivity, Watch Captain saw an opportunity to develop from the ground-up a modular system with a core functionality to which specific modules can be added according to the needs of shipyards. As such, since most shipyards have different requirements in accounting software, Watch Captain opted to not create its own accounting module and instead have its shipyard management system open to interface with industry-standard dedicated accounting software.

	In 2005, Watch Captain acquired the Marina Program, leading software for marina management with the goal of integrating the boat slip management module into its shipyard management system.
	Watch Captain introduced "Premier", its new shipyard management system, to the industry at the end of 2005. Recognizing the innovative value of Watch Captain's "Premier" software, the United States Navy became the first customer with a system installed at the US Naval Academy for repair and maintenance of the Academy's fleet of vessels.
	Since then, Watch Captain has added several new installations of Premier among top shipyards and yacht service companies.

Today the company is comprised of approximately thirty people at its home base, four sales regions in the US and Canada, and its software development operations in India.

The company is actively involved in the development of standards for information systems in the Marine industry and has relationships with well known industry names such as Cranchi USA, Volvo Penta, Bombardier and Boats.com.