About us

We run a successful computer consultancy company based in Sydney, Australia. Since 1990, we have been closely involved with tradesmen to provide a computer solution to enable them to maintain a customer database and the ability to easily create quotes, monitor jobs and track both moneys owed and moneys owing.

Ian Gudgeon - Computer Consultant

Ian Gudgeon has been a successful computer consultant for more than 20 years. During this period, he has been designing and writing computer programs for many companies.

His expertise lies in being able to supply computer solutions for business problems. This involves identifying the problems, writing the programs to solve these problems, and giving technical support to the customers.

Philip Gudgeon - Master Plumber, Computer Business Analyst, and Software Developer

Philip Gudgeon spent the first 18 years of his working life as a Master Plumber. He began his plumbing career working on new building sites. After several years, he became a team leader and was responsible for a team of plumbers to complete their various roles in the multi-million dollar building projects.

After working for large companies for 8 years, he left and went into business for himself. Phil started Condor Plumbing and spent the next 10 years building it up into a successful small business. The majority of the business was in maintenance and small constructions.

In 2000, Phil completed a degree in Computer Science and is currently working as a computer consultant for the government.

Phil now possesses the unique quality of having both plumbing skills and computing skills. This is a rare talent and has been invaluable in the recent developments of IDG-Trade.

IDG-Trade Program

Ian and Phil began writing IDG-Trade in 1990. Phil was was running his own plumbing business at the time and there was no software that could help him accurately create his quotes, and run all the other aspects of his business. This is what encouraged us to write a computer program to address this problem.

Phil's role has been to help design the business side of the software, thoroughly test it, and help support the customers.

Ian's role was to write the software, test it, and also help support the customers.