Covey Computer Software to formally open new location in Utica on Feb. 25

UTICA, N.Y. — Covey Computer Software, Inc. will formally open its new office in Utica next Thursday, Feb. 25.

The company will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce at 4:30 p.m. at its new location at 2520 Genesee St. on the city’s south side.

Covey Computer Software has been operating in the office since mid-December.

The larger location allows the five-year-old custom software and web development firm to accommodate its recent growth and set it up for future expansion.

Covey Computer Software last year added three software developers, to bring its employee count to seven, Jason Covey, founder and president, tells BJNN. The company is seeking one more business developer to add to the team by the end of this year.

Covey says his staff was previously jammed into a 1,200-square foot office at 8469 Seneca Turnpike in New Hartford. “We wanted more room so we could hire more people. We wanted more space to collaborate as a team,” he says, explaining the move.

The new 2,200-square-foot space offers more than enough room for collaboration. Jim’s Home Improvements, a Frankfort–based, family-owned contractor, renovated the office — replacing carpeting with new flooring, repainting the walls, and demolishing a few desks, says Covey.

Covey says he bought the building for $140,000. It’s a two-story structure built in 1985 and formerly owned by Bahram Omidian, according to the 2016 Oneida County tax rolls. The full market value is listed at $134,286 on the tax rolls.

Covey Computer Software is growing. In 2015, the company posted annual revenue of $415,000, up from $260,000 in 2014, says Covey. He says he expects the business to “at least break half a million” in revenue this year.

That means adding more clients.

“We usually have five big clients every year,” Covey says. “Some of our clients belong to defense and manufacturing … we want to take on more and keep growing our client base.”

Covey declined to name his clients due to confidentiality agreements.

However, the Covey Computer Software Facebook page lists Scala & Roefaro Funeral Home Inc. and Dacobe Enterprises LLC, a commercial lighting and museum display company, as clients for which it previously developed websites.

Covey founded Covey Computer Software in 2011. He has a master’s degree in computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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