SQN Banking Systems Founder and Former CEO, Joe Uhland, Sr., Dies; Inventor and Businessman Held Five Technology Patents.RANCOCAS, N.J. -- SQN SQN Squadron SQN Sine Qua Non SQN Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (Tennessee) SQN School Quota Number (military) SQN Sequence Number Banking Systems, a leading provider of integrated fraud detection and process improvement products for the financial industry, announced the passing of its founder and former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Joseph C. Uhland, Sr. Uhland, 80, of Cherry Hill Cherry Hill, township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth, especially since the 1970s. , N.J., an engineer, inventor and businessman. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. on May 17 at home. "My father's considerable experience, foresight and drive created a technology and a company that stands alone in its niche," said Joe Uhland, Jr., president of SQN. "He has left us a wonderful legacy. We are proud to be a part of the company that he formed almost 25 years ago." In 1983, Uhland co-founded SQN Banking Systems in Westampton, N.J. He and fellow engineers Hank Jones Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918) was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. and Charles Comeau developed signature storage and retrieval technology that automated the signature verification process. He retired from the company in 1996. Uhland started his career at Philco in Philadelphia and secured three patents while employed as manager of postal automation. He developed electronic hardware that facilitated the scanning of postal addresses so that letters did not have to be manually sorted. He went on to work as an advisor to noted businessman Harold Geneen Harold Sydney Geneen (January 22, 1910—November 21, 1997), was an American businessman. Harold Geneen was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. He emigrated to the U.S. as an infant with his parents. He studied accounting at New York University. at IT&T in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and served as vice president of engineering at ScanData, an optical recognition company. Uhland served in the Navy during World War II as a radioman ra·di·o·man n. A radio technician or operator. in the South Pacific and later earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He held a total of five patents. In addition to his wife, Helene, Uhland is survived by sons Joseph Jr., David and Mark; daughters Jane Cudnik and Helene Koseff; a sister; and six grandchildren. A son, Robert, died in 1991. About SQN Banking Systems For more than 20 years, SQN Banking Systems has provided integrated fraud detection and process improvement products for the financial industry, meeting the needs of financial institutions of all sizes. The SENTRY suite of products includes software for exception item processing, official check verification, check and deposit fraud detection, signature comparison and display, and safe deposit automation. The solutions run in both PC-based and host applications. More than 500 SQN customers have improved their earnings and reduced check fraud losses by as much as 84 percent with SENTRY. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.sqnbankingsystems.com. |
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