ES&S
1997-- Election Systems & Software (ES&S)(Todd Urosevich)
Founded in Omaha, Nebraska, under the name “Data Mark Systems” by brothers Todd and Bob Urosevich, the company soon changed its name to American Information Systems (AIS)
In 1984, the Uroseviches obtained financing from William and Robert Ahmanson, whose family piled up a fortune in the savings-and-loan and insurance industries. Howard Ahmanson Jr., a younger cousin of the AIS financiers, has parlayed his fortune into extremist right-wing politics, pushing the agenda of the Christian Reconstructionist movement, which openly advocates a theocratic takeover of American democracy.
William and Robert Ahmanson appeared to be more moderate than Howard Jr. and invested money in theater and public broadcasting. In 1987, they sold their direct shares in the voting-machine company to the Omaha World-Herald (which took a 45 percent stake in the company) and the McCarthy Group (35 percent).
Omaha World-Herald has also been an owner of the McCarthy Group. The Omaha World-Herald was owned by Peter Kiewit, the head of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc., until his death. Before he died, Peter Kiewit set up the Peter Kiewit Foundation, requiring that at all times the foundation have a director from Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. as a trustee.
Kiewit arranged for the Omaha World-Herald stock to be purchased by its employees and the Peter Kiewit Foundation, which holds a special class of stock, giving it veto power over any sale proposal. The largest single stockholder in the World-Herald Company is the Peter Kiewit Foundation.
Tracing ES&S ownership thus leads us to the World-Herald and then to the Peter Kiewit Foundation. It also leads to the McCarthy Group, which is headed by Michael McCarthy. He came to Omaha to sell Peter Kiewit’s ranch when hedied. Michael McCarthy assumed Peter Kiewit Jr.’s position as a director of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc in 2001. The McCarthy Group shows up as one of the investments of a World-Herald subsidiary, in turn leading back to the World-Herald and the Peter Kiewit Foundation.
Election Systems & Software (ES&S) acquired Premier Election Solutions on September 3, 2009. ES&S President and CEO Aldo Tesi
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 20, 1997: Election Firms' Deal Approved-- "An Omaha ballot-counting
company agreed Thursday to acquire a Dallas-based business under U.S. Justice Department conditions
that will set up a competing company. American Information Systems Inc. of Omaha, which offers
electronic ballot-scanning equipment and services to election districts, will pay $47.3 million for the
election business of BRC Holdings Inc. of Dallas. BRC said it would receive $33.2 million in cash and a
$14.1 million note. The transaction, announced about a year ago, was delayed by a Justice
Department antitrust review. The government ended its review Wednesday after the two companies
agreed to sell BRC's optical scanning technology to Sequoia Pacific Systems.
The Omaha World Herald and the World Companies have been owned by the Peter Kiewit family, owners of privately held Peter Kiewit & Sons, a privately held diversified multinational company handling road construction, communications, and the building of defense installations. The Omaha World Herald became an employee owned company shortly after Peter Kiewit's death, but with restrictions on employee stockholder voting rights. According to the Omaha World Herald, the Peter Kiewit Foundation holds the largest shares in and the most voting rights for the Omaha World Herald Companies.
Mike McCarthy, who runs The McCarthy Group, handled the sale of Peter Kiewit's ranch when Peter Kiewit died; just after Peter Kiewit's death, McCarthy capitalized and launched The McCarthy Group. Mike McCarthy is a board member for Peter Kiewit & Sons; Mike McCarthy's family relationship within the Kiewit family, if any, has not been publicly disclosed. In examining the impact of this acquisition, the relationship of ES&S owners to members of the Kiewit family or to the Kiewit organization or companies should be more fully explored, because Kiewit companies and key personnel were repeatedly convicted of unfair trade practices and bid-rigging several times in the 1980s, and of various unfair trade practices in the 1990s.
The Kiewit company paid several fines for setting up companies posing as unrelated to Kiewit, which were in fact owned by and/or controlled by Kiewit personnel, and some key executives were sentenced to prison.
ES&S reported on public bid forms submitted to Santa Clara County, Calif. in 2003 that another group of investors called "Normal Investments LLC" owns part of ES&S. The names of the investors in "Normal Investments LLC" has not been publicly disclosed.
An Omaha World Herald article also indicated that a group of investors composed private investors associated with the original Business Records Corporation entity owns part of ES&S. Their names, and what percentage they own, has not been publicly disclosed. Without knowing the names of investors in ES&S, it will not be possible to examine this acquisition for past history of unfair competitive practices by its owners.
Miscellaneous
Business Contact - Ron Caniglia
Title: Director
Business Contact - Richard Engel
Title: Director, President
Business Contact - Charlene Etheridge
Title
President
Business Contact - Charlene Etheridge
Title
Treasurer
Business Contact - Charlene Etheridge
Title
Registered Agent
Address
727 N 130th Plz, Omaha, NE, 68154
Business Contact - La Felker
Title
Director
Business Contact - La Felker
Title
Treasurer
Business Contact - M Hoyt
Title
Director
Business Contact - Virgil Mabrey
Title
Director
Address
727 N 130th Plz, Omaha, NE, 68154
Business Contact - Virgil Mabrey
Title
Treasurer
Address
727 N 130th Plz, Omaha, NE, 68154
Business Contact - Peggy Olsen
Title
Director
Address
719 N 130th Plz, Omaha, NE, 68154
Business Contact - Todd Urosevich
Title
Secretary
Address
12924 Webster Plz, Omaha, NE, 68154
ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC. (PRIMARY)
Business Names
Election Systems & Software, Inc.
Corporation Type
Profit
Standard Industrial Classification Code
00000000
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Address Type
Mailing
State
Ne
Incorporation State
DE
Filing Number
#F025765
Filing Office DUNS Number
#361855190
Filing Date
Sep 6, 1994
Filing Office Name
Secretary Of State/Corporations Bureau
Filing Office Address
100 N Park Ave, Helena, MT, 59601
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number
#037661667
Perpetual Indicator
N
Registration Type
Foreign Corporation
Securities And Exchange Commission Status
MT59
Verification Date
Jun 23, 2023
Recieved Date
Jul 18, 2023
File Date
Sep 8, 2023
Miscellaneous Details
Business Purpose: Service-General
Business Contact - Revoked-Sos-Rule 4-Montrciv
Title
Registered Agent
Address
1301 E 6th Ave, Helena, MT, 59601
Business Contact - Eric Anderson
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Steve Bolton
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Tom Burt
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - KEN D CARBULLIDO
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - John Groh
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - GARY GRUMP
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Richard Jablonski
Title
Secretary
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Thomas Obrien
Title
Director
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Thomas Obrien
Title
Treasurer
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - John Schuele
Title
Director
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - ALDO TESI
Title
Director
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - ALDO J TESI
Title
President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Todd Urosevich
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Bill Vlach
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - GARY WEBER
Title
Vice President
Address
929 S Alpine Rd Ste 301, Rockford, IL, 61108
ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC. (PRIMARY)
Business Names
Election Systems & Software, Inc.
Corporation Type
Profit
Standard Industrial Classification Code
00000000
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Address Type
Mailing
State
Ne
Incorporation State
DE
Filing Number
#1335960-0143
Filing Office DUNS Number
#361958531
Filing Date
Dec 6, 1996
Filing Office Name
Corporations Division
Filing Office Address
160 E Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number
#037661667
Registration Type
Foreign Corporation
Securities And Exchange Commission Status
Expired
Verification Date
Feb 14, 2013
Recieved Date
Feb 15, 2013
File Date
Feb 20, 2013
Miscellaneous Details
Status Reason: Failure To File Renewal
Business Contact - KEN CARBULLIDO
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - John Gottschalk
Title
Director
Address
World Herald Sq, Omaha, NE, 68102
Business Contact - John Groh
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - NATIONAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC.
Title
Registered Agent
Address
1108 E South Union Ave, Midvale, UT, 84047
Business Contact - NATIONAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC.
Title
Registered Agent
Address
1108 E South Union Ave, Midvale, UT, 84047
Business Contact - Richard Jablonski
Title
Secretary
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - William Kernen
Title
Director
Address
World Herald Sq, Omaha, NE, 98102
Business Contact - Michael McCarthy
Title
Director
Address
1125 S 103rd St, Omaha, NE, 68124
Business Contact - Thomas Obrien
Title
Treasurer
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Thomas Obrien
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Steve Seline
Title
Director
Address
13906 Gold Cir Ste 201, Omaha, NE, 68144
Business Contact - ALDO J TESI
Title
President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137
Business Contact - Todd Urosevich
Title
Vice President
Address
11208 John Galt Blvd, Omaha, NE, 68137