Our Story

In 1978, the same year Bill Gates founded Microsoft in Seattle, WA, Michael Schaer founded Computers Unlimited in Billings, MT, offering hardware and software solutions to local businesses. One of Schaer’s first customers included a welding and gas distributor with whom he had a prior working relationship. Welding and gas distributors soon became a major part of the business, resulting in software developed specifically for this industry. Today, TIMS Software is an industry leader, proudly serving more than 20,000 users throughout the world.

CU has since branched out into similar businesses, developing software for the home oxygen and medical equipment industry and companies that specialize in home infusion therapy. Most recently, CU began offering software for the audiology market.

In April 2009, after more than a decade of learning the business and the industries served, Schaer’s son, David, assumed the role of company president with the same commitment to developing solutions that meet and exceed the needs of customers.

CU’s approach to software development continues to be a key element of our success. Delivering sound software systems using the latest technology is the culmination of over thirty years of knowledge, experience and understanding of our customers’ businesses. The end result—our TIMS Software product backed by our motto, “Our People Make It Happen.”

"We're a software company, but really, it's about the people here at CU," says David Schaer, company president.