SQN Banking Systems Founder and Former CEO, Joe Uhland, Sr., Dies
-Inventor and businessman held five technology patents-
RANCOCAS, N.J., May 25, 2006 SQN 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, Joseph C. Uhland, Sr.
Uhland, 80, of Cherry Hill, N.J., an engineer, inventor and businessman. He died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease 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 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 at IT&T in New York 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 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, image fraud
detection tools, automated signature comparison, signature verification and display, transaction analysis and safe deposit operations management. 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 SQN's
Web site at www.sqnbankingsystems.com.
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