Ideal Software Systems, developing company for The Ideal Rental Manager (TIRM), moves this Friday to a new, much larger facility in Meridian, MS.

David Goldman, Owner and President of Ideal, said the company is expecting many new developments in 2003 and the move will allow his company to continue to grow. The new facility is the former Great River Insurance building.

David Goldman
Owner and President of Ideal
"For the past year or so, we've been looking for a place to build or buy. We've been gradually growing over many years, both in our products, customers, and the people we have on board.”

Goldman, 39, came from a Rent To Own family. He founded Ideal Software in 1985 while still at the University of Texas where he earned a degree in electrical and computer engineering. In 1995 Goldman and the company moved into The Union Planters Bank Building in Meridian, MS with it's 16 employees. Ideal now employs about 60 people, and it's software products are marketed in 49 states and eight foreign countries. About one half of it's employees are in development and customer support.

Ideal Software designs software for the Rent To Own Industry, the Retail Home Furnishings Industry, the Check Cashing/Payday Advance Industry, Pawn Shops, and Family Entertainment Centers.