Business: Manages board and bylaw elections for professional associations, nonprofits and electric and other co-ops. The company also runs surveys of employee, customer or member satisfaction, the business on which SBS was founded.
Founded: 1990
Headquarters: Eden Prairie
Website: www.surveyandballotsystems.com
Executives: Founder and President Jon Westerhaus; brother Peter Westerhaus, vice president
Employees: 31 full-time, 9 part-time
2008 revenue: $3.5 million
Quote: "We finally realized that profitability was more important than revenue growth." -- Jon Westerhaus
