June 1999

Distant Horizon was founded in a one-bedroom apartment in LaGrange, IL by Brandon Wilson.

January 2000

Distant Horizon hires its first part-time project manager, Debbi DeBolt who helps DH select its first office space in LaGrange.

Distant Horizon hires its first part-time web designer, Abigail Friedman. Abby now works at Columbia College in Chicago after a five year career and 75 web sites designed for DH.

December 2000

Distant Horizon hires Troy Switzer as its first full-time project manager. Troy labored tirelessly for DH for five years, and became Vice President. Today Troy has moved on to become a Distant Horizon client.

May 2000

Distant Horizon takes on Topbulb.com as an “e-commerce turnaround” client beginning a mutually beneficial partnership which has powered sales growth in both companies over several years.

October 2000

Distant Horizon takes on Mag-Lite Flashlights to build their first-ever web site. Mag is DH’s first client in California.

August 2001

Distant Horizon hires Chris Cato as its first full-time ASP programmer. Chris’s first project, Honey Baked Ham Co. of Chicago, was Distant Horizon’s first e-commerce success story. Today, Chris serves as Technical Director and Project Manager for Custom E-Commerce Clients.

September 2001

As Sept. 11th throws a wrench into the American economy, Distant Horizon has outstanding proposals to two companies whose business models depend on high-rise buildings…a worrisome moment that worked out ok. www.habitat.com and www.sopraffina.com both eventually moved forward with DH.

January 2002

Distant Horizon takes on Frank’s Nursery & Crafts as a client, who was at that time the largest nursery retailer in the nation.

May 2002

Distant Horizon moves into a loft office in the Printer’s Row neighborhood of Chicago.

June 2002

Distant Horizon develops its first proprietary e-commerce product, the Scaleable Shopping System (S3). The first implementation was for Paul Supply Company

September 2003

Distant Horizon takes on Gander Mountain as a client, representing DH’s entrance into the Minneapolis web site development market.

June 2004

Distant Horizon moves back to LaGrange, Illinois to focus more specifically on web and e-commerce projects.

September 2005

Distant Horizon launches the new Rapid Deployment E-Commerce software, with Omega Fields as the first implementation.

December 2005

Distant Horizon has its first million dollar year. Vita Food Product’s Rapid Deployment purchase put us over the top.

March 2006

Distant Horizon purchases an office condo in Lockport, Illinois to serve as its permanent office. We will move in February 2007.