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founded 1988 headquarters cleveland ohio united states number of locations 7 key people reg shiverick president milan dayalal vice president of sales website www.dakotasoft.com dakota software is a software company based in cleveland ohio . 1 it developed an early software product for environment health and safety ehs auditing . citation needed for more than 25 years dakota has provided ehs and sustainability management software to regulated industries consultants and government agencies . dakota s proactivity suite assists organizations in tracking and managing compliance with federal state and local ehs regulations as well as analyzing the efficiencies of their system wide energy usage and sustainability practices . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . july 2009 dakota software was formed in 1988 as a subsidiary of rochester gas & electric in rochester ny . their original software solution audit master helped to automate the ehs auditing process . throughout the 1990s and 2000s dakota continued to enhance their software offerings and became an active member of the environmental and safety communities . in 1995 audit master was replaced by dakota auditor a compliance software solution that integrates translated federal regulatory content . in 1999 dakota tracer a corrective action tracking and analysis tool is released to compliment auditor . in 2002 dakota anticipates the value of online data access and storage for their multi location customers and makes their products available online as software as a service saas . in 2004 dakota scout is released providing safety professionals with additional tools for tracking and analyzing incidents accidents and near misses . in 2007 dakota profiler is released . profiler represents a sea change in attitudes toward ehs management . rather than focusing on backward facing audits it helps users build compliance profiles that proactively identify applicable requirements and notifies them of any regulatory changes that affect that profile . in 2008 dakota software releases the proactivity suite which unifies their software offerings into one comprehensive product . in 2009 dakota metrics was added to proactivity . metrics simplifies data gathering analysis and reporting on greenhouse gas ghg and other company specific sustainability measurements . in april 2012 proactivity was awarded best software product by the northeast ohio software association . products edit dakota software s proactivity suite of products profiler auditor tracer scout and metrics can be used in combination or independently to proactively manage compliance at the points of control . at the heart of proactivity is a rule based data system fueled by a library of expertly translated regulatory content . this content integration is unique to proactivity and is dakota software s key differentiator . citation needed references edit http 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