United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC  20549
Schedule 13D

(Amendment No. 1)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Syntellect Inc.
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Title of class of securities)


87161-L-10-5
(Cusip #)




Danielle Green
UBS PaineWebber
1501 K Street NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC  20005
(202) 585-5451
(Name, address, and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and communications)



February 1, 2002
(Date of event which requires filing)


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(1) Names of reporting persons---I.R.S. Identification Numbers of Above Persons:

Ralph A. Cusick Jr.


(2) Check the appropriate box if a member of a group

N/A

(3) SEC Use Only

(4) Sources of Funds

PF

(5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings
 is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):

N/A

(6) Citizenship or Place of Organization

 	USA

(7) Number of Shares Sole Voting Power

      580,000

(8) Shared Voting Power

 	70,000  (wife, Jacquelin A. Cusick)

      (9)	      Sole Dispositive Power

	580,000

      (10)     Shared Dispositive Power

	 70,000 (wife, Jacquelin A. Cusick)



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(11) Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

650,000
(12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
N/A
(13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row
     5.7% (based on 11,328,000 shares outstanding at December 31, 2001)
(14) Type of Reporting Person
IN


Item 1.		Security and Issuer

	This Schedule 13D relates to shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value,
of Syntellect, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Issuer").
The principal executive offices of Issuer
are located at 15810 North 28th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85023.

Item 2.		Identity and Background

a. Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.

b. 4815 Sumner Drive Bethesda, MD  20816

c. Retired

d. No criminal convictions during the last five years

e. No civil proceedings during the last five years

f. United States Citizen


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Item 3.		Source and amount of funds or other consideration

Purchase was made of 5,000 shares on
February 1, 2002 for $9,979.50 with personal funds.


Item 4.		Purpose of transaction

The purchase of Common Stock on February 1, 2002 was acquired
 for investment purposes only.

Item 5.		Interest in securities of the issuer

a.	650,000 shares are owned representing 5.7% of the Issuer's issued and
 outstanding shares (based on 11,328,000 shares
 outstanding on December 31, 2001)

b.	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr. is the sole beneficial
 owner of the securities identified
in subsection (a) above, except that he owns70,000
of those shares of the common stock
 jointly with his wife.

c.	The following transactions in the Common Stock were effected within the
60 days prior to March 4, 2002:

Name		   Date		# of shares	$ per share	Nature

Ralph Cusick	  2/28/02	3,800		$1.48		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	  2/25/02	   400		$1.56		Open market purchase
Ralph and	  2/22/02	5,000		$1.51		Open market purchase
Jaquelin Cusick
Ralph Cusick     2/20/02            800		$1.52		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	   2/07/02	   900		$1.85		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	   2/07/02	   100		$1.85		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	   2/05/02	4,000		$1.90		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	   2/01/02	5,000		$1.90		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick	   1/30/02	5,000		$1.88		Open market purchase
Ralph Cusick      1/18/02 	5,000		$1.36		Open market purchase
Ralph and 	    1/14/02	2,200		$1.52		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick

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Ralph and 	    1/14/02	5,000		$1.62		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/15/02	5,000		$1.45		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/16/02	5,000		$1.43		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/16/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/17/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/18/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/02/02	5,000		$1.94		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/08/02        2,800		$1.52		Open market purchase

d.	No other person other than Ralph A. Cusick Jr. has the right to receive or
the power to direct the receipt of dividends from
the shares of common stock held or the
right to receive or the power to direct the receipt
of the proceeds from the sale of such shares.

e. Not applicable

Item 6.	Contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships
with respect to securities of issuer

Except as described above there are no contracts,
, understandings or
 relationships with respect to any securities of issuer,
 including but not limited to transfer or
voting of any such securities, finder's fees, joint ventures,
 loan or option arrangements, puts or calls,
 guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss,
or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Item 7.		Material to be filed as exhibits

	N/A

Signature

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


March 4, 2002

/s/	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.


	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.