Centric Business Systems

It is impossible for Rick Bastinelli to retire, for that would mean the longtime top executive of Baltimore-based Centric Business Systems is ready to sit back and relax. But while he did technically call it a career a couple weeks ago, at the conclusion of a two-year transition Read More

When he was exploring the ideal M&A partnership to help execute the long-term growth initiatives of Centric Business Systems, Rick Bastinelli wasn’t merely considering his own future. But in UBEO Business Services, the president of the Owings Mills, Maryland-based dealer saw Read More

UBEO Business Services picked up right where it left off in 2021 with the announcement that it had acquired Centric Business Systems of Owings Mill, Maryland, a $55 million performer and longtime ENX Magazine Elite Dealer. The acquisition gives UBEO—which has holdings in New Read More

The Great Resignation has been one of the most cited repercussions from the trail of destruction COVID-19 continues to leave across the global business network. The term is largely attributed to Texas A&M University Professor Anthony Klotz, who predicted that a large wave of Read More

Centric Business Systems is pleased to announce the expansion and relocation of its office in the Philadelphia area. Located in King of Prussia, the new location provides Class A office space to accommodate sales, service, administration, training, and leadership. The custom Read More

What the pandemic has done to the business landscape, among other things, is to add a variable layer to the quest for finding and maintaining quality employees. The pool of competent, industry-specific applicants was quite thin at the onset of 2020, but with millions of people Read More

Owings Mills, MD (Sept. 23, 2020) — Centric Business Systems, a leading provider of document management technology, is pleased to announce Will Thacker has joined the company as a Director of Sales. Thacker will lead the sales operations in Centric’s Washington, D.C., Southern Read More

Owings Mills, MD (Sept. 17, 2020) — Centric Business Systems, a leading provider of document management technology, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded in August 1990 as Copy World in Woodlawn, Maryland, the company has grown to be a major technology services provider Read More

Downingtown, PA (May 13, 2019) — Mike Dudek and Rich Wisniewski of Zygoquest Group served as the advisor to Carefree Office Technology, Inc. and its owner, Chris Jones, on the sale of assets to Centric Business Systems Inc. Terms of the transaction are confidential. ### About Read More

Centric Business Systems, a leader provider of document management technology in the Mid-Atlantic region, announces the acquisition of Carefree Office Technology Inc., a successful office technology dealer located in Northern Virginia. “This acquisition allows Centric to gain Read More

There are two things most dealers can agree upon. One, social media engagement is an effective tool for communicating with customers and prospects, whether it’s to promote a product or service, or to keep people abreast of what your company is doing. Two, crafting a message that Read More

The role and life of the account representative, one might argue, has been simplified in the past 20 years. No longer is in incumbent upon a sales rep to do all of the heavy lifting in enticing existing clients and prospects to avail themselves of your dealership’s product and Read More

Owings Mills, MD (June 22, 2018) — Centric Business Systems, a leading document technology provider in the mid-Atlantic region, announced that it has acquired Webster Integrated Technologies (WIT Corp), located in Richmond, VA. WIT Corp is a successful and reputable office Read More

Yes, Rick Bastinelli’s first job after graduating from college was a ski instructor. Although he concedes it was a great job, he says he realized – to his chagrin – that he needed to pursue a professional career. After what he describes as a comprehensive job search, he accepted Read More

I hope you’ve been taking solace in the challenges the independent dealer community, knowing that these are some of the very same challenges your dealership is facing. The challenges we’ve been presenting throughout the month were originally shared by ENX and The Week Read More