Elite Dealers

Challenges Take a Bow: Final Chapter of Issues Confronting Elite Dealers

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if all problems had an expiration date? Think how nice it would be to start Jan. 1 of every year anew, un-tethered to issues that plagued you during the previous year. Unfortunately, the only time all of our worries go away is when we shuffle off this
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Rolling with the Punches: Part Two of Elite Dealer Challenges

Not all challenges are created equal, and this is certainly true for the office technology dealer space. There are the sobering variety, such as the loss of longtime customers or star team members. Those never have easy solutions. They keep dealer execs awake at night, repeatedly
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Dealing with Adversity: Round One of 2025 Elite Dealer Challenges

It’s the dawn of a new year; yes, we still have a few weeks left in 2025, so it’s still dark outside, so to speak. As December continues to fade, we take stock of the year—both our victories and takedowns, and our losses and setbacks. We’ve had our share of all four yet emerged
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Elite Dealers: $10 million to $20 million

AD SolutionsOrlando, FLwww.myadsusa.com Year Founded: 2009President/Owner: Lynda N. Lizarazo (president), Moody Hamdan (CEO)Number of Employees: 51Primary Vendors: Sharp/NEC, HP, Lexmark, BrotherPrimary Solutions Offerings: PaperCut, ConnectWise, Crestron Electronics, Google,
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Elite Dealers: Under $5 million

4 The OfficePittston, PAwww.4theoffice.net Year Founded: 2006President/Owner: Carmen PitarraNumber of Employees: 5Primary Vendors: Xerox, HP, OneScreen, Formax, LenovoPrimary Solutions Offerings: PaperCut, ECI Software Solutions, AxessPrimary Leasing Partners: Wells Fargo, PEAC
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Elite Dealers: $5 million to $10 million

Advanced Business EquipmentAsheville, NCwww.abecarolina.com Year Founded: 1981President/Owner: Kevin JacksonNumber of Employees: 30Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Canon, KIP, Dell, HP, MBMPrimary Solutions Offerings: Virtual Technologies, AllComm, Microsoft, Square 9 Softworks,
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Elite Dealers: $20 million to $50 million

Advanced Imaging SolutionsMinnetonka, MNwww.ais-mn.com Year Founded: 1997President/Owner: Michael KeatingNumber of Employees: 45Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Sharp, Epson, Kyocera, HP, LexmarkPrimary Solutions Offerings: YSoft, Square 9 Softworks, RSA, PaperCut, UmangoPrimary
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Elite Dealers: $50 million to $100 million

Access SystemsWaukee, IAwww.accesssystems.com Year Founded: 1986President/Owner: Shane Sloan (CEO), Jay Agard (president of operations), Jon Joynt (president of sales)Number of Employees: 270Primary Vendors: Sharp, Ricoh, Toshiba, HP, LexmarkPrimary Solutions Offerings: PaperCut,
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Elite Dealers: $100 million to $400 million

ACPDenver, COwww.acp.comwww.verticomm.com Year Founded: 1975President/Owner: Brad KnepperNumber of Employees: 504Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Canon, Sharp, FP Mailing, Kyocera, HPPrimary Solutions Offerings: Intermedia, Verkada, Rhombus, Microsoft, Huntress, ACDI, Predictive
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Elite Dealers: $400+ million

DEX Imaging, LLCTampa, FLwww.deximaging.com Year Founded: 2002President/Owner: Dan Doyle Jr.Number of Employees: 2,000+Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Sharp, Ricoh, HP, KyoceraPrimary Solutions Offerings: Apple, Microsoft, PaperCut, Printer Logic, ConnectWise, Arctic Wolf,
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2025 Elite Dealers: Growth Drivers Steering Many a Fortune

Without a doubt, 2025 has been one of the more eventful, chaotic, exhausting, confusing and frustrating years in recent history. And that’s just what’s percolating under the roof of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. We kid. The current president may be polarizing, but
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Industry’s Best and Boldest: ENX Magazine Releases 2025 Elite Dealers List

Affinity Business Communications, the publisher of ENX Magazine and ENX The Week in Imaging, is pleased to announce the 2025 Elite Dealers list. We will present extensive profiles on each of the 116 honored dealers—ranging from below $5 million in revenue to $400 million-plus—in
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Pain Versus Gain: Elite Dealers Address Issues Spurred by Growth

Some issues within the office technology dealership galaxy are more prevalent than others, and few feature the many consequences that arise from growth. Organic and acquisition growth alike can wreak havoc on a dealer’s service and support functions when it is unable (at least
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Protecting Accounts, Attracting and Maintaining Top Performers Among Elite Dealer Priorities

Dealers and manufacturers alike are sounding the same growth bell. In order to add net-new revenue, it will be necessary to take share from your competitors. And guess who else is thinking along those same lines? Yep, your competitors. Businesses’ answer to pick-pocketing is just
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2024 Elite Dealer Challenges: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

Our December issue encapsulates 118 of the office technology sector’s leading providers, the Elite Dealers. For many companies, it was a very good year, as evidenced by strong year-over-year growth from the honorees. But by no means was the campaign without its flaws, as dealers
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