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Our History ...
- Then…
- ComputerLand of Paducah was founded in
September of 1985. As was the model in the late nineteen eighties,
ComputerLand had a retail storefront that served as a place for home
and small business walk-in customers to gather information and shop
for software, supplies, and computer accessories. While these
programs were made available to the general public, ComputerLand’s
focus and core business was based upon industrial and commercial
clients. All of its support and service offerings, both from a
national and local perspective, were geared to these types of
accounts. In 1992, ComputerLand recognized that our
future was tied directly to our ability to provide quality support
services to the commercial client base that had been developed over
the years. To that end, ComputerLand closed its retail operations in
June of 1996 to focus on our commercial clients and their specific
technology support requirements.
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- Now…
- Today, ComputerLand is a national organization
of franchisees that provides quality technology products and support
services. ComputerLand of Paducah has the national affiliations to
be competitive in pricing and product availability and yet, as a
local company with a large technology staff, is responsive to the
individual needs of your firm. ComputerLand of Paducah is recognized as a viable partner for
companies with multiple locations due to the technical expertise of
its personnel and the professional manner in which its management
and staff handle complex projects and large-scale product rollouts.
These are usually designs that require the vision and careful
planning for which ComputerLand of Paducah has become known.
Management Team
Tim Farmer - Owner and President -
Mr. Farmer purchased the local ComputerLand franchise in April 1992.
He holds both a MBA and a BS in Finance from Murray State
University. His technology credentials include being a Certified
Network Engineer by Novell and a Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer.
Tim serves on the team of ComputerLand franchise owners that set
policy and procedures for the entire ComputerLand family, the
National Advisory Council. He is also a member of the National
Emerging Technology Committee and is kept abreast of the latest
product developments and industry trends directly by the
manufacturers. His latest meetings have been at Intel headquarters
in California and Microsoft headquarters in Washington. Mr. Farmer
serves his community on the Board of Directors of the Paducah
Chamber of Commerce. He was chairman of the Board for the year
2000.
Charles Lindsey - General Manager -
Mr. Lindsey has been with ComputerLand since March 24, 1986. He
came to ComputerLand after managing Paducah's first full service
computer store, The Computer Company, and later served as the
Manager of the Information Systems Division of McKeown's, Inc. At
ComputerLand, Charles has been an inside sales representative,
Territory Manager, and Sales Manager before assuming his role as
General Manager in 1997. He has achieved national recognition within
the ComputerLand family for his efforts by being named to the
ComputerLand National Circle of Excellence. Out of the approximately
ten thousand national employees, there have been only fifty-eight
such honorees in the twenty-five year history of ComputerLand. Mr.
Lindsey has been recognized by American Express and the University
of Florida and was included as a case study in their publication
"American Retail Excellence: A Key to Best Practices." Mr. Lindsey
has numerous and extensive technical certifications.
Gaylon Spraggs - Service Manager -
Mr. Spraggs came to ComputerLand in December, 1993 after years
of service experience in the office products industry with McKeown's,
Inc. ComputerLand was in need of a new structure for it's quickly
growing service department. Mr. Spraggs was immediately able to
provide the policy and procedures necessary to quickly and
efficiently respond to our client's requests for hardware service.
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