Jack Jorgensen purchased Advance Business Systems (Windsor) Inc. in 1991 as mainly a service dealer for Toshiba office equipment products; within a year, Jorgensen moved the company from 800 square feet of office space on Crawford to over 3000 square feet of space at Central and Grand Marais becoming the exclusive dealer distributor of Toshiba office technology for South Western Ontario.
By 1994 Mr. Jorgensen brought Advance Business Systems to the leading edge of office Technology being presented with the prestigious Chamber of Commerce "Business Excellence Award".
In 1996 Jorgensen purchased land at EC Row Expressway and Jefferson Blvd. with the vision of building the new corporate headquarters for Advance Business Systems and creating a landmark for his company with the 55' Digital sign facing EC Row Expressway for all to see.
That same year, Jorgensen was presented with the company's first "Master Service Award" (presented to the top service providers in Canada) and also welcomed Advance Business Systems 1000th customer.
While Advance Business Systems was preparing to move into its new 10,000 square foot Headquarters in 1998 as one of Toshiba's largest Dealers in Canada, Jorgensen was accepting his third straight "Master Service Award" and being presented with the companies second Chamber of Commerce "Business Excellence Award".
In 2001 Mr. Jorgensen purchased the Ricoh office equipment dealership for Southwestern Ontario adding many new products and services to the Advance family. The company also welcomed its Two Thousandth customer and received its sixth straight "Master Service Award".
Having successfully built the new 30,000 square foot corporate headquarters for Advance Business Systems in 1998, in 2005, Jorgensen proceeded to build the "Ultra Modern" Four storey 45,000 square foot building right next door to the EC Row Jefferson Location. This beautiful new building was awarded the "Best Design" of the year, 2005. While all this was going on Mr. Jorgensen accepted the company's tenth straight "Master Service Award", and welcomed the companies' three thousandth customer.
In 2009, the Jorgensen group of companies include:
Advance Business Systems, one of Canada's largest office equipment technology companies with over four thousand customers and still the only company "in Canada" to receive the coveted "Master Service Award" fourteen straight years since its inception in 1996.
Global Leasing, a customer based leasing company developed for the financial needs of today's business.
The Expressway Business Centre and J.J. Capital Properties Inc., development company's for today's commercial rental and construction needs totaling over 100,000 square feet of commercial rental space.
During
the past nineteen years, Mr. Jorgensen has also found
the time to spend 10 years on the Board of Directors of
Children First, raising over $500,000 for Children with
special needs and receiving the prestigious "Outstanding
Achievement Award for Volunteerism in Ontario" for
his efforts.
He has sat on the Dealer Council Board for Toshiba for
9 of those years and on the Ricoh Dealer Round Table for
6 years.
Mr. Jorgensen also chaired the NFL Super Bowl XL event in 2006 on behalf of the Mayor and the City of Windsor, bringing the "Boundless Playground to the City's Waterfront.
For more information on Jack Jorgensen and our Community Involvement, please click on the Community Involvement Page
Telephone:
519-945-7900 ext. 202
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Mailing Address:
Advance Business Systems
3290 Jefferson Blvd
Windsor, Ontario
N8T 2W8
