Rimproreport With Tom Adams

Can you imagine making the decision to start a RIM service business in a brand new country? It’s a hard enough decision just in your own backyard. Now, imagine making this kind of entrepreneurial start-up decision with no prior record center experience.Against what many might consider rather unfavorable odds, Florian von Oppenheim set out from the UK to go to China to do just that. And nine years later, the company he started, Databox, is a thriving, records center operation with six locations across China.You’ll be surprised by Florian’s story. And I hope challenged that despite the odds, pretty much anything is possible, if you put your mind to it.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

What began as a 24 hour a day microfilm and microfiche service company in 1974, has today become a powerful, full-service Enterprise Content Management provider based in Indianapolis.Tronitech provides a full suite of document management solutions, tools and support. This includes scanning and imaging, cloud solutions, capture software and a whole lot more.Today on the show I chat with Edward “Bud” Arkenau, the President and CEO of Tronitech and his son, Mark Arkenau, a Senior Sales Executive with the company. We discuss their unique history and the evolution of the company.We also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Chris Howard is the President of Waterfront Capital, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chris and his partner, Sean Slade have been involved in more than 200 RIM business sales transactions over the years. On top of that, Chris has also owned and recently sold his own privately owned record center.On the interview replay, you’ll learn more about what is happening from his perceptive in the current round of acquisitions and then how to dramatically enhance the value of your business if you are considering a sale.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Just 23, Trisha Rooney Alden purchased a small storage business as a way to start her entrepreneurial life. In that storage business she bought were the archival records of one small law firm.Today, almost 20 years later, R4 Services is a incredibly successful, full-service record center in Chicago employing more than 30 staff and managing more than a million boxes. R4 has a full plant based shredding operation and provides the full suite of other RIM related services.Today you get to hear Trisha’s story.We’ll also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Today’s story is about entrepreneurial stick-to-it-ive-ness. My special guest today started out in the donut business. Today, she runs a multi-site RIM service company in Mexico City, Mexico. But between the donuts and the records management, she’s experienced success, failure and tremendous personal loss.Lula Salazar is the Founder and Director General of Pay Per Box, a RIM enterprise with seven record center locations as well as a fileroom staffing business.  She employs over 180 staff.  While her box storage business might not seem that impressive at just 150,000 boxes, Pay Per Box stores and manages 2,000,000 active files in-house and another 3,000,000 files for clients.Today on the show, you get to meet this amazing woman who has proven that anything is possible, despite what happens to you. You don’t want to miss it.We’ll also update you on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Our special guest is Jason Lavender, Founder and CEO of ID Theft Solutions of America. They are doing something pretty cool things to ensure client companies and their client’s staff are protected from identity theft. They are also extending it to support their clients, clients as well.I learned some interesting information during this interview. I hope you do too.We also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Today’s show is about a person that looked at a problem in a different way. Not from the shred industry, Steven Hershman faced an identity theft issue that pushed him to shred everything. In the process he discovered that small, desk-side shredders just don’t do the task of shredding like they should.So he set off in a quest to create a solution. He and his partner, Keith Rettig worked to prototype a self-serve, kiosk-style shred machine to place in grocery stores. That prototype has evolved into a viable, revenue producing machine that is making it’s way in a more dramatic way into grocery stores. The Shred Stop just recently announced a agreement with Safeway to begin adding the shred kiosks into stores in the northwest.It’s a great story and one that I know you’ll be interested in hearing.We’ll also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Imagine having the dominant position in a marketplace with your RIM service business.  Now imagine that even the big national and international competitors are absent from your market. Then, go so far as to let yourself dream even more and place yourself into one of the most entrepreneurial business environments in the world where your services are not just wanted, but required.It just doesn’t seem possible, does it? But it is and one company is experiencing it.DataBank is living that very dream.Today on the show, we meet and talk to Evan Lever, the CEO and Founder of DataBank, a full service data protection vault  located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel.Evan tells us the story of getting started, their unique facility and the secrets of their incredible success.We also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Chad Sorrell is the founder of Archive Logistics, a nine year old full service RIM enterprise he founded when he was 23.  The company serves the Tri-City area in East Tennessee, which includes Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol.Chad has built an incredibly good business in a very small market. He’s been awarded with a “Top 40 Business People Under Forty” by the area Business Journal and currently sits on the Board of Directors for PRISM International.On the show today, Chad shares his story of starting the business at 23 and the lessons he’s learned along the way. I believe he is one of the RIM industry’s young rising stars.We’ll also share some of the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Steve Richards is the President of Richards and Richards in Nashville TN.  He is also the President of the new Data Protection Association, a not for profit organization whose mission it is to  set the standard for service and education for members of the Data Protection Community, worldwide.On today’s episode, Steve discusses the new Association as well as the upcoming conference to be held in St Petersburg, FL from October 1st through 3rd.We also draw and announce the winners of the prizes donated to support our 100th episode last week. Special thanks again to O’Neil Software, REB Storage Systems, Big Dog Shred Bins and Tom Dumez – the HIPAA Man for the generous donations of prizes to make the show something special.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Today’s 100th episode of the RIMproReport was designed to be a celebration of the great time we’ve had doing the show for the last couple of years. And because of the milestone, Ian Thomas from O’Neil Software, our Exclusive Show Sponsor, joins us to chat about it. He promised, that as a way to celebrate the 100th episode, O’Neil would be giving some pretty cool prizes away.Then, as we were recording the show, a number of other special industry friends called into the studio to be part of the celebration. You’ll discover that a number of them had extra prizes to include for you on our 100th show.As you listen this week, you’ll learn what it is you need to do to have an opportunity to win one of the different prizes available from some of our close friends.Here are the official rules to be entered for each of the prizes. Next week on Show 101 we’ll announce the names of all prize winners.To enter yourself to win any of the prizes mentioned on the show today, please use the information below.One of Two Google N

PRISM International has changed quite significantly over the last few months. Not only was there a change in the Executive Director, staff and head office location, PRISM made the transition from a self-managed association team to an association management company run team.Today on the show we officially meet and get to know the new PRISM Executive Director, Dave Bergeson. As a long time association executive, Dave brings a wealth of experience to PRISM. He brings unique additional expertise that he discusses as well — and it includes monkeys!Along with Dave’s own story, we discuss the benefits of the new structure for association members, the new PRISM team and their roles, as well as some of the things they will be implementing going forward.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Archive Systems is making things happen. The Fairfield, NJ company is growing at a significant rate and is already located in eight geographic regions across the US, with more to come.Co-founder and Executive Vice President, Andy Koval is a driving force behind the success at Archive Systems.Today, he discusses their story as well as some of the beliefs they have related to this industry. We discuss greenfield start-ups in new markets, the acquisition of OmniRIM Solutions – a RIM software company and a whole lot more.This interview is full of hidden gems.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

If you have ever wondered what the process of selling your RIM service business would entail, this show will be a great way to learn.Vance Goss started Brazos Records Storage in 1994 in College Station, Texas. In February of 2012 he sold the business to Cornerstone Records Management.Today, Vance shares the story of preparing, planning and then, ultimately,  selling the business.  He discusses very candidly some of the hurdles he faced as well as the emotional implications that come with selling your long time business.There are so many lessons in the show today that will be valuable to you, even if you don’t plan on selling your business.We also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.  I turned off the clock on this interview to ensure great value on the show today.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

In the city of Spokane, Washington, Patrick DeVries is making things happen.Patrick is the founder and President of DeVries Business Services, a company that is using the power of diversification in its service offerings to establish an incredibly solid position in the marketplace.Not only does DeVries provide records storage, shredding, scanning and imaging and the standard RIM related services, they also have a solid courier business, a commercial furniture business and more.On the show today, Patrick and I discuss the benefits of diversification, as well as the DeVries story.There is a lots of great information on the show today.  Enjoy it!Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Mike Faber is Vice President, Archives Division of JK Moving Services.  Mike is a Certified Records Manager (CRM)  and is known within the records center world as one of the industry historians.On the show today we talk to Mike about the value his CRM designation has provided him in selling RIM related services. We’ll also discuss other things he’s learned and experienced in his significant industry history.And, we’ll get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Michael Hyland is Director of Grace Records Management and Grace Information Management. He has over 27 years of experience in the commercial Records Management Industry. Michael is based in Sydney, Australia and has been instrumental in the continued development of the RIM industry within Australia.On the show today, Michael shares his story as well as some of the secrets that propelled Grace to grow from 800,000 cartons to over 5.5 million. Through his extensive experience and insightful industry analysis, he currently leads a team of dedicated records and information management professionals at Grace. With operations in seven Australian capital cities and fourteen major regional centers throughout Australia, Grace has definitely created a powerful position down under.We’ll also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Joe Nezi is the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Retrievex.  Joe is a long time industry veteran known for his role in the meteoric growth of Pierce Leahy Archives.Today, I chat with Joe about his story, Retrievex and the perspectives he has about sales in the RIM industry.We’ll also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Shredder Mom is an institution and icon in the Shred and Destruction World. Officially, her name is Evelyn Jefferson and she is the Sales Manager at Allegheny Shredders.Evelyn has been someone who has helped so many companies in the industry in their start-up or growth stages. And she has a wonderful story to tell about her life in the industry.We also update you on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.

Jim Booth, Executive Director of  PRISM International  joins me on the show. Today is his last official day as Executive Director, a role he has played for the last 12 years, so this show is rather bittersweet.On the show today, Jim recounts some of the highlights he had over the years and we also spend some time talking about where Jim is headed.  Jim has been such a significant figure in the industry I wanted to honor him in this way on his final day.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O’Neil Software.