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Carceron at a Glance

• 1997 - Chad Massaker & Jeffrey Lee meet at the Kennesaw State University
• 1999 - Chad goes to work as the IT director for Sentry Hospitality. Jeffrey goes on to form his own IT consulting firm.
• 2002 - Chad and Jeff reunite to form Carceron. Several clients are enrolled in Carceron's managed services program. The Carceron office is an apartment in Kennesaw, Georgia.
• 2004 - Carceron moves into commercial office space in Kennesaw, Georgia (photos)
• 2004 - Carceron & Elite Telecom Services sponsor Truett Cathy, CEO of Chic-fil-a at the Kennesaw Business Association Luncheon (photos)
• 2005 - Carceron sponsors author and sports psycholgist Jack Llewellyn at the CRBA luncheon (photos)
• 2005 - Carceron assists the YWCA of North GA with housing and clothing for a women's sheltered that was displaced with Hurrican Katrina
• 2005 - Carceron is award a business community service award from the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce
• 2005 - Carceron awarded Top 25 Small Business of the Year by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce
• 2006 - Brad Clark hired as an intern. Brad is now the VP of Operations for Carceron
• 2006 - Carceron awarded Top 25 Small Business of the Year by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce for the second year in a row
• 2006 - Chad Massaker accepted into Leadership Cobb
• 2006 - Chad Massaker becomes the most recommended IT Consultant on Linkedin in Atlanta, third most in the United States. Combined with the recommendations of other Carceron employees, Carceron becomes the most customer recommended IT firm on Linkedin in Atlanta.
• 2007 - Carceron assits Devereux with building a new playground (photos)
• 2007 - Carceron makes the MSP Top 100 list
• 2008 - Marcus Bearden hired as Carceron's Business Services Manager
• 2009 - Carceron responds to the economic recession by releasing version 2.0 of it's Managed IT Services Agreement which was less cost then version 1.x and provided additional services.
• 2009 - Carceron assists victims of flooding in West Cobb County, GA (video)
• 2009 - Carceron co-sponsors the Georgia Association of Personnel Services (GAPS) Conference at Lake Lanier
• 2009 - Carceron achieves Microsoft Gold Partner status
• 2009 - Chad Massaker nominated for a Turknett Leadership Charactor Award
• 2009 - Chad Massker interviewed for ThriveAmerica Magazine (video 1, video 2, video 3)
• 2009 - Chad Massaker launches Massaker.Me: a entrepreneriual blog focused on best practices for networking, social media and business management
• 2009 - Carceron Fan Page launched on FaceBook. Over 350 Atlantan become fans within the first week
• 2010 - Carceron relocates its office to the Galleria 75 office building in Atlanta (photos)
• 2010 - Carceron co-sponsors the Center for Family Resources Bowling Tournament (photo)
• 2010 - Carceron co-sponsors a team for the Technology Association of Georgia Bowling Tournament (photo)
• 2010 - Chad Massaker is a top 5 finalist for the 2010 Metro Atlanta Small Business Person of the Year (photos, video)
• 2010 - Carceron partners with ecycle to offer complimentary computer recycling and drive destruction to clients with a Managed IT Services Agreement
• 2010 - Carceron releases version 3.0 of it's Managed IT Services Agreement. This version adds an array of new cloud and compliance related services to our standard offerings.
• 2010 - Carceron co-sponsors the The KSU Flourish Luncheon
• 2010 - Carceron sponsors the North Atlanta Chapter of the Society of CPAs monthly dinner
• 2011 - Datasafe Quick Server Reovery (QSR) service replaced with new Continuum off site backup service.
• 2011 - Carceron is a 2011 Season Sponsor for Theatre in the Square.
• 2011 - Chad Massaker to deliver Business Technology Predictions for 2011 presentation to the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (lunch & learn) & International Networking Week.
• 2011 - Carceron sponsors the Annual Center For Family Resources 10-Pin Challenge, helping to raise over $13,000 for a worthy cause.
• 2011 - Carceron 9th Annual Owner's Birthday Party at Sutra Lounge. Carceron CTO Jeffrey Lee turns 40.
• 2011 - CEO, Chad Massaker named on the MSPmentor 250 list, a group of executives, entrepreneurs, experts, coaches and community leaders shaping the global managed services market.
  
• 2011 - Carceron named on CRN's Next-Gen 250 List
• 2011 - Carceron CEO Chad Massaker chairs the annual Flourish Awards, a KSU College of the Arts program to honor supporters of the arts in Metro Atlanta, raising over $80,000 dollars for art's scholarships.
• 2011 - Carceron hosts a special VIP reception and play viewing for clients and friends at Theatre in the Square. (Carceron is an annual sponsor of the Theatre)
• 2011 - Carceron partners with the Metro Atlanta Chamber to provide discounted IT support for chamber members