Our Story - A History of Excellence

Through our humble beginnings as a business providing services to the greater Northeast Ohio area, MCPc has flourished into an award-winning global technology products and solutions provider.

Our flexibility to adapt at all stages, along with our high-touch approach to customer service, has defined our success. In addition to our 45-year history in products and service, we have accumulated more than 20 years of experience in the computer and technology industry.

The MCPc Timeline

1960s

• 1964 – Joseph Dreher founded DAK Supply, the largest carbon, ribbon and duplicating supplies distributor in Ohio.
• 1964 – Smear free carbon paper introduced.

1970s

• 1970 – Pittsburgh Branch office opened.
• 1975 – Word Processing is hot topic.
• 1976 – First time DAK generated one million in sales.
• 1977 – First dot matrix printer introduced. Eight-inch diskettes, datacenter and word processing supplies in demand.

1980s

• 1981 – IBM started selling the Personal Computer.
• 1984 – Established partnership with Hewlett- Packard. That same year HP introduces first laser printer. 
• 1985 – An Advanced Technologies Group was created to focus on the emerging computer and hardware industry. It served as a mark of flexibility to the changing marketplace.
• 1986 – DAK opens Cincinnati branch. Toshiba introduces first laptop computer. The Advanced Technologies Group became DAK’s main service offering, shifting the company’s focus from general office supplies to computer equipment and accessories.
• 1987 – DAK’s first million dollar month and first $10 million year.
• 1988 – DAK initiated a new business offering selling services such as hardware break-fix. DAK soon became known as a “one-stop shop” for office and computer needs.
• 1988 – The inkjet printer was introduced.

1990s

• 1990 – DAK Supply renamed DREHER Business Products.
• 1991 – DREHER started offering PC training services and established a partnership with MicroAge.
• 1992 – The Advanced Technologies Group expanded its lifecycle management activities with its involvement in the RPS, Inc. / FedEx project. The project involved the deployment of upwards of 200 manifest systems a day with shipments so large that facilities in the late 90’s had to be moved from Cleveland to Erlanger, Ky., and then to Memphis, Tenn.
• 1993 – LAN’s and WAN’s became popular. DREHER started offering network design and technical services.
• 1994 – DREHER achieved $50 million in annual sales.
• 1995 – DREHER had 100 employees and was 211 on the Value Added Resellers list.
• 1996 – DREHER Business Products began offering its full-service online procurement solution, which would later become MCPconnect.  By combining the “shopping” elements of electronic retail sites with the business process tools of a procurement platform, DREHER Business Products was able to provide flexibility that satisfied the individual requirements of each customer.
• 1998 – Sales are $100 million with 168 employees. Publicly-held Miami Computer Supply Corporation (MCSi), of Dayton, Ohio, a $1 billion in sales company, took notice of DREHER. MCSi sold only office products and wanted to learn how to sell services too.
• 1998 – In February, DREHER Business Products merged with MCSi, and assumed the MCSi name.

2000s

• 2000 – After purchasing other small VAR's like DREHER all around the country, MCSi was re-focused on the A/V business.
• 2002 – Fifteen employees bought the Advanced Technologies Group from MCSi and MCPc was born. The privately held company was launched as a value-added reseller (VAR), devoted to customer service and emerging technologies focused in the computer technology industry versus A/V. MCPc’s national footprint was established and incorporated top talent from around the country.  
• 2003 - MCPc's first fiscal years sales topped $120MM.
• 2003 – MCPc responded to globalization trends by partnering with Westcon Group to expand its business internationally.
• 2007 – MCPc launched its three strategic business units — Converged Network Group, Lifecycle Management Group and Strategic Support Services.
• 2009 – MCPc now at $170MM in sales with over 300 of the industry's most talented individuals on staff.

Today

• MCPc continues to be a trusted technology products and solutions provider that delivers results to its customers.