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1. 1. UPS-Batteries-National-Sales-Service

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   Published on: 9/3/2007   Last Visited: 9/3/2007

   JT Packard, a vendor of small- and mid-sized UPS systems, is founded by Jeff Cason.

2. 2. www.jtpackard.com

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   Published on: 12/29/2006   Last Visited: 3/19/2007

   In addition, Jeff Cason, President of JT Packard, announced his resignation, effective immediately. "After building the company into a UPS industry force, and earning a spot on the Inc. 500 for two consecutive years, Jeff left to pursue other entrepreneurial interests.

3. 3. Unified Newspaper Group Publications

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   Published on: 10/19/2006   Last Visited: 11/21/2006

   But the acquisition, said company CEO and founder Jeff Cason, won't change a thing about JT Packard's plans to build on 25 acres on Verona's southeast side, nor will it change the rapidly growing company's projection that it will double its staff in the next 4-5 years. "It made logical sense to keep everything here in Verona," Cason said Monday. "Verona has been here for me back when I had 30 people, I want to be here for a long time." Power Plus!, an Anaheim, Calif., company that provides temporary power to customers in the western United States, purchased a majority interest in JT Packard for an undisclosed sum, the company announced last week. Cason, who was the sole owner, will stay on as CEO of JT Packard, which will keep its name and all of its employees. The acquisition will expand JT Packard's market and allow it to buy up companies that do regionally what JT Packard does on a national scale, Cason said. The company is expected to grow from 235 employees to 400-500 in a few years, with the number of Verona workers likely to go from 110 to more than 200, Cason said. "There could be 75 to 150 people hired in the next 18 months," he said.
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   Ken Harwood (Dist. 4), who said Cason could have "pocketed the cash (from the acquisition) and gone elsewhere."
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   Cason, a former Verona resident who now lives in Madison, said he refused to close the deal with Power Plus! until he knew the company would be staying in Verona. The TIF agreement "certainly helped" seal the deal, he said. "With the help of the city, I was able to ensure that the growth of our company, and our staff, happened here," he said. The company plans to sell or lease its landlocked 275 Investment Court headquarters after it moves next fall to the 25-acre site inside Verona Technology Park, located on the southeast corner of County Roads PB and M. Construction on the new headquarters will begin in early 2007, and the first phase , estimated at $6 to $8 million , will wrap up next fall, Cason said. Design options call for about 50,000-60,000 square feet of office space in a 2-3 story building, with a 60,000-square foot warehouse nearby. The current headquarters, built in October 2003, totals 33,000 square feet. "We knew a year-and-a-half ago that we'd outgrown it," Cason said. In another six or seven years, the headquarters could stretch to 180,000-280,000 square feet, Cason predicted, and there will still be 10 acres for future growth for a company that has moved four times since 2000. "I don't want to move again if I can help it," he said.
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   A major boon from the Power Plus! deal is that it opens the door for JT Packard to begin servicing generators, Cason said. "We have 6,000-7,000 customers that had been telling us for the last 2-3 years, ,How long is it going to be before you start servicing generators?'" Cason said. The company could also benefit from a few lawsuits that might close in the next year. Manufacturers of UPS equipment have claimed that independent service outfits like JT Packard have overstepped copyright laws, but Cason said the courts are finding otherwise. "That could really open things up," he said. Cason, 34, is a high-school dropout from Adams who founded the company after three years of selling UPS equipment full time. Though he declined comment on the terms with Power Plus!, it's clear the deal made him a very rich man. "The most rewarding thing isn't necessarily the money," he said.