And even though Centennial began to expand into vertical and horizontal markets in the mid-1990s, the design and manufacture of PC cards and memory modules became, and to this day remains, its mainstay. In 1994, Centennial went public. In August 1997, the Board recruited L. Michael Hone as the company's new president and chief executive officer. In June of 1999, Hone rounded out his management team building by hiring Richard Pulsifer to serve as vice president and chief financial officer. Employees now have new tools to do even better in this regard.
Every key employee has a portable phone for immediate customer accessibility.
The Company's operations system now allows Centennial to track every function in every department in real time. And the Company relocated to new headquarters, where there was room for newer and better equipment - and growth. New Customer Partnerships Centennial's ability to move forward, combined with its customer service commitment, has allowed it to retain, as well as expand, its customer base. Centennial views this award as much a testament to the quality of its partnership with Nortel as to the quality of work the partnership has produced. Centennial's customers include Compaq, Nortel, Lucent, 3Com, Solectron, Jabil, United Parcel Service, Motorola, Alcatel, Siemens, General Electric and Cisco.