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news > 2000 news. Head Office News PageJune 2005 Powerful North American Conference in New Orleans
European Union Works for Computer Troubleshooters Regional Directors from Ireland, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and The Netherlands met with Founding Directors Wilson and Suzanne McOrist at a Regional Directors meeting in Madrid. Topics discussed at the two-day event included methods for developing a strong Computer Troubleshooters network in each country, plus marketing and global accounts. Pictured below are the delegates, in a relaxed and friendly mood- a mood that permeated discussions throughout the meeting. April 2005 Strong Expansion by Computer Troubleshooters into Europe and Nth Africa In the first months of 2005, Computer Troubleshooters has opened offices in Greece , Romania , Egypt and Morocco . Pictured below is George Zenzefilis who will manage the Greece Master Franchise, along with Nikos Fountas .
January 2005 Computer Troubleshooters – the World's Computer Service Network In 1997 Computer Troubleshooters commenced operations in New South Wales, Australia. The company is now the world's largest computer service network, with over 400 outlets, in 18 countries. Outlets have recently opened in Egypt and Morocco, creating a strong presence in North Africa for the company. This follows on from the opening of a service centre in New Delhi, India. In early 2004, operations commenced in Ireland and Holland and in both countries, a network has already developed, with three outlets in Holland and five in Ireland. Across the USA, there are now Computer Troubleshooters outlets in the majority of states, with over 200 outlets in total in the USA.
Recent Computer Troubleshooters Meetings & Conferences: • Asia – Pacific Conference held in Adelaide, South Australia, October 9-11. • USA, Mid-Atlantic TechFest, held on Oct 22-22 nd , at Cherry Hill in NJ. • UK-European Conference, Leeds, England, November 6-8 th
Donghwan Chang has purchased the Master Franchise for South Korea. Donghwan completed his training last month with Paul Andersen. Paul is currently focussing on developing the Asia region, in parallel with his New Zealand Master Franchise operation. Donghwan is an extremely successful businessman with a very positive approach to life and business. We know he is going to be a valuable member of our team. Computer Troubleshooters passes the 300 mark. Recent franchisee growth, particularly in Australia has taken the total franchise team to over 300 in number. 2003 International Conference, June 10th & 11th in Mexico. For more details on the conference in general please visit http://www.comptroub.com.mx/2004/ January
2004
Computer Troubleshooters is recognized by Entrepreneur magazine in their January 2004 Franchise 500 issue as the highest ranked computer service franchise. In addition Computer Troubleshooters is ranked as the 231st franchise in the top 500 listing of all franchises. We welcome the following franchisees into their 5th year as a Computer Troubleshooter:
December
2003
- Annual Report Comments. "Globally we now have over 275 franchisees. This year we have established our first franchisee operations in Quebec in Canada, into Portugal, South Africa, Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands. Strong growth has continued in the USA with now over 120 franchisees, over 70 in Australia, 25 in New Zealand and 25 in the UK." Finance Director Suzanne McOrist reports on the financial stability of individual franchises, as well as the financial stability of Computer Troubleshooters globally. "A feature of 2003 has been the number of individual franchisees who have expanded their operation past the $250,000 level. At least two outlets now are billing over $1,000,000 annually with many in the range $250,000 - $500,000 range." "Computer Troubleshooters International continues to fund its growth out of its own reserves and remains free from debt. This places the company in an ideal position to continue its expansion in the next few years" Wilson McOrist sees the focus for the organization in 2004 to be in the key areas of strengthening the position of existing franchisees and on increasing the name recognition and brand awareness. He states: "Although it is likely that we will move into Spain and France next year, and into new Asian countries like South Korea, our focus will be to continue to improve the service, support and training we provide to existing franchisees." "Natural growth will allow us to expand further in countries where we are currently operating but our future is based on maintaining close links with existing franchisees to ensure they are successful. If we make sure they are, attracting high quality people into the group will not be a difficult task." Pictured below in Berend Maten, our latest Master Franchise, for The Netherlands.
November
2003: UK - European
2003 Annual Conference - Manchester October
2003:
September 2003: Computer Troubleshooters reaches the 250 milestone. The global network of Computer Troubleshooters passed the 250 mark last month, with Ben & Tina Roussel in Louisiana USA recognized as the official number 250th Computer Troubleshooter. The Republic
of Ireland and Northern Ireland join the Computer Troubleshooters
global team.
August 2003: There has been strong growth in British Columbia Canada with the addition of 3 more franchisees - Chris Constantine, Doug Hurley and Rob Zoricic who join Chris Aconley, the provinces Regional Director. New franchisees across the USA, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico and in Portugal this month bring the total number of Troubleshooters world-wide to over 230. Conference Dates have been set for later this year: a) September 5 & 6th - New Zealand annual conference b) October 10-12th Asia Pacific Conference in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia c) October 25 - 26 Regional Directors bi annual meeting in Las Vegas, USA d) October 31 & Nov 1-2, UK - European Conference in Central England July 2003: New Regional Director for British Columbia, Canada. Chris Aconley joins Roy Thorpe and Vince Mascitto as the 3rd Regional Director in Canada. Chris is based in Vancouver. Initially he will develop his own individual franchise operation, and then look to take on a small number of franchisees over the next 12 month. First Franchisee into Portugal, Jorge Ferreira the Regional Director for Portugal has announced that Marco Lopez has just finished his initial training and becomes the first franchisee operator, along with Jorge, in Lisbon, Portugal. Nth American Annual Conference Photo below June 2003:
Over 60 Troubleshooters
attended the 2003 Nth American Conference - convened by Roy Thorpe
in Toronto Canada. It was a huge success.
May 2003:
The media focus on the SARS situation has not deterred the conference organizers or the majority of Troubleshooters. Over 50 people are booked to attend the 2003 International Conference in Toronto May 30th -31st 2003. Air Canada, and probably some other airlines, are offering some really deep discounted airfares to Toronto from many destinations. The hotel is excellent (Four Star) with 24 hour restaurants and room service, 2 indoor pools, whirl pools, well equipped exercise rooms, good restaurants and other great facilities. There is dial-up internet connection in all rooms and for those that do not want to bring a laptop there is a business centre with computers with internet access for a small fee. This will be an event to remember. April 2003: South Africa
inclusion strengthens the worldwide team. Arjen van Zwieten, based
in Randburg South Africa, has recently completed his start up training,
and he brings yet another country, South Africa, into the Troubleshooters
network.
 2003 International Conference on course for a
large turnout. Over 60 people, and possibly up to 85 look like meeting
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in late May for the 2003 Computer Troubleshooters
conference. Convenor Roy Thorpe, National Director for Canada is
quoted as saying:
"We have Troubleshooters booked in already from the United Kingdom, Australia, Kuwait, Mexico as well as from over 16 states in the USA, and 3 provinces in Canada. It looks like being a year 2003 event, "not to be missed". March 2003
Quebec
Canada
Vincent Mascitto has joined Roy Thorpe as a Regional Director in Canada. Vince is based in Montreal, Quebec and completed his initial training with Roy and Wilson McOrist last month  Kuwait
The Kuwait operation commences this month in earnest with the opening of their first two company sites. Pictured are Esmet, Tahir, Ghassan (Regional Director), Paul Andersen, International Training Manager, and Khalil.  February 2003
Portugal
We have been joined by Jorge Ferreira as the Regional Director for Portugal. Jorge is based in Lisbon and has been operating his own service business for the past 12 months. As the picture shows, Jorge visited Australia in late December where his training was conducted under the careful guidance and attention of Paul Andersen, the International Training Manager for Computer Troubleshooters. 
January 2003
We welcome
the following franchisees into their 5th year as a Computer Troubleshooter:
- Steve
Paino (Maroubra, NSW, Australia)
- Tony Rocca (Henley Beach, South Australia) - Paul Andersen (Tauranga, New Zealand) - Ian Brennan (Dandenong, Victoria, Australia) KuwaitWe also welcome yet another country - Kuwait - into the Computer Troubleshooters group. Regional Director Ghassan Hafez and his team of Taher, Khalil and Essmat have completed their initial training and are opening the first company site in early 2003. also see our international news and Australia news. current
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