MAD SCIENCE OF SCOTTSDALE: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Check in on the 2004 “Help! My Office is Obsolete!” office makeover contest winner and see how they’re doing one year later

A year after winning Xerox and Entrepreneur magazine’s 2004 "Help! My Office is Obsolete!" office makeover contest, Mad Science of Scottsdale, Ariz. is expanding, due in part to new document technology and services from Xerox.

"More than anything, this makeover has helped us grow our business," said Jack Hamlett, owner of Mad Science, a children's science education company. "We recently acquired a second Mad Science franchise territory in the Phoenix area, doubling our business!"

Prior to the makeover, the company described its office as a "science experiment gone wrong." Now, with state-of-the-art Xerox hardware and software; design consultation services from Thom Filicia, interior design specialist on the Emmy Award nominated hit show Queer Eye; and HON furniture, the office is transformed into a more productive and efficient workplace than ever before.

Gone is the 12-year-old thermal fax machine. Instead, Mad Science uses a Xerox WorkCentre^® Pro 55 advanced multifunction system to copy, print, fax and e-mail. The 55 page-per-minute system helps them quickly and easily print and copy large volumes of course materials and registration forms on-site. With the Xerox Phaser^® 8400 solid ink printer, Mad Science is adding vibrant color to its documents, including printing color materials, like "Bug Bingo" for a new summer science camp for preschoolers called "In the Garden."

Having this powerful equipment in-house enables employees to immediately react to last-minute requests and changes in materials. In fact, Mad Science printed and copied nearly 15,000 documents in the first 40 days after the Xerox MFP and printer were installed.

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