Disc, Inc. Turns 29!

This October, as we celebrate our 29th anniversary, we thought it would be fun to share some personal thoughts and experiences from the world of Disc, Inc.  With employment ranging from 6 months to over 20 years, we have an array of insights.  Here is our first installment for the month, in order of time served.

Co-owner/VP of Production – David Carter (22 years): We registered the discinc.com domain in May of 1995.  In that same year, Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 1.0 was released and the optical storage medium known as the DVD was announced.

Production Assistant – Mandy Galaviz (7 years): One day I was extremely busy and hadn’t left the office all day.  While I was working, David and Armando went outside and wrapped my entire car in shrink wrap! When it was time to go home, I couldn’t open the door.

Project Manager/CSR – Jacqulyn Carter (4 years):  When I was about six, I would come to work with my dad in the summer and help with scan projects.  Scanning was soooo boring that I would fall asleep after starting the machine.  I’d just lay my head back and pass out, using my jacket as a blanket.  Everyone thought it was so cute!

Sales/Marketing Manager – Nicole Harbour (4 years):  I had an account manager walk up to me one day with a very confused look on her face, holding a 5.25″ floppy disk in her hands.  A client had come in requesting a conversion to CD and the account rep had absolutely no idea what it was.  I felt very old at that moment.

Co-owner/President – Carrie Carter (3 1/2 years): I had been around Disc, Inc. for years, but when I became President of the company in 2008, I had no idea there were people still using 3.5″ diskettes! And they continue to this day.

Office Manager – Vicki Cook (1 year): When I started with Disc, Inc., I was not exactly current with techology.  I had no idea that ebooks even existed.  Knowing you can go online and download them to your reader or tablet is great! No more driving to the bookstore or library for books!  Of course, now my husband tells me I’m getting too technological for him.

Account Representative – Adrian Alvarez (6 months):  Before I started working here, I had no idea there was a difference between duplication and replication.  I always thought if you needed a copy of a CD or DVD, you burned one.  Little did I know that replication is this whole complex manufacturing process. 

On behalf of the Disc, Inc. staff, we’d like to thank you all for helping us create these memories and many more! We’ve seen a lot of changes since 1982 and we’re looking forward to what the future brings.  Stay tuned for more musings and let us know what changes have impressed you in the past (gulp) 3 decades.