30 Year Evolution of an Hawaii Solutions Provider

Envision has a solid foundation stemming from over 30 years in the telecom business, serving many of Hawaii's growing and demanding businesses. Over 3,000 businesses across the state depend on Envision, a locally owned single source provider of voice and data networking solutions from the industry's leading manufacturers including, Cisco, Avaya, NEC, and Inter-Tel. Our customer base has been earned through a consistent focus on customer service, professionalism, and continued investment in our employees. Envision employs over 50 technology and information system professionals, many who have been with the company for more than 15 years and contribute to an aggregate knowledge base that rivals any organization in our industry.

1972 - Hawaiian Communications was founded by Larry Hawkins. PBX provider focused primarily on the Hospitality sector.

1976 - Tel-A-Com Hawaii was founded Dr. Richard Kelley, CEO Outrigger. PBX provider focused primarily on commercial, services, and integrated applications sectors.

1995 - The two companies merge and form partnership named DigiTel.

1998 - Digitel purchased by Northwestern Growth Corp. Renamed Expanets of Hawaii, and made a subsidiary of Expanets Inc, a nationwide organization with 200 offices generating revenues exceeding $400M.

1999 - Expanets purchased Communications Resources, Inc. (CRI), a Hawaii based Professional Services Consulting firm, founded by Brian Malecek in 1987. Acquisition completes the corporate vision of a full service "Solutions Provider".

2001 - Mr. Malecek becomes President of Expanets of Hawaii. CRI's eleven consultants/engineers become Expanets Professional Service Division.

2002 - Expanets purchases all of the operations of NEC Business Networking Solutions (BNS) in Hawaii, assuming service and support for over 300 customers.

2003 - Avaya, Inc. purchases Expanets, Inc. from Northwestern Corporation. Acquisition intended to consolidate Avaya's customer base on the mainland, while divesting all other business operations.

2003 - (December) EOH Enterprises LLC, led by Brian Malecek, purchases Expanets of Hawaii from Avaya, Inc. $700,000.00 of additional capital is infused into the business to further investment in its customers and technological expertise, while the company continues to provide uninterrupted service and support. In addition, another $5,000,000 has been committed for future investments in the Hawaiian operations.

2004 - Envision continues to grow and expand its business with large VoIP enterprise installations, call center deployments and professional service engagements in data networking and wireless. Talented and experienced telecommunications and data networking professionals continue to join the Envision team, bringing the total number of employees to 65. Envision continues to grow at a rate of 18% over year 2003 sales due to our successes in the Data Networking and IP Infrastructure sector. Envision remains a locally managed and locally owned Hawaii based company.

2005 - With major VOIP enterprise deployments in 2005, Envision was invited to participate at the Cisco TechExpo held at the Halekulani Hotel in July, showcasing VoIP, Wireless and Security. Envision Neworked Solutions was honored to be introduced as Cisco's "Go To" Partner in Hawaii for design and deployment of VoIP solutions.

2007 - Envision partners with Nexus, an established Industry leader and Cisco Gold Partner, to provide experienced and proven technical talent that specializes in securely deploying Unified Communications, Data Protection, Contact Center, Mobility, Infrastructure, Collaboration and Servicestechnologies.

2009 - Channel Partner for Meru Wireless.

2010 - Channel Partner for Lifexize HD Video Conferencing.