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1960's
EZ-C-Lite began in the early 1960s as an inspiration that was dreamed up by Mr. Corder's father at a party. A top sales agent for the major producer of tow trucks stated that a new law was to be enacted that required the tail lights of the tow truck to be seen behind the towed vehicle. Mr. Corder's father began to draw out the concepts for a "Light Bar." An attorney at the party said: "You need to patent that!" and he did.
Production of the "Light Bar" began and demands for the product went through the roof. The maker of the individual light components purchased the patent.
1970s
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1970's
EZ-C-Lite, with all their contacts in the towing industry, began to customized tow trucks. This led them into automotive tool sales, and subsequently into automotive parts. The company EZ-Automotive was formed. EZ-Automotive grew to one of the largest Automotive Distribution Centers in Central Ohio with many service centers having their service parts on consignment.
James D. Corder began to work with UNIX as part of Bell Laboratories youth mentor program.
1980sprofile
"I must applaud my parents. I believe that I got my do it mentality from them. What ever it took, do it. If you want it go for it... Mom & Dad was always there for me! From Sunday School, to PTA President, To Scouts, they were always there! Thank you Mom & Dad." James D. Corder.
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1980's
Mr. Corder taught his first UNIX class while still in High School. By 1985 Mr. Corder was teaching UNIX to the Department of Defense.
The Corder Company was founded in 1980. The Corder Company has had facilities in: acquisitions, communications, computer design, e-commerce, engineering, equipment repair, marketing, retail sales, software development, UNIX training and consulting, Datacenter Virtualization and Consolidation, VMware, Public and Private Cloud Computing.
In 1989 the EZ-Automotive was sold.
1990s"I can remember having to hold down full time jobs while simultaneously running my business. My father taught me that the best thing about being self employed is not that you get to work half days, but you get to choose which twelve hour shift you want to work." James D. Corder
With AT&T coming out of the great divestiture, UNIX began to grow in popularity. The need for UNIX talent was unprecedented.
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1990's
In 1992 James D. Corder earned his Doctor of Motors.
In 1996 The Corder Company moved its Technical (UNIX/AIX/Solaris) Training division into its own company Corder Training a wholly owned subsidiary of Corder Enterprises International (C.E.I.)
In 1997 C.E.I. began offering UNIX private franchise opportunities through The JD Corder Company.
2000sCER
With the sale of EZ-Automotive, in 1990 Corder Equipment Repair (CER) was spun into its own enterprise. CER had the authorized service center for Ammco (brake lathes) Coats (tire changers and computerized balancers) and other automotive equipment manufactures.
With a strong background in the automotive aftermarket, CEI's early consulting years was in the automotive industry.
With the development of Mozilla, CEI began to develop web content for its clients.
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2000's
In 2001 CER was sold.
In November 2003 CEI started the certification process to train VMware
In 2004 CEI began partnering with VMware to offer VMware training to and for VMware.
With James D. Corder obtaining his VCI (VMware Certified Instructor) status, CEI now began to teach VMware to the US Government, DOD, HP, IBM, Dell, and many of the Fortune 1000's.
2010's
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2010's
CEI celebrates its 30 year anniversary!
CEI's Logo get's an update.
Person VUE Education, the testing provider for VMware, stated that CEI is in the top ten companies in the world for the highest number of students getting VMware certified.
The Corder LogoTM
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2010 - Present
The Logo's Significance! The three spheres represents the Trinity. The arrow is like the needle of a compass pointing one in the True direction. The arrow pierces the sphere to represent the blood of Jesus. The laurel leafs reminds us that all is in His hands.
