DPOE's Vic Miceli honored as Advocate by Small Business Advocacy Council (IL)

By: Des Plaines Office Equipment
 
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - May 8, 2016 - PRLog -- CONTACT: Jim Farrell, PR First, 781-681-6616

Des Plaines Office Equipment's Vic Miceli honored by Small Business Advocacy Council as Advocate of the Year

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, MAY 9, 2016…Des Plaines Office Equipment , the Chicago area's leading provider of document management solutions and related services, announced today that company co-owner and Vice President Vic Miceli has been honored by the Small Business Advocacy Council  (SBAC) as its Advocate of the Year.

Miceli was recognized at the SBAC Annual Advocacy Dinner and Awards Ceremony held on April 21 at the Fairmont Chicago at Millennium Park. The event drew business owners from across the state to celebrate the SBAC's successes achieved during the past six years.  The Small Business Advocacy Council  was established in 2010 and currently represents over 1000 businesses in the Chicagoland area.

The SBAC is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization and is a non-partisan, member driven organization that promotes the success of small business through political advocacy, support services and educational programs.

The Advocacy Dinner highlighted how the SBAC has helped small businesses and what the organization will do to continue to advocate for the small business community and empower entrepreneurs throughout Illinois.  The SBAC believes that the success of small business is a critical component of the nation's economic well being; that in  order to ensure a fair and level playing field, small business must have a powerful and united advocacy voice at the local, state and federal level ; and that through cooperative networking, idea sharing and education, small business can flourish.

Since 1986, Victor Miceli and his brother, Chip, have provided the second generation of company leadership for the company that their father, Vincent Miceli, founded in 1955. Victor Miceli's work at Des Plaines Office Equipment is assisting companies in the Chicagoland/Elk Grove area in discovering their unaudited cost of their office output devices. He works with entrepreneurs on a daily basis helping  them reduce the costs of operation. His programs and those of his company save customers between 10% and 20% of costs in this area of their business.

He is active in a number of area business organizations, including Business Executive Association (https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=Business+Exec...), Schaumburg Business Association (https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=Schaumburg+Bu...), Italian Chamber of Commerce (https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=Italian+Chamber+of+Commerce&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link), Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce (https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=Des+Plaines+Chamber+of+Commerce&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link), and Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce (https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=and+Chicagoland+Chamber+of+Commerce&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link). He additionally serves on the Board of Directors of the SBAC.

Chip Miceli, President of Des Plaines Office Equipment, said, "We are all very pleased that Vic has been recognized for this high honor by the SBAC.  He is a tireless advocate for small businesses throughout the state and the nation."

About Des Plaines Office Equipment

Des Plaines Office Equipment (DPOE, www.dpoe.com), is a leader in the field of print management, and document generation equipment and solutions, serving the greater Chicago area since 1955. Today, DPOE operates three locations: its headquarters in Elk Grove Village, and a location in Chicago (211 West Wacker Drive) and Rockford (Loves Park, IL).  Des Plaines Office Equipment (DPOE) is a leading provider of Sharp office equipment, Oki Data, HP, Kyocera and Toshiba (telephone systems).  The company has additionally added the Sharp Aquos BoardInteractive Display System and Video Wall.  DPOE provides products and services to a diverse client base that includes schools, hospitals, law offices, accounting firms, and financial institutions, among others. The firm is a consistent winner of Sharp Document's Hyakuman Kai award for sales excellence, and was named a 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Elite Dealer by The Week in Imaging. DPOE maintains corporate headquarters at 1020 Bonaventure Drive, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. The firm is active in a number of area civic organizations, including the Greater O'Hare Business Association, the Small Business Advocacy Council, the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce. For additional information, please call 847-879-6400 or visit www.dpoe.com. You can also find the company on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/dpoecompany?fref=ts.

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