Losh Communications absorbs Tele Tec

“We were kind of treading water,” said Losh Communications President Mark Losh, who bought the 18-year-old company from his parents in May. “Too many people were doing too many things.”

Mark Losh and former employee Matt Terrill agreed to a merger March 1 of Losh Communications and Terrill’s two-year-old Tele Tec. Both telecommunications companies specialize in the installation and service of commercial telephone systems and computer networks, Losh said.

Before his parents retired, Losh handled customer service, quality control and supervision of field technicians. Now, Terrill will take over those responsibilities so Losh can focus on running the company.

Terrill, who formerly worked five years as lead field technician at Losh Communications, 1700 S. Campbell Ave., Ste. E, agreed after just two weeks of negotiations to become supervising technician and fold Tele Tec into Losh Communications. Terrill will receive a base salary and a percentage of sales from the roughly 50 clients he brought from Tele Tec. Terrill’s clients included Peterbilt of Springfield, Dairy Farmers of America and Springfield Public Schools.

“He more or less dissolved his company, brought his customers over and just merged his business into ours,” Losh said.

For Losh, bringing Terrill in helps alleviate his workload, improves customer service and adds to his company’s existing roster of about 500 clients, which already included Positronic Industries, Willow Brook Foods and Hiland Dairy Co.

For Terrill, the merger came at just the right time. He had operated from home with a part-time employee, who will transfer to Losh Communications, but business was picking up and he would have had to expand into commercial space and hire more workers. He said he wasn’t ready for “all those headaches.”

Joining Losh Communications gives him the support system he missed during his two years as an entrepreneur.

“I’ve been running by myself for two years doing everything – you know, the sales, the field work, all the paperwork,” Terrill said. “What I’ve been telling people, and I think they think I’m crazy, is that I was lonely.”[[In-content Ad]]