Whether your company is an established Fortune 500 powerhouse—like Edge Office clients Cisco Systems, IBM, Alcatel, SAS, Quintiles, and Network Appliance—or is just starting its journey to the top, Edge Office will work with you to help create a workplace environment that:
- Reinforces your corporate identity with employees, clients, and investors;
- Meets your budgetary requirements;
- Easily and flexibly accommodates growth and changes in your business; and
- Enhances employee recruitment, retention, and productivity.
Our experience, technical knowledge, and focus on customer service make Edge Office the logical choice for your next expansion or refurbishing project. By working as part of your project team, we can simplify and streamline the process, giving you more time to focus on your core business.
Because Edge Office works with established industry giants, we can leverage their corporate lessons and best practices to benefit firms of any type or size.
At Edge Office, we know that, when it comes to office furnishings, what matters most are:
- Rapid, efficient, focused decision making;
- Getting the right look with a prudent use of capital;
- Scalable, flexible, interchangeable solutions; and
- Finding a responsive supplier that follows through on every commitment.
Whether your company is large or small, established or start-up, when you choose Edge Office as your source for office furnishings, our goal is to provide you with an experience that you will want to repeat.
A Unique, Experience-based Perspective
With his experience in both the office-furnishings and information-technology industries, Edge Office founder Michael Kerr brings a uniquely balanced perspective to the creation of appealing, cost-effective, productivity-enhancing workplace environments. Edge Office began in 2004, when Michael, then general manager of the RTP-area operations of Business Resource Group (BRG) and already a veteran in the industry, acquired the business from BRG.
Michael began his career in the workplace-furnishings industry as a product engineer at Steelcase, where he managed a corporate-wide value-engineering program and became a senior commodity manager. He subsequently served as vice president of operations for the Seattle-based Bank & Office Interiors (B&OI) division of BKM Enterprises, Steelcase’s largest distributor. He then became a corporate vice president at HON Industries, another leading manufacturer of office furnishings, where he was general manager of their Chandler Attwood division.
In addition to his extensive experience in the office furnishings industry, Michael also has experience in information technology (IT) businesses, including his role as co-founder and COO of TekSell, a venture-funded business-to-business (B2B) exchange for IT equipment, where he helped secure the initial venture-capital funding. He also served as the first dedicated sales professional at Ultimus, a pioneer in business process management and workflow automation software, where he was responsible for North American sales. Michael is a licensed professional engineer with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and also holds an MBA in General Management from Western Michigan University.
