type privately held company industry direct marketing founded austin texas 1986 as austin quantum systems inc. . founder jim damman headquarters austin texas united states area served usa canada key people steve damman president & ceo freddie baird executive vp & coo eric cosway executive vp & cmo j. chris anderson vp & cto angela mcmurray vp administration services direct mail print on demand emarketing number of employees 100 2010 website quantumdigital.com quantumpostcards.com quantumdigital inc. corporate headquarters in austin texas quantumdigital inc. is a company based in austin texas . it was originally founded in 1986 as quantum systems . quantumdigital was one of the first companies in the u.s. to launch an electronic ordering system called q direct for the direct mail industry . the q direct client software was distributed on physical cd rom media . orders were placed via modem connection from the customer s computer to the company s server . the company was founded by jim damman . initially damman used a dot matrix printer and sheets of offset printed card stock to meet the direct mail needs of real estate professionals having held a career in real estate himself for several years . steve damman jim damman s son and current president ceo joined the company in 1992 . 1 the dot matrix printer was subsequently replaced by laser printers . in addition to its flagship product a jumbo postcard the company offered a specialized business reply mailer format to a few of its customers including its highest volume customer at the time weichert realtors . the company s jumbo postcard or quantumcard as it came to be known featured a real estate agent s photo company logo contact information and a brief message on the address side of the card . quantumcards could be mailed to almost any residential address in the united states either from a customer provided mailing list or a list generated by the company which could then be further refined to mail to a single street a neighborhood area or an entire zip code as specified by the customer . contents 1 timeline and overview 2 see also 3 references 4 external links timeline and overview edit in late 1997 the company acquired their first color printer the xerox docucolor 40 . this enabled the company to offer color personalization on the address side of the card . in 1999 the company changed its name to quantummail.com and launched a new web site which featured an improved online ordering system . support for q direct continued until nearly all of quantummail.com s customers had switched over to the online ordering system . q direct was officially shut down in late 1999 . by this time the company had expanded its product line to include panoramic postcards and mailed flyers . in addition to its direct mail products and services the company started a print and ship division called quantumcopy.com later re branded as quantumprint . initial product offerings included flyers bookmarks and brochures . in late 2002 the company launched an online design utility which gave customers the ability to customize both sides of their postcards and other marketing pieces . in may 2003 the company introduced two new services my quantumcard and my library which allowed customers to create save and edit their marketing pieces . in october 2004 quantummail.com received a printing milestone award from xerox corporation for having printed more than four million pieces in a single month with a pair of xerox igen3 printers . 2 in early 2006 the company changed its name to quantumdirect to reflect that the company was more than just a provider of direct mail services . the purpose for this was twofold ; first it served as a name under which the company could better seek out enterprise level business opportunities and second it created an entity under which both the direct mail and print & ship divisions would operate . by this time in its history quantumdigital was experiencing rapid growth printing approximately 6 million 3 direct mail pieces every month for independent real estate companies and franchise organizations small businesses and enterprise level corporations . in december 2007 quantumdirect announced a new brand and company name quantumdigital to better describe the innovations in the digital direct marketing world . this strategy also included combining all three of the company s former brands into one . in 2008 quantumdigital launched a completely redesigned web site and announced the addition of e mail marketing to their list of services . 2008 also marked the launch of mapmail an online tool which allows customers to specify a geographic area using google maps technology to send mailings to postal recipients within the specified area . in may 2008 quantumdigital donated print services and was a premier sponsor of uncorked an annual fundraiser organized by mobile loaves & fishes a non profit organization which provides assistance to the homeless and working poor . 4 on november 24 2008 quantumdigital launched its official blog the direct marketing voice . 5 in 2010 quantumdigital launched triggermarketing 6 an automated trigger based lead generation program which sends an alert to a user s mobile device every time a completed job or new listing appears in the client s database prompting them to initiate a marketing mailing to the surrounding area or neighborhood . the mail pieces feature direct response mechanisms such as a personalized url qr code and texting to a short code number . the system tracks each response and sends an alert back to the user along with contact information for the new lead . the system also provides report generation functionality to assist users in evaluating the effectiveness of their direct marketing campaigns . also in 2010 quantumdigital added two xerox igen4 exp presses and anticipates production will reach between one and two million impressions per month on each system . 7 quantumdigital then quantumdirect was honored as one of the fastest growing companies in north america 8 in deloitte s technology fast 500 list for 2006 and was listed as one of texas fastest growing technology companies in deloitte s texas technology fast 50 program 9 in 2006 and 2008 . the company made the inc. 500 lists for 2005 10 and 2006 11 and was also honored as one of the fastest growing private companies in america 12 in inc magazine s inc. 5000 in 2008 . quantumdigital has also received accreditation from the better business bureau bbb under the classification of mailing services . 13 in march 2009 quantumdigital was awarded a silver marketing excellence award for sales support lead generation and a bronze marketing excellence award for digital marketing by napl the national association for printing leaders . 14 in the fall of 2009 quantumdigital achieved the g7 master printer designation from idealliance for their commitment to consistent and accurate results in their digital print workflow . 15 see also edit list of companies based in austin texas references edit austin business journal . austin.bizjournals.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . quantumdigital quantummail.com garners award from xerox for printing milestone xerox corporation news archived march 15 2009 at the wayback machine . . xerox.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . target marketing local companies quantumdigital and mobile loaves & fishes join forces ... . targetmarketingmag.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . quantumdigital launches expert direct marketing blog . rismedia 2008 11 26 . retrieved on january 6 2012 . bnet quantumdigital rolls out triggermarketing larger sheet size propels purchases of new xerox igen4 exp . businesswire.com 2010 10 06 . retrieved on january 6 2012 . pr newswire 24 oct 06 accessmylibrary.com quantumdirect 224 . accessmylibrary.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . deloitte s texas technology fast 50 program quantumdigital 50 permanent dead link inc. 500 2005 quantumdirect 328 dead link . inc.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . inc. 500 2006 quantumdirect 482 dead link . inc.com . retrieved on january 6 2012 . inc. magazine s inc 5000 quantumdigital 4 016 dead link . inc.com 1970 01 01 . retrieved on january 6 2012 . bbb reliability report quantumdigital inc. . centraltx.bbb.org . retrieved on january 6 2012 . napl 2009 marketing excellence award winners pdf link real business at xerox blog xerox customer quantumdigital achieves g7 master printer designation . realbusinessatxerox.blogs.xerox.com 2009 11 23 . retrieved on january 6 2012 . external links edit quantumdigital website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quantumdigital & oldid 741793862 categories companies based in austin texasprivately held companies based in texashidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles with dead external links from 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