orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2014 greatamerica financial services corporation type private industry financial services founded 1992 headquarters cedar rapids iowa usa number of locations marshall minnesota kennesaw georgia moberly missouri key people tony golobic chairman and ceo number of employees 500 2016 website greatamerica.com greatamerica financial services is a national commercial equipment finance company that provides financing and consulting services in the united states and some of the u.s. territories . contents 1 history 2 lines of business 3 awards 4 corporate culture 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1990 . in 1992 the company relocated from michigan to cedar rapids iowa and became greatamerica leasing corporation . at that time there were only four employees which included founder anton tony golobic his wife magda and two others . 1 in november 2012 the company adopted the new trade name greatamerica financial services corporation . 2 fa ade of greatamerica building in cedar rapids in 2004 an investment group including greatamerica leasing corporation and ceo tony golobic purchased the greatamerica building for 16 million . 3 during the flood of 2008 the company activated their disaster recovery plan and relocated staff and resources to pre arranged recovery sites . staff did not return to the greatamerica building in downtown cedar rapids for 68 days . 4 in late 2009 greatamerica leasing corporation surpassed 1 billion in assets . 5 in june 2011 the company purchased the greatamerica building from river cedar properties llc for an undisclosed amount . 6 greatamerica financial services corp. now has a staff of more than 470 employees at its headquarters in cedar rapids and offices in georgia minnesota and missouri . lines of business edit photo of it support inside greatamerica through seven core business units greatamerica financial services serves partners in the following industries document and mailing solutions telecommunications or telecom light industrial construction equipment survey and gps information technology or it automotive aftermarket medical equipment includes physician medical equipment laboratory and diagnostic brokers dealing with essential use equipment auto dealerships third party back up and successor servicing awards edit in march 2011 monitor leasing news ranked greatamerica leasing corp. as the largest u.s. private independent leasing company . in september 2011 the des moines register ranked the company as one of the best places to work in iowa . 7 in 2011 listed on the inc 5000 as one of iowa s fastest growing companies . 8 9 corporate culture edit greatamerica financial services routinely ranks as one of the best places to work in the state of iowa . 10 11 the organization chart places the customer at its center surrounded by teams supported by senior leadership . the idea was to establish teams of cross trained individuals with intimate knowledge of their customers and who were responsive to their myriad needs . the scalability of the team structure also preserved the intimate small company feel as greatamerica expanded . teams of empowered individuals rising to their potential and making informed decisions continue to benefit the company and its customers today . everyone at greatamerica participates in a bonus structure that integrates personal and company goals that help grow greatamerica and reward individual team member accomplishments . 12 references edit patterson maureen june july 2004 . the time of her life polish immigrant magda golobic achieves the american dream . the woman today . check date values in date help ; access date requires url help greatamerica announces new trade name . monitor daily . xander media group inc. retrieved 15 november 2012 . ford george c. greatamerica buys downtown c.r. building . sourcemedia group news . retrieved october 5 2011 . derraugh murray . how business resumption planning can help your company pdf . abf journal . retrieved october 21 2011 . greatamerica leasing surpasses 1 billion mark in 2009 the strategy behind the growth . monitor daily . xander media group inc. retrieved october 4 2011 . ford george c. greatamerica buys downtown c.r. building . sourcemedia group news . retrieved october 5 2011 . http data.desmoinesregister.com dmr top workplaces kenyon john . corridor companies fare well on inc. 5 000 . corridor business journal . corridor media group inc. retrieved october 31 2011 . the 2011 inc. 5000 list of america s fastest growing companies . inc. mansueto ventures llc . retrieved october 31 2011 . http data.desmoinesregister.com dmr top workplaces iowa association of business and industry and stonehand publishing group march 2010 . ia.biz . 15 6 . missing or empty title help iowa association of business and industry and stonehand publishing group march 2010 . ia.biz . 15 6 . missing or empty title help external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greatamerica financial services & oldid 739996278 categories american companies established in 1990privately held companies based in iowahidden categories cs1 errors datespages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages with citations lacking titlesorphaned articles from april 2014all orphaned articlesuse mdy dates from october 2011articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 12 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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