Upstate Tech Company Earning Kudos

By Mike Switzer

Published October 5, 2018 at 5:52 AM EDT

Earlier this year, our next guest’s Upstate company was named one of the “Top Workplaces” in our state by Energage, an employee research and consulting firm that gathers feedback about workplace environment. He credits their recognition to the company’s commitment to value and their appreciation for employee contributions.

Mike Switzer interviews Keith Coker, CEO of Green Cloud in Greenville, SC. The firm was also just recently named as one of only a few technology companies from our state to be included in the 2018 Inc. 5000.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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