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Full-service partner
Comprehensive solutions across ERP systems, IT services, cybersecurity, website design, and more — under one roof.
The partner that
picks up
the phone.
ShelfControl is a Columbus, Ohio software and IT solutions company. We help organizations run their digital infrastructure, their business software, and their field operations — with one accountable team instead of a stack of vendors.
Local
Presence
Based in Columbus, serving Ohio businesses on the ground.
Direct
Support
Call or email and reach a real person who knows your setup — not an offshore ticket queue.
15+ yrs
Experience
Across the automotive and IT industries.
What we believe
Three things we
do differently.
The current site says it plainly, and we mean it: a full-service partner, a dedicated account manager, and a genuine local presence.
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Dedicated account manager
A trusted point of contact who understands your unique needs and stays with you.
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Local presence
Faster response times, personalized service, and a deeper understanding of the challenges facing businesses in our region.
Our story
From the dock
to the data.
ShelfControl was built by people who have actually run operations — across the automotive and IT industries, over more than fifteen years. We've sat on both sides of the help-desk ticket and the ERP rollout, and we know the difference between software that gets installed and software that gets used.
That experience shows up in how we work. We lead with the work, not the wow. If a number is true, we use it. And when something breaks, the team that built it is the team that answers — not a queue in another time zone.
Today we serve businesses across three areas: managed IT and cybersecurity, full ERP implementation, and RootControl — our landscape and field-service management software. Some clients use one. Some use all three. Either way, they get one local partner who's accountable for the result.
Our team
Four founders.
One loading dock.
ShelfControl is founder-run. The people who designed the workflows and wrote the software are the same people you'll work with — local to Ohio, customer satisfaction first.
Kevin Bumgarner
Founder · CEO
Built his career in automotive paint distribution and warehouse management, where he learned to design the efficient, forward-thinking workflows that ShelfControl now productizes. His hands-on grasp of logistics and operations turns bottlenecks into streamlined, tech-enabled processes — the strategy and the push to keep innovating.
Chris Hill
Founder · CIO
Comes from the consulting world, where he spent years helping businesses navigate complex technology challenges across a wide range of sectors. He tailors IT strategy to how a company actually operates, leading with a problem-solving mindset and a client-first approach — scalable, efficient, and built to drive real results.
Patrick Hill
Founder · CPO
A product builder and software engineer with a strong command of coding, development frameworks, and database design. He turns operational headaches into shipped, usable tools — leading projects from concept to completion and bridging deep technical work with real-world product thinking.
Joe Kubinski
Founder · CTO
A seasoned software and database engineer who designs the scalable systems running under the hood. Proficient across a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, he builds for performance and clean data architecture — so every system is secure, reliable, and ready for whatever the business needs next.