Jason Botko was born and raised in the small town of Clinton Mass. Jason’s grandmother, Lillian Baird, owned an Italian restaurant and bar called “The La Casa Mia”. Prior to his grandmothers death, Jason’s parents Alexander and JoAnne Botko purchased the business. It was during all these years where he truly learned the importance of family and a strong work ethic. Jason graduated high school in 1989, he had worked at various jobs for the next couple of years and then, in 1993 he made a life altering decision and joined the United States Naval Submarine Force as a Radioman/ET. After completing boot camp in Great Lakes of Illinois, he was assigned to the USS Billfish SSN 676 fast attack submarine, stationed in Groton, CT, where he attended numerous electronics training and schooling. In 1995 he earned his “Dolphins” which is the insignia submariners wear when they officially pass all the required training to be called a submariner. To this day, this is one of his most prized achievements. The Navy also allowed him to travel to many new countries and interact with various cultures and people.
Although he loved the Submarine force, something just wasn’t right for him. He decided in 1997 not to re-enlist and accepted a job with, Varian Ion Implant Systems in Gloucester, Ma. where he worked in a clean room testing and building systems that manufactured semi-conductor chips. The position allowed him to travel to various Asian countries such as Japan and Taiwan for the first time. During this time frame Jason decided to visit an old Navy friend who lived in Fort Mill, SC. He fell in love with Carolinas and found work as an engineer for a company called Charmilles Technologies, where due to cuts was laid off a couple years later.
Jason then worked at one or two places until a company called The REMI Group hired him as an engineering consultant. It was here where his life changed forever. He had a vendor in Ohio, who he became friends with over the phone, Jeanette Jackna owner of A+ Medical Company,Inc. Two years later Jeanette asked Jason to leave REMI and come to work for her. “I am not sure why to this day I took a gamble on a small little know company A+ Medical Company, Inc.” said Botko
Jeanette and Jason married in 2005. Together they have grown that little unknown company started from a duplex kitchen table in Ohio into one of the most reputable trusted companies in the used medical industry. They now have a 33,500 Square Foot warehouse in Rock Hill SC and hope to expand that to a 70,000 SQF warehouse by 2016/17.
Jason and Jeanette have 4 children and a 20 acre with a riding center and homesteading.
