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Our Mission is Simple

To provide our clients and their end users with exceptional products, unrivaled service, and an unequaled experience of excellence.

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Our Vision Keeps Us Focused

By perpetually adhering to a refined business model that sets the “Paradigm” for how our industry should operate, we wish to benchmark our brand, products, software, processes, service, and culture as a constant representation of excellence, innovation, and integrity.

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A Message from our CEO

Paradigm, Inc. is a full-service credential provider, both paper and digital, that is the #1 chosen solution within higher education. With an unmatched level of service, paper diplomas and certificates of peerless quality, and the most globally accepted digital diploma, Paradigm is proud to service nearly 1,000 Institutions. 

Paradigm consistently provides leading edge solutions and are proud to offer the most advanced digital credentials in today’s market – the CeDiploma and CeCertificate. Secure and shareable, they are the ONLY credentials with a patented validation issued by the Institution, and thus provides absolute proof of education.

As we endeavor to meet the dynamic needs of higher education, it is especially rewarding to make an unimaginable impact in the lives of students throughout the world… we look forward to speaking with you.

Christopher Jackson, CEO | Founder

Christopher Jackson, CEO | Founder

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Our History 30+ Years and Counting

  • 1991

    Paradigm Launches

    Paradigm was founded by Chris Jackson and Pete Johnson

  • 1991-1995

    The First Years

    For the first four years, Paradigm was simply two guys

  • 1995

    Our First Office Space

    Paradigm acquires its first office space!

  • 1995-2003

    Preliminary Growth Spurt

    To accommodate initial growth, we moved into new office spaces every two years!

  • 2002

    Our 1st Facility

    We broke ground on and built our very first state-of-the-art facility

  • 2009

    Our 2nd Facility

    We broke ground on a brand new additional facility that increased our DirectShip capabilities

  • 2011

    MyPassPort Launches

    We introduced our new online ordering platform

  • 2014

    Our 3rd Facility

    We added a third facility to our growing “campus”

  • Late 2014

    CeCredential Trust Launches

    After 10 years in the making, we introduced our digital credentials to the world

  • 2017

    Our 4th Facility

    We added another state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to our campus

  • 2018

    ScholarRecord (CLR) Launches

    The CeCertificate with a ScholarRecord (Comprehensive Learner Record) is introduced

  • 2022

    Our 5th Facility

    We grew our campus again, adding a new print production facility and expanding IT Services

  • Today

    Looking Ahead. . .

    We’re still growing and innovating! 

Our Campus

2600 Performance Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23453

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fax 800-842-3080