Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor

Greater Chicago Area
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    Cybersecurity, Technical Support, Information Security, Backup & Recovery Systems, Computer Networking, and IT Consulting

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IT is saving the world.

I wasn’t always the face of an almost 8 figure…

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  • LeadingIT Graphic

    LeadingIT

    Greater Chicago Area

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    Greater Chicago Area

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    Greater Nashville Area

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    Crystal Lake, IL

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Education

Licenses & Certifications

  • Microsoft Small Business Server

    Microsoft

    Issued

Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer Gamer

    Extra Life

    - Present 10 years 10 months

    Children

    Each year we participate as an office in a 24-hour gaming marathon helping raise funds for local children's hospitals. In 2015, the international event raised over $7M dollars.

  • Particpant

    Walk to End Alzheimer's

    - Present 10 years

    Health

    Donated and walked for the September walk in Schaumburg. The event raised $120,000 to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

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Projects

  • Cloud email migration for local HVAC company

    Completed a migration from Exchange 2010 to Office 365 with about 150 users.

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  • 100 User Office 365 Migration

    Our team migrated over 100 users across 6 locations to Office 365 for Exchange email from an on-site Exchange server.

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  • Cloud Office 365 Migration for 80 staff service company

    We migrated about 80 staff from an aging on-site Exchange server to Office 365. Now one of their most important communication methods is hosted in the cloud -- worry free.

    They were able to save costs on buying new hardware and software -- moving to operating costs versus capital expense. Staff benefit from better productivity tools and always-on service.

    This project was included in our monthly support agreement saving our client a few thousand dollars in project work.

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  • Exchange email migration for large non-for-profit

    We migrated a 5 location/85 staff non-profit from web-based email to Exchange 2013.

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  • Windows/Office 365 migration from Novell/GroupWise

    Assisted in the migration of about 150 users from a Novell and GroupWise environment to Windows Active Directory and Office 365 email.

  • Cloud email migration for local school district

    We migrated about 150 faculty accounts to Office 365 for Exchange email (free for academic). Will also be rolling out SharePoint sites as well as Lync for collaboration.

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Honors & Awards

  • INC5000

    INC Magazine

  • INC5000

    INC Magazine

    THANK YOU for getting us here! We made the INC 5000 List

    I wanted to take a minute to say THANK YOU! You’ve helped us to get where we are today. Because of you, we’ve made the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list.

    August 15th 2018 – Since 2010, LeadingIT has been providing fast and friendly IT support to Chicagoland organizations. Today they earned recognition with some of America’s fastest growing companies. INC Magazine today revealed that LeadingIT is #4767 on its 37th…

    THANK YOU for getting us here! We made the INC 5000 List

    I wanted to take a minute to say THANK YOU! You’ve helped us to get where we are today. Because of you, we’ve made the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list.

    August 15th 2018 – Since 2010, LeadingIT has been providing fast and friendly IT support to Chicagoland organizations. Today they earned recognition with some of America’s fastest growing companies. INC Magazine today revealed that LeadingIT is #4767 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

    LeadingIT has grown completely organically over the last 8 years largely in part because of raving fan clients. As we provide better technology support than our clients have ever experienced, word spreads quickly.

    Not only have the companies on the 2018 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists. The 2018 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2014 and 2018.

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  • Best Under 40

    Northwest Herald

    Northwest Herald honored the Best Under 40 in McHenry County for 2017

  • Client Achievement Award

    Client Heartbeat

    The "Client Achievement Award" recognizes businesses with customer satisfaction levels that place them in the top 25% of their respective industries.
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  • Ranked 16th on the MSPmentor Top 100 Small Business MSPs

    MSPmentor

    LeadingIT, a Chicagoland technology and cloud support company, appears at number 16 on Penton Technology’s just released MSPmentor Top 100 Small Business and at number 420 on MSPmentor 501 Global Edition. Each year the top managed service providers nationwide are hand-picked by MSPmentor, and recognized as MSPs who have shown exceptional commitment to technology, customer service and efficiency.

    “Once again this recognition proves our teams dedication to success; both for our clients as…

    LeadingIT, a Chicagoland technology and cloud support company, appears at number 16 on Penton Technology’s just released MSPmentor Top 100 Small Business and at number 420 on MSPmentor 501 Global Edition. Each year the top managed service providers nationwide are hand-picked by MSPmentor, and recognized as MSPs who have shown exceptional commitment to technology, customer service and efficiency.

    “Once again this recognition proves our teams dedication to success; both for our clients as well as us.” said Stephen Taylor, CEO.

  • Microsoft Cloud Accelerate

    Microsoft

    LeadingIT Solutions today announced it has qualified as a member of the Microsoft Cloud Accelerate program by demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft’s customers evolving needs in today’s dynamic cloud marketplace. To qualify for the Cloud Accelerate program, partners must successfully demonstrate their cloud services expertise through rigorous sales and technical assessments; and ensure the highest quality of services.

  • MSPmentor 100 Small Business Edition

    MSPmentor

    LeadingIT Solutions has landed on Nine Lives Media’s MSPmentor 100 Small Business Edition, a new list that honors the world’s top managed service providers (MSPs) that have 10 or fewer employees. The MSPmentor 100 Small Business Edition is part of the larger MSPmentor 501 research report. The

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Computers

    Full professional proficiency

Organizations

  • CompTIA

    Member

    - Present

  • Microsoft Partner Network

    Small Business Specialist

    - Present

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