Timeline
1994 |
David Stinner starts a company named Itek to build and repair PCs. |
1996 |
Company rapidly expands by selling at computer shows and Hamfests |
1997 |
Itek takes on sales to business customers. |
1999 |
Company incorporates and changes its name to US itek. Establishes larger offices in Kenmore. US itek expands business into Educational Sales. Begins national distribution of Computers and IT to dealers. Company doubles in size. |
2000 |
Company doubles again. Expansion of our Wholesale showroom and warehouse facility US itek purchases assets of Black Cat Computer. US itek arranges acquisition of User-Friendly PC Customers. Forerunner in US to debut Digital Video Surveillance product line at Las Vegas International Security Conference. Created customer leasing program. Become AMD, 3Com and Western Digital Partners. |
2001 |
Move to the new Suites Expansion of our Wholesale showroom a second time. Announcement of Xerox authorization. Announcement of Panasonic tough book authorization. Further expansion of computer assembly facility. First Contract with Fortune 500 firm to provide custom IT manufacturing and logistics. Became Intel Product dealer and Microsoft System Builder. Created customer leasing program. Online Order and account lookup. Web hosting program developed. |
2002 |
First Business First Fast Track 50 award of Fastest growing firms in Buffalo Niagara. Created position of Marketing Director. Creation of itek case line of premium computer chassis. Creation of itek Kiosk Division of Custom Manufacturing. Sony Vaio Authorized Reseller. New York State OGS contract awarded. Expansion of Government sales division. Expansion of Educational Sales division. Qualification of NYS Empire Zone. |
2003 |
Second Business First Fast Track 50 award of Fastest growing firms in Buffalo Niagara. Creation of new Business Development Group. David Stinner was nominated for “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Buffalo Business First. Creation of Computer Recycling Division. Became Microsoft Authorized Educational Reseller. Itek ACCESS program to offer Joint sales with Government and Educational accounts. Awarded contract with Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Creates Employee Purchase program with local large companies. Offers personal financing for retail showroom. Introduced Small Form Factor computing at GTC East Conference held in Albany. Developed itek Custom Manufacturing and itek Contact Manufacturing to build upon itek CASE and relations built in China and Taiwan. Based on Buffalo Business First, The US itek, Inc. ranked no. 19 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2004 |
Third Business First Fast Track 50 award of Fastest growing firms in Buffalo Niagara. Merger with Electric.com & Expansion of IT Services. Creation of itek Communications offering IP Telephony. Creation of itek Cabling offering LAN, video and datacenter installations. Creation of itek LAN Security and itek IT Policy. Development of itek Document Management Systems. Expand IT service to a staff of 50 across New York State, New Jersey, New England, including offices in New York City. First to have Windows Media Center Showroom in Buffalo Niagara. Based on Buffalo Business First, The US itek, Inc. ranked no. 26 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2005 |
Creation of itek Game Server Hosting. Fourth Fast Track 50 award based on Buffalo Business First, Buffalo-Niagara's Fastest Growing Companies, Awarded to US itek, Inc. and ranked no. 25 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2006 | Fifth Fast Track 50 award based on Buffalo Business First, Buffalo-Niagara's Fastest Growing Companies, Awarded to US itek, Inc. and ranked no. 20 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2007 | Sixth Fast Track 50 award based on Buffalo Business First, Buffalo-Niagara's Fastest Growing Companies, Awarded to US itek, Inc. and ranked no. 22 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2008 - 2010 |
Based on Buffalo Business First, The US itek, Inc. ranked no. 24 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2011 | Based on Buffalo Business First, The US itek, Inc. ranked no. 36 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2012 | Based on Buffalo Business First, The US itek, Inc. ranked no. 27 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2013 |
Seventh Fast Track 50 award based on Buffalo Business First, Buffalo-Niagara's Fastest Growing Companies, Awarded to US itek, Inc. and ranked from no. 19 to ranked no. 16 among computer companies by Western New York Employees. Throwback to the 2013 Showroom Debut |
2014 |
David Stinner Interview with Jonas. Throwback to Intel System Building Interview 2012 |
2015 |
US itek has been recognized by Buffalo Business First as one of the Top 25 and the Fast Track companies that offer Cloud | Managed IT | Cybersecurity | Compliance | VoIP. And with consistent ranking among other computer companies by Western New York Employees. |
2017 |
Based on Buffalo Business First, US itek was able to receive multiple recognitions: The Info Tech WNY Tech Awards, The Largest Technology Companies Services, The TOP Technology Companies Services, and The Largest Cloud-Computing Companies. |
2018 |
As Published in Buffalo Business First, the company received recognition as one of the TOP Technology Companies Services, the TOP Cloud-Computing Companies, and The Fast Track Company, and was featured in the Article Nimble and Growing. |
2019 |
After a rigorous selection process held by Cloud Tango as one of the Top 100 Managed Service Providers, US itek was one of those who demonstrated a good track record highlighting technical excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction and was recognized as the Largest Cloud Computing Companies. |
2020 |
As Published in Buffalo Business First, the company received acknowledgments as one of the Largest Technology Companies, the Largest Cloud-Computing Companies, and the TOP 100 Managed Service Providers in the United States. US itek was also selected as one of the technology industry's Top-Performing Providers of Managed Security Services by ChannelE2E.com. With continued innovation in managed services, it was also recognized by two prestigious organizations, Clutch. co and Cloudtango.org, named as the TOP Managed IT Service Providers in the United States. |
2021 |
As Published in Buffalo Business First, US itek has received multiple recognitions consistently: as the Largest Cloud-Computing Company and the TOP Managed IT Service Provider and ranked 22 among all MSPs. |
2022 |
The Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs list and research, according to ChannelE2E, identified and honored the Top 100 managed services providers (MSPs) in healthcare, legal, government, financial services, manufacturing, and additional vertical markets. US itek was ranked among the Top vertical market MSPs and originally listed by Buffalo Business First as one of the Largest Buffalo Technology Companies and the Largest Cybersecurity Companies. MSSP Alert offers sponsorship programs for companies targeting the MSSP, IT professional, and IT Channel ecosystem. US itek received, for the second time as one of the Global Top 250 MSSPs in the United States. |