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The two entrepreneurs were honored during the October 11th Early Bird Breakfast at Haworth Inn and Conference Center. During the presentation, Nguyen and Harris discussed starting the business and the path they took to get from a 2 person startup in a basement in 2000 to a 20 employee professional IT firm located in downtown Holland.

“This award is truly an honor and a testament to the Worksighted team, our family and friends and the support that everyone has provided to get to this point,” said Nguyen. “We look forward to many more great years in the Holland community!”

Worksighted has been on a growth trend for the last five years, doubling revenue every two years and expanding into new geographic markets and adding new services related to the core IT management and support business.

“Innovation has always been central to the success and growth of Worksighted,” explained Harris, VP of Information Services. “As a service company, innovation means changing the way we do things and how our people work. We are fortunate to have a team that understands the need to evolve.”

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About Worksighted:
Worksighted specializes in Microsoft, Cisco and VMware solutions providing refreshing IT support and management solutions to businesses seeking a valuable IT partner. The company was founded in 2000 by Mike Harris and Mat Nguyen and has maintained consistent growth every year. Worksighted has won numerous awards from within the industry as well as the West Michigan area for its community leadership. The company currently employs 20 and is headquartered in Holland, Michigan

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The CRN Next-Generation 250 list is comprised of the most exciting new solution provider organizations (founded 2000-2011) bringing new and emerging implementation ideas and business models to the market.

“The recognition is great for our company and team.  We continue to invest in products and solutions that we feel are the best in the market which includes cloud computing, virtualization, and unique service models that challenge more traditional models,” said Mat Nguyen, President of Worksighted. “Serving our customers is priority one and our solution portfolio differentiates us from our competition and often times gives us an edge!”

“In today’s competitive environment solution providers have to do more than just talk about innovation. The ability to quickly implement new processes, models and technologies is what drives margins and the bottom line,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “The CRN Next-gen 250 highlights the most interesting new solution providers who are demonstrating such innovation and uncovers the new techniques and technologies that are driving their success.”

“We are always on the lookout for technology partners that have a similar philosophy to us” said Mike Harris, VP, Information Systems. “We recently partnered with Asigra to offer a cloud backup solution.  As a VAR, we rely on our technology partners to provide valuable resources to supplement our team and Asigra is a great example!”

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The service was introduced in beta last year with enthusiastic response and, in a few months, more than 200,000 organizations signed up and began testing it. Businesses using Office 365 are already reporting impressive results and reducing IT costs by up to an estimated 50 percent while boosting productivity.

With Office 365, people can stay on the “same page” using instant messaging and virtual meetings with people who are just down the hall or across the world. They can work on files and documents at the same time and share ideas as easily as they can share calendars. Office 365 gives people new ways to work together with ease, on virtually any device.

Microsoft Office applications are at the heart of Office 365. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook and other Office applications connect to Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Lync to deliver a world-class solution for communication and collaboration.

Join us at this year’s Business Showcase event organized by the Holland Chamber of Commerce.  The event is on April 26 from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the Holland Civic Center.

We’ll have our full booth on display with lots of great information about the latest IT solutions available to help small and midsized business manage their networks.  Stop by, say “hi” and make sure to drop off a business card!

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1. differentiate among their partners by making Gold status more difficult to attain.
2. offer a variety of competencies (versus a single Gold partner status) to identify the core competency of the firm within Microsoft solutions.

With the introduction of the new Microsoft partner program, Worksighted is currently the only IT service provider in west Michigan to hold a Gold competency.  In order to qualify for a Gold competency, our team must pass numerous technical exams on the latest Microsoft products.  We currently hold the following competencies:

• Gold Midmarket Solution Provider
• Silver Server Platform

The Gold Midmarket Solution Provider competency demonstrates our “expertise in providing solutions based on the most current technology and IT-solutions knowledge to help midmarket businesses with their unique challenges”.  While our Silver Server Platform competency showcases our “expertise in building, designing, deploying, and supporting the Windows Server operating system, Windows Server–based applications, and the Microsoft server infrastructure”.

Mike Harris, VP of Information Systems and founder, said, “Maintaining our Gold status with Microsoft is a commitment our team makes every year.  The new requirements are more challenging but allow us to further differentiate ourselves from our competitors and demonstrate our expertise with a variety of Microsoft solutions.”

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HOLLAND — After interning at a Fortune 500 company, Mat Nguyen knew he didn’t want a corporate job.

Before the computer science major graduated early from Hope College in December 2000, he and classmate, Michael Harris, launched the technology firm Worksighted Inc.

A decade later, Worksighted has 16 employees, spurred by the acquisition of two firms in the past two years. It has grown an average 10-15 percent each year, said Nguyen, who declined to share annual sales revenues.

“We still think of ourselves as a start-up,” said Nguyen, who is president. Harris is vice president of the private company they co-own.

The company, headquartered on an upper floor in downtown Holland, now has an office in Lansing. Clients include Bank of Holland, Magna, Charter House and Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream Co. Worksighted serves as its clients’ outsourced IT department, providing everything from web design to network infrastructure.

The biggest success has been creating a nontraditional workplace employees don’t want to leave.

“We have a culture of autonomy and self-management,” said Nguyen, noting the company does not have turnover. Employees, for the most part, tailor their own schedules.

Everyone is salaried, and bonuses are earned based on individual, company and team performance.

Nguyen believes people are looking for a job that offers more than a title, a salary and a chance to climb the corporate ladder.

“It’s how do you feel at the end of the day,” Nguyen said. “Did I make an impact? It’s a different mentality.”

When hiring, Nguyen looks for applicants who are well-versed in more than just technology.

“We look for someone with a diverse background and experience,” said Nguyen, who could be describing himself.

The multilingual and multicultural Nguyen is the son of Vietnamese immigrants. He was born and raised in Paris before moving to Holland at 16.

Even as he perfected English, his third language, he graduated near the top of his class at West Ottawa High School in 1997, earning a scholarship to Hope College.

He credits his immigrant experience for teaching him how to connect easily with strangers and be open to different viewpoints.

Active in the community, Nguyen co-founded the Holland Young Professionals in 2003 to make Holland feel more welcoming to a cross-section of Millennials who might crave the setting of a bigger city.

He has since been recruited to share his ideas at the regional level as a member of the West Michigan Strategic Alliance.

“I think every next generation is important because we have to look for that next generation of leadership,” Nguyen said.