Ethan Kazi calls his method of entering the IT field “the immersion technique.” After receiving his undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry, Kazi and three partners started The Canton Group, LLC, an IT professional services firm, in 1998. Because he lacked an extensive background in computers, Kazi took classes in his free time. “It’s amazing what you learn when you don’t sleep much and you do nothing but work,” he says.
That hard work paid off. Twelve years later, The Canton Group – an entirely self-funded operation – offers a variety of IT consulting services, including software development, web systems development, web design, managed application hosting, IT security and network engineering.
“We’re technology agnostic,” Kazi says. “We really look at the solution that needs to be provided to address the customers’ needs independent of the technology.”
