OUR ORIGIN STORY
Our business was created to meet the need for simple, affordable, fast and secure managed services.
The Tech Company, formally SSH Consulting, was launch in 2007 because our founder, Sean Hackett, was tired of watching companies, IT Managers and business owners struggle with ineffective and dated IT solutions, exorbitant prices and constant downtime.
Today, we have become an industry trail blazing company specializing in hosted Infrastructure environments, outsourced technology solutions management and technology risk assessment. Our goal is to fulfil the increasing need for outsourced advisory & consulting services in Southern Africa and abroad.
Our passion for providing the best quality end-to-end solutions from strategy to deployment and beyond has sustained the Tech Company’s sustainable growth since our founding. With a consistent retention rate and an uptime percentage that is as near perfect as you can get we believe our work speaks on our behalf.
Our enterprise services span several corporate sectors and vertical markets, but we have achieved great success providing solutions in the Retail & Financial sectors specifically. Over time we have also invested and formed product relationships with large-scale software and product houses which enables us to translate value to our clients and provide best in market solutions
We have seen substantial growth in the past years, but our focus remains on serving our customers and providing the best solutions possible to them.
What Drives Us
We do what we do in large part because of the satisfaction that we get from implementing efficient, simple and reliable solutions that satisfy clients and support their business. Seeing companies overspend on solutions that were overpriced, outdated and hard to maintain led to the founding of the Tech Company with the objective of doing it right and doing it well, at an affordable price. Drawing from our experience and knowledge of the industry we are able to provide optimized solutions which continue to drive demand for our services in Southern Africa and abroad.
OUR VALUES
We value honesty and integrity.
Our mission is to meet the managed services needs of our clients by providing them with access to affordable and optimized industry leading technology platforms and services.
Managed Services have become an essential part of successful business and we realize the great responsibility that we have as an advisory and services provider to support the growth and functioning of our client’s businesses.
B-BBEE Level 1
The Tech Company is a proud to be a level 1 B-BBEE contributor and adheres to the South African Government Codes of Good practise. We invest in the development of previously disadvantaged members of our team and do our part to support transformation and upliftment.OUR TEAM
Management
Sean Hackett – Managing Director
Sean is driven by his interest in technology and his concern for people. He is fascinated by the evolution of different technologies and his curiosity about new advancements continues to drive innovation within the company. His industry insights combined with his complete rejection of the ineffective is what fuels his concern for his clients. He is committed to delivering integrated solutions and has spent the last 10 years engaging with executives, business owners, IT professionals and entrepreneurs alike to understand their IT challenges and to provide them with access to Managed Services offerings at tick all the boxes.
Sean began his career as a desktop support engineer and his passion for realizing optimized solutions naturally lead him into a consulting role. Under Sean’s leadership the Tech Company has become the go to Managed Services provider for companies who are searching for customer centric service, cost-effective solutions and industry leading technology.
When Sean is offline he can be found chasing his love for adventure sports or spending quality time with his family.