2025 Next-Gen Solution Provider Leaders

IT GOAT Celebrated for Leadership of IT & Cybersecurity

IT GOAT is proud to announce that, Paul Mai, has been recognized as a 2025 Next-Gen Solution Provider Leader, an industry acknowledgment that highlights rising professionals redefining innovation in the IT channel.

This recognition celebrates individuals under 40 who are driving measurable impact within their organizations and advancing the future of managed services, cybersecurity, and IT strategy. For IT GOAT, this award reinforces the company’s rapid growth and the strength of its modern, compliance-driven approach to IT.

Championing the Evolution of the Modern MSP

The Next-Gen Solution Provider Leader distinction honors those who are shaping how the channel helps businesses stay secure, compliant, and competitive. This recognition spotlights individuals who are transforming their organizations through:

  • Modernized branding and strategic positioning
  • Scalable demand-generation and partner support
  • Data-driven decision-making across departments
  • Innovative approaches to cybersecurity and compliance communication
  • Leadership that accelerates organizational growth and maturity


Paul Mai’s contributions embody these qualities, helping IT GOAT break ground as a next-generation, security-first managed service provider.

Driving a Security-First Strategy for Growing Businesses

In 2024–2025, IT GOAT continued to strengthen its position as a leading U.S.-based MSP by combining world-class cybersecurity services with enterprise-grade IT support. Paul played a key role in architecting the systems, messaging, and frameworks that empower businesses to understand and trust IT GOAT’s capabilities, including:

  • 24/7 U.S.-Based Help Desk & NOC Support
  • Advanced SOC & MDR/EDR/NDR Security Services
  • Compliance Management (CMMC, HIPAA, FTC, PCI)
  • vCIO Strategy, IT Roadmapping & Risk Reduction
  • Nationwide On-Site Coverage within 24 Hours


His work positioned IT GOAT as the go-to partner for organizations who demand both security and scalability, ensuring clients receive top-tier IT leadership without the complexity.

Leadership That Expands IT GOAT’s Impact

IT GOAT’s recognition on the 2025 Next-Gen Solution Provider Leaders list reflects the company’s transformation into a national, cybersecurity-first MSP—a shift supported by modern systems, scalable processes, and an aggressive focus on client protection and compliance. Over the past year, IT GOAT has continued strengthening its foundation across key operational pillars:

  • Elevating our cybersecurity and compliance portfolio, including SOC services, MDR/EDR/NDR, and readiness for frameworks such as CMMC, HIPAA, and FTC Safeguards.
  • Expanding nationwide service delivery, allowing IT GOAT to deploy on-site support anywhere in the U.S. within 24 hours.
  • Enhancing the client experience through faster response times, improved service workflows, and fully U.S.-based support teams.
  • Scaling our multi-location operations, enabling growth across new metro markets while maintaining consistent service quality.
  • Strengthening channel alignment, ensuring partners and vendors have clear visibility into the value IT GOAT brings to end clients.


Within this broader evolution, Paul’s leadership supported the company’s momentum by developing communication frameworks, demand-generation engines, and compliance-focused messaging that help clients understand—and trust—the depth of IT GOAT’s capabilities.

This recognition reflects not only an individual achievement, but the accelerating growth, maturity, and strategic direction of IT GOAT as a modern MSP.

Industry Recognition and Channel Momentum

Honorees on the Next-Gen Solution Provider Leader list are recognized for shaping the future of the channel by driving innovation, operational discipline, and customer-focused transformation. IT GOAT’s inclusion highlights the company’s expanding influence in areas such as cybersecurity, compliance, and national IT support—areas that continue to redefine what SMBs expect from a managed service provider.

IT GOAT’s Unique Approach

IT GOAT continues to stand apart in the MSP landscape through its security-first philosophy, its commitment to fully U.S.-based support, and its focus on delivering enterprise-grade technology to SMBs. As cyberthreats escalate and compliance demands rise, businesses increasingly rely on MSPs that bring both operational capability and deep security expertise.

This recognition reinforces IT GOAT’s long-term vision:

  • Deliver advanced cybersecurity and compliance as core services—not afterthoughts.
  • Maintain industry-leading response times and client satisfaction.
  • Ensure IT stays aligned with business growth, not technical complexity.
  • Build scalable systems that support expansion across the U.S.
  • Provide consistent, reliable, high-touch support across every market and industry.


By earning recognition in the Next-Gen Solution Provider Leader category, IT GOAT continues proving that the modern MSP must be proactive, security-driven, and relentlessly focused on client outcomes.

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