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Stuart Crawford - Burlington, Ontario MSP Coach, MSP Marketing and MSP Sales Consultant

When Stuart Crawford was 18, he had dreams of being a career soldier. Joining the Canadian military, Stuart was the model soldier, achieving the rank of Master Corporal after 6 years of service and winning two medals for service in the Canadian Army.

Over his nine-year career, Stuart put his boyhood love of electronics and communication to good use first as a radio operator with the Canadian Artillery in Shilo, Manitoba; then as a strategic communications specialist in Penhold, Alberta; and finally, as brigade network administrator with 1 Brigade in Calgary, Alberta. Stuart also served as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus in 1992 with Op Snowgoose 58.

After his military career, Stuart settled in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and worked with ACDAT Systems Services, Merak Projects, ServIS and in 2001, Stuart founded IT Matters with Tony Mah and Rob Hay. IT Matters was an instant success in the Calgary market and won numerous Microsoft awards. Stuart served as the Vice President of Business Development for eight years. In 2009, he played a vital role in the merger of Bulletproof InfoTech and CompuConsult.com and helped the resulting new startup IT firm gain a competitive edge in the Alberta small-business community.

In 2011, Stuart returned to his home province of Ontario settling in Burlington, ON and serves as President and Chief Marketing Officer with Ulistic, a managed services training and consulting firm focused on information technology marketing and business development. Stuart brings a wealth of knowledge and experience pertaining to how technology business owners and IT firms can use marketing as a vehicle to obtain success. Working with clients in Canada, United States and Globally. Ulistic is a leader in helping managed IT service companies achieve stratospheric success.

Calgary’s Avenue Inc. honored Stuart with the Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2007 for being an outstanding business leader, and he was recognized as one of the Top 20 Business Leaders of Tomorrow by Business in Calgary magazine in 2008. Stuart has also won many Microsoft Partner awards for his work in the IT community.