April 27, 1998
The Canton Group, LLC. is founded by partners Ethan Kazi, Aaron Kazi, Mark Alcasabas, and Kirk Grothe.
1998
Winning the first website design and development contract with a highly respected Maryland Homebuilder (Chateau Builders), The Canton Group kicks off web design and development services.
2001
The Canton Group awarded Top Web Design Company Award by the Baltimore Business Journal (an award that would be received for well over a decade).
2002
After working in the private sector and in support of county government agencies, The Canton Group lands first Maryland State Government contract with the Maryland Department of General Services.
2004
The Canton Group expands service offerings to include maintenance, operations, and support to mission critical software for international clients.
2005
First large U.S. Federal Government contract for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This project, which focused on Datacenter Design and IT Management, was also our first multi-million-dollar contract.
2006
Marking the start of our support for the state educational industry, The Canton Group began work for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). Our partnership with MSDE is still ongoing with three active prime contracts (as of 2023).
2007
The Canton Group awarded Top Software Development Award by the Baltimore Business Journal.
2009
The Canton Group begins work in support of state election management systems, starting with the Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE).
2011
The Canton Group awarded Top 100 Best Run Company Award.
2016
Further expansion of Drupal capabilities with addition of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts.
2017
Intelligent Automation and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities added to The Canton Group. Successful delivery of Maryland Governments first RPA project with Maryland State Ethics Commission.
2018
The Canton Group strengthens partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and healthcare competencies with creation and deployment of Data Lake Solution for the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD).
2020
The Canton Group completes technology upgrades enabling “work from anywhere” work policy.
2022
Expansion of elections practice with contract awards across the country, including Los Angeles County and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
2023
Celebrating 25 years of innovation, modernization, security, and growth with employees in 22 states and Canada (and counting!).