About Kelly IT Solutions
Built for businesses that don't have — or don't need — a full IT department.
Based in Hattiesburg, MS and proud to serve the Pine Belt in person, with remote support available anywhere in the country.
Meet the founder
18+ Years Running Enterprise Systems — Now Available to Businesses Your Size.
Kelly IT Solutions is led by Stephen "Chris" Kelly, who spent over 18 years as a systems administrator supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure across oil & gas, manufacturing, energy, and corporate IT environments. That background includes planning and building AWS cloud environments (EC2, VPC, S3), running VMware ESXi and Horizon (now Omnissa) virtualization, designing NAS and backup solutions on platforms like Veritas NetBackup, Veeam, Cohesity, Synology, QNAP, and HPE Nimble, and right-sizing hardware purchases so companies don't over- or under-buy.
That same background means the same security practices, project discipline, and infrastructure standards used at companies with full IT departments and compliance requirements are what's brought to every engagement here — scaled to fit a small or mid-sized budget, not an enterprise one.
When you work with Kelly IT Solutions, you're working directly with the person doing the work — not a help desk queue, and not a rotating cast of subcontractors.
Stephen "Chris" Kelly
Founder & Lead Consultant
Industry background: Oil & Gas · Manufacturing · Energy · Corporate IT
About the company
The same level of clarity larger companies get — without the enterprise price tag.
Kelly IT Solutions exists to give small and mid-sized businesses real security, automation, and infrastructure planning — explained in plain language, not jargon. That includes everyday IT and cybersecurity work as well as deeper infrastructure projects: cloud migrations, virtualization, NAS and backup design, and hardware right-sizing.
Ideal clients
- Small businesses without a full internal IT staff
- IT teams that need help with reporting and automation
- Organizations with cybersecurity, certificate, inventory, or Microsoft 365 visibility gaps
- Businesses planning a cloud move, server refresh, or backup overhaul
- Teams that need documented, repeatable solutions
Ready to talk it through?
Tell us where you're starting from and what you're trying to fix — we'll give you a straight answer.
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