Cygnus Systems hires 4 new staff, looks for 3 more

Small-to-medium-sized businesses are the bread and butter for Cygnus Systems. That remains true for the IT firm both last year and in 2013. The Taylor-based company hit revenue growth of just under 20 percent in 2012, which has allowed it to hire four people. It now employs 30 people and has three more job openings for sales and engineering professionals. "We have an aggressive growth plan," says Alex Burkulas, president of Cygnus Systems. "We expect to grow by 25 percent in the next year." The 24-year-old firm has watched a lot of its growth from a couple a different areas, including companies switching their IT infrastructure to the cloud and firms looking for fixed-costs IT services. Another factor is that companies that put off servicing their IT needs during the recession are starting to invest in their digital infrastructure again with the rebound of the economy. "Companies that didn't invest in IT are coming around," Burkulas says. Source: Alex Burkulas, president of Cygnus Systems Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.