About Us
We Don't Do IT. We Live It.
Axus is an IT company based in Los Angeles — since 2011, over 500 Southern California businesses have trusted us to keep their technology running, their data safe, and their teams productive with zero corporate red tape.
Businesses Protected
Active managed clients
Years, Zero Breaches
Founded 2011, LA-based
Uptime Guaranteed
SLA-backed commitment
Response, or It's Free
Critical issues only
Certified Partner Network
From a Burbank Garage to 500+ Clients
Axus didn't start with venture funding or a grand plan. It started with one engineer who got tired of watching small businesses get ignored by big IT companies. Fifteen years later, we're still that engineer — just with a much bigger team.
One Guy, One Mission
Axus started in Burbank with a simple idea: small businesses deserve enterprise-grade IT without enterprise-grade pricing.
100 Clients Who Stayed
Hit triple digits and learned the most important lesson — retention beats acquisition. We still serve clients from year one.
Cybersecurity Gets Serious
Launched a dedicated SOC with 24/7 threat monitoring after seeing too many SMBs get breached by preventable attacks.
Cloud, Not Hype
Became a Microsoft Gold Partner and migrated 200+ businesses to Azure and M365 — without a single day of unplanned downtime.
500 Businesses, 40+ Engineers
Grew the team to match demand while keeping the personal touch that made us different in the first place.
AI-Powered, Human-Led
Integrated AI-driven threat detection and predictive maintenance — because the best problems are the ones you never have.
What Drives Us Every Day
Security Is Non-Negotiable
Every recommendation, every design — we assume your data is a target. Because it is.
Stay Ahead or Fall Behind
We evaluate 50+ tools a quarter so you always run the stack that gives you an edge.
Partners, Not Vendors
We sit in your strategy meetings. We know your team's names. That's the difference.
Radical Honesty
If you don't need it, we won't sell it. Our reputation is worth more than any upsell.
15 Minutes or Less
Average response time. Not a marketing claim — it's in our SLA, and we publish the data.
Built to Scale With You
Adding 10 employees next quarter? Opening a second office? We've already planned for it.
Meet the Team Behind Axus
Jonathan Steveson
CEO & Founder
Founded Axus at 24 with nothing but a laptop and a vision. Now leads a 40-person team obsessed with making IT invisible.
View on LinkedInSarah Chen
VP of Engineering
Ex-Microsoft. Architected cloud migrations for 200+ businesses and hasn't lost a byte of data yet.
View on LinkedInMarcus Johnson
Director of Cybersecurity
CISSP. Built SOC operations for Fortune 500s, then brought that firepower to businesses that actually need it.
View on LinkedInPriya Patel
Head of Client Success
Your single point of contact. She knows your infrastructure better than your last IT guy did.
View on LinkedInBuilt for Your Industry.
Zero Generic Solutions.
Want to Build Something That Matters?
We're hiring engineers and strategists who'd rather solve real problems for real businesses than push tickets at a soulless MSP.
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