About Chad
Chad Kempt started Fast Computers in southern Ontario in 1998. He moved the business to managed services in 2005, opened its first storefront in Hagersville in 2008, and today leads a team in Jarvis that looks after the technology, Microsoft 365 environments and security of businesses across the region.
That long view is what he brings to a room. Chad has watched every wave of technology promise to change everything, and he has cleaned up after the ones that changed the wrong things. He is excited about AI and what it can do for a business. He is just as clear that the companies getting the most from it are the ones that know what it can reach, who owns it and what happens when it gets something wrong.
In 2025 The ASCII Group, a community of independent IT providers across North America, named Chad its Member of the Year, the first Canadian to receive the award. He sits on ASCII's Member Advisory Committee and runs its monthly members meeting, where 50 to 80 IT business owners compare notes on what's working. Every year he leads the member meeting at ASCII Edge Toronto, and he helped shape the 2025 ASCII Edge conference series. He is also a former member of the Datto Advisory Board, and he has twice spoken at the annual retreat for executive directors of Ontario women's shelters. Closer to home he is vice chair of the Grand Erie Business Centre board and a past president of the Hagersville BIA (Business Improvement Area).
ChannelPro magazine put Chad on the cover of its August 2021 issue with his column on building a co-managed IT business, and Channel Insider, ChannelPro and MSP Success have since interviewed him on running an IT business, working alongside in-house IT teams and the value of peer communities.
