Our Story

Survey Monkeys was founded in 2018 by a group of former enterprise systems administrators who spent years working inside large organizations and saw the same problem over and over: businesses were struggling to keep their IT infrastructure reliable, secure, and properly staffed. Internal teams were stretched thin, vendor support was slow and impersonal, and critical issues were falling through the cracks, especially outside business hours.

We started with a simple idea: provide the kind of IT support that we wished had existed when we were on the other side of the ticket. That meant building a team of experienced engineers who actually answer the phone, a monitoring platform that catches problems before users notice them, and a service model built around accountability rather than billable hours.

From our first client engagement, a mid-sized logistics company in the Your City-Fort Worth area that needed helpdesk coverage for a growing remote workforce, we have grown into a full-service managed IT provider serving enterprise clients across Texas and nationwide. Today, our team resolves over 3,200 support tickets per month, maintains a 99.8% uptime guarantee, and operates a 24/7 Network Operations Center that never closes. We are proud of those numbers, but what matters most to us is that our clients can focus on running their businesses instead of worrying about their IT.

Our Values

The principles that guide how we serve our clients every day.

Reliability

When we say 24/7, we mean it. Our clients depend on us to be there when things go wrong, whether that is at 2 PM on a Tuesday or 3 AM on a holiday weekend. We have built our entire operation around the promise that you will always be able to reach a qualified engineer who can help, not a voicemail box or an overseas call center reading from a script.

Responsiveness

In IT support, speed matters. A fifteen-minute response time on a critical server outage is not just a metric we track; it is a commitment we make in every service agreement. Our tiered escalation process, staffed NOC, and on-call rotation ensure that issues are acknowledged and addressed with the urgency they deserve, not queued behind less critical requests.

Transparency

We believe our clients should always know exactly what is happening with their IT environment. That means detailed monthly reporting, real-time dashboards, clear SLA tracking, and honest conversations about what is working and what needs improvement. We do not hide behind jargon or vague status updates. If there is a problem, you will hear about it from us first.

Leadership Team

The people behind Survey Monkeys.

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Marcus Rivera

Founder & IT Director

Former senior systems administrator at a Fortune 500 energy company with 18 years of enterprise IT experience. Marcus founded Survey Monkeys to build the kind of IT partner he always wanted when managing complex infrastructure. He oversees technical strategy and client relationships.

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Jennifer Torres

Head of Support Operations

Jennifer spent 10 years managing IT service desks for large healthcare systems before joining Survey Monkeys. She leads our helpdesk and NOC teams, designs escalation workflows, and ensures every ticket meets our SLA commitments.

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Brian Kim

Senior Network Engineer

CCIE and CCNP certified with deep expertise in Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto environments. Brian architects and maintains the network infrastructure for our enterprise clients, from core switching to SD-WAN deployments and firewall management.

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Amanda Patel

Client Success Manager

Amanda ensures every client engagement runs smoothly from onboarding through ongoing support. With a background in IT project management and vendor relations, she serves as the primary point of contact for our enterprise accounts and drives quarterly business reviews.

Our Journey

Key milestones in the Survey Monkeys story.

March 2018

Founded in Your City

Marcus Rivera and two fellow enterprise sysadmins launch Survey Monkeys, initially offering remote helpdesk support and break-fix services to small and mid-sized businesses in the Your City-Fort Worth area.

September 2019

First Enterprise Contract

Signed a managed services agreement with Pinnacle Distribution Group, a regional logistics company with 400 employees and multiple warehouse locations. This engagement established our model for full-scope enterprise IT support.

January 2021

24/7 NOC Launched

Opened our dedicated Network Operations Center with round-the-clock staffing, enabling true 24/7/365 monitoring and incident response for all managed services clients. Grew the team to 25 engineers and support specialists.

June 2023

Your City Headquarters Opened

Moved into our current headquarters at 2400 Commerce Street in downtown Your City, consolidating our NOC, engineering teams, and client services under one roof. Expanded to over 40 team members serving clients across Texas and nationwide.