How MGT Scaled 150+ Projects and Simplified Reporting

Ashley Chapman, Project Manager & Business Owner; Doug Lott, VP of Data Systems; Andrew Kozlowitz, Vice President Information Technology @ MGT

150+ concurrent projects
managed without system limits
5 branches unified
in a single workspace
Salesforce API integration
enabled seamlessly
“Before SmartSuite, we were boxed in by Monday’s limits. With SmartSuite, we can scale, automate, and report in ways that just weren’t possible before.”
Ashley Chapman, Director of Customer Success and MSP PM @ MGT

Problem

Capped Systems, Unmet Demands

MGT, a longtime provider of IT networking and cybersecurity solutions, partners with businesses across the U.S. to design and manage secure, resilient technology systems. But as the company scaled operations across five branches—spanning DevOps, cloud hosting, security, and managed services—it ran into critical limitations with its existing toolset. Their reliance on Monday created unexpected bottlenecks, including a hard 150-board connection cap that disrupted workflows and project oversight.

C-level leaders needed accurate, exportable data to make informed decisions, but the system prioritized visual dashboards over raw reporting functionality. As a result, teams resorted to manual workarounds just to meet basic leadership reporting needs. Resource management was also a major gap—departments couldn’t track capacity effectively, making it difficult to forecast workloads or adjust staffing in real time.

These constraints strained cross-functional coordination and exposed the need for a scalable, data-centric platform that could support MGT’s growing technical footprint without compromising visibility or agility.

Q1


Solution

Workforce, Workflows, and Workspaces—All Unified

The SmartSuite’s relational database model allowed them to consolidate all project, workforce, and department data in one ecosystem.

They implemented:

  • Workforce management & project management modules
  • Salesforce API integrations for automatic project triggers
  • Capacity tracking dashboards for daily, weekly, and monthly views
  • Advanced permissions to manage multi-branch operations in one workspace

Ashley highlighted the onboarding experience, “The ability to bring in our Salesforce data through an open API was huge. We could finally automate project creation without hitting a ceiling.” Meanwhile, Doug praised the flexibility, “SmartSuite wasn’t boxed in. We could build what we needed, whether it was PTO tracking or multi-layered project grouping.”

Q2

Result

Cross-Branch Collaboration, Reclaimed Time

With SmartSuite, MGT scaled to manage over 150 concurrent projects effortlessly, bypassing previous system restrictions. Their reporting process transformed from scrambling for last-minute data to delivering structured, real-time insights.

The operations team now leverages dashboards to monitor workforce capacity and reallocate resources efficiently, preventing burnout and improving delivery timelines. According to Andrew Kozlowitz, Director of Engineering, “We finally have a 10,000-foot view. We can drill down into overloaded resources, reassign tasks, and keep projects on track—all without extra BI tools.”

Most notably, the team reclaimed time and reduced friction between departments, laying the groundwork for scalable, cross-branch collaboration.

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Company Name

MGT (Layer3 Communications)

Industry

Professional Services

Team

Operations

Region

North America

Company size

Enterprise

Pain point

Project scalability & reporting limits

Products replaced

Monday

About the company

For over 25 years, this U.S.-based technology solutions provider has delivered innovative IT networking and cybersecurity services to businesses nationwide. Specializing in secure infrastructure and digital transformation, they collaborate with clients to design, implement, and manage resilient technology systems.