IT Consulting in Chicago

Guidance That Turns Tech Questions Into Confident Decisions

Working with EMPIST® feels like having a smart neighbor in your corner, not a distant firm sending PDFs and invoices. You get practical guidance that respects your budget, your people, and the reality of running a business in the Loop, on the floor, or across multiple locations. The right partner helps you make confident calls on infrastructure, cloud, security, and growth plans, translating complexity into clear next steps and showing up when decisions turn into deployments.

Call 1-312-724-6896 to speak with a real person in our Chicago office or schedule an assessment for when you and the team are available. An IT professional from EMPIST will be in touch.

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IT Consulting Firm Headquartered In Chicago's Loop.

We’re built in Chicago, based in the Loop, and shaped by 25 years of keeping local businesses running, secure, and sane. When you work with us, you’re not talking to a ticket system; you’re talking to people who know what a bad Monday outage feels like and what it takes to prevent the next one.

Our team blends seasoned IT strategists, security consultants, cloud architects, and support specialists who actually speak your language. We’re here to listen, then make recommendations: from tightening up security and compliance, to rethinking your infrastructure, to helping your team work smarter with the tools you already own.

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John Kampas

Founder & CEO
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Jake Harris

IT Project Manager
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George Delavogias

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Bryan Fox

Cybersecurity Analyst

See IT Clearly. Decide With Confidence.

IT Consulting, Powered In Chicago By Real People.

You don’t need another vendor auditioning for the starring role. You need a clear read on what’s happening, what it’s costing you, and what to do next. We assess, translate the technical into plain English, and lay out options with honest tradeoffs so you can make decisions with confidence.

Then we respect the part most firms forget: it’s your business. You choose the path, the pace, and the priorities. If you want us to stay involved, we can help run the project and keep everyone accountable. If you’d rather take it in house, you’ll still leave with a roadmap that stands on its own.

Names, faces, direct lines—no mystery, no maze. Just a Chicago team in the Loop, ready to sit across the table, roll up our sleeves, and get to work on your next chapter.

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We may suggest ways that we can help, but the goal is understanding — not a hard sell.

Straightforward. Insightful. No Strings Attached.

IT Consulting Backed by 25 Years of Industry Experience.

EMPIST works with organizations where downtime isn’t an inconvenience, it’s a liability. Law firms racing against court deadlines. Nonprofits stretching every dollar and every donor. Financial firms living under a microscope of regulators and auditors. Healthcare teams who can’t have the network go down in the middle of patient care. Manufacturers who measure interruptions in lost output, not minutes. We bring that context with us to every project.

Security tuned to your risk profile.

Compliance mapped to your industry

Support that respects how your people actually work

Design around the line-of-business tools you actually live in.

Build predictable, scalable plans that grow with you.

Turn IT Consulting Into a Growth Engine.

EMPIST LLC

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55 W Monroe St. Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60603

Shoot Us An Email: hello@empist.com

Call Us Today: 1-312-724-6896