Julian Hamood says his TrustedTech firm is now one of Microsoft’s top 150 partners globally, after the company exceeded its 2025 revenue expectations and continues to expand in Europe and the Middle East.
TrustedTech helps companies manage their journey with the software giant, with a focus on companies with workforces ranging from 250 to about 22,000 employees.
“We assist them with all the infrastructure as it relates to Microsoft,” Hamood told the Business Journal on Feb. 6. That includes licensing, e-mails, security, cloud storage and app development.
Hamood, 34, won the Business Journal Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award last March.
TrustedTech’s customers also include huge firms such as Apple, Google, HP, NASA, Hilton, Kellogg’s and RTX (formerly Raytheon), according to the company’s website.
Hamood says the company has more than 7,500 customers on monthly billing, while the total number of customers “that are active with us” is 15,000.
TrustedTech was one of only 12 partners recently designated for Microsoft’s primary support services.
TrustedTech No. 12 Globally
Irvine-based TrustedTech, founded in 2017, is a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider and Microsoft Solutions Partner focused on simplifying software licensing and providing IT consulting services.
Hamood said Microsoft has “consolidated and cut tens of thousands of partners off the bottom.”
“They’re really just focusing on their top 150 partners globally,” he said. “Luckily, we’re up there.”
He said TrustedTech is one of the top 15 Microsoft partners in the U.S. by revenue.
TrustedTech also provides technical support for Microsoft 365 and Azure.
$1B Annual Revenue Seen in Five Years
TrustedTech chalked up $340 million in revenue in 2024 and reached about $500 million last year, a year ahead of schedule.
Hamood is targeting $650 million in revenue this year and $1 billion over the next five years.
He says the global expansion is going “really well.”
“We’re currently serving the UAE and Saudi from our U.K. office,” he said.
TrustedTech also has a physical office in Dubai in addition to its Irvine headquarters. The company is also active in France and Germany.
It has about 255 employees, with approximately 180 of them stationed in Orange County, according to Hamood
AI Words of Caution
The company, like most firms these days, is integrating AI into its operations, but there are limits.
“In regards to having the entire sales team completely automated by AI, we’re there we could do it, but you still need the humans,” according to the TrustedTech founder.
Hamood has some words of caution about the industry’s astronomically high capital expenditures for AI relative to expected revenue returns.
“It’s pay the piper time,” he said. “The revenues are not going to catch up to the capex from last year. I think there is going to be a little bit of retrenchment in the market.”
Hamood, who is also TrustedTech’s chief visionary officer, is a 2014 graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a degree in business, management, marketing and related support services.
His parents moved from Lebanon to Florida and then resettled in OC, where his mother also attended CSUF.
His resume includes just over three years as general manager at My Choice Software of Lake Forest.
