# HistoryIT

> HistoryIT is a South Portland, Maine company that combines archive strategy, preservation-grade imaging, human-created metadata, collection management software and public digital museums. Founded in 2011 by historian and former software developer Kristen Gwinn-Becker, it serves museums, universities, associations, nonprofits, corporations and sports organizations that want their historical material to be useful rather than merely stored.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** South Portland, United States
- **Founders:** Kristen Gwinn-Becker, PhD (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 18 employees in the supplied company record; Inc. listed the company in the 11-50 band in 2024. A 2023 report cited 36 full-time employees.
- **Products:** Digital Archive Strategy, Digital Preservation Services, Odyssey Preservation, Digital Museums, PastPort
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 1,595 on the 2024 Inc. 5000., Inc. reported that HistoryIT saved more than 4.8 million items in 2023., Kristen Gwinn-Becker was named to Inc.'s 2024 Female Founders 250.

## Products & services

- **Digital Archive Strategy** — Collection assessments, stakeholder interviews, prioritization and roadmaps for preserving and using historical assets.
- **Digital Preservation Services** — Preservation-quality imaging, audiovisual conversion, physical rehousing, cataloging, tagging and metadata creation.
- **Odyssey Preservation** — Cloud software combining collection management, digital asset management, metadata, search, imports/exports and branded digital museum tools.
- **Digital Museums** — Searchable public experiences with exhibits, galleries, timelines, biographies and custom portals built from a client's archive.
- **PastPort** — A connected workflow for client-led preservation imaging and bulk ingest, cataloging and tagging into a HistoryIT account.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 1,595 on the 2024 Inc. 5000.
- Inc. reported that HistoryIT saved more than 4.8 million items in 2023.
- Kristen Gwinn-Becker was named to Inc.'s 2024 Female Founders 250.
- Built a Digital Mayoral Archives at the University of Indianapolis containing nearly 400,000 items.
- Digitally preserved more than 25,000 items for Friends of Hog Island.
- Processed more than 40,000 items for Pi Kappa Alpha by the time of its client profile.
- Carolina Panthers digitized 24,000 photographic slides with HistoryIT, as reported in 2023.
- Expanded from its first national client in 2012 to roughly 300 clients reported in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Gwinn-Becker described Odyssey Preservation as metadata catalog management, digital asset management and museum presentation software in one on the Dead Pixels Society podcast.
- **2025-05** — HistoryIT published podcast appearances about mission-led growth and preserving Greek-life history.
- **2024-10** — A Los Angeles Blade profile explored Gwinn-Becker's career and the stakes of preserving underrepresented LGBTQ history.
- **2024-08** — HistoryIT ranked No. 1,595 on the Inc. 5000 after reporting more than 4.8 million items saved in 2023.
- **2024-04** — Kristen Gwinn-Becker was included in Inc.'s Female Founders 250.

## Links

- Website: https://historyit.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/historyit/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/historyit
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyit/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyit

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Last updated: 2026-08-22