Who’s New?

Jason Culotta

As of October 2011, Jason Culotta is a new Systems Engineer at Connecting Point, working on the Help Desk as well as going onsite to work with clients.  He helps to resolve a wide variety of technical issues ranging from operating system problems to complex software issues and hopes to create long lasting relationships with his co-workers and clients.  Jason plans to continue to working toward upgrading his technical certifications and skills. 

A graduate from Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, CO, Jason also attended Colorado State University and Regis University night school and has earned Microsoft and Cisco certifications. He has been working as a systems administrator for over 12 years in Northern Colorado for various firms in the area.  Rather than provide IT service for a single business, he is now enjoying the opportunity to work with several companies simultaneously with his new position at Connecting Point.

Originally from Lafayette, LA, he is a proud Cajun and professes to “suck the heads and eat the tails” (of crawfish)!  Jason is a musician and plays percussion, drums and washboard.  He has played in various folk rock bands and for his church worship team.  Currently he is taking a break from his musical pursuits to focus on being a husband to wife, Staci, and a dad to baby daughter, Elianah.  Three dogs complete the family.

Mike DiGiacomo

Mike DiGiacomo joined Connecting Point in early November 2011 as a Business Development Manager.  Mike will work in the Denver location to grow the client base and increase our net new accounts. He’ll play a key role in setting up qualified meetings for the outside team and explaining Connecting Point’s extensive range of Managed Service Offerings to potential customers over the phone.

In 2008, Mike graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a degree in Business Management.  After graduation, he focused on a management role with a Wine & Spirits store in Eastern Colorado. After two years, he went to work for Brocade Networks, where he did Inside Sales for Nevada and Southern California. He played an important role in prospecting for new customers and growing Brocade’s LAN solutions to enterprises and service providers.

Currently, Mike lives in Westminster and loves to be active. His favorite hobbies include mountain biking, golf, working out, playing drums, racquetball, coaching sports, etc. The Denver Broncos are his favorite football team, but oddly enough, he is a huge Boston Celtics fan! Keeping an optimistic view on life is important to him, and he’s always striving to make life that much more enjoyable.

Clifford Ireland

Cliff Ireland joined Connecting Point in October 2011 as a help desk systems engineer. As such, he will be responsible for providing a high level of service to Connecting Point’s clients as well as working with the service team to enhance the help desk.   Cliff hopes to improve help desk metrics by pursuing IT certifications, cooperating closely with all of Connecting Point’s personnel and fully utilizing the resources allocated the service department.

 After living in Malaysia in 1999 and learning about semiconductor manufacturing, Cliff was hired as a defense contractor to help develop geographic information systems for what is now the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.  Then in 2001 Cliff spent time at the National Archives, digitizing some of America’s original mapping surveys for NOAA.  Afterwards, he began working as an IT professional, setting up closed areas for the Dept. of Defense’s industrial security program. In 2006 Cliff moved to Durango, Colorado to work at Durango Mountain Resort, where he helped set up a new utility company. Eventually he was promoted to work on all aspects of the IT infrastructure at the corporation.  More recently Cliff was as an independent contractor, working on commercial video systems, terrestrial wireless systems and earth station antennas.

 Born in raised in Loveland, Colorado, Cliff developed a keen appreciation for the outdoors. He can be found doing all the standard outdoor activities, but he has a particular love for skiing and will go to great lengths to hit fresh powder. When unable to be outdoors he spends time on Google earth planning new hiking routes, scouting ultimate campsites and looking for archeological sites. He is also a Google earth flight simulator master, much to the chagrin of his significant other, due to the countless times he tries to show her something cool. After work he likes to plan the next weekend’s adventure while hanging  out with his two dogs, a border collie mix and a Bouvier de Flanders puppy.  

Jim Horton

Jim Horton joined Connecting Point in August of 2011.  Jim has been brought on board as an Account Manager to spearhead Connecting Point’s expansion into the Denver Metropolitan Market.  He will be working in conjunction with both the Northern Colorado and Wyoming Sales Teams to expand awareness and drive revenues in the Denver market for Connecting Point’s award winning managed services support offerings and IP telephony solutions.  Jim has over twenty years of experience operating an IT support company in the Denver marketplace from top-to-bottom, and he is ready to leverage his knowledge and abilities to maximize the potential for Connecting Point as it expands its geographic footprint.

Born and raised in Colorado, Jim grew up in Wheat Ridge, a suburb just west of Denver.   After graduating from Jefferson High School, Jim attended the University of Denver.  Graduating with a BSBA in Business Law and Economics, his experience at DU helped him land a job as a Contracts Administrator at a prominent Colorado A&E firm.  From there, Jim co-founded and operated a technology services firm focused on supporting small to medium sized businesses in the Denver Metro Area.  Having owned and operated his own business, Jim knows the challenges and issues business owners face, particularly when evaluating technology.

When not working, Jim enjoys spinding time with his beautiful wife os 17 years and  his two children.  He is an avid sports fan of both of his kids and the teams in Denver (Go, Pioneers!).  He can be found occaisionally playing a game that resembles golf and loves to take road-trips around Colorado and the neighboring states.  Faith, family, friends an his new colleagues at Connecting Point are all relationships he values greatly.

Mark Peters

Mark Peters joined Connecting Point in August 2011 as our first Denver based Network Engineer.  As with the rest of the support staff, his responsibilities include delivering managed services, onsite services, project work and help desk, and he serves clients in Northern Colorado and Wyoming as well as the Denver area.

Mark started working on computers professionally in 1998 for the US Navy at Naval Communications Telecommunication Area Master Station in Naples, Italy. After returning stateside, he graduated from the University of Phoenix with a BS in Information Technology. Mark has worked for a few different service and support companies. Among his adventures in the field, he was once the head of engineering in a data recovery company, and has worked on computers in over 50 countries. My current focus is network security and firewalls.

 Aside from work Mark loves spending time with his wife and visiting family in Winter Park, where he grew up. Additionally, model trains and home improvements are routinely more than enough to keep him out of trouble on the weekends.

Steve Collett

Steve Collett joined Connecting Point as their Business Development Manager in June of 2011. Steve’s job is to align Connecting Point with potential clients and partners. The challenge is to focus the company’s resources specifically at organizations that stand to benefit the most from our unique portfolio of products and services.  This is accomplished by building relationships with potential clients and partners who have business models closely matching those of organizations where Connecting Point has shown past and current success.  Steve is thrilled to be employed by a regionally owned professional organization that has been in business since 1985.  “It feels good to be involved with a company where the principles have a genuine passion about the industry, with owners who are involved in the day to day operations.”

Steve believes that success is the ROI of shoe leather and strong relationships.  His career in business development began more than 17 years ago, working for Advance Telecommunication, Inc. and later for Tie Communications and most recently, with Accurate Communications.

Born in Odessa, TX, Steve’s family moved frequently during his school years.  He graduated from Thornton High School and attended classes at Arapaho Community College.  A former Jaycee and member of the Loyal Order of Moose (Lodge 909), he occupies most of his free time with family, and he likes to spend his weekends boating and fishing.  If Steve takes a “sick day” you will probably find him reeling in trout at Windsor Lake or Riverside Park. Steve also volunteers at the Greeley VFW (Post 2121) and Crossroads Christian church.

Stefanie Geist