Jeff Allen
Jeff Allen is the proud president of Communications Technologies Inc.. He has constructed
a company that knows no limits in the IT field with skills and expertise ranging
from VoIP to Cloud Applications as well as a degree from the University of Georgia.
He has received many honors and awards that include past President of the Rotary
Club of Burton, Paul Harris Fellow, Distinguished Honor Graduate, US ARMY Medal
of Achievement, along with many others. He is also a part of a great deal of distinguishable
organizations in the IT field like TAG National, NEC Dealers association, and Genesee
Regional Chamber. Jeff's interests include spending time with his family,expanding
CTI's growing business, new technology, and business opportunities.
Sheila Zimmer
Office Manager for 5+ years at CTI. Responsibilities include Accounts Receivable,
Accounts Payable, Payroll and Front-line Service on all incoming calls.
Previous experience includes:
- Sales & Service Manager for 10 years at Citizens Bank in 100+ Representative
Call Center; managed, trained and motivated staff to meet sales and service goals
set by marketing promotions.
- Interview Placement Supervisor for Clerical Temp Agency for 8 years; conducted interviews,
testing and placement of temporary clerical employees at businesses in Oakland and
Genesee County area.
Dan Lane
Dan has served CTI as our IT Manager and Network Sales Engineer since 2010. Dan
brings with him 20 years of IT experience specializing in Voice over IP, Virtual
Private Networks, Wireless Networking and Servers.
Dan also teaches both intermediate and advanced networking courses focusing on Windows
Servers and Linux Servers at ITT.
Dan holds a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from Saginaw Valley State
University.
Jennifer Hunter
Jennifer Hunter has worked in telecom since 1993. She currently has an Associates
degree in Computer Network Systems – Information Technology. She has certifications
with the NEC products – Aspire, UX5000 & SV8100. She is also certified with
Toshiba
CTX product and Ortronics communication hardware. She is capable of working on the
following products: NEC, Toshiba, Avaya/AT&T/Lucent, Nortel, Rolm, Panasonic,
Macrotel/Samsung
phone system and associated voicemail products. She can manage Netopia, Sonicwall
and certain Cisco router/firewalls. Jennifer works with many IT departments in order
to connect VoIP phones and SIP trunks. Jennifer has been with CTI since 1999 and
currently holds the position of field service technician.
Doug Laur
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Tracy Cole
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Sonya Allen
As Controller of CTI, Sonya Allen is responsible for directing CTI's Operations
Department, Accounts Receivable Department, budgeting and other dispatching and
administrative functions. She joined the Company in February of 2003 and has served
CTI in that capacity since her arrival.
Before joining CTI, Sonya worked in the legal field as a Paralegal for 13 years.
She received her Associates Degree in Business Administration from Baker College.
Dale Blakeslee
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Bindi
Bindi, a border-aussie, was born March 9, 2010. She is a designer breed of a border
collie / Australian shepherd mix (a.k.a.mutt). She was rescued by Fenton Adopt-a-Pet
from a high kill shelter when she was only 6 weeks old. She was then donated to
the Flint Institute of Music Charity Auction in May of 2010 where she was finally
adopted by the Allen family. In keeping with her Australian background, she was
named after Bindi Irwin by the successors of CTI.
As the first official mascot of CTI, her duties include offering unconditional affection
to each member of CTI as well as visiting customers, graciously accepting treats
from delivery organizations and comfortably napping on her blanket.
Joel Ahearne
Joel Ahearne has over 16 years of Information Technology
Support and Project Management background.
Joel has assumed the role of IT Projects and IT Sales for CTI.
His customer service background allows him to work with
every type of client in every type of environment. Attention
to detail is very important to him as well as the sense of urgency
when trouble shooting technical issues for the clients. Making
sure every client is 100% satisfied is his goal.
Joel's interests include spending time with his family, mentoring youth,
new technology, and sports.
Brian Thompson
Bio coming soon...