Ron Cook
Over the years, I realized making money from customer’s technical problems made me feel as if I wasn’t doing all I could to help my customers. It just didn’t seem right, so I changed the thinking in our company to be more proactive by offering our customers full Business Continuity Services.
This means that here at Connecting Point we are now responsible for monitoring and maintaining optimum performance for our customer’s computer networks and equipment. Our goal is to ensure all of our customers are always “Open for Business”. Now I pay my employees to keep bad things from happening to my customers, and that feels right!
Connecting Point has been making our customers our friends for 25 years and we want to make you a friend too. Call us to find out how we can help your protect your business with our professional Business Continuity service, priced just right for small and mid-size businesses. My guaranty is that you will never have any downtime. If you have any it will be minimal. And, if you don’t like our services, don’t pay us.
Lester Keizer
In 2005, Lester Keizer joined Connecting Point as company president. He recently joined the Board of Directors of CompTIA, the IT industry association, with members in over 100 countries.
As an innovative business developer, Lester brought technology and technical solutions to hospitals and physician groups. He also managed the development of an international hospital in Antigua through a joint venture with rock star Eric Clapton.
Lester is no stranger to the Las Vegas area, having lived here in the 90’s while he was Sr. Vice President of Business Development with Transitional Hospital Corporation (later sold to Kindred Healthcare NASDAQ:KIND).
Lester grew up in Indonesia, New Guinea and Borneo, where his parents served as missionaries. He went to college in England, earned his Bachelor’s degree in Theology from Southern Adventist University in Tennessee, and his Masters degree in Administration from Andrews University in Michigan. He is a classically trained pianist and organist and loves to snow ski in the winter and water ski in the summer.
Mike Semel 
Mike joined Connecting Point in April 2006 as Vice President of Business Continuity and Compliance Services. He is one of only 2500 Certified Business Continuity Professionals worldwide. Mike is also a HIPAA Academy Certified Administrator and was the Director of IT at a hospital.
His task at Connecting Point is to help small and medium sized businesses learn the processes necessary to protect themselves from the impact of disasters or any type of business interruption. He is a compliance specialist focusing on healthcare, finance, education, and other regulated industries, and works as an advisor to several school district superintendents.
Prior to joining Connecting Point, Mike led a Red Cross chapter disaster program; served as a fire department officer; taught hazardous materials incident response at the New York State Fire Academy; worked on the IndyCar Safety Team; and owned his own computer business.
Kevin Gregg
VP of Business Development & Technical Services, joined Connecting Point 14 years ago and has learned the business from the ground up.
Starting in retail sales and later becoming retail sales manager, Kevin moved up to General Manager of Connecting Point when the company was more focused on product sales. Now, as we have transitioned to proactive Business Continuity services, Kevin has a major role developing new business and overseeing our service delivery.
Kevin’s technical specialization is in Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone systems that provide telephone capabilities across a data network. Besides knowing how to configure and support the technology, he has developed inside contacts at the major phone carriers so we can quickly address the common problems that can occur both inside a network and with the phone service provider.
Our Technicians & Engineers All of our network support services are performed by engineers certified by leading IT manufacturers and the IT industry association. Our certifications prove that we have the skills required to help you get the most from your IT investment.
Some of our certifications include:
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers including Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Certified Advanced Network Specialist
Microsoft Certified System Builders
Microsoft Small Business Server Specialist
Microsoft Information Worker
Intel Hardware Specialist
3Com Certified IP Telephony NBX Expert
3Com Certified IP Telephony VCX Expert
Symantec Small Business Specialist
Symantec Certified Engineer
CompTIA A+, Server+, Network+, Linux+
SonicWall Certified Engineer
Cisco Certified Network Associate
VMWare Certified Professional
