What are some of the services we provide?

IT Infrastructure

We understand that as your organization grows, so will your need for computers, networking, and security. We also understand that every minute you spend worrying about this infrastructure is a minute that you don’t spend worrying about your organization’s core mission. We help by taking on these concerns to free you up for more important things.

Software and Software Specification Review

Most software projects are late over budget, which can be disastrous when funds are finite and hard-earned like in your organization. The root of the problem usually lies in miscommunications with software contractors. It’s not that the contractors are incompetent, it is just that they tend to speak a different language, dealing more with details than the overall ideas you are trying to convey. We can bridge that gap and provide an objective third-party review of a software project to determine if the software as specified will meet the needs of your organization. It is more likely that the project will be on time and will be completed to satisfaction.

Subcontractor management oversight

After a deal is struck with a software or IT contractor, it can be very difficult to monitor the progress of the project or to determine whether the project has been completed according to the contract. We have decades of experience running projects and can help your organization get all that is owed to it and protect you from fraud.

Hiring: Supplementing interview panels

Hiring a full or part-time technical professional like an IT or software engineer can be a daunting task as well as an enormous investment of time and money. Often, resumes are full of acronyms and the names of indecipherable technologies. This can make it very difficult to match the needs of your organization with the candidates applying. Let us meet with you and find out what it is that you are looking for in a candidate. We at Community Technical Outreach have over 20 years of experience interviewing and hiring engineers and security professionals. We can supplement your interview panel, sitting down with candidates and verifying that their qualifications are genuine and match the needs of your organization.

Technical Education

Many of our members have experience bringing technical education into the schools. We believe that we can empower children by giving them the knowledge they need to use technology both successfully and responsibly.