About Computing Concepts Inc.
Practical intelligence has been the point since 1988
CCI was founded to give ambitious organizations the technology infrastructure and resources to keep innovating and growing. Everything else four pillars, eight delivery hubs, and nearly four decades of client relationships grew out of that one mission.
Our Mission
The goal hasn't changed. Only the tools have.
When Computing Concepts Inc. was founded over three decades ago, the mission was simple: give organizations the technology infrastructure and resources they needed to stay innovative and keep growing. That mission still guides every engagement we take on today, even as the tools we use to deliver on it have evolved from packaged software to agentic AI.
What hasn't changed is the standard: a solution isn't finished when it works in a demo, it's finished when it holds up under real operating conditions, real regulatory scrutiny, and real staff turnover.
That's a harder bar than it sounds. Plenty of vendors can ship something that works once, in a controlled pilot, in front of the people who approved the budget. Far fewer can hand it to a rotating operations team eighteen months later and have it still behave the same way which is the actual test we hold ourselves to.
Our Story
At a glance
Incorporated
1988
Headquarters
Edison, New Jersey
Positioning
Premium, end-to-end technology partner
Scale
6,500+ consultants & partners, 8 delivery hubs
From a 1988 incorporation to an end-to-end technology partner
Computing Concepts Inc. was incorporated in 1988. In the years since, we built out six core competencies and earned technical certifications along the way including ISO 9002 on the path to where we stand today: a premium service provider offering complete, end-to-end IT solutions.
Our dedicated approach and practical focus have earned long-term relationships with organizations including Morgan Stanley, Emerson Electric, the Federal Reserve, and The New York Times. We stay committed to their missions as closely as our own, which is part of why so many of those relationships have lasted well over a decade.
Our Journey
Three chapters, one throughline
01
Foundation
CCI incorporated in 1988 with a straightforward mandate: give organizations the infrastructure and resources to keep innovating. The early years were spent building the six core competencies and technical certifications including ISO 9002 that would come to define how we operate.
02
Global Scale
As client relationships matured into decade-plus partnerships, delivery expanded from a single location into a global footprint spanning eight hubs across six countries, without losing the senior-led, practitioner-first model that got us there.
03
The AI Era
Today, the same practical, tactical approach is applied to AI, Cybersecurity, Managed IT, and Compliance Engineering four pillars built on thirty-plus years of knowing what actually breaks in a regulated enterprise, and what it takes to fix it responsibly.
Our People
Intelligence and imagination, given room to work
We believe intelligence and imagination are the driving forces of innovation, so we built an environment where both can coexist. Our teams are recruited from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and structured to bring both technical depth and the accountability that lets us consistently deliver for clients.
We believe in people and technology together and that combination is what differentiates us from providers who lead with one or the other.
In practice, that means a practitioner on a CCI engagement usually isn't the newest hire on the bench. Our delivery model is built around keeping senior people close to the actual work architecting, reviewing, and staying on the hook for outcomes rather than moving up into pure oversight roles the moment they gain enough experience to be useful in the field.
Leadership
An experienced team, senior-led
Mario Giacone
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Earl Mann
Vice President, Strategy
Van M. Ellefson
CFO/Controller
Our Values
Three things that don't get compromised under deadline pressure
01. Customer First
We put the client's outcome ahead of our own convenience, on the theory that everything else we care about growth included follows from that. In practice, that means scoping honestly, even when a smaller scope is the right call.
02. Teamwork
Results come from collaboration, not solo heroics. Our teams default to working through problems together including pulling in a specialist from a different practice when that's what the problem actually needs.
03. Innovation
Every proven idea started out sounding unlikely. We stay data-driven precisely so today's unlikely idea gets a fair test, instead of being dismissed for being unfamiliar.
Careers at CCI
Where senior stays hands-on
We hire for people who want to stay close to the actual work as they grow, not just move into oversight the moment they're experienced enough to be useful in the field. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to build a career across AI, cybersecurity, managed IT, or compliance engineering reach out through the contact page and mention what you're interested in.