About
Steve Greenblatt, President
As one of the pioneers in the independent programming industry, our founder and President Steve Greenblatt has built his career and the company with hard work, dedication, respect, quality, and reputation. His focus on these virtues has contributed to his professional development and is the foundation of Control Concepts.
Steve began his career with Crestron Electronics in 1993 as a Systems Engineer. In more than three years at Crestron, he developed both technically and professionally. While working on two of the largest Crestron projects at the time, Steve learned the value of organization, time management, communication, and professionalism, all qualities which have proven to be essential building blocks of his career. Additionally, the relationships that were formed and the knowledge gained, throughout Steve’s tenure at Crestron, have provided him with lasting benefit throughout the years.
In 1997, Steve acted on his entrepreneurial inclination to start an independent programming company at a time when independent programmers were not mainstream. Although he faced a number of challenges in getting established, the detailed approach, personal attention, and reliable service that Steve holds in high regard propelled Control Concepts to steady growth and the establishment of a loyal following.
Control Concepts now has many sustained customer relationships. CCI has worked with corporations and educational institutions to establish user interface standards and best practices for control system functionality that have been implemented organization-wide. These client partnerships are the essence of why Control Concepts was established.
It is Steve’s vision, leadership, passion for excellence and personality that have been the key elements in his professional growth and have been a driving factor behind his success. He takes pride in the reputation he has built for himself and the company, and the ongoing, beneficial relationships that he has developed with his team, his clients and his partners.
Steve is a graduate of Lehigh University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Ken Danner, Senior Engineer
Ken specializes in the implementation and optimization of large control system integration projects for educational and corporate facilities at CCI. Some of his most notable achievements include developing and maintaining functionality consistencies and user interface design standards, including remote room monitoring capabilities for multi-room facilities. He has led the implementation of these practices over many years with various integrators.
In addition, Ken has tackled such difficult systems as quad-divisible rooms and codec farms with dynamically assignable touchpanel capabilities. His knack for keeping cool under pressure, managing expectations, and dealing with the unexpected have led to cultivation of many successful customer relationships.
Ken started his career in control system programming in 2003 after obtaining a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering. He became a Crestron Certified programmer as well as an AMX ACE Expert within his first year and has gone on to become a Crestron Silver Level Master Programmer. In addition to his programming duties, Ken utilizes his computer technology background to manage and maintain the company’s server and corporate network environment.
Mike Korinko, Senior Engineer
Mike’s extensive knowledge and achievement with Crestron control system programming has been built thorough hard work, dedication, and experience. His ability to anticipate situations, quickly assess challenges, and focus on identifying the root of a problem have been the cornerstones of his success.
Through his commitment and daily work on complex projects and critical situations at CCI, Mike has successfully established relationships with many long-term partners. His ability to diagnose and troubleshoot situations, both onsite and remotely, have led to many successful outcomes and saved valuable time for our clients. Additionally, Mike has developed code modules for internal use by our technical team to simplify project implementation, improve quality, and provide value-added features for our customers.
Mike joined the Control Concepts team in 2004 with over 15 years experience in the AV industry working exclusively with control systems. He began his career with Crestron Electronics where he worked as a Systems Programmer and a Customer Support Engineer. He has successfully completed hundreds of projects in the commercial, education and residential markets. Mike’s wide range of experience provides a solid basis for detailed project and functional needs analysis. Mike holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with an aerospace option from Rutgers University.
Jeff Mackie, Director of Product Development
Jeff Mackie recently joined CCI as lead developer and Director of Product Development. An AV industry veteran with 30 years of engineering experience, Mackie comes to CCI from AMX, where he was a senior developer and project manager since 1998. At AMX he led a development team that was responsible for creating custom software for integrating audio visual systems into residential and corporate environments and integrating them for global strategic customers. Prior to AMX Mackie was associated with three AV firms in New Jersey, Delaware and Washington, DC as project engineer. He completed course work in aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle University and computer science at Montgomery Community College. A highly experienced programmer, Mackie is fluent in many languages and environments including Java, C++, C#, VisualBasic, VB.NET and many different databases including MySQL, MS Access and MS SQL.
Richard Tae, Project Engineer
Richard Tae, a veteran Crestron audio visual programmer with over 16 years of experience, recently joined CCI as a senior project engineer from Evolution System Integration, where he was project engineer. After earning his bachelor and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Steven Institute of Technology, Tae worked as a technician and programmer for four years at several Washington, DC area AV firms. In 1998 he joined Crestron as a systems engineer, and rose to become senior application engineer and software application engineer at Crestron before leaving in 2008 to join Evolution System Integration. A highly experienced programmer, he is fluent in many languages and environments including Java, C++, C#, VisualBasic, VB.NET and many different databases including MySQL, MS Access and MS SQL.
Jeanette Alfaro, Technical Administrator
Jeanette Alfaro joins the Control Concepts Team as Technical Administrator. In this role, Jeanette is an added resource for customer service and sales support to Control Concepts customers. She works directly with customers to provide customer care, support and personalized attention.
Jeanette comes to Control Concepts from the consumer electronics industry where she has experience in sales, customer service and customer support. She attended St. Peter’s College and Kean University.
Lynn Abraham, Bookkeeper
Lynn is responsible for the management of all company accounts and finances at CCI. She also plays a leading role in our Human Resources.
She brings a 15 year background of business experience during which she has handled all aspects of accounting, from receivables and payables to billing and credit issues to collections and payroll. For 10 years, she has also handled human resources, maintaining records and staying abreast of employment laws, company benefits, and employee morale.
During her tenure at Control Concepts Lynn has maintained the company’s financial health by managing cash flow, working with clients to maintain good credit history, and helping to keep the company and its operations on a sound financial foundation.
