 John is far and away the most user friendly technology person I have ever worked with. He is not only responsive, but both understanding of and excellent at explaining problems and solutions. He makes it his business to understand both me and my organization in a comprehensive way, so when I have a need, his suggestions are in line with not just where we are at the minute, but where we are going in the future. He also predicts and informs me of upcoming issues so that I can make decisions proactively and concentrate on my own work.

We run an annual professional development conference, 2 days, over 500 attendees, and registration and management of communication with our attendees is a big job. John's recommendations and help implementing registration processes and a conference website and mobile app have moved us to another level. We are a small state organization and I know that national organizations have seen our conference communication systems and modeled theirs after. 

 Jovanny is both responsive and humble. Teachers regularly comment on how helpful he is in helping them to do their jobs best.

CE is an incredible combination of tech and human. We have our needs met without ever feeling belittled or an inconvenience. It's rare to be able to say that your tech team is compassionate, but these guys really are. 

 The team at Cobalt is consistently collaborative, supportive, and competent. The team communicates well and are incredibly patient with students and faculty ranging in skill and experience levels. Cobalt manages larger scale projects such as conducting a school wide technology audit, to supporting progress report redesigns, or offering operational support. We have appreciated their ability to work within the context of our Montessori philosophy - and our budget. Cobalt is a human-centered company that makes technology school-friendly.

 John and Maria provided excellent service and assistance on all projects. The difference in our school has been nothing short of miraculous. They have been key players in moving us forward.

My sincere thanks to the Cobalt Extensions team. 

 I trust and believe in John's integrity and knowledge. You manage your work professionally, are friendly and are very helpful. Your knowledge and understanding of your clients needs is excellent. 

 Having worked with Cobalt Extensions for many years, I've found John and his team to be warm, responsive and knowledgeable. In our time working together, we've effectively and efficiently overhauled our website, student information system, teacher progress reporting, and solved all variety of hardware issues. 

 Cobalt Extensions is a great company to work with as an educational organization because they are doing this work for the right reasons - they have technical skills and want to use those skills to help change the world for the better. Providing IT support to the Montessori community is how they have chosen to bring meaning to their work, and we are all the better for it!  

 John and Jovanny  provide the technical expertise that our community needs to be functional in today’s technological society and they do so in an accessible way that allows all of us to understand and succeed. They have wonderful patience with our questions, have a wealth of resources at hand, and - most importantly - take the time to fully understand the needs of our educational organization. We recommend them to any schools who ask without hesitation.  

 Our office is running much more efficiently with Cobalt Extensions' help.  John Barrett and his team did a System Audit then upgraded memory and software on our computers. For example, we now are on the cloud so that people can work remotely if need be. This audit also resulted in recommendations on hardware and suppliers. In addition to the upgrades, they have done valuable trouble-shooting and have successfully fixed all the problems put to them. We continue to look to them for important IT support. In addition to technically upgrading our office, John developed a Dashboard, using our Wild Apricot data. We now have a strategic tool for marketing and tracking progress. 

Marian Jacobson
President
IWA

 Caxton Club engaged Cobalt Extensions to assist in rebuilding and maintaining our website. We found Cobalt to be interested in learning our mission so that they could assist us appropriately in serving our membership, expanding our outreach, and recognizing our budgetary restrictions.  They are prompt, professional, and innovative in developing solutions for website issues with our Wild Apricot platform. 

Jackie Vossler

President

Caxton Club