YOUR DEDICATED TEAM
We’re not your standard hard-to-understand tech professionals. We’re normal people who understand IT.
Mike
Meet the Grand Poobah, the Head Honcho, the notorious BossMan!
Mike moved to Helena in 1981 to attend Carroll College, eventually marrying his sweetheart Tammy and raising 2 daughters in Helena.
If you were fond of any genre of music in the 70's, 80's, or 90's, you may know Mike from several local music stores in Helena, including Music To Go, which he and Tammy owned and operated until 2002.
In 1994, Mike and his wife Tammy started Information Systems of Montana, as they saw an increasing need for technology and IT support for local Montana businesses.
Now, in 2020, ISM has been in operation for 26 years, currently with 15 employees and has expanded to locations in Helena, Great Falls, and Missoula.
On days not spent in the office or on-site with clients, Mike enjoys plant based cooking and baking, woodworking, golfing, and skiing. He devotes a large part of his winter as a National Ski Patrol Northern Division Transportation Supervisor, where he plays a large part in training local ski patrol teams.
You may see Mike out and about at one of our local breweries, where he’s known to be a cognoscente of sundry adult beverages and other libations.
Mike moved to Helena in 1981 to attend Carroll College, eventually marrying his sweetheart Tammy and raising 2 daughters in Helena.
If you were fond of any genre of music in the 70's, 80's, or 90's, you may know Mike from several local music stores in Helena, including Music To Go, which he and Tammy owned and operated until 2002.
In 1994, Mike and his wife Tammy started Information Systems of Montana, as they saw an increasing need for technology and IT support for local Montana businesses.
Now, in 2020, ISM has been in operation for 26 years, currently with 15 employees and has expanded to locations in Helena, Great Falls, and Missoula.
On days not spent in the office or on-site with clients, Mike enjoys plant based cooking and baking, woodworking, golfing, and skiing. He devotes a large part of his winter as a National Ski Patrol Northern Division Transportation Supervisor, where he plays a large part in training local ski patrol teams.
You may see Mike out and about at one of our local breweries, where he’s known to be a cognoscente of sundry adult beverages and other libations.
Tammy
CXO (Chief Experience Officer), a.k.a. The Real Boss!
Throughout her 25 years here at ISM, Tammy has held about every position imaginable: Founder, Owner, Manager, Finance, Operations, Party Planner – pretty much whatever role she’s ever needed to be in!
Born in Missoula and raised in Helena, Tammy is proud to have called Helena home for the majority of her adult life, as have her parents who still reside here.
Tammy is the proud momma of two wonderful ladies, Tanya and Megan, and an EXTREMELY proud grandmother (grandson Jaxson), who’s she’s lucky to have close by.
Tammy has always been the heart of Information Systems since it’s start on February 15th, 1994, as well as several local businesses in the past. If you grew up in Helena in the 90’s or 2000’s and ever bought a music album – chances are you remember Tammy from the legendary Music-To-Go!
Outside of ISM, you’ll find Tammy traveling, quilting and drinking wine, spending time with friends, visiting wineries – or locally, enjoying her favorite dinner at On Broadway (and drinking wine?).
To say Tammy is an integral part of ISM would be such an undersell – we simply don’t have enough room here to talk about what she has done in her 24 years here, and continues to do here for our business and workplace. Thanks a million, Tammy!!
In turn, Tammy would like to mention how fortunate she feels to have the team that we do here at ISM. “Couldn’t do it without all their dedication and hard work! They all rock!”
Throughout her 25 years here at ISM, Tammy has held about every position imaginable: Founder, Owner, Manager, Finance, Operations, Party Planner – pretty much whatever role she’s ever needed to be in!
Born in Missoula and raised in Helena, Tammy is proud to have called Helena home for the majority of her adult life, as have her parents who still reside here.
Tammy is the proud momma of two wonderful ladies, Tanya and Megan, and an EXTREMELY proud grandmother (grandson Jaxson), who’s she’s lucky to have close by.
Tammy has always been the heart of Information Systems since it’s start on February 15th, 1994, as well as several local businesses in the past. If you grew up in Helena in the 90’s or 2000’s and ever bought a music album – chances are you remember Tammy from the legendary Music-To-Go!
Outside of ISM, you’ll find Tammy traveling, quilting and drinking wine, spending time with friends, visiting wineries – or locally, enjoying her favorite dinner at On Broadway (and drinking wine?).
To say Tammy is an integral part of ISM would be such an undersell – we simply don’t have enough room here to talk about what she has done in her 24 years here, and continues to do here for our business and workplace. Thanks a million, Tammy!!
In turn, Tammy would like to mention how fortunate she feels to have the team that we do here at ISM. “Couldn’t do it without all their dedication and hard work! They all rock!”
Rusty
Meet our powerhouse, and Man of Operations (Chief Operations Officer), Rusty.
As our Chief Operations Officer, Rusty has brought a world of change to ISM. His unflappably positive attitude and ability to connect with employees of all levels has allowed Rusty to dramatically improve our operations, on both the technical and human resources sides.
“I have a passion for creating healthy, highly efficient systems, and making people’s lives and businesses more enjoyable and profitable, which is pretty much what ISM is all about! I‘m happy to bring a long history of human capacity development, leadership skills and organizational psychology, from my former work experiences, to the realm of IT!”
We can’t thank you enough for what you’ve added to our team here at ISM, Rusty!
Recently, Rusty found a new toy! You might see him zooming around town on his new Harley Roadster after work! So. Cool!
As our Chief Operations Officer, Rusty has brought a world of change to ISM. His unflappably positive attitude and ability to connect with employees of all levels has allowed Rusty to dramatically improve our operations, on both the technical and human resources sides.
“I have a passion for creating healthy, highly efficient systems, and making people’s lives and businesses more enjoyable and profitable, which is pretty much what ISM is all about! I‘m happy to bring a long history of human capacity development, leadership skills and organizational psychology, from my former work experiences, to the realm of IT!”
We can’t thank you enough for what you’ve added to our team here at ISM, Rusty!
Recently, Rusty found a new toy! You might see him zooming around town on his new Harley Roadster after work! So. Cool!
Kim
We are excited to promote our very own Kim Meismer to Client Services Coordinator!
Originally born in Billings, Kim has lived many places throughout Montana, Wyoming, and various states before settling in Helena!
“I love the work environment at ISM and the opportunity to grow with the company.” When we asked her what she does in her free time, she replied... “My what?! HA! When I’m not at work I tend my small hobby farm and play with my two children. Currently,
we have two Gloucestershire pigs, 17 chickens, two dogs, and two cats!”
Kim is SUCH an asset to the ISM team and we are so lucky to have her!
Originally born in Billings, Kim has lived many places throughout Montana, Wyoming, and various states before settling in Helena!
“I love the work environment at ISM and the opportunity to grow with the company.” When we asked her what she does in her free time, she replied... “My what?! HA! When I’m not at work I tend my small hobby farm and play with my two children. Currently,
we have two Gloucestershire pigs, 17 chickens, two dogs, and two cats!”
Kim is SUCH an asset to the ISM team and we are so lucky to have her!
Grace
Grace has been our Business Development Lead since August 2017, and in early summer 2021, also took on the role of Account Manager. She truly cares about our clients and their IT business needs. Grace came to ISM after working for the City of Helena as a 911 Dispatcher, so there isn’t much that seems very daunting after having a job like that!
Grace, her husband, and their son, reside in Helena. They keep busy with a couple of horses, two cats who think they run the place (typical), and their 80 lb lap dog, Tatonka, who frequents our dog-friendly office, and has a rather large fan base himself. (Tatonka is an office favorite!)
She has been to 49 states and 4 countries so far, and is planning on adding to that list soon! She’s a loyal Green Bay Packers fan, and her favorite movies are Lord of the Rings, Father Goose, The Princess Bride, and Disney’s Emperor’s New Groove (among others). Grace is a nerd at heart, so it’s only fitting that she works for an IT company.
She loves her job at ISM, and is extremely thankful to work with such a great team!
Grace, her husband, and their son, reside in Helena. They keep busy with a couple of horses, two cats who think they run the place (typical), and their 80 lb lap dog, Tatonka, who frequents our dog-friendly office, and has a rather large fan base himself. (Tatonka is an office favorite!)
She has been to 49 states and 4 countries so far, and is planning on adding to that list soon! She’s a loyal Green Bay Packers fan, and her favorite movies are Lord of the Rings, Father Goose, The Princess Bride, and Disney’s Emperor’s New Groove (among others). Grace is a nerd at heart, so it’s only fitting that she works for an IT company.
She loves her job at ISM, and is extremely thankful to work with such a great team!
David
The man, the myth, the legend.... David!
David was raised in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana, leaving to pursue a 4-year career in the military. You could say his extensive IT career began here, where he first worked on an early computer!
Since then, some of his more interesting IT jobs have included his introduction to telephony in 1988, and an early start with networking in Los Angeles, where he built his first Server and Cisco router all the way back in 1992! Later, a career based in Chicago with Motorola provided the opportunity to work as a traveling engineer around Europe and Asia.
As our Service Manager and Senior Engineer, David’s passions include helping fix our clients issues, implementing various automations, and training our staff to excel in their roles and better serve our customers.
As summer nears, David hopes you’ll join him at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs! Thank you David for all you do to support our clients and team.
David was raised in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana, leaving to pursue a 4-year career in the military. You could say his extensive IT career began here, where he first worked on an early computer!
Since then, some of his more interesting IT jobs have included his introduction to telephony in 1988, and an early start with networking in Los Angeles, where he built his first Server and Cisco router all the way back in 1992! Later, a career based in Chicago with Motorola provided the opportunity to work as a traveling engineer around Europe and Asia.
As our Service Manager and Senior Engineer, David’s passions include helping fix our clients issues, implementing various automations, and training our staff to excel in their roles and better serve our customers.
As summer nears, David hopes you’ll join him at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs! Thank you David for all you do to support our clients and team.
Jeff
Jeff was born in Butte, but has lived in Bozeman, Kalispell, Ennis and Helena. He attended Helena College of Technology where he gained the knowledge he has about IT and networking. When he’s not busy at work, Jeff loves playing golf in the summer and billiards in the winter. He’s actually one of the top 50 pool players in the entire nation!
What Jeff loves most about his career is the constantly learning, problem solving, and interaction with awesome clients.
Jeff is becoming our newest Mitel VoIP engineer, joining our existing OG Mitel engineer, David Sain. He passed the gauntlet of the first grueling 60 hours of training (classroom and homework) and has 40 more hours to go for the second part.
WAY TO GO, JEFF! We’re all happy you’re part of the ISM team!
What Jeff loves most about his career is the constantly learning, problem solving, and interaction with awesome clients.
Jeff is becoming our newest Mitel VoIP engineer, joining our existing OG Mitel engineer, David Sain. He passed the gauntlet of the first grueling 60 hours of training (classroom and homework) and has 40 more hours to go for the second part.
WAY TO GO, JEFF! We’re all happy you’re part of the ISM team!
Aaron
At a glance, Aaron appears as an ordinary human being – but if you’ve had the pleasure of meeting Aaron, you now know that’s not the case.
Growing up in Missoula, Aaron cultivated his love for the local requisite activities of floating rivers, raising chickens, geocaching, hiking with his two pugs (both loud and overly confident), and tasting local microbrews.
While initially attending the University of Montana for a degree in Sociology, it wasn’t long before his nerdom won out. A self-proclaimed professional couch potato and tech nerd, Aaron is in his natural setting when surrounded by computers, video games, and what others commonly refer to as “tech junk.”
While daylighting as our Network Operations Center Lead, it may come as a surprise that you’d most likely find Aaron locked in his garage, when not in the office.
Here, he exercises hobbies of wrestling wrenches, grease, cars, and motorbikes – commonly know as “mechanic-in.” Aaron insists he employs many of the same troubleshooting and problem solving skills here in the garage, as he does in the office.
Aaron made the move to the Electric City in 2015 to pursue his career in IT, and joined ISM in March of 2018. If you can’t tell, Aaron is an absolute blast to work with. His sense of humor is matched only by his technical skills – thanks for everything you do Aaron!
Growing up in Missoula, Aaron cultivated his love for the local requisite activities of floating rivers, raising chickens, geocaching, hiking with his two pugs (both loud and overly confident), and tasting local microbrews.
While initially attending the University of Montana for a degree in Sociology, it wasn’t long before his nerdom won out. A self-proclaimed professional couch potato and tech nerd, Aaron is in his natural setting when surrounded by computers, video games, and what others commonly refer to as “tech junk.”
While daylighting as our Network Operations Center Lead, it may come as a surprise that you’d most likely find Aaron locked in his garage, when not in the office.
Here, he exercises hobbies of wrestling wrenches, grease, cars, and motorbikes – commonly know as “mechanic-in.” Aaron insists he employs many of the same troubleshooting and problem solving skills here in the garage, as he does in the office.
Aaron made the move to the Electric City in 2015 to pursue his career in IT, and joined ISM in March of 2018. If you can’t tell, Aaron is an absolute blast to work with. His sense of humor is matched only by his technical skills – thanks for everything you do Aaron!
Tyler
Tyler is our newest Service Desk Technician. He is responsible for responding to client assistance requests which can vary, but most simply said, he helps solve tech problems. Our clients appreciate him because he gets them up and running again after issues arise.
“I’m excited and incredibly blessed to be working at ISM with such a great group of people, all the while feeding my interest in technology and computer science.”
Before joining our team at ISM, Tyler was a nuclear engineer and traveled the world servicing nuclear power plants all over the continental United States and a few foreign countries. How cool is that?! He’s visited 48 states and 2 other countries.
Being a Helena native, Tyler loves fishing on the weekends, and also enjoys cooking, geocaching, playing video games and working out. He keeps up with the tech industry by listening to podcasts, specifically Star Talk and the Joe Rogan Experience.
Thanks for bringing so much experience and passion to our team at ISM, Tyler!
“I’m excited and incredibly blessed to be working at ISM with such a great group of people, all the while feeding my interest in technology and computer science.”
Before joining our team at ISM, Tyler was a nuclear engineer and traveled the world servicing nuclear power plants all over the continental United States and a few foreign countries. How cool is that?! He’s visited 48 states and 2 other countries.
Being a Helena native, Tyler loves fishing on the weekends, and also enjoys cooking, geocaching, playing video games and working out. He keeps up with the tech industry by listening to podcasts, specifically Star Talk and the Joe Rogan Experience.
Thanks for bringing so much experience and passion to our team at ISM, Tyler!
Connie
Meet Connie Carson, Accounting Manager and Chief-Keep-Our-Office-Functioning-Officer at ISM.
We really can’t say enough wonderful things about Connie and what she’s done for ISM in the 2.5 years she’s been with the team.
While we obviously love her diligent work ethic, it’s her personality that really shines around the office. If anyone has ever heard Connie mutter a negative word – we won’t believe it!
Growing up in Denton (and a bit of Butte!), Connie has called Helena home since 1974, where she’s made her career of over 40 years in accounting, supporting companies in the insurance and healthcare industries. .
Connie is a true Montana Woman! Her love of the outdoors is obvious in the time she spends outside with her currently expanding family. Connie’s 2 sons have blessed her with 3 grand daughters and 2 grandsons – and we’re happy to announce – Connie has also recently been given the name "Great Grandma!" Congratulations Connie!
Connie devotes much of her time to volunteering with Montana FWP’s “Becoming an Outdoor Woman” program, where she organizes and assists with trips focused around fly fishing, snow shoeing, kayaking, etc.
Thanks for all you do Connie!
We really can’t say enough wonderful things about Connie and what she’s done for ISM in the 2.5 years she’s been with the team.
While we obviously love her diligent work ethic, it’s her personality that really shines around the office. If anyone has ever heard Connie mutter a negative word – we won’t believe it!
Growing up in Denton (and a bit of Butte!), Connie has called Helena home since 1974, where she’s made her career of over 40 years in accounting, supporting companies in the insurance and healthcare industries. .
Connie is a true Montana Woman! Her love of the outdoors is obvious in the time she spends outside with her currently expanding family. Connie’s 2 sons have blessed her with 3 grand daughters and 2 grandsons – and we’re happy to announce – Connie has also recently been given the name "Great Grandma!" Congratulations Connie!
Connie devotes much of her time to volunteering with Montana FWP’s “Becoming an Outdoor Woman” program, where she organizes and assists with trips focused around fly fishing, snow shoeing, kayaking, etc.
Thanks for all you do Connie!
Carla
We are ELATED to welcome Carla to ISM as our new Accounting Tech! Born and raised in Helena, Carla’s background is in medical billing, and she even owns her own medical billing business.
When asked what she enjoys about working at ISM she responded,“I’m not very computer smart, HA! But I enjoy learning new things and the people I work with are great!”
Carla enjoys time with family and friends, her dogs, Benny and Jayd, and bonfires with a nice glass of wine. Fun fact? She has a pet tarantula named Lucy Lou! “This is my second tarantula. My first tarantula, Hairy, I had her for 21 years. She died in June
of 2018.”
Thanks for all you do for us, Carla! We are grateful to have you as part of our team.
When asked what she enjoys about working at ISM she responded,“I’m not very computer smart, HA! But I enjoy learning new things and the people I work with are great!”
Carla enjoys time with family and friends, her dogs, Benny and Jayd, and bonfires with a nice glass of wine. Fun fact? She has a pet tarantula named Lucy Lou! “This is my second tarantula. My first tarantula, Hairy, I had her for 21 years. She died in June
of 2018.”
Thanks for all you do for us, Carla! We are grateful to have you as part of our team.
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