Future, Forward, Faster
6th March 2015
Istonish: Meet the Company Managing 1245 Champa
It’s already shaping up to be an exciting spring for Annette Quintana, co-founder of Istonish. Not only is the company she founded with her sister, Victoria, back in 1990 celebrating its 25th year in the IT business this April, but it’s also taken charge of managing the project at 1245 Champa Street which opens this month.
However, don’t let Quintana’s excitement fool you — she is certainly no stranger to experiencing triumph throughout her successful career.
Aside from being known for delivering excellent and outstanding technology staffing and consulting services to Istonish’s many clients, Quintana has been named one of the top 25 powerful women in Colorado, a finalist for Minority Business Person of the Year, and served as a board member and past chair of the Colorado Technology Association — which is how she found her connection to this exciting project.
An Insider’s Look at 1245 Champa with Kate Barton
5th March 2015
In case you haven’t heard yet — there’s a public park for entrepreneurs coming to downtown Denver. Still with no official name, the building at 1245 Champa is in the process of being converted behind the efforts of the Downtown Denver Partnership and The Colorado Technology Association.
300 person area for events, conference rooms with cutting edge technology (provided by private partner Comcast), coffee shop, huddle, booths, Wi-Fi, large TV monitors, modular furniture in a collaborative space — you name a resource for small businesses and entrepreneurs, they’ll have it.
We’ve covered all of this, we’re excited about all of this, and we just wanted to remind you that you should be excited too. Furthermore — we wanted to find out as much as we can. We were recently lucky enough to have an exclusive conversation with Kate Barton who left Vibrant Media in New York City last April for Denver, where she joined the Partnership.
Here, she serves as the Manger of the DDP’s executive office — a liaison to board members and key stakeholders, responsible for managing the administrative functions of the President’s Office and overseeing an array of organizational special projects and programs.
We wanted to learn, from her, everything going on at 1245 Champa.