About Cornerstone
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cornerstone Technologies delivers virtualization solutions, data protection, data archiving and data security projects. Cornerstone Technologies delivers complete solutions, from design, to architecture, implementation and long-term support. Cornerstone Technologies provides these solutions to its customers via Project Based Engineering, Staff Augmentation, and On-going Operational Services. Cornerstone Technologies supports its customers’ implementations with superb project management designed to ensure that projects are completed on time and on budget. In addition to technical architecture and design services Cornerstone Technologies provides its customers with flexible Staff Augmentation services. Cornerstone Technologies Staff Augmentation Engineers can be brought in for a little as a week or a long as a year or more to assist in the completion of mission critical projects or simply to provide interim engineering support.
Project-based engineering
Cornerstone engineers can deliver specific project based services which may include software application installation, system upgrades, infrastructure assessments, and critical application deployments. With Cornerstone Project-Based Engineering, customers are assured that technical engagements will commence and be completed as scheduled without the fear of scope or budget “creep”.
Operational services
“Do what you do best.” This simple phrase is a maxim of business success. Cornerstone Technologies’ Operational Services free customers to focus on their core competencies. As customers “out-task” the management of their IT infrastructure and desktop PC support, they gain increased efficiency and control of their IT budgets. Cornerstone Technologies’ Operational Services can also deliver the critical monitoring and “help desk” expertise that many companies lack. By employing Cornerstone Technologies Operational Services, customers are able to concentrate on what they do best, and enjoy the savings and flexibility of world-class Operational Services support.
Architectural project design consulting
Before committing time and money to a major IT project, let Cornerstone Technologies’ engineers review your project plan and architectural design. Cornerstone review and recommend solutions that are expressly tailored to a client’s specific needs, resources, and requirements.
Staff augmentation
Has a nagging IT project begun to slip…again? Are you trying to justify training your IT staff so that you can complete a mission critical application upgrade of migration? Many companies facing these questions turn to Cornerstone Technologies for highly qualified IT Staff Augmentation. Cornerstone Technologies provides fully qualified, fully vetted IT professionals to supplement existing IT staff resources. If budgetary constraints are limiting your ability to hire full time employees, consider utilizing Cornerstone Technologies’ Staff Augmentation Services.
Infrastructure acquisition
Cornerstone Technologies’ vendor relationships help its customers source their technology hardware and software license procurement. Always competitive, Cornerstone Technologies understands the importance of correctly configured hardware, properly sized software licenses, and timely delivery.
Custom financing
Financing capital expenditures and project roll-outs is often a critical concern to Cornerstone Technologies’ customers. When working with Cornerstone Technologies customers always have the option of selecting from a number of financing options that are appropriate to their individual circumstances and requirements.
Our Mission
In our 5 years, we continually strive to deliver emerging IT solutions and extend superior service offerings in our focus solutions. Our customers and business partner’s success is paramount. In the pursuit of this goal, we embrace our faith, family and integrity in our employee and business relationships.
Frank Velasquez, President 
Frank Velasquez has a vision to deliver true value first for our customers and then our partners. This vision will be attained by retaining the highest level of integrity and commitment to meeting our customers’ business objectives, keeping certified for our vendor solutions and committing to understand our customers’ real business problems. Frank has 20+ years’ experience in business and technology sales leadership. He has led large enterprise sales teams for AVCOM Technologies, Veritas and Symantec Corporation. Frank has his Bachelor of Science degree from California State University Hayward. In Frank’s spare time he enjoys his wife and 5 home schooled children, golf, running and coaching soccer.
Eugene Alfaro, Director of Engineering Services
Prior to his role with Cornerstone Technologies, Eugene designed the global IT infrastructures and developed the IT teams at a number of multinational and public companies including Simpson Strong-Tie, BigBand Networks and iManage (acquired by Interwoven). Eugene has authored articles for Tech Target, a leading global technology media company and is an expert architect with a passion for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). One of Eugene’s relished experiences was architecting and re-engineering the VDI environment for Simpson Strong-Tie used by over 2000 employees and external parties to achieve 100% virtualization for 90% of their end-user base. Eugene also represents Cornerstone as a member of the Citrix Partner Technical Expert Council (PTEC). Eugene attended San Jose State University, where he majored in Computer Science. After hours you can find Eugene enjoying time at home with his wife and two beautiful children. Eugene also enjoys riding his cruiser motorcycle, his loving “pit bull” and discovering any hole in the wall restaurant that serves “cabeza” or “lengua”.