Who We Are
InfoMine of the Rockies is a Montana based locally owned and operated computer network solutions company serving telecommunications carriers, local and state governments, health care facilities, the banking industry, private businesses and individuals. InfoMine is the state leader in using computer and telecommunications technology to connect people with resources within their communities and the world beyond.

Kelson L. Colbo
CEO/President

As CEO of InfoMine Kelson is responsible for corporate sales and marketing of InfoMine's services as well as general administrative and financial operations of InfoMine. A Montana native, Kelson has been an integral part of InfoMine's growth since its inception in 1995.

In addition to his duties at InfoMine, Kelson also operates a number of other businesses, including Thread It, Inc. with his wife Suzy Colbo in Butte, Montana and a growing physical therapy practice with offices both in Deer Lodge and Butte, Montana.

Kelson grew up on Helena, Montana through the better part of High School and then his family moved to Billings, Montana where he finished high school. From there Kelson went to Montana State University where he studied premed with a special interest in biomechanics.

After graduating from MSU, he went onto physical therapy school at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland where is graduated Cum Laude from his class. He then worked in various physical therapy practices around Maryland before moving back to Montana and opening his own physical therapy practice with his partner J. Patrick McGillis in Deer Lodge, Montana and later cofounding InfoMine in 1995.

Kelson enjoys spending time with his family and playing with his son Max on his family's ranch in Southwestern Montana. He takes care of the ranch farming duties every season and has very little free time among his involvement with three growing businesses, his family and his ranch duties.

Phillip J. Curtiss
Chief Technology Officer

As CTO of InfoMine Phillip is responsible for all technical elements of InfoMine's operations as well as the design and implementation of the technical solutions developed and sold at InfoMine. Integral to the growth of InfoMine is its ability to keep abreast of the current technologies and business models that surround these technologies. Phillip is also responsible for keeping the company at the cutting edge; able to understand and make use of these new technologies as they become mature enough to withstand the abuse of a production environment.

Phillip grew up in Rockville, Maryland until he entered college at the University of Maryland in 1985. Initially studying computer science and later studying mathematics as well as philosophy of language, he finally joined the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer studies where he later became the codirector of the laboratory for parallel computation. Phillip later joined the Institute as a research fellow whose research focused on the application of high-performance computing to areas of clinical medicine and biology.

After creating the first embedded graphics subsystem for the Connection Machine-5 Supercomputer, Phillip moved away from the laboratory for parallel computation and worked with the director of the Institute to initiate the formation of the Center for High-Performance Computing in Medicine and Biology. There was a lot of interest in the Center, but the Center project never moved beyond its initial formation stage. Phillip then left the University environment and moved to Montana in 1995 to begin InfoMine with Kelson Colbo and three (3) other business partners. As a cofounder, there was a lot of interest in bringing a research and development personality to InfoMine which persists today.

When not at his office reading the trade journals or on-line reading webFourms, Phillip can be found writing software, writing poetry, recreationally reading and working with friends at the local cable access television station. Phillip enjoys spending time with his family and friends as well as taking in the latest movie or fine arts available in the great city of Helena, Montana.