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Founded in 2020, Ascent is a venture-backed startup improving the safety and efficiency of first responders and warfighters by informing leadership where their team is and how they’re doing.

Learn more about Ascent

Founded in 2020, Ascent is a venture-backed startup improving the safety and efficiency of first responders and warfighters by informing leadership where their team is and how they’re doing.

Our Company Values

Accountability

Integrity

Transparency

Accountability

Integrity

Transparency

Our Founders

Paul Couston, BS-IE

Chief Executive Officer

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Alex Gorsuch, MS-IE

Chief Technology Officer

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Fire Chief Advisory Board

Brant Yochum

Effingham, IL

Bill Lark

Mundelein, IL

Jeff Hilligoss

Mattoon, IL

Shawn Downs

Washington, DC

Gerard Washington

Vista, CA

Aaron Lipski

Milwaukee, WI

Scott Yuczyk

Seattle, WA

Tim Meister

Charleston, IL

Brian Moody

Tuscola, IL

Industry Advisor Board

Fred Terryn

Former Director Fire
AFCEC

Trish Martinelli

Executive Director
DEF

Paul Darley

CEO
W.S. Darley & Co.

Cory Hohs

CEO
HAAS Alert

Joey Arora

Co-founder
AFWERX

Ric Jorge

Tactile Resiliency
Training, FL

Dan Anderson

Des Plaines, IL

John Litchford

Director
Emergency Management

Dr. Burt Clark EFO

Author, Speaker
American Fire Culture

Kirk McKinzie

President
McKinzie Smart
Technologies LLC

Tony Arendt

Director
DIU

Stefan Truthän

Private Equity
Public Safety

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