OUR TEAM

Founders

Paul Couston, BS-IE

Chief Executive Officer

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Alex Gorsuch, MS-IE

Chief Technology Officer

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Paul Couston, BS-IE

Chief Executive Officer

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Alex Gorsuch, MS-IE

Chief Technology Officer

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Team

ENGINEERING

Mike
Platt

Director of Engineering

Molly
Izzi

Product Manager

Tommy Kaufmann

Systems Engineer

Jack
Abraham

Lead Swift Developer

Cass
Sheng

Lead Back End Engineer

Diana
Golmeeva

Lead Front End Engineer

Max
Sauers

Data Engineer

Xavier
Ruiz

DevOps Engineer

Nathan Hung

Robotics Engineer

Sue
Wee

Project Manager

Greg
Harrington

Senior Electrical Engineer

Kishore Nukala

SLaM Engineer

Anya Puhachova

Software Engineer

Tristin Sorrells

Software Engineer

Elvin Garayev

Mechanical Engineer

Tyler
Rife

Backend Developer Intern

Anna
Vrazo

Lab Technician

Sean Farnsworth

Sr Embedded Systems Engineer

Mike
Platt

Director of Engineering

Molly
Izzi

Product Manager

Tommy
Kaufmann

Systems Engineer

Jack
Abraham

Lead Swift Developer

Cass
Sheng

Lead Backend Engineer

Diana
Golmeeva

Lead Front End Engineer

Max
Sauers

Data Engineer

Xavier
Ruiz

DevOps Engineer

Nathan
Hung

Robotics Engineer

Sue
Wee

Project Manager

Greg
Harrington

Senior Electrical Engineer

Kishore Nukala

SLaM Engineer

Anya Puhachova

Software Engineer

Tristin Sorrells

Software Engineer

Elvin Garayev

Mechanical Engineer

Tyler
Rife

Backend Developer Intern

Anna
Vrazo

Lab Technician

Sean Farnsworth

Sr Embedded Systems Engineer

SALES/ OPERATIONS

Erin
Motley

Director of Operations

Gerald
Yusko

Director of Sales

Hannah
Fredrick

Brand Design Manager

Grace
Song

Business Operations Intern

Kevin
Sofen

Director of Business Development

Declan
Culver

Account Representative

Charles
Tidwell

Regional Account Manager

Erin
Motley

Director of Operations

Gerald
Yusko

Director of Sales

Kevin
Sofen

Director of Business Development

Hannah
Fredrick

Brand Design Manager

Grace
Song

Business Operations Intern

Declan
Culver

Account Representative

Charles
Tidwell

Regional Account Manager

CONSULTANTS

Andreas "AJ"
Johansson

TAK Consultant

Levi
Bethune

Creative Marketing

Sharon
Ephraim

Fractional CFO

James
Crowell

GNNS Denied

Phil
Ambrose

Creative Marketing

Neal
Marcus

Intellectual Property Advisor

Steve
Macenski

Roboticist

John
Stechschulte

Roboticist

Levi
Bethune

Creative Marketing

James
Crowell

GNSS Denied

Andreas "AJ"
Johansson

TAK Consultant

Phil
Ambrose

Creative Marketing

Neal
Marcus

Intellectual Property Advisor

Sharon
Ephraim

Fractional CFO

Steve
Macenski

Roboticist

John
Stechschulte

Roboticist

Fire Chief Advisory Board

Shawn
Downs

Washington DC

Gerard
Washington

Vista, CA

Dan
Anderson

Des Plaines, IL

Brant
Yochum

Effingham, IL

Bill
Lark

Mundelein, IL

Brian
Moody

Tuscola, IL

Steve
Howard

Waukesha, WI

Jeff
Hilligoss

Mattoon, IL

Steve
Bennett

Charleston, IL

Scott
Yurczyk

Seattle, WA

Aaron
Lipski

Milwaukee, WI

Bill
Lark

Mundelein, IL

Steve
Howard

Waukesha, WI

Jeff
Hilligoss

Mattoon, IL

Shawn
Downs

Washington DC

Gerard
Washington

Vista, CA

Aaron
Lipski

Milwaukee, WI

Scott
Yurczyk

Seattle, WA

Steve
Bennett

Charleston, IL

Dan
Anderson

Des Plaines, IL

Brant
Yochum

Effingham, IL

Brian
Moody

Tuscola, IL

*Fire Advisory Members are on a volunteer basis and not compensated by Ascent

Industry Advisory Board

Fred
Terryn

Former Director Fire
AFCEC

Trish
Martinelli

Executive Director
DEF

Paul
Darley

CEO
W.S. Darley & Co.

Cory
Hohs

CEO
HAAS Alert

John
Renaldi

CEO
Jiobit

Joey
Arora

Co-founder
AFWERX

Tony
Arendt

Director
DIU

Dr. Burt
Clark EFO

American Fire Culture
Researcher, Author, Speaker

Ric
Jorge

Tactile Resiliency Training, FL

Kirk
McKinzie

President
KcKinzie Smart Technologies LLC

John
Litchford

Director
Emergency Management City of South Milwaukee

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

John
Litchford

Director
Emergency Management City of South Milwaukee

Dr. Burt
Clark EFO

American Fire Culture
Researcher, Author, Speaker

Kirk
McKinzie

President
McKinzie Smart Technologies LLC

Tony
Arendt

Director
DIU

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