| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jeff Bowden |
Chief Information Officer | Profile |
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
We manufacture portable restroom trailers and shower trailers that are durable, elegant, and easy to use for the professional restroom operator. From luxury restroom trailers to pre-owned trailers, Lang Specialty Trailers has you covered. Our goal is to create innovative restroom trailers that are not only eye appealing, but are durable, easy to install, easy to clean, and functional for the professional restroom operator.
Cameron Ashley Building Products is a prominent omni-channel distributor specializing in roofing, insulation, siding, gypsum, and other specialty building products. The company operates over 45 distribution centers across 26 states, providing more than 4.2 million square feet of storage space. Many of these centers are strategically located near major metropolitan areas, ensuring efficient product availability. The company serves over 5,000 customers in the lumber and building materials industry, including lumberyards, building materials suppliers, and contractors. Cameron Ashley combines distribution center operations with a direct-from-manufacturer approach to enhance supply chain management. This allows them to deliver a wide range of innovative products and services tailored to market needs. Cameron Ashley also fosters a supportive work environment, offering various employee benefits and development programs to prepare future leaders in the industry.
Blue Jay Racing is a student-run design team open to all undergraduate students. The program was founded in 2004. The team competes annually in three international events put on by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Students design, build, and race a single seat off-road vehicle against a total of ~200 teams representing 14 nations and nearly 4,000 young engineers. The award-winning program offers student engineers an educational experience that goes beyond what the classroom can offer. Aside from the technical knowledge gained, the team-based skills learned through such a rigorous endeavor develops leaders well prepared to enter industry and academia. At each competition the team competes in four of six dynamic events (Acceleration, Maneuverability, Rock Crawl, Suspension and Traction, Hill Climb and Sled Pull) as well as three static events (a sales presentation, design presentations and a cost report). To cap off the competition, the team will also race in a grueling four-hour endurance race. Team members learn as much at competition as from designing and building their vehicle throughout the rest of the year. In addition to their own learning it is also important to the team that all members participate. At competition the team is always working, whether repairing their vehicle or planning and preparing for the next days events. With so much to do and so little time every member contributes to the teams success.