Company

ENABLING MISSION-CRITICAL operations and optimizing the WORLD's most valuable assets

Our mission

For the past decade, decision-makers have been locked in a perpetual state of reaction, scrambling to catch up as events cascade.

In a stable world, that was working. But stability is gone. Critical industries and defense operate in increasingly complex environments: government-sanctioned supply chains, volatile weather patterns, and nation-state actors mounting unprecedented challenges to the U.S. and its allies.

The grand promise of software has been to deliver more accurate, consolidated, and up-to-date data to decision-makers across large enterprise and government. Marketers rolled out a buzzword bonanza—Big Data, Real-Time, Cloud—while the operator got inundated with software widgets and dashboards stacked atop of legacy systems that refused to get retired.  

None of that has changed the fundamental problem. Simply surfacing and consolidating data—even in real time— does not allow operators to stay ahead. What they need isn’t just visibility; it’s predictability.

America’s leadership in AI must evolve beyond flat chat interfaces into the multi-dimensional geospatial domain. Foresight needs to replace hindsight across our most critical industries and national security.

Customers

We are here to serve.

From mission-critical infrastructure to defense, our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and US government agencies.

For our customers, advanced software should be the baseline, not a luxury.  They seek predictability but all they have been given is visibility. We seek to find the most critical problems and deploy predictive capabilities in weeks, not years, to provide our customers with an operating advantage when they need it the most.

Team

The independent thinkers
The resourceful builders
The persistent fighters
We are ASI

We have combined top software engineering and ML talent with industry veterans that have decades of mission experience.  Our team operates with empathy for the user and has a relentless drive to ship product. We go by the mantra that today is better than tomorrow. Speed matters!

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Mark Lepczyk

President ASI Federal & VP of Defense

As the President of ASI Federal, Mark leads efforts to solve critical national security challenges in the most demanding operational environments. Prior to ASI, Mark served for over a decade in the USAF as a pilot in Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force Materiel Command. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a Master’s degree in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from Penn State University.

Alex Benda

Deployment Strategist

A U.S. Marine Corps Officer with over a decade of aviation experience as a Weapons and Tactics Instructor and Presidential Helicopter Pilot, Alex delivers and supports ASI implementations with Department of Defense partners, embedding with users to help solve mission-critical challenges and configure novel workflows in complex domains.

Bernard Asare

SVP of Business Development and Government Relations

Bernard applies decades of expertise at the intersection of defense, geospatial intelligence, and aerospace to solve complex challenges in the world’s most demanding operating environments. A graduate of MIT’s Aerospace Engineering program, his career spans leadership roles at Lockheed and L3 Harris.

Gosia Barzowska

Head of International Operations

Gosia holds an extensive experience spanning aerospace, operations, and compliance. She currently serves as the Head of Operations at our commercial office in Gdansk Poland. With over a decade of experience, Gosia has held key roles at leading organizations such as Airbus, Amazon, and Boeing. Gosia is a Aerospace Engineering graduate of University of the West of England.

James Power

Senior Deployment Strategist

James leads product development and customer deployments. He embeds within our customers and works closely with our software engineering teams to solve the biggest operations, routing, and network management challenges of major airline and defense customers. He holds BS and MS degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, and has previously spent time at two major gas turbine engine manufacturers and an aerospace advisory firm.

Lucas Kukielka

VP of Product Engineering

Lucas is a builder at heart. He dropped out of college to start his first company, which was successfully acquired in 2016. Building on this success, Lucas co-founded ASI, where he now leads product engineering. With expertise in WebGL and geospatial interfaces, Lucas leverages over a decade of experience in software delivery to modernize legacy aerospace software into cutting-edge solutions.

Dan Rickert

VP of Operations

Dan ensures ASI’s business has what it needs to operate smoothly. Prior to ASI, Dan was the Chief of Staff at Merlin Labs and Chief of Staff for Defense at Palantir Technologies. Dan is a former U.S. Army Special Forces Officer and Combat Veteran. He holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Andrew Schiff

Deployment Strategist

Andrew leads commercial deployments of the Flyways platform, focusing on complex analytics and network management operations within aviation. Previously, he worked in network planning at Delta Air Lines and built joint programs with Korean Air.

Connor Ryan

Growth Lead

Connor spearheads new applications of simulation and predictive decision-making technology within highly complex defense and government operations. Previously, he built and led large initiatives with the Department of Defense and civil agencies at Palantir.

Xander Smith

Head of Design

Xander leads user experience and interface design, spearheading efforts to translate the world’s most complex operating domains into accessible, powerful decision-making platforms. Previously, he developed the brand and design framework for autonomous vehicles at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group. He’s also held senior design roles at Nike, Strava, and more.

Tate Krasner

Head of US Operations

Tate leads ASI’s U.S. footprint, overseeing new sector efforts, operations, and cross-functional strategic planning. Prior to ASI, Tate was a Director at Resonant Link, heading R&D commercialization efforts for the Series A energy startup out of MIT's Engine Ventures. Previously, he was a leader in Palantir's national security practice, owning strategy, operations, and product. A graduate of Boston College, he also served at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Defense.

John Runk

VP of Finance

John leads finance and accounting at ASI, bringing over a decade of experience scaling disruptive technology companies as both an executive leader and private equity investor. Prior to ASI, he led finance at PathAI, a Boston-based healthcare technology company, and invested in founder-led software businesses at Providence Equity Partners. He began his career in the Global Industrials Group at Barclays and holds a B.A. in History from Yale University.

Kamran Arshad

Head of Security

Kamran's mission at ASI is to drive operational excellence and align the company's capabilities with U.S. government requirements by enhancing compliance, security, and deployment stability. Kamran is also pursuing a Doctorate of Engineering in Cybersecurity Analytics at The George Washington University.

Phillip Buckendorf

CEO

Frustrated by Germany’s stagnant approach to national security and its economic de-growth mindset, Phillip and his family immigrated to the U.S. Over the past 12 years, Phillip has combined his entrepreneurial expertise with his love for American innovation and defense to build companies that deploy predictive systems across aerospace and autonomous driving industries.

Scott McCulloch

Chairman ASI Federal & VP Regulatory and Policy Affairs

Scott has spent his career at the intersection of national security and technology. Before becoming Chairman of ASI Federal, Scott was Deputy Chief of Staff at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he oversaw emerging technology, cyber, and national security issues for the Director. He also served as a national security and cyber prosecutor. He holds a J.D. and an M.P.A. from Harvard and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.

Kris Dorosz

CTO

Kris holds a PhD in Computer Science from AGH University of Science and Technology, where his research focused on advanced crawling systems driven by deep semantics. With expertise in autonomous driving systems AI, he applies cutting-edge methodologies to augment human-machine teaming and decision-making in complex operating domains. Prior to ASI, Kris held positions within academia, Samsung R&D, and multiple startups.

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Offices

  • 01 ▸ US

    Boston

    HQ

  • 02 ▸ US

    Washington, DC

    USG

  • 03 ▸ EU

    Gdansk

    EU