Company

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

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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!

careers

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.

Mark Lepczyk

President ASI Federal & VP of Defense

Building on years of expertise in aerospace, defense, and advanced technology, Mark leads efforts to solve critical national security challenges in the most demanding operational environments. Previously, he served as an officer with US Air Force Special Operations Command.

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

With over a decade of experience, Gosia has held key roles at leading organizations such as Airbus, Amazon, and Boeing, excelling in areas including risk management, technical services, and structural engineering. Gosia is a Aerospace Engineering graduate of the University of the West of England.

Lucas Kukielka

VP of Product Engineering

Lucas leads the engineering efforts for ASI’s high-performance platform powering predictive decision-making. Previously, he developed artificial intelligence simulation systems for autonomous vehicles.

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.

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. His career spans senior design roles at Uber, Nike, Strava, and more.

Tate Krasner

Head of US Operations

Tate is building out ASI’s US footprint and identifying emerging applications of its simulation and predictive decision-making capabilities in energy, power, and other critical sectors. Previously, he led large-scale AI initiatives at Palantir and advanced technology programs at an MIT-backed energy startup.

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 most of 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.

Kris Dorosz

CTO

Kris is a seasoned systems builder with a PhD in Computer Science from AGH University of Science and Technology.