Our team

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Carlin is Principal and General Manager of ALFCO Wireless Consulting. Carlin has nearly 20 years of experience in preparedness in technology. During the attacks of 9-1-1 he was the National Channel Manager for Dialogic Communications Corporation a company whose Reverse 911 telephony callout solution made hundreds of thousands of calls to residents in the affected target areas. Clients included the Pentagon and the House of Representatives

On the wireless side of things Carlin managed the relationship with all US wireless carriers for Asurion Managed Wireless which was an Enterprise level Services Provider for customers like, Cisco, IBM, FedEx, Harrah’s Casinos and more.

Carlin’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) experience spans two companies both based in the US – Visage Mobile and abroad (Amsterdam) EzWim. With this hosted solution Carlin managed large Enterprise customers like, Nissan North America, Community Health Systems, Thomson Reuters and Accenture.

Rounding out his experience, Carlin has also sold hosted solutions, for Plow Group and BOLDplanning, in preparedness to public agencies like The State of Oregon, the City of Chicago, and the State of Kansas.

Cathleen is the Chief Executive Officer of Atchison Consulting and has over 22 years of experience in the Emergency Management sector. She has a passion to support, share and help all who want to be engaged to prepare for, respond to and recover from All-Hazards Disasters. She and her team are experienced professionals with backgrounds from all levels of government, faith-based communities, private sector and military to provide a real-world best practices and gaps that have been proven to take our customers’ programs, plans, projects and exercises to a higher level of implementation and meaningful experience for all.

Ross Deuel is Chief Executive Officer of Sigflow Technologies and is a recognized leader in driving strategic business growth through the Internet of Things (IoT). He is an industry thought-leader and visionary in applying disruptive technologies to transform business models and extending their digital boundaries. He has proven leadership, influence, and communicative skills, and the ability to build a world-class organization looking to fuel growth through innovation.

Ross began his career in signals intelligence and electronic warfare with the U.S. Navy in the early 1990's, and is a 20-year veteran of the wireless communications sector.  For more than a decade, Ross served as a mobility consultant for AT&T, focusing on wireless data and security applications for the Healthcare, Education and Public Safety sectors, along with their largest Non-Profit Associations, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), and Individual Delivery Networks (IDN). 

His industry expertise includes; Wireless Technologies and Enterprise Applications; Cloud Computing and Software Defined Networks; Mobile Applications, and Transformation;  IT Integration and Rationalization; Innovative Product Development; Mobile Device Management and Cyber Security; Strategy Planning and Creative Execution;  Industry-leading Customer Experiences; Technology and Business Transformation; Digital Properties, Capabilities, and Experience Design;  Scaled Business Operations; as well as Social Media Strategy and Implementation.

John Taylor has worked in the emergency management industry providing technology solutions to state and local government for the past 20 years. He has a vast range of expertise in technology and operational management of disasters. He has managed many of the ESF functions in countless level 1-level 4 disasters around the country. 

He brings significant contributions to the company’s overall growth and direction. He has demonstrated achievements in:  Product development planning tools, coordinating multi-departmental projects, Planning & managing planning projects, delivering “best practices”, Developing new customers segments, Field Management in large disasters.