our story
Our founders have spent decades solving complex problems for organizations in a variety of industries. Over time, they noticed an increasingly common trend challenging leaders and operating units - despite spending an ever-growing amount on technology, organizations have difficulty maximizing the benefits of those investments.
Technology needs to support your organization’s business processes. Rapid advancements outpace the ability to fully utilize hardware and software, leading to disjointed processes, communication silos, and limiting productivity. This challenge becomes particularly acute for risk management and during disruptive events.
Our team has developed a process that begins with listening to your specific and unique needs and facilitates a synergy between your goals, your processes, your people, and your technology. In the end, you will have an immersive, real-time understanding of your operating environment, including interdependencies, potential risk areas, and points of disruption, augmented by the ability to coordinate and communicate rapidly and seamlessly. In today’s highly interconnected and risk-laden world, you can’t afford not to.
Our Founders
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Chris McIntosh
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Ron Prater
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Russ Johnson
Executive Consultants
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Craig Fugate
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Alan Bradshaw
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Beth Bartholomew
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Jim Featherstone
Our Leadership
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Samantha Phillips
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Greg Brunelle
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Patti Engstrom
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Emily Nuñez Hunt
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Ray Neel
We deliver
Best in Class Solutions to Achieve:
Comprehensive operational awareness
Maximized utilization of existing tech stack
Alignment of personnel, process, technology, and goals
Immersive risk management & crisis response capabilities
Proven Outcomes for Dynamic Partners:
Listen-first approach
Customized engagement for each partner's needs
Passionate commitment to continuous improvement
Cost-effective
we’re ready to listen.
If your organization needs to actively understand its operating environment, identify risks and hazards before they occur, and quickly respond and recover from disruptive events, we are ready to listen.
Join the team
If you're passionate about using technology to make people's lives better, you'll fit right in with us. With BES, you'll work alongside our talented team to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems. We always value fresh perspectives, so don't be afraid to think outside the box. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our employees make us who we are, and we always strive to recognize their great work. This month, our highlighted employee is
Erik Endrulat.
Employee Showcase
Erik endrulat
Recent work
Since joining Bent Ear several months ago, Erik has contributed to a wide range of emergency management initiatives—from early alerting for significant weather events to strengthening organizations’ mitigation planning and improving how resources are deployed and tracked. His thoughtful, solutions-oriented approach helps clients modernize their operations and respond more effectively before, during, and after emergencies.
In their words
“I love translating complex requirements into simple, intuitive solutions—especially when I can build on technologies customers already know and trust. Helping teams work more confidently and efficiently is the most rewarding part of what I do.”
