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title: About Us
description: TranscendX is an education and consulting firm focused on partnerships rather than projects. Our core subject areas include emergency management and business continuity.
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- [About](https://transcendx.us/about-us)
- Services 
    - [Downtime Readiness](https://transcendx.us/services/downtime-readiness)
    - [Emergency Management](https://transcendx.us/services/emergency-management)
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- Education 
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    - [Education Opportunities](https://transcendx.us/educational-opportunities-resources)
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- [Contact](https://transcendx.us/contact-us)

## Our People are Our Greatest Asset

TranscendX is an emergency management and business continuity consulting firm built on partnerships, not projects. Our consultants come from the operations floor, the command center, and the incident itself. They have run the exercises, written the plans under deadline, and stood in the room when something went wrong, and they hold the certifications to back it up.

We don't hand you off. The person who scopes your work is the person who delivers it, and they stay as long as you need them. We know we've done our job when your team stops wondering what to do next and simply acts.

 

## Our Team

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### Mark VanDyke

President

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### Brent VanHaren

Chairman

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### Charity Plaxton

CEO

![Kristen Dionne Headshot](https://transcendx.us/hs-fs/hubfs/16b90635-1c5c-4521-8094-401b80f5600f.png?width=507&height=507&name=16b90635-1c5c-4521-8094-401b80f5600f.png)

### Kristen Dionne

Director of Marketing and Innovation

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### Robert Bradshaw

Vice President

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### Ron Markovich

Vice President

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### Keith Hansen

Senior Consultant

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### Kelli Gallion-Sholler

Senior Consultant

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### Lance Lynch

Senior Consultant

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