High Performance with High Integrity.
“As part of taking over our firm’s tech support, NetAscendant answered my numerous questions, provided primary and alternate solutions, explained possible pitfalls and security issues, and generally provided exceptional support.”
NetAscendant Solutions is guided by the principles of servant leadership. The needs of our clients, employees, partners, families, and neighbors lead our every action. With this driving principle, we strive to be the provider of choice, the employer of choice, and the community partner of choice. We aim to provide our customers with the solution that is best for them, and all actions will be guided by a strong moral compass.
Our Mission
The mission of NetAscendant Solutions is to provide enterprise-class, worry-free, and integrity-based information technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, enabling these businesses to efficiently communicate, effortlessly capture data, and strategically leverage information.
Our Core Purpose
To contribute to our customers’ success by creating a worry-free I.T. environment which frees them up to do what they do best.
Our Core Values
Integrity
We will always act with integrity and honesty as all of our actions will be guided by a strong moral compass.
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
Performance
We will be a high-performance, results-driven team that delivers high-quality solutions for our customers.
“Customers don’t measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.”
Partnership
We will strive to be viewed by our customers as strategic partners and not vendors.
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
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Meet the Leadership Team
DAN MCCOWN
Dan McCown, co-founder of NetAscendant Solutions, has worked in the I.T. industry since 2005, beginning as a Network Engineer in San Angelo, TX and Lubbock, TX. He has broad experience in information technology with an expertise in general computer/network support, software development/scripting (Delphi, C++, C#, PowerShell and Microsoft SQL), network architecture, and management. Prior to founding NetAscendant Solutions in 2017, he was at Key Energy Services in Midland, TX for five years where he managed a large team responsible for the company’s I.T. infrastructure including the oversight of multiple datacenters and numerous branch locations.
Dan spent most of his school-age years in Robert Lee, Texas. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with a supporting concentration in Business from Angelo State University in 2003. He later earned a Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University in 2009. In addition, he has earned numerous certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon AWS, CompTIA and the Project Management Institute.
Dan and his wife and children have lived in the Midland area since 2006.
JACK COHLMIA
Jack Cohlmia is a native of West Texas and co-founder of NetAscendant Solutions, a managed I.T. services provider based in Midland, TX.
Jack began his I.T. career in 1998 as a Y2K programmer in Plano, TX. He has held varied roles in I.T. such as network engineer, application support analyst, business intelligence developer, sales engineer, manager, director, and owner. The bulk of his corporate career was spent at Key Energy Services where he oversaw the majority of the I.T. function for the publicly traded company.
In 2017, Jack and Dan McCown founded NetAscendant Solutions with the intent of utilizing their knowledge and experience to provide excellent I.T. service to companies in the Permian Basin.
Jack is a 1993 graduate of Texas Tech University and has been a resident of Midland since 2003. He and his wife, Krista, a professor at Midland College, have two teenage boys.
Our Partners
To ensure that our customers receive maximum value, NetAscendant Solutions partners with the best technology companies in the world including Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, Amazon, and others. We only work with the best!
