Paul Rottenberg, MBA, MPH
COMPANY PRINCIPAL


Paul Rottenberg is the president of FireStats, LLC. He has been performing statistical analyses for municipal fire departments since 1999 and has been working for over 35 years as a consultant to business and government, providing analysis and public policy support to cities, special districts, and public contractors throughout the United States.

Paul has a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a concentration in health policy and management from the University of California at Los Angeles and he has an MBA from the University of San Francisco with a concentration in management and international business. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from San Francisco State University as well as having taken additional undergraduate studies in foreign language at the University of California, Berkeley and economics Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Paul spent ten years as a paid-call firefighter/apparatus operator/EMT with small municipal combination fire department in the Northern California Sierra foothills and keeps his certifications current including Firefighter I, Class B CDL, EMT, certifications in Hazmat, et. al.

He is a designated subject matter expert in deployment analysis at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD, regularly teaches curriculum he created in fire service and EMS management, and is regular speaker at major and regional fire service conferences nationwide.

While now focused exclusively on fire, EMS and public health, Paul has been involved in a large variety of environmental and public benefit projects over the course of his career. 

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Paul Rottenberg, MBA, MPH
COMPANY PRINCIPAL

Paul Rottenberg is the president of FireStats, LLC. He has been performing statistical analyses for municipal fire departments since 1999 and has been working for over 35 years as a consultant to business and government, providing analysis and public policy support to cities, special districts, and public contractors throughout the United States. Paul has a Master’s Degree in Public Health...

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Pablo Gomez, BS.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Mr. Gomez is the Chief Technology Officer for FireStats, LLC. He holds a degree in Information Systems Engineering, and has post-degree courses in Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics and Business Intelligence along with a Project Management certification from the PMP Institute. Pablo was also an International Math and Physics Olympian. Pablo has two decades of experience in a broad array of...

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Micheal D. Despain,  M.A., EFO, CFO, MIFireE.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Micheal Despain is a fire service consultant providing a broad range of fire and EMS expertise to FireStats, LLC.  Chief Despain has over 36 years of experience in the public safety field, previously serving as fire chief for the City of Clovis (CA) and the City of Lincoln (NE).  He has also served as interim fire chief for the cities of Fresno (CA), Rocklin (CA), Piedmont (CA), as well as a second time serving Lincoln (NE).

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John Fesenko, MS.
SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Mr. Fesenko is the principal statistician and computer programmer for FireStats. John is a highly accomplished scientist who brings both academic and healthcare-sector expertise to the analysis of Fire Service data. John has a Master’s of Science in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where his emphasis in course work and lab research was on neurobiology. His Bachelors...

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Elise Fisher, MS, GISP
SENIOR GIS ANALYST

Elise Fisher is the owner of EF Geographic, which provides a broad range of technical support and software expertise to FireStats, LLC. Elise is proficient in ArcGIS 9.3, including Network, Spatial, 3D, and Geostatistical Analyses. She is also proficient, among other things, in ModelBuilder, ArcView 3.1, and ArcSDE 9.0, which is a valuable tool for storing and managing spatial data...

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Mark Hensley, Ph.D.(c)
SENIOR STATISTICIAN

Mr. Hensley is an epidemiologist and statistician who provides Firestats with survey design, data analysis, statistical modeling, and technical writing. Outside of his work with Firestats, Mark works as a biostatistician with a contract research organization in partnership with major pharma companies, analyzing clinical trials and coordinating interim oversight. He is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington...


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