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).
Chief Despain has served as a subject matter expert and consultant on fire and EMS deployment projects for the U.S. Fire Administration and Center for Public Safety Excellence. He has also served as a board member for the League of California Cities and California Fire Chiefs Association, developing policy and legislation on numerous state and national fire service issues. He speaks regularly at a broad array of conferences and training venues on emergency service outcomes, professional development and other contemporary issues facing the fire service. Over the years he has made substantial contributions to written publications and standards development in fire and life safety and has been an adjunct instructor at National University, providing graduate-level instruction on safety/environmental program management.
In the area of large-scale incident management, Chief Despain has served as the Emergency Management program officer for several cities as well as serving just over 9 years on CAL FIRE – Incident Command Teams in a number of command and general staff positions.
Through his work as a chief, his consulting work, mentoring, teaching, peer reviewing, and work with various fire service and civic organizations, Chief Despain has provided assistance to an impressive array of fire agencies and individual fire officers, elected officials and municipal and state managers throughout his career.
Chief Despain has a Masters in Human Resource Management from National University and a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer program through the U.S. Fire Administration - National Fire Academy.
Our Team
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 25 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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