Asa J. Beck, CPA, PMP
President
Cogent Strategies LLC

Asa Beck is President of Cogent Strategies focusing on working within companies, hands on, to take them to the next level. A financial and operations executive for 24 years, Asa has specific experience in revitalizing organizations, which includes responsibility for accounting operations, financial strategy, business operations, and information systems.

• VP Research Operations for the Compustat unit as Standard and Poor’s
• VP Procurement systems at Quest Communications
• CEO of Applied Business Systems
• CFO and then Division General Manager for Night Owl Security

Guest columns published in 2009 and 2010 in the Denver Post and the Denver Business Journal.  Has also been a guest host for the Tim Danahey Radio Show.  Asa is a Licensed CPA and a certified Project Management Professional.  He is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver.  Asa is also a Member of the Policy Committee of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.

Education: MS Finance, University of Colorado, Denver
BS Accounting Cum Laude, University of Maryland, University College