Ascend
Darren Coe is an accomplished executive in the field of mergers and acquisitions, currently serving as the Head of Partner Firm Mergers and Acquisitions at Ascend Partner Services since January 2025. With extensive experience in various leadership roles, Darren previously held positions such as Chief Growth Officer at Lumen Health Partners and Chief Development Officer/Chief Integration Officer at ARC Health, where a data-driven approach to growth was emphasized. Prior experience includes leading mergers and acquisitions at Fresenius Medical Care North America and Nova Medical Centers. Darren holds an Executive MBA in Finance from the University of Utah and has completed continuing education in Business Administration and Negotiation Skills at Harvard University.
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Ascend
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.