Digital Ascent

Hosts

Meet the hosts.

Digital Ascent is a live tech talk show hosted by Brent, Matt and Brandon, joined regularly by guests and contributors. Each episode digs into cybersecurity, gaming, pop culture and everything in between.

Brent

Brent

Co-host, production

Brent is a 20+ year IT veteran who's spent his career building teams and chasing whatever's next in tech — these days that's AI, but the itch has always been about automation and making the tech stack work for the people using it, not the other way around. On Digital Ascent, he's the one turning war stories into practical advice, helping newcomers figure out which skills actually move the needle in a high-value tech career. Outside of work, he's a relentless tinkerer — if it can be 3D printed, there's a good chance it's already on his print bed — and a gamer through and through, equally at home clicking heads in a fast-paced FPS or losing a weekend re-exploring an old-school MMO.

Matt

Matt

Co-host, security

Matt brings a builder's eye to security — the kind of experience that comes from standing up programs and figuring out which threats are worth actually losing sleep over, not just the ones making headlines. On the show, that means he's the one bringing the security lens to whatever the crew is digging into, from breaking news to the latest gaming exploit. He geeks out over gaming hardware and tinkering with local AI setups at home. Off-air, he's either buried in a thousand-page sci-fi or fantasy epic or fifty hours deep into a sprawling choice-driven RPG — because even the security guy needs a break from doom-scrolling CVE feeds.

Brandon

Brandon

Co-host, process

Brandon is a sexy beast of an IT veteran who focuses on management and process development. He is passionate about mental health awareness, animal adoption, video games, and beard beauty. His favorite possessions are a boxed 1967 copy of Lord of the Rings and a walking stick from Sherwood Forest made from a whiskey barrel. "There are four lights."

Former hosts: Shaun and Jordyn.

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