We want to transform firefighting.
We’re on a mission to arm fire agencies with big-data solutions so they’ll be better informed, more flexible, safer, and ultimately more valuable to their communities.
Our Purpose
Intterra started on fire. Our team, our tech, and our spirit formed around the need to get reliable information to the fireline faster than was possible back in the day. We had each been challenged, frustrated, even heartbroken by the need for critical intel to save homes, lives, communities, watersheds, wildlife, and firefighters.
When firefighters are racing against disaster – and every emergency is someone’s personal disaster – they need to know what’s around the corner, what’s likely to happen next, where the hazards are located, who’s next to them in the dark, and how to get out safely. That’s our mission, our vision, our strategy, our tech, our metric, and our bottom line: helping get information to the people who put their lives on the line to save others, as fast as technologically possible.
Our Partners
Who We Serve
Supporting Broad Fire Service Initiatives
Enterprise Geospatial Portal
In Association with the U.S. Forest Service
Intterra is used to protect our nation’s forests. Over 6,000 firefighters access Intterra to monitor, cooperate, support, and protect the lands governed by the United States Forest Service.
Fire Data Lab
In Association with the Western Fire Chiefs Association
Intterra is the platform selected by the Western Fire Chiefs Association to support a broad data sharing initiative between fire agencies to enable best practices and expansion of big data use in fire service around the country.
Leadership
Meet the Intterra leadership team dedicated to enabling firefighters and emergency responders to fight fires with better info.
Brian Collins
Co-Founder, CEO
Brian started his career serving his country as a U.S. Marine. Up until founding Intterra with Kate Dargan and David Blankinship in 2010, he held positions in both commercial and public sector organizations working on and leading major projects for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, SRA International and The Boeing Company. Brian has been CEO since 2016.
Kate Dargan
Co-Founder
Kate at age 18 began her career as a firefighter and worked her way up to the top post of California State Fire Marshal, a first for women. She is an awarded leader in public, elected, and non-profit organizations and has served on many boards and commissions related to public safety, wildland fire, and community grassroots efforts. Kate was CEO of Intterra from 2010 until 2016.
David Blankinship
Co-Founder, Member of Board
David is a 22-year veteran of the Geospatial industry. He started in the utilities sector, then spent 10+ years as the Senior GIS Analyst for Colorado Springs Fire. While there David deployed across the country supporting disasters and major incidents and thinking about how to get information to decision makers when they needed it, no matter where they were. As the CXO, David leverages best practices in user experience and innovating new ways to improve it – communicating from an executive and technical level with Public Safety Organizations and the Intterra dev and ops teams.
Molly Hausmann
Chief Operating Officer
Molly began her career working in management consulting for Accenture and then Oppenheimer Funds where she specialized in IT solutions implementation, vendor management, and program/project leadership. At Intterra, Molly drives all operational activities that relate to customer success: onboarding, product support, and account management.
Robert Edson
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Robert brings over 23 years of successful sales background in public safety and emergency management, including implementation of the United States’ first statewide VOIP 911 solution. Robert also operated as a liaison to Denver’s Office of Emergency Management during the 2008 Democratic National Convention where he seamlessly coordinated an emergency response through federal, state, and local teams. At Intterra, Robert’s focus is growing all revenue channels while developing marketing initiatives.
Jason Posthuma
Chief Technology Officer
Previously Director of Engineering, Jason Posthuma was promoted to Chief Technology Officer. In his new role as CTO, Jason will oversee all development of the software. Jason has been building, testing, and running solutions for over 10 years and been with Intterra for more than 4 years. He has a passion for creating highly available, performant, scalable, and secure solutions – and leading to teams to do so as well. Jason holds a Master’s Degree in Cyber Security and is an AWS certified Solutions Architect.
Leadership
Meet the Intterra leadership team dedicated to enabling firefighters and emergency responders to fight fires with better info.
Brian Collins
Co-Founder, CEO
Brian started his career serving his country as a US Marine. Up until founding Intterra with Kate Dargan and David Blankinship in 2010, he held positions in both commercial and public sector organizations working on and leading major projects for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, SRA International and The Boeing Company. Brian has been CEO since 2016.
Kate Dargan
Co-Founder, Chairman of Board
Kate at age 18 as a firefighter and worked her way up to the top post of California State Fire Marshal, a first for women. She is an awarded leader in public, elected, and non-profit organizations and has served on many boards and commissions related to public safety, wildland fire, and community grassroots efforts. Kate was CEO of Intterra from 2010 until 2016.
David Blankenship
Co-Founder, Member of Board
David is a 22-year veteran of the Geospatial industry. He started in the utilities sector, then spent 12+ years as the Senior GIS Analyst for Colorado Springs Fire. While there David deployed across the country supporting disasters and major incidents and thinking about how to get information to decision makers when they needed it, no matter where they were. As the CXO, David does hands on work to ensure clients are successful using Intterra software.
Molly Hausmann
Chief Operating Officer
Molly began her career working in management consulting for Accenture and then Oppenheimer Funds where she specialized in IT solutions implementation, vendor management and program/project leadership. At Intterra, Molly drives all operational activities that relate to customer success: on boarding, product support and account management.
Robert Edson
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Robert brings over 23 years of successful sales background in public safety and emergency management, including implementation of the United States’ first statewide VOIP 911 solution. Robert also operated as a liaison to Denver’s Office of Emergency Management during the 2008 Democratic National Convention where he seamlessly coordinated an emergency response through federal, state, and local teams. At Intterra, Robert’s focus is growing all revenue channels while developing marketing initiatives.
Jason Posthuma
Chief Technology Officer
Previously Director of Engineering, Jason Posthuma was promoted to Chief Technology Officer. In his new role as CTO, Jason will oversee all development of the software. Jason has been building, testing, and running solutions for over 10 years and been with Intterra for more than 4 years. He has a passion for creating highly available, performant, scalable, and secure solutions – and leading to teams to do so as well. Jason holds a Master’s Degree in Cyber Security and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
