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Every day, we help clients achieve their goals through digital innovations and optimizing business processes.

Every day, we help our clients achieve their goals through digital innovations and by optimizing business processes.

Every day, we help our clients achieve their goals through digital innovations and by optimizing business processes.

Develop Beyond

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Every day, we help our clients achieve their goals through digital innovations and by optimizing business processes

About us.

Ascendum is a global technology company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned by Vora Ventures, a leading PE company. We are proud to have a world class team made of expertise in the fields of design, digital development and business process optimization. Working seamlessly together, this diversity of skill sets gives us a unique flexibility to tailor the right solutions for an array of business needs.

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Why Develop Beyond?
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It’s our ethos to embrace each day with the drive to make an even more positive impact for our team, our clients and the community than the day before.

It’s what gets us up in the morning, that and a coffee.

Our expertise.

— Design-led Products & Experiences.

— Data, AI, Development & Cloud.

— Strategy & Innovation.

— Microsoft Solutions.

— IT Talent Augmentation.

— Mortgage & Title Services.

— Accounting.

Custom Digital Solutions

Scaling our client's Data Engineering team with top talent.
Digital Solutions
Finance

Data engineering team scaling.

A Fortune 500 Fin Tech provider was struggling toscale their strategic Data Engineering team to driveincremental results. The enterprise had recently shiftedto agile, and they needed team members with a can-doattitude to deliver results over a series of incrementalsprints and provide guidance to other agile teams.
Smart Home app concept for intuitive and quick home automation.
Digital Solutions
Enterprise

A smart home automation system.

We collaborated with a global leader in designing a proof of concept for mobile applications tailored to the consumer, dealer, and enterprise audiences. This resulted in smoother and more effective workflows. Processes became more aligned with actual user needs. Critical tasks became easier to complete.
Next-gen architecture resulting in 99% cart match rates, for real-time purchasing.
Digital Solutions
Retail

Real-time cart matching tool.

Our client had a tremendous opportunity to drive accelerated product sales through their online e-Commerce channels. Their dated mainframe applications for purchasing, however, only provided synchronized and accurate inventory data across stores once each day. Adoption improved thanks to a cleaner interface.
Bringing a seamless self-checkout experience to 1 Million retail customers.
Digital Solutions
Retail

Retail self-checkout technology.

Our client is one of the largest online grocery store business in the country, with over a million customers across dozens of states. Our client are rapidly expanding into the offline stores as well and they wanted to create a best in class self service checkout experience in the existing market.
Our client banked on us to deliver their wealth management app in just 14 weeks. We delivered.
Digital Solutions
Finance

A wealth management application.

With more than 30 years in business, our client is a leader of private banking and wealth management. A large concentration of their customers are in the technology, health care, and financial service industries. The approach increased engagement across teams. It brought measurable results across teams.
Our client asked us to design an engaging Functional Skill System to help users become more capable of functioning independently.
Digital Solutions
Education

Functional skills training software.

The Functional Skills System provides easy to understand information that allows learners to become more capable of functioning independently in their homes, schools, communities and workplaces. Designed to scale, the outcome supported broader goals. Feedback showed stronger satisfaction from users.
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Who we work with.

— Fortune 500 healthcare corporations.

— Fortune 1000 retail and e-commerce enterprises.

— Leading manufacturing companies.

— Prominent financial organizations.

— Top entertainment and sports associations.

— Large government and educational institutions.

Proudly recognized.

News

AI the Future of Work

AI the future of work and frontier firms

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Top 9 benefits of outsourced accounting services for SMB accounting firms.

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OhioX: The State of AI in Ohio

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How Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizes Economy and Society.

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#AscendumLife.

Process Solutions R&R Event team photograph
Process Solutions team photograph
9/11 Charity food packing day 2023
Process Solutions R&R Event 2024 introduction
American Heart Foundation charity walk 2023
best workplace for innovators
Ascendum Valentines
Process Solutions team building 2023
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Our key contacts.

Mahendra Vora Chairman & Managing Director Ascendum

Mahendra Vora

Founder & Managing Director
Kris Nair President & CEO Ascendum

Kris Nair

President & CEO
Uday Kumar EVP Digital Ascendum

Uday Kumar

Executive VP Digital
Mark Olszewski SVP Operations Ascendum

Mark Olszewski

Executive VP Operations
David Porter Senior VP Finance Ascendum

David Porter

Senior VP Finance
Rich Kurz VP Tech Solutions Ascendum

Rich Kurz

VP & GM Microsoft
Chris Ransdell VP Technology Ascendum

Chris Ransdell

VP Technology
Loran Williams VP Talent Ascendum

Loran Williams

VP Digital
Gary Howe VP Design Ascendum Zombies Player and Maverick

Gary Howe

VP Design
Suresh Ramakrishnan SVP Mortgage & Accounting Ascendum

Suresh Ramakrishnan, CMB

SVP Financial Services
Rob Shepherd VP Mortgage & Accounting Ascendum

Rob Shepherd

VP Financial Services
Lynsey Gaca Senior HR Business Partner Ascendum

Lynsey Gaca

Manager, HR Business Partner
Parvathy Therembil VP Corporate HR Ascendum

Parvathy Therembil

VP Corporate HR
Sachin Shah VP Finance & Accounts Ascendum

Sachin Shah

VP Finance & Accounts
Partho Chatterjee VP Business Operations Ascendum

Partho Chatterjee

VP Business Operations
Sandipan Chakraborty Associate VP Sales Ascendum

Sandipan Chakraborty

Associate VP Sales

Our core values.

Vora Ventures, Ascendum’s parent company, is built on five deeply rooted core values. These values define who we are, how we operate every day, what type of employees we look for, and what our clients expect from us.

I. Character.

Practice the highest level of integrity and ethics in everything you do. Remember, you are representing our brand and values.

II. Commitment.

Work hard with intensity and passion, create high standards for yourself. ​​​​​​​Relentless commitment to the success of our clients and decisions makers.

III. Competence.

Work Smart, not just hard. Think of creative solutions to complex problems. Continuously read/learn and improve, along with professional development.

IV. Courage.

Make decisions and stand up for the decisions you make. Willing to have tough conversations when needed, with utmost transparency.

V. Community.

Build a positive culture within your project team and/or our clients. Demonstrate genuine care and empathy for others. Give back, actively organize and/or participate in community service.