The Ascend, founded in 2005, is a privately held, fast-growing, strategic business and technology consulting firm that creates tangible and demonstrable business value to our clients. Ascend Provides High-Impact, High-Value consulting: - Solutions-focused, Team-based strategic consulting with seasoned practitioners - “Surgical” Specialists in M&A, IT Valuations - Synergistic breadth and depth in Strategy, Architecture and Risk Solutions compliments ‘Enterprise Information Management’ (EIM) practices - Depth in Technology Assessments, Pragmatic Roadmaps and Full lifecycle implementations in Security, Infrastructure, Cloud and Data & Analytics. - Effective Technology Investment Portfolio and Board Level Engagements - Mentoring, Advisory and Best Practices & Technology Modernization Clients Trust Ascend’s 8-Year Track-Record of Pragmatic Insights & Predictable Outcomes