AscendoSoft Establishes Ellucian Banner Consulting Practice

Redmond, WA, October 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- AscendoSoft Inc., a leading provider of software and services in the application automation and data quality/privacy markets, today announced that it has established an Ellucian Banner Consulting Practice. AscendoSoft has expanded its professional services group by adding a new practice manager who will be chartered with increasing AscendoSoft’s professional services presence at higher education institutions. Ellucian is the firm formed with the merger of Datatel and SunGard Higher Education.

With the establishment of the new practice and the addition of Steve Cunningham as the Ellucian Banner Consulting Practice Manager, AscendoSoft continues to grow its offerings at an impressive rate. Clients can be assured that AscendoSoft will continue to provide quality technical and application development skills. Customer service and business value are the backbone of AscendoSoft’s Professional Services best practices. Steve’s charter will be to manage the business strategy, services delivery, and customer satisfaction while growing the business in alignment with customer requirements. AscendoSoft can now offer institutions expertise in many technical areas while also working closely with institution administrators to ensure solutions provide business value to the institution. As a small, growing company, services rates will be very competitive and engagements can last just a few days to several months.

“Steve Cunningham brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked with Banner for over ten years. His clients include Clark Atlanta University, Western Michigan University, Alamo Community College, and Wake Forest University, to name a few,” stated Brian Miller, AscendoSoft COO. “We were drawn to his expertise in higher education and application development, but also are confident in his ability to manage the business unit and grow the revenue stream.”

“I’m very excited for the opportunity to work with AscendoSoft to establish their presence in the Banner higher education technical consulting market. There is significant opportunity to provide colleges and universities with application development and technical assistance in all Banner modules. My goal is to ensure we are delivering quality services and generate long-term relationships with our customers around the country,” states AscendoSoft Banner Practice Manager, Steve Cunningham. “As we grow the business, I expect to leverage additional technical and functional Banner consultants to round out our offerings.”

About AscendoSoft Inc. - AscendoSoft specializes in providing software solutions and professional services to customers within various vertical markets, such as financials, higher education, utilities, healthcare, retail, etc. AscendoSoft offers a Data Masking solution to help businesses protect personally identifiable information in non-production environments. AscendoSoft also provides a solution for address cleansing, workflow improvements, and address intelligence which integrates with vertical business applications. The AccurSee product family shortens IT/Operations automation development and testing. The Professional Services team provides consulting for a wide variety of application development and business automation issues. Sample customers include Meritrust Credit Union, BECU, First Tech Federal Credit Union, First Place Bank, AllSouth Federal Credit Union, NV Energy, and OmniAmerican Bank.

For more information, contact AscendoSoft Inc. at +1-425-749-3850.