CEO/Founder

Ascend IT Solutions was founded by CEO John Kramer. John's technology experience is broad and deep, spanning the areas of hardware and software design and proposal and project management. John has earned numerous degrees: bachelor of science in electrical engineering, master of science in electrical engineering (under a fellowship from Texas Instruments), and master of business administration.

For over twenty years, he has provided technical and business consulting services for companies large and small, including Texas Instruments, Dow Chemical, 3M, and MCI/Worldcom to name a few. He also served as acting interim CIO for a private equity portfolio company.

John founded Ascend in 2002, to provide reliable, essential services to the retail, telecomm, manufacturing and food industry sectors. From zero-revenue startup to multi-million-dollar companies, he has helped businesses advance to the next level. He understands a crucial principle: that for a company to grow its business, it has to take advantage of the appropriate technology in a cost-effective way, to achieve a strategic competitive advantage.

John is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the honorary electrical engineering society, and Beta Gamma Sigma, the honorary business society. John has received recognition in both business planning and project management.

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