Our Experience
The Ascend Novus team brings together many decades experience across many industries in both public and private sectors. Our CEO John Vasquez has many significant builds, enlistment public and private funding allowing for a knowledge base to navigate
Problems we address for SMBs
Prohibitive cost for expensive "Talent"
Lack of Technology "Innovation"
Need for "Analytics and Insights" in decisioning
Insufficient "Bench depth or Breadth"
Solutions for addressing "Scale and Commercialization" strategies
Corporate Experience
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2005–2009
Newport Capital Asset Management Group
John Vasquez was the Co-founder and Principal of Newport Capital Asset Management Group, Inc. NCAMG is an Activist Private Equity Investment Firm. We generate superior returns for our investors through identification of Companies that are in need of growth capital or expansion equity investments across a wide variety of industries.
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2009–2018
Netport Capital Bancorp, LLC.
John Vasquez was the Chairman and Co-founder of Newport Capital Bancorp, LLC. Having built strategic and capital plans for financial platforms, he has combined his background and experience to launch a minority-owned company formed for the purpose of recapitalizing banks.
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2018–2021
Zivaro Holdings, Inc.
John Vasquez was the CEO of Zivaro Holdings, an invesment holding company who aimed to increase stakeholder value through our investments in various Small-Medium Businesses (SMB's) units that deliver innovative solutions in the market to promote efficiency, scalability and Commercialization.
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