Frank Fortunato

Frank Fortunato is the Vice President of Data Engineering at Ascent Funding. Frank has over 20 years of experience in the field of business intelligence and data engineering.

Frank started their career at Bridgepoint Education, where they served as the Director of Business Intelligence. In this role, they promoted the adoption of agile processes and ceremonies into software development life cycles. Frank also trained teams on best practices around business intelligence development and data centric solutions.

In 2015, Frank moved to Zovio, where they served as the AVP of Data Solutions. In this role, they implemented machine learning technologies to develop student risk scores using supervised learning to improve retention with actionable data for call center representatives detailing how to engage with at risk students. Frank also drove the transition of the data solutions platform to Azure Cloud using Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2 and Azure Data Warehouse to replace existing data center infrastructure to reduce expense and improve performance.

Frank Fortunato received a BS in Computer Science from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Frank then went on to receive an MBA in Management Information Systems from Ashford University. Frank holds a certification in ITIL from - in -.

Some individuals on their team include John Gross - Business Data Analyst, Santhoshi Chandramouly - Senior Data Engineer, and Ricky Albanese - Data Engineer. Their manager is David Diehl, SVP, Analytics & Technology. They are on a team with Avery Ryder - Software Engineer III, Simon Schultz - Manager, IT Operations, and Albert Olivares - Software Engineer III.