Ken Ruggiero

Ken Ruggiero is the current Chairman & CEO at Ascent Funding. Ken has also served on the Technology Advisory Board Member at National University from December 2019 to December 2021. Prior to that, they were with Founders First Capital Partners, LLC.

Before that, they were also with Ascent Funding and Goal Solutions. From November 2000 to March 2003, they were the CFO at eAssist Global Solutions where they supported the $30MM Series C round, rebuilt the accounting and reporting systems and downsized facilities, locations and employees from 150+ to 60.

Ken was also the President and COO at Goal Financial (.net) from March 2003 to December 2010 and the CFO at INTERVU from April 1998 to November 2000. Ken's career began as the Manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. from January 1989 to December 1996 and then the Director of Finance at NBC Internet from January 1996 to April 1998.

Ken Ruggiero has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Accounting from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.

Joy Bullen - Senior Content Manager, Joanna Widmier - Senior Marketing Manager, and David Diehl - SVP, Analytics & Technology report to Ken Ruggiero.