Credit Union Visionary Kirk Kordeleski Joins Ascent Platform as Strategic Advisor

Ascent Platform, the leader in digital experience solutions for financial institutions, announced that Kirk Kordeleski has joined the company as Strategic Advisor. Kirk's appointment signifies Ascent's commitment to driving the future of member engagement, in-line with Kirk's career spent innovating in the credit union space.

Kirk's knowledge and experience is helping Ascent deliver solutions to credit unions, driving new member acquisition and growth. During Kirk's tenure as CEO at Bethpage, Kirk fundamentally changed the model for how credit unions participate in the marketplace and expanded the idea of what credit unions could be to incorporate entire large communities. He led the organization to become the 15th-largest credit union in the United States, growing Bethpage from $950 million to $5.75 billion in assets and doubling its size every five years.

Today, Kirk continues to drive credit union growth with technology by providing leadership and advisory services to leading credit unions and fintechs. Additionally, he is also a Partner at PARC Street Partners where he advises credit union executives and board members on C-level retirement strategies.

“Kirk's experience and genuine passion for helping credit unions partner with fintechs to drive their modernization is invaluable to both Ascent and the industry,” explained Arjun Sahgal, co-founder and CEO of Ascent. “Ascent empowers credit unions with member experiences that differentiate them from competitors, and Kirk's expertise allows Ascent to understand how credit unions can best drive value from our platform.”

“Ascent is in a unique position to not only provide credit unions with an opportunity to modernize digital experiences but to do so without disrupting existing systems and processes,” said Kirk Kordeleski. “This is a truly differentiated approach and I've enjoyed contributing to Ascent's development and seeing the impact on their early clients.”

"Ascent is in a unique position to not only provide credit unions with an opportunity to modernize digital experiences but to do so without disrupting existing systems and processes. This is a truly differentiated approach and I've enjoyed contributing to Ascent's development and seeing the impact on their early clients."

Kirk Kordeleski

About Ascent Platform

Ascent is the next-generation platform that provides financial institutions with the ability to streamline any and all product applications and forms without disrupting existing systems and processes. Ascent replaces the patchwork of full-stack product applications, static web forms, and PDFs with intelligent applications and forms featuring prefilled data, optional pre-screening rules and logic, and collaborative document collection. Most importantly, the platform learns from every interaction, and uses those learnings to make subsequent experiences more contextual, with fewer questions for the member and less work for the associate. Using Ascent's no-code builder, institutions can rapidly configure and deploy beautiful bespoke applications and forms at their own pace.