About Us - Ascent Solutions

The Ascent Solutions Story

Putting the 'us' in Trust

We create, deliver and manage comprehensive IoT solutions, aimed at enhancing security and efficiency for businesses worldwide

Based in Singapore, Ascent is your trusted partner in the global supply chain logistics community, offering cutting-edge IoT solutions for all your tracking and tracing needs. Established in 2010, we've used our in-depth knowledge of IoT technologies to serve multiple industries, from fleet management to smart city applications. Our strength lies not only in our innovative solutions but also in our dedicated in-house teams, ready to offer full support and control over your technology deployments. At Ascent, we're committed to delivering quality and growth at every step of your journey.

23 Countries and Counting

21,000,000+ km tracked annually

Hardware

Designed and assembled in-house, our products are built to last, providing you, and your customers, with an assured sense of security

Software

The heart of our IoT solutions, transforming data into actionable insights, providing you with a competitive advantage

Middleware & Professional Services

Disarming uncertainties, steering your smart journey towards assured success

Vision

A global leader in innovative IoT Track-and-Trace solutions that promote ESG causes

Mission

Offering digital solutions that promote accountability, security and sustainability to create trust between businesses

Core Values
The ethos that drives us towards excellence, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to our clients

Innovation

Integrity

Winning-mindset

Empowerment

Thrust Your Trust with Us Today

We look forward to discussing how we can help propel your business to greater heights

Company History

Where It All Started

Founded in 2010, Ascent combined decades of defense technology and supply chain logistics expertise to fill a technology gap in broader industries. Our passion for entrepreneurship and knack for identifying market gaps led us to developing markets in East Africa, West Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, pioneering bonded and transit cargo tracking programs as early as 2011.

Continuing our problem-solving approach, Ascent has grown into new sectors, offering solutions in non-motorised fleet management tracking, security tracking, asset tracking, inventory tracking, and smart city applications. Our secure, end-to-end solutions cater to commercial and industrial needs, creating value for customers and partners.

With our in-house software, engineering, and professional service teams, we provide global support and control over technology deployments. We specialise in cutting-edge IoT technologies such as GPS, Satellite, M2M Roaming Data, RFID, Bluetooth Low Energy, and custom sensor builds.

Today, Ascent has grown exponentially, with our dedicated local and overseas teams delivering quality hardware, platforms, and services to our global community.

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Our Management Team

Lim Chee Kean

Chief Executive Officer

Founder

CK is the founder of Ascent and plays a crucial role in driving the growth and strategy of the company. His primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of the company and ensuring that corporate and investor relations are optimised.

CK is a passionate entrepreneur and finds purpose in seeking new challenges that will change the market place. He is able to see opportunities where people see risk which has allowed him to think boldly about the future and venture into markets as far as Africa from day 1. He believes in doing business the right way and is committed to working with partners and clients in the global community to build sustainable businesses. He values his people and remains committed to creating a company that cultivates innovation, teamwork and transparency. CK has been a central driver of innovation at Ascent and has allowed the company to constantly grow to meet the challenges of tomorrow. He has guided the company from being a GPS tracking company into a true IoT company that also has capabilities in Blockchain.

His professional achievements include having founded a technology startup company called AceFusion which specialised in multimodal supply chain solutions that achieved a successful sale in less than 2 years of operation. CK later went on to become the President of Savi Technology Asia (Savi), a Lockheed Martin company, for 11 years before his exit and founding of Ascent. His division under Savi undertook extensive R&D and productisation of GPS & RFID technologies that had both commercial and military applications. His extensive professional career allowed him to build deep domain knowledge in solutions that benefit the supply chain logistics community. As a serial entrepreneur, CK had been involved in 4 successful M&As.

CK is passionate about Singapore and also serves as the Chairman of the Singapore Smart Nation IoT Technical Committee. Outside of the workplace, CK has a love for adventure and physical activities such as hiking, diving, marathons, and golf.

Chew Kia Boon

Chief Technology Officer

Co-founder

Kia Boon is the Chief Technology Officer for Ascent Solutions Pte Ltd, an Electronic Cargo Tracking Solutions company, and a fully owned subsidiary Borderless Hub Pte Ltd, a Unified Communications company. In Ascent, he has successfully led his team to design, manufacture and implement the iSPOT® ECTS and IOT solutions which is being used in both Asia and East Africa. He has vast consulting experience in wireless solutions such as RFID, wireless LAN, GSM/GPRS and Satellites.

Prior to his current appointment, Kia Boon led a Solutions Consulting team responsible for Savi Networks’ regional sales and implementations. As Solutions Consulting Manager, Kia Boon was charged with planning, managing and implementing Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST) in logistics operators’ warehouses and many of the world’s largest port authorities and container operators.

Kia Boon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical & Electronic) with honors from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.

Huang Yihang

Director of Innovation

Yihang leads corporate strategy in Ascent, with the primary objective of scaling the company. In addition, he runs trade finance operations for iTrust Trading, Ascent’s subsidiary.

Yihang is a creative thinker and an entrepreneur at heart. He believes that the future of tomorrow lies in the innovation of technology today. Yihang is always one step ahead of the curve and enjoys exploring the possibilities that new trends present to business. His constant focus on driving new exciting business has allowed Ascent to transform into a trade finance platform provider through blockchain and IoT technologies.

Yihang joined Ascent in 2016 and was previously running Ascent’s business development for APAC. He helped start iTrust, Ascent’s trade finance platform, and launched iTrust with CIMB Bank in 2019. Prior to this, Yihang has undertaken business development roles in Enterprise Singapore for the transport and logistics sector. Before that, he managed engineering maintenance in PSA Singapore.

When Yihang is not at work, he enjoys nature and reading.

Audrey Wong

Director of Finance

Audrey heads up Ascent’s finance department and provides critical oversight and management over the company’s financial health. She lays the foundation for Ascent’s financial strategy and accounting so that the company can reach its goals.

Audrey is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with over 20 years of experience in both an MNC and SME setting. She constantly strives to improve and focus on how the company can operate more effectively to achieve impactful results. Her commitment to finding the best outcome in complex situations has made her able navigate through both the easy and tough times in her corporate career. Through it all, she remains passionate in her approach and takes care to ensure that her team feels valued.

Her professional achievements include having been part of a core team that successfully executed 2 major M&A deals. She also played a critical role in merging a local Singaporean entity with an American based MNC that employs over 100,000 people globally. Audrey has also been a key driver in successfully raising SGD 15 million in fund raising and investment exercises in her previous company.

When Audrey is not at work, she enjoys swimming and travelling the world.

Daniel Chan

Director of Professional Services

Daniel leads the Professional Services department in Ascent Solutions, comprising the Project Management Team, Field Services Team, Data Analytics Team, and the Ascent Global Support Centre for IoT solutions and products. He is also responsible for ensuring Ascent’s products and solutions are delivered to its customers in a holistic and timely manner, as part of customer success.

Daniel is concurrently the Data Protection Officer of the company.

Prior to joining Ascent Solutions, he had over 12 years of experience in the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

Daniel is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI as well as a certified Associate Protection Professional (APP) by ASIS International.

Darick Gay

Director of Sales

Darick leads the sales team in Ascent. He is responsible for driving sustainable revenue generation through implementing aggressive sales strategies within the business. He provides valuable leadership to the sales team and engages our global partners to drive company goals.

Darick enjoys building strong relationships with clients and partners alike. He takes pride in being able to go the extra mile to ensure satisfaction in order to build long term value within our global community. He believes in building cohesive teams that work together to achieve sales targets through open communication and quality service.

He brings with him many years of experience working for Cisco Malaysia, Sun Microsystem Malaysia (Oracle Malaysia) and Veritas Malaysia (Symantec Malaysia). His professional achievements include securing a key account with Singtel to manage 100% of Singtel’s Maritime VoIP for fixed Satellite telecommunications. In addition, he has successfully supported Borderless Hub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ascent, to become an established player in the Unified Communication Service Provider landscape in Singapore. Furthermore, he has been central in driving Ascent’s M2M business which powers key solutions in the Smart Telematics space.

When he is not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family and is an avid film lover.

Jeremy Tan

Director of Unified Communications

Jeremy leads Unified Communications Department in Ascent. He is responsible for integrating various synchronous and real-time communications tools

He possess passion in articulating complex solution design as well as equipped with the strategy for integrating interconnected systems of enterprise communication devices and applications thus ensuring the best mix of technology to address any specific business needs.

Jeremy brings with him years of experience working from various industries where one of his recent professional achievement was establishing a regional APAC service delivery & support team for an Global enterprise company which leads to an acquisition. Through it all, he has always been a firm believer the key to team’s success is always the people

When Jeremy is not at work, he’s an audiophile enthusiast engaging in refining sound acoustics as well as a true blue movie buff.