Ascent Sponsored Networking

Our subject matter networking groups connect you with your peers at other companies so that you can discuss best practices and tap into the collaborative wisdom of your counterparts at other Fortune 1000 businesses.

Contingent Workforce Professionals

Contingent Workforce Professionals (CWP) is a professional association of Fortune 1000 companies. Primarily located in the San Francisco Bay Area, CWP is expanding across the United States with chapters forming in Houston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and a city near you. CWP members are professionals across different industries utilizing a variety of models in contingent workforce management. As one of the fastest growing professional associations, CWP is dedicated to advancing the knowledge, networking, and leadership of "buy side" contingent workforce managers.

Project Portfolio Management Professionals

PPM Professionals (PPMP) is a membership based collaboration and networking association for Program and Portfolio Management Professionals (Managers, Directors, and Executives) across all industry segments. PPMP  features complimentary membership and offers access to peer group expertise, best practice insights, and emerging trends and approaches that will help optimize your leadership performance, and enhance your ability to drive consistent delivery of IT solutions for your company.

Enterprise Architecture Professionals

EA Professionals (EAP) is a membership based collaboration and networking association for Enterprise Architecture Professionals (Managers, Directors, and Executives with responsibility for Application, Data, Process, and Technology Architecture functions) across all industry segments.  EAP features complimentary membership and offers access to peer group expertise, best practice insights, and emerging trends and approaches that will help optimize your leadership performance as you lead delivery of  comprehensive designs that enable rational transformation of your company’s IT Platforms and Applications.

Identity Management Professionals

Identity Management Professionals (IDMP) is a membership based collaboration and networking association for Identity and Access Management Professionals (Managers, Directors, and Executives) across all industry segments.  IDMP features complimentary membership and offers access to peer group expertise, best practice insights, and emerging trends and approaches that will help accelerate achievement of your company’s Single Sign On and Identity and Access Authentication and Authorization automation goals while enhancing your personal growth as an IDM leader.

Data Management Professionals

DM Professionals (DMP) is a membership based collaboration and networking association for Data Management Professionals (Data Warehouse / Master Data Management / Data Architecture / Business Intelligence / Information Quality Managers, Directors, and Executives) across all industry segments.  DMP features complimentary membership and offers access to peer group expertise, best practice insights, and emerging trends and approaches that will help optimize your performance as a DM leader while you drive maximum impact from your company’s investments in a critical business resource – data.