Built by someone who has been on both sides of the table
25 years in technology. Multiple companies built, scaled, and sold. Now focused on one thing: helping CFO teams work smarter.
After 25 years building and leading technology companies — including serving as Country Head at EPAM Systems and Managing Director at Emakina.HR — I made a deliberate move into FP&A transformation consulting.
I've spent two decades watching finance teams struggle with the same problems: too many spreadsheets, too little visibility, and planning cycles that consume weeks every quarter. The technology to fix this has existed for years. What's been missing is someone who understands both the finance side and the technology side deeply enough to bridge the gap.
That's what Ascendo does. We don't just implement software — we redesign how your finance function works, then put the right tools in place to make that new way of working sustainable.
As a certified Farseer implementation partner, I bring the technical depth to deliver complex FP&A projects and the executive perspective to speak the language of finance leadership.
25 years building things that last
Launched Ascendo
Took over an established Croatian company — operating since 2014 — as owner and CEO, and relaunched it as Ascendo: an FP&A consulting practice and certified Farseer implementation partner, serving mid-market and enterprise clients across CEE and Western Europe.
Country Head, EPAM Systems
Led EPAM Croatia, managing a 60+ person digital delivery unit. Oversaw post-acquisition integration of Emakina.HR into EPAM's global operations.
Managing Director, Emakina.HR
Appointed MD following acquisition of Endora. Led end-to-end delivery, business development, and team scaling for regional and international clients.
Co-Founder, Endora
Built a custom software development company from the ground up. Secured external investment in 2009. Successfully exited via acquisition by Emakina Group.
Founder, Type4 Creative Workshop
Founded an early-stage web development studio. Built proprietary CMS, design framework, and hosting infrastructure.
Founder-led. Not a one-man band.
Ascendo is a team of three today — and built to grow. Every consultant goes through the same structured path before owning a client engagement: financial modeling certification, Farseer platform certification, and supervised delivery on live projects.
The ambition is bigger: specialist teams organised by industry verticals — consultants who combine FP&A craft with deep knowledge of how their industry actually plans, budgets, and forecasts.
We measure ourselves on two numbers: clients who stay with us for seven years, and people who build their careers here for seven years.
Every decision we make is tested against one question: does this make a client want to stay seven years — or a colleague want to stay seven years? It's why we say no to projects that aren't ready, why we sign acceptance criteria instead of arguing about them later, and why we hand over systems your team can own without us.
We're at the beginning of that story. But everything we build — the methodology, the relationships, the team — is built for it.
A few things we believe in
Diagnosis before prescription
We never recommend a solution before we understand the problem. Every engagement starts with a thorough discovery of how your finance team actually works today.
Outcomes over implementations
A successful implementation that nobody uses is a failed project. We measure success by adoption, time saved, and decisions improved — not go-live dates.
No surprises
Fixed scope, fixed price, clear timeline. If something changes, we tell you before it affects the budget. Every engagement is managed with full transparency.
Long-term thinking
We build for the next five years, not the next demo. That means documentation, knowledge transfer, and making sure your team can own the system independently.
Want to know if we're the right fit?
Let's have an honest conversation about your FP&A challenges — no pitch, no pressure.