Pontem Innovations

Pontem Innovations is a data and systems company that helps growing organisations centralise information, streamline workflows and turn data into insights. It serves non-profits, industrial services firms and professional services companies, building dashboards, databases and operational systems. Its client list includes several Edmonton organisations.

The company is co-founded and co-led by Rick Dowell and Jessa Aco-Kuchmak, with a team of 13 listed on its site, including directors, business solutions managers, data specialists, developers and a UX/UI designer. Geoff Hawes is Director of Innovation and Automation and Ankesh Kumar is Director of Analytics Solutions. Pontem describes itself as responsive, practical and flexible: solutions are sized to the client's goals, budget and maturity and built around how the organisation already works. Its stated values are collaboration, trust, excellence and learning.

• Report: executive dashboards, KPI reporting, business intelligence, Power BI and AI-assisted analysis
• Store: databases, system integrations, data warehouses, semantic layers and unified reporting environments
• Operate: portals, workflows, forms, operational systems, case management and program management systems
• Technologies named: Power BI, Azure, SharePoint and Excel, chosen to suit each client

Engagements follow four steps: an opportunity discussion to assess fit, discovery to define requirements and design the solution, project delivery covering build, test and launch, and after care for maintenance and support.

Industries served include non-profits (among them Child and Youth Advocacy Centres and regulatory colleges), industrial services (field services, turnaround and project services, engineering and fabrication, equipment and asset services) and professional services (accounting and advisory, engineering and architecture, management consulting, agency and managed services).

Named case studies are Parkland Geo (a centralised reporting environment with executive dashboards), Terracon (unified exposure hours and revenue reporting) and Civida (a custom forecasting and reporting solution). Other clients listed include ATCO, Finning CAT, MNP LTD, Melcor and YWCA Edmonton. The site displays a 5-star Clutch rating (self-reported).