Beyond Spreadsheets to Smart Tech
Skills that Elevate Accountants
About
Ordinal Prime
Our Founder
Keith Alexander Ashe is an AI consultant, experienced technology leader, data engineer, Python enthusiast, and Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt. He has 20+ years of experience with operational and digital transformation in healthcare, finance, and startups.
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He has served as a mentor and startup competition judge with Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Mr. Ashe earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Florida A&M University. He also earned a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University. He attained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from Villanova University.
Who We Are
At Ordinal Prime, we are a team of visionaries, strategists, and innovators with a passion for driving change in finance. Our collective expertise and dedication enable us to deliver exceptional digital finance solutions tailored to the unique needs of each client. We are committed to redefining the landscape of finance through innovation and digital transformation.
Our Vision
Our vision is to empower accountants and financial professionals to embrace digital transformation fearlessly. We strive to lead the industry in fostering a culture of innovation, efficiency, and excellence in digital finance practices.
Our
Services
Upskill the Ordinal Prime Way
Our digital transformation advisory services are designed to guide accounting firms and financial institutions to enable their accountants to optimize processes and develop and manage end-to-end automated solutions.
Consulting & Organizational Transformation
Ordinal Prime partners with organizations to transform accounting and finance functions from reactive to cutting-edge. Through structured assessments, process reviews, and readiness evaluations, we provide leaders with a clear roadmap for improvement. Our consultants enable clients to automate processes, enhance risk management, centralize & standardize processes, and improve data quality & data governance, while delivering early “quick win” innovation projects to build momentum and credibility.
Custom Training Programs
We design and deliver tailored training programs that equip change agents with the skills needed to drive sustainable innovation. Our training covers process mapping, Lean Six Sigma methods, data analysis, enterprise technology, advanced technologies such as AI, ML, and Generative AI, and strategies for removing organizational and technical blockers. By aligning training content with existing Learning & Development resources and digital requirements, we ensure that participants can immediately apply knowledge to create business requirements, automate processes, and develop in-house solutions.
Technical & Advisory Services
Ordinal Prime provides hands-on advisory and technical support to accelerate transformation efforts. We facilitate end-to-end innovation project simulations, guide change agents in process automation with Python, and help teams generate data insights with AI and machine learning. For organizations seeking a deeper engagement, our consultants work side-by-side with client teams to complete the first innovation project, ensuring that technical solutions are delivered effectively while building internal capability for future initiatives.
Ongoing Support
Beyond initial engagements, Ordinal Prime offers ongoing value creation opportunities including custom solution development, online training content, and continuous support. We can provide embedded technical talent, short-term staffing, and specialized expertise to sustain momentum and scale impact across the enterprise. Whether building GenAI tools, automating reporting, or training the next generation of digital leaders, our future-focused services ensure that organizations remain adaptable and competitive.
Why Choose
Ordinal
Prime
Pfizer Inc.
Process and AI Center of Excellence
for Pfizer's Global Accounting Team
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We developed and implemented a strategy to create a process improvement and AI & ML Center of Excellence pilot program. We provided training on process mapping, data analysis with Python, process measures, design thinking and leveraging GenAI and ML tools for innovation and automation. Mr. Ashe then provided guidance and coaching on process optimization and automation efforts and developed a strategy to scale up the Center of Excellence.
The Gates Foundation
For the Gates Foundation’s Institute for Disease Modeling, we advanced Starsim; a stochastic, agent-based disease simulation modeling tool that was open-source, written in Python, and not ready for public release.
We reviewed previous IDM tools, analyzed the Starsim codebase against Python best practices, reviewed user stories to develop a voice of the customer, performed time and memory profiling, and we prioritized Github Issues based on critical-to-quality features. We created and implemented a go-to-market plan that leveraged review insights and identified and prioritized critical-to-quality features.
Reduced MVP public launch time from 6 to 4 months—a 33% reduction in cycle time.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Regulatory Report Automation
Developed a monthly report for mammography facilities was manual, time-intensive and involved data acquisition from various data stores.
We developed data pipelines in an AWS cloud-based environment triggered with AWS Lambda event-handling and automated the report using Python.
Reduced monthly reporting of regulatory metrics from 5 days to 2 minutes–a 99% reduction in reporting time.
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