Ascendant Solutions Inc. announced that Mark S. Heil will assume the role of President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Heil has been the Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Ascendant and certain of its subsidiaries since 2007. Heil has also been President of Ascendant's healthcare subsidiary, Dougherty's Holdings Inc., and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dougherty's Holdings.

Prior to joining Ascendant, Heil served as an executive consultant with Tatum LLC.