Ashley Ward

WedgeHR is a Michigan-based company built on the belief that everyone deserves the chance to be truly seen. We’re creating a candidate-driven hiring platform that helps people share who they are - on their time - and gives hiring teams the insight they need to connect sooner, move faster, and make smarter decisions. Simple by design and powerful in impact, WedgeHR has helped over 1 million candidates engage meaningfully with hundreds of hiring teams. Founded in the Midwest, we’re proud to build diverse teams, strong partnerships, and a more human hiring experience - one connection at a time. Since 2015, we’ve focused on creating meaningful connections - within our own team and across the hiring landscape. No need to worry over scheduling hassles, or travel fees; you can setup and interview wherever and whenever you want. The dream team is just a few clicks away. See what the future of self-service hiring tech is all about.

Inspired by Ernest Hemingways spirit of adventure, Papas Pilar™ is an artisan-crafted spirit sourced from hand-selected rums spanning the Caribbean, Central America and the U.S. then solera blended to perfection on American soil. Rum was once a noble spirit. It was served aboard warships, rationed to visionary explorers, and used to sustain the Founding Fathers as they plotted revolution. It was a drink consumed by men who understood that you only get one shot at life. Ernest Hemingway, or "Papa"​ as he was known, was this type of man – an adventurer who lived life to the fullest. He was an author, a free thinker, a sportsman, and a bon vivant. But he was never a spectator. Pilar was the boat that allowed this American literary giant to reach beyond the shoreline and feast on life. Inspired by his appetite for adventure, weve proudly created a super-premium rum — Papa’s Pilar. Papas Pilar Dark and Blonde rums have been crafted to reflect Hemingways passions on land and at sea. Bold, well-traveled, and uniquely American, Papas Pilar is hell-bent on returning rum to its gutsy roots. Live Courageously. Drink Responsibly.

WedgeHR is a Michigan-based company built on the belief that everyone deserves the chance to be truly seen. We’re creating a candidate-driven hiring platform that helps people share who they are - on their time - and gives hiring teams the insight they need to connect sooner, move faster, and make smarter decisions. Simple by design and powerful in impact, WedgeHR has helped over 1 million candidates engage meaningfully with hundreds of hiring teams. Founded in the Midwest, we’re proud to build diverse teams, strong partnerships, and a more human hiring experience - one connection at a time. Since 2015, we’ve focused on creating meaningful connections - within our own team and across the hiring landscape. No need to worry over scheduling hassles, or travel fees; you can setup and interview wherever and whenever you want. The dream team is just a few clicks away. See what the future of self-service hiring tech is all about.

Growing Businesses – Growing Michigan. The two go hand in hand and Grand Angels is committed to both. Through mentoring, strategic advice, expanding networks and connections to customers, management and venture capital, Grand Angels investments fuel the entrepreneurial economy of innovative companies throughout the West Michigan region. Grand Angels was founded by former Grand Bank founder and CEO Charles C. Stoddard and serial entrepreneur, Craig T. Hall. They recruited community leaders willing to join them in the vision of making “investments with a difference.” In 2005, Jody D. Vanderwel was recruited to serve as president of the organization. Upon her retiremenr in 2016, Tim Parker became their second president. Grand Angels now has 65 active members. The organization supported by membership fees and generous corporate and academic sponsorships. Grand Angels is a member of the Angel Capital Association, an organization sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO), which continues to provide leadership and resources for angel investors across the country.

The Careerist is an online career coaching platform. A self-guided series of video courses and interactive worksheets, curated for professional and executive job seekers who are ready to take their destinies into their own hands. The Careerist will help you discover what you want out of your career that results in a higher quality of life. The courses will help you navigate a career transition including how to negotiate a higher salary and identify an ideal culture fit that will leave you thinking why you hadnt done this long ago.

Privately-owned real estate investment portfolio.