Our company
You already call us NS.
Founded by John Nottingham and John Spirk in a Cleveland carriage house, NS is now a 70,000-square-foot landmark innovation house. Our sub-brands, our client-partners and our own team shortened the name years ago — the brand is catching up to the market.


One mark, one family
NS Vertical Innovation®
End-to-end product development from idea to commercialization.
NS Pathfinder™
A rigorous 3-month sprint that produces a product and service roadmap.
NS IoT Enablement
Smart, connected systems that sense, communicate and decide.
NS Embedded Systems
Comprehensive engineering for advanced electronic products.
AI Powered by NS
AI-enabled hardware and firmware, launched and scaled with confidence.
Nothing about the work changes.
Vertical Innovation®, the Innovation Center and a 95% commercialization rate carry forward untouched.