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.

Founders John Nottingham and John SpirkNS Innovation Center rotunda

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.