application & review management software · est. 2001
JUMP AppSolutions
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§ 01 · A small studio in New York · since 2001

Twenty-five years
on the same problem.

JUMP AppSolutions is a division of BMM Art & Computer — a New York software studio working with institutions since 1995. We're small on purpose, and we pick our clients.

2001
First custom build
for ACLS
2012
Becomes JUMP AppSolutions
a generation in the making
Today
25+ institutions · 200K+ applications processed
same team, every cycle
The story · since 2001
§ 02 · Our story

JUMP began as one custom build for the American Council of Learned Societies, in 2001.

BMM Art & Computer has been building software for institutions out of New York since 1995.

In 2001, the American Council of Learned Societies asked us for a better way to run its application and review process. We built it as a custom solution and kept refining it. Other programs wanted the same thing, the one-off grew into a product, and by 2012 — a generation in the making — it had become JUMP.

Today JUMP is the division of BMM devoted entirely to that work — web-based applications and references, reviewer management and assignment, and a dashboard that lets grant and fellowship managers control every step. Still small. Still selective. The same team answers your calls in year ten as in year one.

§ 03 · How we work

Five principles that haven’t changed since 2001.

§ 01

Boutique by choice

We stay small so we can stay attentive. We turn down work that doesn't fit.

§ 02

Built around your program

We shape the system to your exact process and reviewers — built on two decades of refinement, and maintained by the same team for the long run.

§ 03

White-glove forever

Same team, same number, year after year. No support tiers.

§ 04

Priced to the work

The price reflects what you get: a platform shaped to your exact program and a team that stays on it for years.

§ 05

Quiet software

Good software disappears. Your applicants and reviewers shouldn't notice the tool.

§ 04 · The team

Who you’ll
work with.

Ben Ohtsu
Founder & Director of Technology

Ben holds a BS in Engineering from Cooper Union, pursued graduate study at Columbia University, and began his career at Credit Suisse — his “boot camp” years — rising to Vice President before co-founding the studio behind JUMP in 1995. Since then he has focused on serving organizations and institutions that need serious technology expertise.

David Rissenberg
Director of CRM Integration

David brings over 35 years in information technology, working principally in investment banking, where he designed applications deployed across global offices. At JUMP he leads CRM integration — connecting each program to the systems it already runs — along with application architecture and database design.

Robert Tyska
Lead Software Engineer

Robert has a decade of experience building fully customized application solutions, with a specialty in Microsoft technologies. He leads the hands-on engineering behind JUMP — translating each program’s requirements into the application portals, reviewer tools, and integrations that run its cycle. When a program needs something the platform doesn’t do yet, he’s the one who scopes it and builds it.

Camille Ohtsu
Training & Customer Support

Camille brings decades as a corporate trainer to JUMP. She works closely with the development team — testing each release and bringing real support-and-training feedback into the product — and she’s the one who gets your staff and reviewers comfortable with the system from day one.

§ 05 · The parent studio

A division of
BMM Art & Computer.

BMM Art & Computer has been building software for institutions since 1995. JUMP AppSolutions is the part of the studio that runs your cycle.

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§ 01 · A small studio in New York · since 2001

Twenty-five years
on the same problem.

JUMP AppSolutions is a division of BMM Art & Computer — a New York software studio working with institutions since 1995.

2001
First custom build
for ACLS
2012
Becomes JUMP AppSolutions
a generation in the making
Today
25+ institutions · 200K+ applications processed
same team, every cycle
The story · since 2001
§ A · Our story

JUMP began as one custom build for the American Council of Learned Societies, in 2001.

BMM Art & Computer has been building software for institutions out of New York since 1995.

In 2001, the American Council of Learned Societies asked us for a better way to run its application and review process. We built it as a custom solution and kept refining it. Other programs wanted the same thing, the one-off grew into a product, and by 2012 — a generation in the making — it had become JUMP.

Still small. Still selective. The same team answers your calls in year ten as in year one.

§ B · How we work

Five principles that haven’t changed.

01
Boutique by choice
We stay small so we can stay attentive.
02
Built around your program
We shape the system to your exact process and reviewers — built on two decades of refinement, and maintained by the same team for the long run.
03
White-glove forever
Same team, same number, year after year.
04
Priced to the work
The price reflects what you get: a platform shaped to your exact program and a team that stays on it for years.
05
Quiet software
Good software disappears.
§ C · The team

Who you’ll work with.

Ben Ohtsu
Founder & Director of Technology

Ben holds a BS in Engineering from Cooper Union, pursued graduate study at Columbia University, and began his career at Credit Suisse — his “boot camp” years — rising to Vice President before co-founding the studio behind JUMP in 1995. Since then he has focused on serving organizations and institutions that need serious technology expertise.

David Rissenberg
Director of CRM Integration

David brings over 35 years in information technology, working principally in investment banking, where he designed applications deployed across global offices. At JUMP he leads CRM integration — connecting each program to the systems it already runs — along with application architecture and database design.

Robert Tyska
Lead Software Engineer

Robert has a decade of experience building fully customized application solutions, with a specialty in Microsoft technologies. He leads the hands-on engineering behind JUMP — translating each program’s requirements into the application portals, reviewer tools, and integrations that run its cycle. When a program needs something the platform doesn’t do yet, he’s the one who scopes it and builds it.

Camille Ohtsu
Training & Customer Support

Camille brings decades as a corporate trainer to JUMP. She works closely with the development team — testing each release and bringing real support-and-training feedback into the product — and she’s the one who gets your staff and reviewers comfortable with the system from day one.