Ardua was founded in 1997 by Jim M. Ramsey. Jim had previously worked for Unisys as well as the elite consulting firm Joseph & Cogan, Associates, where he provided highly technical consulting services to JCA’s clients. Before that, Jim was instrumental in developing a software suite aimed at automating many of the functions performed by county and city governments at the time, including financial management (accounting, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, budgeting, purchasing and H/R), document recordation and cadastral mapping, and property tax processing.
Since its founding Ardua has participated in numerous projects in the US as well as in over 30 countries.