Usha Kishinchandani - General Manager, Microsoft Corporation
I’ve had the opportunity to work with Asentus on and off for the last 10 years, and they continue to be one of the most capable vendors I’ve used. While there are many good vendors, there are few great vendors and what makes Asentus great is not only their capabilities and willingness to do whatever it takes, and that they are easy to do business with, but more importantly how they show up in times of adversity. Over my 10 year experience with them, there have multiple times where we’ve needed to change direction, or things went wrong and we needed to correct, or we needed to build a new business model that had never been tried before… Asentus consistently showed up bringing their best ideas, problem solving ability and remained agile and nimble and were able to adjust with the pace of the business they were supporting. Also, what makes them great is there leadership team and their people… they care and that makes a difference in everything they touch and ultimately improves Microsoft customers and partners experience.
Specifically I worked with Asentus on several projects where they were instrumental in the success and outcome of our business. One example is Microsoft US Partner Readiness Engine where Asentus served as the back office managing all event logistics, staffing logistic, content management, building and scaling an ecommerce site, etc. Asentus has strong logistical engine and proven execution capability, because of their solid understanding of Project/Event Management, their experience, expertise and more so their understanding of the Microsoft culture and business on a global scale. They have been paramount in the success of the Security Outreach Initiative (SOI) that we launched on a Worldwide basis in 2002, where Asentus not only Project Managed but executed on aggressive timelines to train in excess of 20,000+ Microsoft partners globally in a variety of languages. Asentus played a large part in the success of these initiatives, and are a pleasure to work with such a committed team.
