SPONSORS

The Warren Company www.warrenco.com
The Warren Company is a management consulting firm specializing in strategic alliances and partnering. The site contains presentations and white papers, along with general information on strategic alliances (Robert Porter Lynch, president of The Warren Company, is Chairman Emeritus of ASAP's Board and a founding corporate sponsor).

CORPORATE MEMBERS

Alliancesphere http//www.alliancesphere.com
Alliancesphere provides consulting, facilitated training, and technology solutions that help Global 2000 companies get the greatest possible value out of their strategic alliances. By taking a distinctly holistic approach, Alliancesphere has consistently helped underperforming alliances execute better to gain competitive advantage, reduce costs of sale, increase margins, and generate millions of dollars in net-new revenue.

Vantage Partners www.vantagepartners.com
A spin-off of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Vantage Partners brings over twenty years of research and hands-on experience consulting to Alliance, Procurement, and Sales groups in a wide range of industries throughout the world.  Vantage helps companies build the necessary systems and structures, tools, skills, and mindset, to consistently and on an on-going basis, create and capture value through collaboration. The Directors of Vantage Partners have published several popular books as well as numerous articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

MEMBERS

Accenture www.accenture.com
Accenture's recently redesigned site offers a vast array of information on many topics, including strategic alliances. Accenture is one of ASAP's Corporate Sponsors.

AllianceAnalytics http://www.allianceanalytics.com
AllianceAnalytics is the leader in Alliance and Partnership Predictive Analytics, Performance Optimization and Marketing ROI Software for Business and Government.  Its Partner Value Optimizer Software (PVO) eliminates the guesswork involved in identifying the root-cause issues that prevent alliances and partnerships from performing, provides the information needed to create ROIs for marketing and other program expenditures, complies with Sarbanes Oxley requirements and accurately predicts future results.  PVO enables its users to concentrate on strategic growth initiatives, cost control and gaining a competitive advantage.  Bill Davidson, President and CEO, is a member of ASAP and Director of Program Education for the ASAP Chicago Chapter.  For more information, AllianceAnalytics can be reached at 312.440.0581 or by email info@allianceanalytics.com.   

Alliance Best Practice Ltd www.alliancebestpractice.com
Alliance Best Practice is a strategic alliance research consultancy based in the United Kingdom.  Its partners are a group of independent alliance experts who each specialise in some aspect of strategic alliance formation or management.  Its goal is to increase the knowledge and subsequent adoption of proven best practice principles.  To support it in this endeavour it has researched strategic alliances deeply and maintains an extensive database of observations of alliances in action gained from many leading edge partnering organisations. 

AllianceVista Corporation www.AllianceVista.com
AllianceVista Corporation is an Alliance Performance Management company providing Alliance Learning programs, Alliance Mentoring and Consultancy services and Alliance Technology products all integrated to deliver peak alliance performance. AllianceVista specializes in Alliance and Channel Metrics and has trained over 90 companies on their unique Alliance and Channel Metrics Methodology. This site contains information about Alliance Performance solutions and workshops. (Dick Hoffmann is a member of ASAP’s Board of Directors and currently serves as vice chairman of the Board).                                                                                                 

ChannAlli Consulting, channalli@comcast.net
ChannAlli Consulting will help build and guide the development of channels and alliances through a consultation and implementation process. We will work with you to identify, assess, engage, scale and manage your strategic relationships. Let ChannAlli Consulting help take your company to the next level. For more information email us at channalli@comcast.net  or call 978-409-1865. (Bob Faigel, President and Founder of ChannAlli Consulting, is a member of ASAP)

Dralla Group, LLC www.drallagroup.com
'Dralla Group is a boutique consulting firm specializing in assessment and optimization of strategic alliance and partnering programs on a global basis. Alignment with corporate objectives, thoughtful selection of partners, ongoing evaluation and improvement of alliance activities are integral to our approach. Dralla Group uses Enterprizer Technologies 'Enterprizer' (www.enterprizer.com) and Adexys 'evaluation factory' (www.adexys.fr) products to deliver some of its unique services. Joost Allard, the firm's founder and managing director, is an active ASAP member. Dralla Group can be found on the web at www.drallagroup.com.

InterMark www.intermark.dk
Intermark is a consulting company specialized in building and managing Strategic Marketing Alliances. InterMark is facilitator for a number of alliances, each with 3-8 partner companies, working together on international market development. The partners in a Strategic Marketing Alliance have shared objectives and a joint customer target group. Through sharing of knowledge of market opportunities, and through joint market activities, each partner company will gain competitive advantage, reduce marketing costs and increase revenues. Hans Peter Hviid, Managing Director of InterMark A/S, is Chairman of ASAP Scandinavia.

Alliances for Discovery, http://www.breakthroughdiscoveries.org
The Logosnet site contains articles and information on strategic alliances, strategic alliance law and mediation (Julian Gresser, president of Alliances for Discovery, is a member of ASAP and a frequent presenter at ASAP Alliance Summits). 

OPTIMARK Inc. http://optimarkworks.com/
OPTIMARK helps technology leaders grow their channel business. For ten years, we have provided strategic consulting, workshops, and publications about channel strategy and development. Our clients include Sun Microsystems, QLogic, Qwest, Veritas, General Electric, Computer Associates, Internet Security Systems, Tech Data, Arrow Electronics, service providers and solution integrators from 20 countries.

Phoenix Consulting Group www.phoenixcg.com
Phoenix Consulting Group specializes in best practice partner strategies, programs and marketing for companies who seek to transform their partnering practices to produce predictable performance or tune their existing partner programs to gain more effectiveness. Phoenix consultants are seasoned professionals with practical expertise and a commitment to driving corporate growth and building shareholder value through high performance channels and alliances. Phoenix Consulting Group stays on the forefront of partnering best practices through our alliances and affiliations. Our founder, Norma Watenpaugh serves on the board of directors of ASAP and is the chair of the Best Practices Committee for the organization.  As an IDC Authorized Implementation Partner, Phoenix Consulting Group is among a select group of consultants that complement IDC's research and strategic advisory services by providing the experience of seasoned practitioners to help you through the implementation process.

The Rhythm of Business www.rhythmofbusiness.com
The Rhythm of Business, Inc., is a Boston-based international consultancy and leader in the emerging discipline of relationship business -- the measurement and management of relationship-based sources of value for strategic and financial benefit. The Rhythm of Business offers business transformation services that include relationship value measurement and management, collaborative initiatives, and entrepreneurial development. Through its books, research, consulting, and teaching, The Rhythm of Business delivers on its commitment to provide companies and businesspeople with the mindset, skillset, and toolset for successful relationship business in today s collaborative, customer-driven economy. For more information, call (617) 965-4777, e-mail info@rhythmofbusiness.com, or visit www.rhythmofbusiness.com.

Sutherland Corp www.sutherlandcorp.com
Sutherland Corporation professionals have been delivering world-class corporate and partner marketing services to established and start-up companies for over fifteen years. Our expert corporate and partner marketing consultants help you generate new, qualified leads; develop profitable partnerships; create new distribution channels; deliver customer-centric product solutions; increase market coverage.  Contact us a info@sutherlandcorp.com or call 408-920-7033.