Testimonials
“I’ve known Mike Iem for over 5 years since I was responsible for Windows Small Business Server at Microsoft. At that time Mike did a fantastic job organizing our User Group Tours – fantastic planning and execution. When I left Microsoft and started Pronto Marketing, Mike was someone I reached out to for feedback and his perspective. During our first year he’s been an invaluable resource because of his deep knowledge of the Microsoft partners and channel as well as his overall business savvy.”
Derek Brown
President
Pronto Marketing
“I have worked with the Ziem Group Inc. for the past three years at Microsoft and have found them to be an excellent vendor when it comes to execution and organization on his projects. Dealing with Mike is always easy and straight forward as we start our project engagements by defining a Statement of Work that is agreeable to both parties. Mike is a professional and understands that the Statement of Work is his ‘contract’ to his client and he works diligently to deliver on the commitments held in it. Mike also has a strong reservoir of energy – he gets things done and can prioritize when needed. These attributes are why I continue to go back and utilize his services.”
Rex Backman
Senior Product Manager, Response Point
Microsoft Corporation
“Intergen engaged The Ziem Group Inc. to prepare and present keynotes at a series of technology update seminars throughout New Zealand on Service Oriented Architectures. Mr. Iem delivered to our requirements and was certainly the highlight of the seminars for all who attended. In addition to what we hired him for, he was interviewed on New Zealand’s ASB Business television morning show about what SOA was and how it could help businesses. Additionally, he visited our customers and trained some of our sales folks on doing better presentations, all above and beyond what we expected.”
Wayne Forgesson
Director, Marketing
Intergen
“The Ziem Group Inc. managed Microsoft’s Architecture track for Microsoft TechEd in 2008, both the IT Pro week and the Developer weeks 72 sessions, Hands on Labs, and speaker and content management. The planning and execution were excellent with the Ziem Group setting up session reviews and making sure the content would address the needs of the audience. We hired the Ziem Group because we didn’t have the time to worry about or manage the vendor and knew that it would be done right and per the contract.
The quality level of communications and follow-up was better than we were expecting. We would hire the Ziem Group again.”
Eileen Rumwell
Director, Connected Systems Division Marketing
Microsoft Corporation
“It has been our fortune to have The Ziem Group Inc. managing our Chappell Summit Conference and coordinating the Microsoft Partners webinar. We rely on Michael’s clear insights into the industry trends, ability to pinpoint exactly what our customers want and creative methods for finding effective solutions. We consider Michael a ‘golden resource’ whom we trust and turn to again and again when new projects come up. He delivers and executes and that’s we continue to call on his companies services.”
Laura Chappell
President
Founder, Wireshark University
Sr. Protocol/Security Analyst, Protocol Analysis Institute
“Resolute and diligent, The Ziem Group passionately accomplishes the goal. I have worked with The Ziem Group on partner readiness training for the past 9 months and his intense attention to providing partners the highest level of service in unprecedented. You won’t find anyone more driven to succeed, or more passionate about delivering excellence to his customers and partners. You want to increase your readiness numbers – The Ziem Group knows the top speakers in the industry – I have no hesitation recommending them.”
Dunja Bounds
Senior Partner Development Manager
Microsoft Corporation
“Few people I’ve worked with over my 9 years with Microsoft have as much passion for partners that serve SMB customers as the Ziem Group does. They understand partners’ goals and challenges and consistently work to provide them the best service possible. When we need to get something done right, done fast, and with the highest quality the Ziem Group gets it done, on time and on budget. The Ziem Group gives us the best ROI and we continue to recommend them to other teams at Microsoft.”
Chris Van Wesep
Group Marketing Manager, Windows Server
Microsoft Corporation