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“I have enjoyed the relationship as an Advisor to Congruent Partners and as a Charter Member at ASVC.  Jason has proven to be an extremely astute company builder and a respected global business leader.”

Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman and CEO, BEA Systems, Inc.
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"Jason is an extremely energetic and well-connected resource, who has great tenacity in getting things done.  He played a major role in building the popular ASVC organization, and has helped a number of technology entrepreneurs and companies launch and grow successfully.  His experience and results speak for themselves."

Curtis Mo, Senior Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
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"I have known Jason for a number of years.  Jason is very knowledgeable in the mobile/wireless business especially for Asia Pacific.  He has worked with a number of large and small companies in that segment advising them on business strategies as well as execution plans."

Kenneth Ng, former VP, Enterprise Information Management, Oracle Corp;  Founder & former EVP, Asera, Inc.
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"I have come to know of Jason as a smart and hard-charging executive who can produce results with a focused, sustained effort.  He has a lot of energy and drive which he uses effectively to get a lot done -- all with charm and wit."

Shirish Patel, CEO, GoPacket Networks Inc.;  Charter Member, ASVC
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“Congruent Partners did a great job in searching for and helping place very strong people for our Sales Management hiring needs.  They were very incisive, efficient, and professional through the process, and I enjoyed that."

Reza Ahy Ph.D, Chairman and CEO, Aperto Networks
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“Jason is a well connected and articulate individual who brings distinctions in track record and skill sets to the table.  He is a champion for entrepreneurs and progressive markets, and a good friend."

Raj Abhyanker, Patent Attorney;  Founder & former CEO, Clay Pixel Studios, Inc.
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"I have known Jason for many years since the Internet in India was still in its infancy.  Jason has contributed to the Internet revolution and technologies since then.  He is extremely hard working and committed to the success of his partners and customers.  I have no doubt through Congruent Partners, Jason will continue to deliver compelling value to his customers."

Amit Chatterjee, Country Sales Manager, HP Software (India)
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“Jason will work to understand your business.  He brings creative ideas to the table on improving business performance.  He has been able to capitalize on the fact that expanding successfully into an emerging market is one of his core competencies.”

Ray Cheung, Director, Risk Consulting and Advisory Services, BDO Seidman, LLP;  Advisory Board Member, MobileBest Ltd.;  former VP, Technology Management Group, Visa International
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"Jason has impressed me as being very professional in conducting his business, very persistent in pursuing the objectives while being very pleasant to work with.  I trust him implicitly.”

Joseph Cho, Founder, Pacific Epoch;  former CTO, Alcatel China
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"I have known Jason Ma for many years since his days at iPass Inc.  Jason is energetic and is very knowledgeable about diverse business environments in Asia Pacific.  He proved his strong business sense and leadership abilities and can get challenging things done like introducing new products in new markets and achieving leading if not dominant position in existing major markets."

Jin Ho Hur, Founder and CEO, Iworld Networking, Inc.;  Founder and former CEO, Inet, Inc. (South Korea)
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"Jason has excellent experience and is very knowledgeable about what it takes to help companies succeed in a global marketplace.  He is very approachable and always willing to share his market insights and industry connections."

Lisa Kelaita, CEO, VCPR, Inc.
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"Jason is very professional and helpful.  He knows the mobile industry quite well."

Arshad Khan, GM, Paktel Ltd. (Pakistan)
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"For our past fundraising efforts, Jason had done fine work in helping us.  He was very professional, helpful and persistent in establishing introductions and meetings with a number of Asian and Silicon Valley VC firms and corporate venture arms for the company."

Mike Klein, President and CEO, Interlink Networks, Inc.
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"Jason is extremely knowledgeable about the global marketplace, and the challenges and opportunities of overseas expansion.  He's been a valuable source of information for Silicon Valley Biz Ink."

"Jason Ma is someone with absolute integrity.  As our Board member and past advisor, he is a creative strategist with a strong drive to succeed and is well networked.  Jason has been tremendously helpful in our strategic planning, partnering, and past fundraising efforts.  He has a finger on the pulse of Silicon Valley.  Having Jason accompany us to meetings and provide feedback has given us a secret weapon in our communications and negotiations with VCs and technology partners.  Plus, he has solid experience building a service business across Asia, and is able to identify future issues before they smack us in the face."

Jim Miller Ph.D, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, AaaHaa Media, Ltd. (Greater China)
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"Justsystem and Web Online Networks have benefited associating with Ma-san since he ran iPass Asia Pacific, including Japan.  Ma-san knows the Japan market and business culture well, and how to help customers and partners win.  I have enjoyed knowing and working with him and his team."

Sadakazu Nagai, VP, Justsystem Corp.;  former CEO, Web Online Networks Corp. (Japan)
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"Jason and I have known each other for over a decade.  We used to pound pavement together sometimes in Asia.  He was then a top-performing sales manager of wireless and networking infrastructure/equipment.  Today, Jason has evolved into a business-savvy senior executive with a true global exposure.  His firm Congruent Partners is a commitment on quality deliverables."

Amir Qamar, Executive Director, Investment Banking, CIBC World Markets
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"Jason knows my country's culture, ways and means well.  He is very clever and professional.  He showed a great deal of knowledge about the industry.  A pleasure to do business with"

Sidarto, Technical Advisor, PT InfoAsia;  former GM, Technology Development, PT Telekomindo (Indonesia)
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"Emerging companies seeking to expand into new markets or with new offerings can significantly accelerate revenues via Congruent Partners' extensive breadth of services and seasoned experience."

Raj Singh, Producer-Host, Tech-Biz-Radio.com
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Adam Wong, Director, Mobile Networks, Hong Kong CSL Co. Ltd.
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"As his past agent, we worked with Jason before on a project.  Jason drew my attention to his drive, high-ethics attitude and his professional technical knowledge in the communications field.  I had a pleasant experience cooperating with him.  He provided us with extraordinary support."

Thomas Wu, VP, Hitron Technology;  former Head of Marketing, Taiwan Victory Technology (Taiwan) 
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"Very professional, pleasant and helpful, Jason knows the wireless industry very well."

Zamani bin Zakariah, former CEO, Mobikom (Malaysia)
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"Jason Ma is an extraordinary entrepreneur and business development executive.  The amount of deals he kicks up is second only to me!  Strong telco/wireless background."

Mark Zawacki, Managing Partner, Milestone Group
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"In my joint activities with him, I found Jason always made sure to have collected all of the necessary data regarding a specific opportunity before bringing it to the product marketing organization for response.  I further found Jason to be highly astute in assessing organizations, their structure and their internal decision-making processes, as a sales leader."

Chris Fisher, former VP of Marketing, XtremeSpectrum and Radiata (sold to Motorola and Cisco Systems, respectively)
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"Jason and I have known each other for more than 8 years.  We worked closely together at Celcore, where he did a fantastic job building and running international with focus on Asia.  He brings an "A" combination of contacts worldwide, senior executive, team building and sales skill sets, and attitude.  He is by far one of the most effective company builders and advisors I know.  You would be lucky to get Congruent Partners under his leadership to help build your company."

Mohammad Inamullah, Sr. VP, Wireless Internet Products, Cirronet, Inc.;  former VP of Sales and President of International Division, Celcore Inc.
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"Jason Ma and I worked closely together at iPass.  As Managing Director of iPass Asia Pacific, he consistently produced great results, and was wonderful to work with.  He was part of the iPass core team that enhanced the original foundation.  He brought in tons of big-name customers, built a revenue growth curve that kept heading steeply north, set up subsidiaries and offices in strategic regions, built and inspired a top-performance sales team, built up a market leading brand name, all done very efficiently and frugally.  He is very astute and I wouldn't hesitate to endorse Congruent Partners' services."

Shannon McElyea, SVP, Business Development, DeepNines Inc.;  former Director, Technology Alliances, iPass Inc.
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"Jason is the most connected person in the Bay Area.  Everywhere I go, I would see Jason Ma in action, working the crowd, reacquainting with old friends while making new ones.  If you want to enter a market or roll out a product, Jason is the man to consult!"

Henry Wong, Founder and Managing Director, Diamond TechVentures
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"Jason led building the Charter Members Committee in ASVC's early days.  He is extremely effective and well connected in the tech community, and is a great resource for startups in launching and growing their business."

Porter Wong, General Manager, US Operations, A1Chip Technologies Inc.;  Founder, Asia-Silicon Valley Connection (ASVC)
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"Many thanks to you for the exceptional job you have done as a moderator.  I was so impressed by your expert level.  The audience was all entertained and the evening was wonderful.  Thanks again and we hope you will speak more at the CINA platform."

Vicki Young, President, Chinese Information and Networking Association (CINA)
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"I can say that Jason is a great networker with high energy."

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