About the ASPE-SDLC Training Division

ASPE's SDLC Training Division

Providing training solutions in North America for all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

ASPE is a national leader in providing skills-based training solutions on the Systems/Software Development Lifecycle, Security, and IP Telephony. Based in Cary NC, ASPE offers both public and on-site delivery solutions. ASPE's On-site Delivery Practice focuses on delivering tailored or customized courses at a customer's location that meets the client's specific training requirements. ASPE public course delivery brings courses to over 35 major cities nationwide, providing our customers with flexible learning options.

With a skills-based curriculum of over 40 courses, you get a practical, no-nonsense learning approach with materials that provide tools and techniques you can immediately use on the job. The ASPE brand provides value, support, ease of purchase, great quality, and excellent instructors. If a course is brought to you by ASPE, you can count on a rewarding experience.

ASPE's core mission is the development of hands-on, real-world courses designed to fill pressing skills gaps to make employees more effective and empowering companies to gain critical competitive advantage. Through our leading-edge, expert-led training our clients achieve swift skills development which enable them to quickly and effectively solve their problems and meet their goals.

We accomplish this by using:

Industry-recognized subject matter experts
Leading-edge technical content and products
State-of-the-art delivery techniques
Active and effective Account Management
Modular and multi-purpose content
World-class instructional design

Our promise to our customers is that we will provide:

State-of-the-Art Material: Our Product Managers, Research Staff, and Course Directors continually update the content of every ASPE course. Built on a foundation of established practices, every ASPE course contains real-world tools and techniques that can be implemented immediately and the latest research, practices and procedures.
Thought-Leader Instructors: All our instructors are recognized experts in their field with hands-on real-world experience on the topics they teach. We combine our proven adult educational training methods with leading-edge industry expertise to provide you with the best training experience possible.
High Quality Partnerships: ASPE partners with leading product vendors, institutions, associations, and training companies. We leverage these partnerships to provide you the best product and certification training, PMI PDU solutions, and skills-based training courses available.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: Every ASPE course carries our 100% quality and satisfaction guarantee. Call us toll free (877) 800-5221 for more information on our policy.

ASPE Leadership Team

Steve Knier, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Knier has 21 years of experience in the training of technical and business professionals. He was the founder and CEO of American Research Group, Inc., one of the largest privately held technical training companies in North America. American Research Group was purchased by Global Knowledge Network. Mr. Knier also was the founder and CEO of Perceptex, a multimedia technical training company focused on high-quality content development and the sales and distribution of proprietary and third-party self-paced training products. In addition, Mr. Knier served for five years as President of American Institute, Inc., an international training company that was instrumental in introducing one of the industry's first voice/data communication certification programs. He co-founded National Business Institute, Inc., a U.S.-based training company that provided business-to-business professional business management courses and Professional Education Systems Inc., a continuing legal education training company that provided a complete curriculum of training courses for the legal, financial and business communities.

David Mantica, President
David Mantica has over 15 years of training management and delivery experience. He has developed e-learning, instructor-led, live web e-learning, and training programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. He was instrumental in the development of the CompTIA Learning Alliance, chaired its Training Provider Task Force and held positions on the boards of the DSLcon and Frame Relaycon trade shows. He helped found the TruSecure Certification offering, has written numerous articles for Certification Magazine, Outside Plant Magazine, & Communication News. David has spoken at major education and technology conferences including Comdex Chicago, OSP Conference, 1-jobs Career Fairs, and ACUTA Conferences and has lead over 15 web seminars informing over 1500 business professionals on training and technology issues.

Frank Beanland, CFO
Frank Beanland has 20 years of experience in the IT industry in various capacities of CFO, accounting, finance, commercial, business development, technical support, account management, systems integration and entrepreneurial management. As a partner and Chief Financial Officer for Csoft International, Frank has used 15 years in the retail systems industry to build and run a profitable startup software organization developing the premier Point-of-Sale solution for the retail industry and a new E-Commerce POS solution for the Wireless Telco and ASP market. He sold Csoft International to Marconi Commerce Systems in 1999.

Clay Pernell, Vice President of Sales
Clay Pernell has over 20 years of diverse sales management experience in the business-to-consumer and the business-to-business sectors. He has held Senior Sales Leadership positions in both the retail and research content industries previously. In these roles he was responsible for millions of dollars in revenue as well as the leadership of national sales teams. He has a successful track record of growing revenue year after year in addition to the development of countless award winning Sales Associates. He has been recognized globally for his sales management performance. In addition, Clay has successfully called upon Fortune 500 companies and negotiated enterprise solutions. Clay brings a wealth of experience in market analysis, team development and new business development.