Testimonials

Kris Aasted has expert knowledge of the storage industry and its key players. He can articulate opportunities compellingly to attract top talent. The firm’s passion comes through clearly.
—Janae Lee, CEO & President

Kris Aasted assisted us with three key VP searches in the past year. His firm has excellent analytical capabilities and performs thorough research. We could not be happier with the executives he helped bring aboard as we continue to rapidly grow LowerMyBills.com.
—Matt Coffin, Founder & CEO

Aasted & Associates brought us a compelling slate of VP Engineering candidates in a short timeframe. We could not be happier to have Dave Skinner join our team. The firm’s passion, highly methodical approach and deep industry contacts proved invaluable.
—Bill Chambers, President & CEO

Kris Aasted’s focus on the storage industry was tremendously helpful in bringing our new CTO to us quickly. Kris brought great energy and a high degree of professionalism to this important search. We couldn’t be happier to have Karl Schubert, the former CTO of Dell, aboard. Aasted & Associates did an excellent job on this assignment.
—Alain Andreoli, Former CEO

Kris is not your typical recruiter. Before being a Partner with Heidrick & Struggles and Christian & Timbers, he worked at BCG, the world’s top strategy consulting firm, and has two engineering degrees from Stanford. Kris’ bandwidth on the technical and strategic issues enables him to connect with sophisticated candidates and communicate our story more effectively than any other executive recruiter I’ve ever worked with.
—Rob Hutter, General Partner

Kris Aasted’s focus on the storage industry was tremendously helpful in bringing us a slate of compelling candidates. He brought great energy and a high degree of professionalism to this important search. Aasted & Associates did an excellent job on this assignment.
—Kevin Daly, CEO

Aasted & Associates does excellent work across a broad range of functional areas. I was impressed with Kris Aasted’s passion and the speed with which he completed his assignments with top industry executives.
—Tim Spicer, General Partner

Aasted & Associates did excellent work for us in the customer services and quality assurance arenas. Kris Aasted executes quickly and is very articulate in describing opportunities to prospects. He was very effective in bringing us compelling candidates to complete the search quickly.
—Ray Villeneuve, President & CEO

Kris Aasted did an excellent job on this assignment. His in-depth knowledge of the storage industry, coupled with a high degree of urgency led to a very strong performance on this assignment. Replacing a highly respected founder is no easy task. Kris did an outstanding job in bringing us a slate of compelling candidates.
—Peter Bell, Chairman & CEO

Kris Aasted’s background in engineering at Stanford, Wharton MBA and experience in strategy consulting at BCG is very unique in the executive search arena. It allows him to rapidly understand business models and articulate opportunities in a compelling way to top prospects. He was very effective in recruiting key hires to some of our most promising portfolio companies.
—Chris Luhnow, General Partner

Aasted & Associates is very well known as a top executive recruiter in the data storage industry. No firm is better connected or knows more top talent. Deep knowledge of key players provides a huge advantage for the firm’s storage clients.
—George Scanlon, CFO

Aasted & Associates recruited a top notch CTO to the Diligent team. The firm’s industry contacts and dedication resulted in a short project completion time. We could not have been happier with the firm’s service quality.
—Charlie Anderson, VP Human Resources