PUE has signed a collaboration agreement with Certiport, the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners worldwide. Under the agreement signed on June 1, 2018, PUE becomes the exclusive distributor of Certiport certification programs in Spain.
Accredited as the maximum and sole representative of Certiport in the Spanish territory, PUE will be the entity that, from this date, manages, advises and offers support to the network of Certiport Authorized Certification Centres and Resellers.
In addition, the agreement places PUE as the only Gold Solution Provider in the entire EMEA region (Europe, Middle East & Africa). “For us it is a challenge and at the same time a confirmation of the good work done by promoting the Certiport certifications market,” says Javier Domínguez, CEO of PUE. Also, he adds: “we believe in the added value of official training aimed at certifying students as a safe bet for their professional development, qualification and increasing employability statistics”.
Signing of the agreement. Those present from Certiport were Aaron Osmand, Certiport CEO, at the moment of signing the agreement and presently Vice President – Global Sales, Clinical Assessments at Pearson and Mounaim Makhtari, Sr. Director of Sales EMEA at Certiport.
With the recruitment of more than 1.200 Certiport Authorized Certification centres in the last 20 years, PUE has become a key player in the deployment of official ICT certifications in different areas, such as Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS), and Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA). A task recognized by Certiport that has led the multinational to designate PUE as its strategic partner in Spain.
Thanks to the new agreement signed between both organizations, PUE will bring certifications distributed by Certiport to educational centres and the academic community, including examinations for multinational companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, EC-Council and Apple, among others.
Global Partner Summit 2018. Participation in the Global Partner Summit organized by Certiport in Orlando (Florida) from the 29th of July until the 1st of August. From left to right, Jan Day, Vice President of Sales Europe, Middle East and Africa at Certiport, Craig Bushman, Marketing and Certification Vice President, Ángel García, Education Director at PUE and Ray Murray, Vice President and General Manager at Certiport.
About Certiport
Certiport is the leading provider of learning curriculum, practice tests, and performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners. Certiport provides certification development, delivery, and program management services through an expansive network of more than 14,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide. More than 3 million Certiport exams are delivered in 26 languages across 148 countries each year throughout the academic, workforce, and corporate technology markets. Certiport is a Pearson VUE business, and is a part of the world’s leading learning company, Pearson. To learn more, go to www.certiport.com.
“Certiport” is a registered trademark of NCS Pearson, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
About PUE
PUE is a private business group founded in 1998 under a collaboration agreement with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Since then, PUE has expanded its infrastructure and currently have representation and active execution of training and official certification in almost all provincial capitals of Spain.
The company has a high level of expertise both in terms of creation and transfer of technological knowledge, which it develops in its business lines (official training, certification and ICT consulting), backed by a team of more than 60% of engineering professionals and certified personnel with extensive professional experience.
The recognition as the first and only Gold Partner Worldwide of Cloudera, world leader in Big Data solutions, consolidates PUE as a reference in the implementation and consulting of projects based on administration, development, analysis, Machine Learning and all kinds of specialties related to the Big Data field. The quality of the services, the ability to provide solutions, the high level of commitment and an integral service focused on the satisfaction of our customers are the basis of our business model and what has allowed us to achieve the Cloudera Gold certification.
As service integrators for digitalization, in addition to Big Data we are Cloud specialists and official Google Cloud partners in training and consulting.
