2000

BlastAsia was established in August of 2000 with only four people on board - already including its management team. Our first office was a small modest unit located in the heart of Makati City.

	The following year, April 2001, BlastAsia was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an operating IT company.
	We started building capabilities locally in the CRM Development arena initiated by projects from both private and government organizations.

	After only three years, we moved to a new office at the Raffles Corporate Center in Ortigas, Pasig City. This new office location served as the official headquarters and main operation area of BlastAsia, Inc.
	Started one of the largest custom ERP engagement with team size of 20 FTE, a three-year engagement.

BlastAsia started offering Offshore IT services initially with clients from the US and Japan with Product Support Maintenance and New Product Development respectively.

	In this year, BlastAsia started the Employee Certification Program that promotes Microsoft Certification to all technical resources. The certification program assures that the developers working in BlastAsia are highly trained in Microsoft technology.
	BlastAsia expanded its business networks and added clients in the US.

	Year 2006 was the year BlastAsia was awarded the Microsoft Gold Partner Certification – indicating that the company is among the prime partners of Microsoft in terms of technology propagation and promotion.
	In the same year, BlastAsia established its US Office in San Diego, California.
	BlastAsia launched the Training for Entry Level Program - a ten week program for entry level programmers.
	BlastAsia expanded its business networks and added clients in Singapore and the United Kingdom.

	With the objective of providing only the best to our clients, BlastAsia established its Quality Assurance and Quality Control Departments in 2007. The company set its people to seminars and trainings from different organizations which would help promote quality in all its processes.
	It was also in this year that BlastAsia started building its capability in Software Quality Testing offering it as a separate service.
	BlastAsia expanded its business networks and added clients in the Netherlands and New Zealand.