David Riffle is an executive with worldwide impact.Twenty-seven years ago, he joined Advanced Solutions International (ASI), the leader in software solutions for associations and other non-profits. His earliest corporate brainstorm has reverberated through the years, distinguishing ASI as the only force in its industry with a highly developed worldwide channel of partners who support and extend the company’s flagship product – iMIS EMS – taking it in new directions as technology evolves. As Global VP of Channel Management, David is to this day, the impetus behind a network of 59 partners in 25 countries.“ASI’s Partner Channel,” David explains, “is a huge advantage for clients. We match the partner to the client, considering factors like size, complexity, and industry sector in the nonprofit world, plus something less tangible – organization profile or personality matches. Remarkable things happen.”With an MBA degree from Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School, Riffle credits this academic institution with setting the stage for his real world, on-the-job education. He explains how every day he learns something new and underlines the vast lesson taught by just listening to different points of view, different cultures, and different ways of doing things and then taking actions to expand ASI’s offering for all clients, whatever the country. The partners under his leadership regularly innovate, bringing iMIS EMS to new places. He applauds ASI management for an approach he calls “balanced trust” – a combination of letting go and advancing within a shared vision that gives partners and clients a greater hold on the future of the only industry in which ASI operates.