Company: Zensa, Redmond and WA.
Company Description: Zensa LLC is a forward-thinking, managed services partner & systems integrator whose mission is to help companies digitally transform through Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, IoT, AI/ML, and other technologies. As a woman-owned small business and a Microsoft ISV Gold Partner, we are one of the fastest-growing product and services companies with experience in partnering with Fortune 500 companies.
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Female Executive of the Year – Business Services –11 to 2,500 Employees
 Nomination Title: Prerna Goja - Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Outline the nominee's achievements since July 1 2021 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
Total 213 words used.
These are the key achievement of Prerna Goja since July 1, 2021:
#1. Prerna has raised multi-million dollars in pre-seed funding and continually accelerated Zensa’s value and positioning year-over-year, and most recently, delivered 47% revenue growth in 2021-22 and an additional 15% in 2022.
#2. Prerna has led Zensa to earn the following awards:
- Fast 100 Asian American Business Award 2023 by USPAACC
- Minority-Owned Business of the Year 2023 (Silver) by Stevie Awards
- Company of the Year (Bronze) by Best in Biz Awards 2022
- SB100 Award – The Best of Small Business Awards 2022 by Small Business Expo
- Fast 50 Asian American Business Excellence Award 2022 by USPAACC
#3. And, most recently her leadership helped Zensa to become a SOC 2 Certified company in 2023 that demonstrates our commitment to customers’ highest Security, Privacy, and Data Protection standards.
#4. Prerna’s thought leadership helped Zensa and Prospur that includes attending and speaking at Industry Conferences, Panels, and Media Interviews. She has taken part as a speaker in events like Microsoft Inspire and Accessibility in Action series by Microsoft in the past.
#5. For her exceptional leadership, Prerna is also nominated for the “Women of the Year – Women in Tech Awards in 2023 (USA Edition) and Woman in Sales Awards 2023 – Technology Sales.
- Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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#1. Zensa Winner of the Fast 50 Asian American Business Excellence Award 2022:
https://uspaacc.com/programs/procurement/fast-50-100-asian-american-businesses/company/zensa-llc
#2. Article by our CEO – Prerna Goja on Microsoft US Partner Blog:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/us-partner-blog/2020/01/22/prerna-goja-of-zensa-two-things-technology-companies-can-do-to-create-accessible-products/
#3. Helping SMBs Return to Growth using Power Apps – Prospur
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/us-partner-blog/2020/12/22/helping-smbs-return-to-growth-using-power-apps/
#4. Zensa Inc Profile and we were among the “Fastest-Growing 5000 Private Companies in America 2019”:
https://www.inc.com/profile/zensa
#5. Interview of our CEO – Prerna Goja with Tracy Galloway, Corporate Vice President & Chief Operating Officer – Microsoft US:
https://medius.microsoft.com/Embed/video-nc/4f269793-471c-4be5-bdc1-7fdadea50393?r=648488844565
#6. Zensa Glassdoor Page & Reviews:
https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Overview/Working-at-Zensa-EI_IE1054490.11
#7. Zensa Winner of SB100 Award by The Best of Small Business Awards 2022:
https://thebestofsmallbusinessawards.awardsplatform.com/gallery/zOJpjela
#8. Zensa SOC 2 Certification by AICPA:
https://www.zensa.co/zensa-soc-2-certification/
#9. Prerna Goja, CEO of Zensa – “WomenTech Global Awards 2022” Finalist in the Categories: Rising Star of the Year and WomenTech Community Award:
https://www.womentech.net/nominee/Prerna/Goja/79793
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes, explaining the achievements since July 1, 2021 of the nominated woman, OR written answers to the questions? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
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- Briefly describe the nominated individual: history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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Prerna Goja is the Founder and CEO of Zensa, a multimillion-dollar global technology transformation company and one of the best tech companies in the Pacific Northwest, the US. As CEO, she led the vision for scaling, strategic initiatives, product development, go-to-market, and strategic partnerships across Zensa to drive the company’s overall valuation and brand through organizational leadership and building an authentic, inclusive, and fully accessible culture that thrives on agility and adaptability.
She has raised multimillion dollars in pre-seed funding and continually accelerated Zensa’s value and positioning year-over-year, and most recently, delivered 47% revenue growth in 2021-22 and an additional 15% in 2022. Prerna enables, builds, and strengthens strategic business alliances with industry leaders like Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon to better leverage Zensa as an industry leader in transformational cloud services and management for global Fortune 500 companies.
Prerna is a highly sought-after strategist and thought leader on Digital Transformation, building an Ecosystem of Partners, Organizational Leadership, and DE&I. She is recently nominated for the “Women of the Year – Women in Tech Awards in 2023 and was also nominated as a finalist for the “WomenTech Global Awards – Rising Star of the Year 2022”.
- Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the nominee's past performance (up to 250 words):
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Prerna created strategic partnerships with the leading technology companies in America like Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon. It helped Zensa to grow its business and increase its visibility. We get the benefit of extensive networks and a wealth of experience from our partners that has helped us to take our business to the next level.
When it comes to comparison, we have our own standards year over year. Based on this principle, Prerna have built a world-class team of engineers, managers, tech evangelists and focusing on transforming the companies through their success journey with solutions like cloud modernization as a trusted global business partner.
She has always been a believer and advocate of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and always made sure to create a human centric work culture to promote high DEI values among all the teams across our organization.
Prerna is working with WECAN – a women leadership development board – since 2019. It is a women leadership board sponsored by Microsoft that encourages women leadership in the tech industry. As the VP, Community & Partnership, she is helping WECAN with her experience and building strategic alliances with other technology companies.
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