From a software provider to a trusted advisor: CTtec’s journey of empowering infrastructure
CTtec, 2025 Customer Experience and Business Transformation Finalist
CTtec, India
For Ashish Kumar, the connection with Bentley Systems is more than just a business partnership—it is a lifelong career journey. With a relationship spanning 25 years, 20 as a Bentley colleague and five as a Bentley channel partner, he brings a unique, dual perspective to the industry. “I understand the need of a company like Bentley, and I definitely understand what customers are looking for,” Kumar explained.
Bentley Solution: SYNCHRO
Ashish Kumar, Founder of CTtec
More than just a license: The “handholding” approach
CTtec’s journey began like many others: as a software solution provider. However, the team quickly realized that simply handing over a license was not enough to guarantee client success.
“We were talking to customers as if ‘we are here to give you what you need.’ But slowly, we realized that they need more than the software. They needed service. They needed us to do some handholding,” Kumar recalled.
Today, CTtec operates under a simple philosophy: Our customer success defines our success. The company combines Bentley’s global technology with local industry expertise, conducting specialized training workshops and providing continuous support. Every call for support is viewed as an opportunity to add value and help clients realize the full return on their investment.
Instead of measuring success purely through weekly or monthly reports, CTtec conducts post-implementation workshops to gather real feedback. They look for tangible changes: Have the clients adopted better workflows? Are they designing with fewer errors? That, for CTtec, is the true metric of success.
How CTtec helped a contractor adopt SYNCHRO for 4D construction scheduling
Rather than viewing the client’s hesitation as a roadblock, CTtec saw an opportunity. They organized hands-on technical workshops to demonstrate the real-world value of SYNCHRO. By showing the client how easily they could link project schedules with a 3D model, CTtec helped them visualize the benefits of a 4D workflow.
The results were transformative. “It went to a stage where every project they start, they use the technology they learned from us,” Kumar shared. “The client is very successfully saying that, because of the workshop and this technology, they are now winning more tenders and doing projects with fewer errors.”
Today, that same contractor has become one of CTtec’s best advocates for SYNCHRO in the industry.
A future built on the Bentley ecosystem
As CTtec looks to the future, toward 2026 and the decade beyond, their focus is expanding into artificial intelligence, automation, and digital twins to drive intelligent, data-driven engineering. But no matter how much the technology landscape evolves, their foundation remains unshakable.
“We are adding artificial intelligence, we are bringing digital twins, but the core of everything is still Bentley. We are building on the Bentley platform,” Kumar emphasized. This positions CTtec not only as a software reseller, but as a guide for connected data workflows spanning Bentley applications, digital twin initiatives, and interoperable project information. Even when clients are familiar with third-party platforms, CTtec guides them on how to bring that data into the Bentley ecosystem to prevent data loss and summarize information seamlessly.
“Without Bentley, wherever we are today, five years down the line, it was not possible,” he added.
When asked to summarize CTtec’s mission in a single sentence, Kumar captured the essence of their daily work perfectly: “We drive engineering excellence through technology, trust, and transformation, with dedication, digitalization, and delivery.”
By connecting people, processes, and technology, CTtec is doing exactly that: proving that the best partnerships are built on trust and a shared vision for a better, more efficient world.
Trusted Partnership
“We are adding artificial intelligence, we are bringing digital twins, but the core of everything is still Bentley. We are building on the Bentley platform,”
“Without Bentley, wherever we are today, five years down the line, it was not possible,”
— Ashish Kumar, CTtec
Trusted Partnership
“Without Bentley, wherever we are today, five years down the line, it was not possible.”
