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Market Cap:$1.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$959.4M
- Public
- US
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Comverse Technology, Inc. is the world?s leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services. The company?s Total Communication portfolio includes value-added messaging, personalized data and content-based services, converged IP communications solutions, and real-time prepaid, postpaid and converged billing solutions. Over 500 communication and content service providers in more than 130 countries use Comverse products to generate revenue, and improve customer loyalty and operational efficiencies. Other Comverse Technology subsidiaries include: Verint Systems (Pink Sheets: VRNT.PK - News), a leading provider of analytic software-based actionable intelligence solutions for security and business interaction intelligence; and Ulticom (Pink Sheets: ULCM.PK - News), a leading provider of service essential signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications.
President & CEO
Andre DahanNumber of Employees 5,050
Contact Information
One Huntington Quadrangle Ste 3 No 1
Melville, New York 11747
(516) 677-7200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing: 334210
Recent Events
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Entel Chile Selects Comverse for Visual Voicemail on Mobile
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UTS Rolls Out Comverse ONE' Billing &
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Comverse teams with Sony Ericsson on visual voicemail: Comverse is working with telecos, handset vendors,...
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Former Comverse exec named NICE CEO: Current CEO Haim Shani will become the director general...
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COMVERSE: VimpelCom-backed mobile operator Sotelco uses Comverse ONE billing platform to enter Cambodian market
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Comverse Technology Terminates Former Executives' Employment Arrangements And Determines To Pursue Legal Remedies
NEW YORK -- Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT) today announced that, in accordance with determinations of the Special Committee of its Board of Directors, the company is providing notice to Kobi Alexander, its former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, David Kreinberg, its former Executive Vice President and...
Davox Forges Technology Partnership With Comverse Infosys in Asia-Pacific Region; Agreement to Further Extend Presence in High-Growth Contact Center Market.
WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 3, 2002 WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 3, 2002
Comverse Infosys and PricewaterhouseCoopers Sign Co-Marketing Agreement
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers
Natural MicroSystems Signs Multi-year OEM Agreement with Comverse
Business Editors
Sun, Comverse Sign Strategic Agreement To Deliver Unified Messaging Services To Service Providers
Business and High Technology Editors
Comverse Infosys Signs Agreement With Ericsson to Cooperate in the Distribution of CALEA Electronic Surveillance Products for Telecommunications Carriers and Switch Manufacturers
Business Editors & Technology Writers
Comverse Infosys and Williams Communications Solutions Announce Distribution Agreement
WOODBURY, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 22, 1999--
L&H Expands Presence in Telephony Market; Signs Agreement With Comverse Network Systems
IEPER, Belgium and BURLINGTON, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1999--
Comverse's Network Systems Division Selected By Cable & Wireless In Global Agreement
WOODBURY, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 25, 1999--
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andre Dahan | President & CEO |
| Avi T Aronovitz | Vice President, Finance, Interim CFO & Treasurer |
| David Kreinberg | CFO & Executive Vice President |
| Paul L. Robinson | General Counsel, Chief Admin Officer, Executive Vice President & Secretary |
| Kobi Alexander | Founder |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Charles J. Burdick | Chairman |
| Itsik Danziger | Board of Directors |
| John Friedman | Board Member |
| Raz Alon | Board of Directors |
| Ron Hiram | Board of Directors |
| Sam Oolie | Board of Directors |
| Susan D. Bowick | Board of Directors |
Mr. Andre Dahan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Comverse Technology, Inc., as well as a member of the Board of Directors. Before coming to Comverse, Mr. Dahan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Multimedia Services at AT&T Wireless. Previously, he served as President of North America and Global Accounts and in several other global executive positions for Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, Mr. Dahan previously served in a variety of senior executive positions with Teradata Corp., Sequent Computer Systems and S.E. Qual, an information technology consulting firm. He began his career as a database architect and held a variety of technical positions with MALAM, IAI and IBM. Mr. Dahan serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ulticom and Verint Systems, and as a director at Red Bend Software, which provides mobile software management solutions to mobile companies worldwide. He graduated from Hadassah College in Jerusalem with a degree in software engineering.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Red Bend Software, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Finance, Interim CFO & Treasurer | Current |
| Verint Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Stone Store | Director | Current |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Interim Cfo | Former |
| Towne Park Ltd | Employee | Former |
| Yeshiva University | B.S. in Accounting | Former |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | CFO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | CFO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| The Stone Store | Current | |
| Verint Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| CTI Corp. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| CTI Corp. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Finance Company Limited | Vice President | Former |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | senior manager | Former |
| Towne Park Ltd | Employee | Former |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Columbia University | M.B.A. in Finance and International Business | Former |
| Columbia Business School | M.B.A. in Finance and International Business | Former |
| Yeshiva University | B.S., summa cum laude | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | General Counsel, Chief Admin Officer, Executive Vice President & Secretary | Current |
| SEACOR Holdings Inc. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Current |
| The Stone Store | Current | |
| Verint Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Vice President of Legal | Former |
| Towne Park Ltd | Employee | Former |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Boston University | J.D. | Former |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | B.A. in Political Science and was Phi Beta Kappa | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Comverse, Inc. | Co-Chairman | Current |
| The Stone Store | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| S.Com, Inc. | Co-Managing Director | Former |
| CTI Corp. | senior executive officer | Former |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | senior executive officer | Former |
| Towne Park Ltd | Employee | Former |
| Ulticom, Inc. | Chair of Board | Former |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Director | Former |
| New York University | M.B.A. in Finance | Former |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | B.A. | Former |
Mr. Burdick has served as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2008, and has a director of the Company since December 2006. Mr. Burdick has an extensive background in telecommunications and media, with over 25 years experience in the industry. Until July 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of HIT Entertainment Plc, a publicly listed provider of pre-school children’s entertainment. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Burdick worked for Telewest Communications, the second largest cable television company in the United Kingdom, serving as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer. In these roles, Mr. Burdick oversaw the financial and operational restructuring of Telewest and was responsible for leading and financing the acquisitions of a number of cable companies. Mr. Burdick has also held a series of financial positions with TimeWarner, US WEST and MediaOne, specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and international treasury. Mr. Burdick currently serves as a non-executive director and audit chairman of Singer and Friedlander, a UK merchant bank, owned by the Kaupthing Group, and as a non-executive director of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation, a commercial operator of fitness centers and CTC Media Inc., a Russian television network. Mr. Burdick holds a M.B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Burdick is an independent director.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Bally Total Fitness Holdings Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Memyhealth of America | Board of Directors | Current |
| HIT Entertainment plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| CTC Media, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| HIT Entertainment plc | CEO | Former |
| Hit Entertainment Limited | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| US WEST, Inc. | Vice President, Finance & Assistant Treasurer | Former |
| Time Warner Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Comverse, Inc. | Former | |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | M.Sc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Trellis Bioscience, Inc | Founder of Easton Capital Investment Group | Current |
| Easton Capital Investment Group | Founder | Current |
| Genetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc | Managing Partner of Easton Capital Investment Group | Current |
| Easton Capital Investment Group | Managing Partner, New York Office | Current |
| Iga Worldwide, Inc. | Managing Partner, Easton Capital | Current |
| YM BioSciences Inc. | Managing Partner, Easton Hunt Capital Partners | Current |
| Presidents Council | Co-Chairman | Current |
| Iga Worldwide, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The New York City Police Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | Board of Directors | Current |
| Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Genetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Trellis Bioscience, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Assistive Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | Director | Current |
| Xoft, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Easton Capital Investment Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Conor Medsystems, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Playspan Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Axys Pharmaceuticals | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | President's Council | Former |
| E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. | Managing Director | Former |
| Easton Capital Investment Group | Owner | Current |
| Axys Pharmaceuticals | Chairman | Former |
| Axys Pharmaceuticals | Director | Former |
| YM BioSciences Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| U.S. Healthcare, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Tweed's, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Yale Law School | Jd Degree | Former |
| Yale College | BA Degree | Former |
| Yale University | B.A. | Former |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | B.A. In History | Former |
| Renovis, Inc. | member | Former |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | member | Former |
Mr. Alon has served as a director of the Company since December 2003, and served as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company from May to November 2006. Since November 2000, Mr. Alon has served as Chairman of TopView Ventures LLC, an investment firm focused on special situation investments in a broad range of industries. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Alon served as a Director in the mergers and acquisitions department of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. with a focus on private equity and financial sponsor clients. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Alon served as a Director at SG Securities Inc., the U.S. based mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking business unit of Societe Generale SA. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Alon worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers Inc. Mr. Alon received a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1988 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1991. Mr. Alon is an independent director.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. | Former | |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | Former | |
| Harvard Business School | an M.B.A. | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ulticom, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ulticom, Inc. | member | Former |
| CTI Corp. | Director | Former |
| Passave, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Columbia University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nofire Technologies, Inc. | Director, Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Nofire Technologies, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Food Concepts, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Food Concepts, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A. | Former |
Ms. Bowick has served as a director of the Company since December 2006. Ms. Bowick serves as a consultant to the joint venture of Nokia Corporation and Siemens A.G. since 2006. From 1977 to 2004, Ms. Bowick served at various executive positions with Hewlett-Packard Company, a provider of information technology, infrastructure, personal computing, global services and imaging and printing, most recently as its Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Workforce Development. Ms. Bowick serves as a guest lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a founding Board member of the Washington state M.E.S.A. program engaged in the identification and retention of high potential junior high students. Ms. Bowick is currently a director of EarthLink, Inc., an Internet service provider. Ms. Bowick holds a B.S., Business Administration and Education from the University of Nebraska. Ms. Bowick is an independent director.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comverse Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| EarthLink, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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