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Market Cap:$55.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$35.9M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Sure eye for the self service guy! BroadVision, Inc. (OTC: BVSN) deals in portal applications enabling companies to unify their e-business infrastructure and conduct interactions and transactions. Its products are used for integrating business processes with self-service operations, managing the sales process, connecting customers to personalized online views of content; and managing content from creation through distribution. Founded in 1993, it has revenue of $60 million and employs about 181 people. It is based in Redwood City, CA. It has agreed to be acquired by Vector Capital.

Chairman, President, CEO & CFOPehong Chen
Number of Employees 219
Contact Information

585 Broadway

Redwood City, California 94063-3122

www.broadvision...

1 650 542 3777

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

Recent Events

  • BroadVision Launches Clearvale at SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition, Announces 2009 CESNA Awards

    6/25/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • BroadVision Announces First Quarter 2009 Results

    4/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • BroadVision Sets Date to Announce First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results

    4/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • BroadVision Introduces eMerchandising Uplift -- Compelling Cloud 2.0 Solution Optimized to Boost Onl

    1/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • BroadVision Announces Fourth Quarter 2008 and Full-Year Results

    1/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Shin-Yuan Tzou CTO
Alex Kormushoff Senior Vice President, GlobalOpers
David Boyer Senior Vice President Engineering and Technical Support
Keith Goldstein Senior Vice President, Business Development
Warren Utt Senior Vice President, Operations
Charlie Hsu Vice President, Engineering & Support
Dr Albert Chen Vice President of Technology
Lisa Rosner Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
Jon West Marketing Director, Solutions
Daryl Hackbarth Manager, Marketing
George Conti Product Line Manager
James D. Dixon Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Pehong Chen Chairman, President, CEO & CFO
Carl Pascarella Board of Directors
David L. Anderson Board of Directors
Greg Smitherman Board Member
Koh Boon Hwee Board of Directors
Michael Nevens Board of Directors
Robert P Lee Board of Directors
Roderick C. McGeary Board of Directors
T. Michael Nevens Board of Directors

Dr. Pehong Chen is a renowned expert and leader in the field of new media and enterprise business portal technologies. Prior to founding BroadVision in 1993, he was vice president of multimedia technology at Sybase, responsible for the company's interactive initiatives. Earlier, he founded and was president of Gain Technology, a leading supplier of multimedia software tools, where he pioneered multimedia as an enabling technology for a new generation of business applications. Gain was acquired by Sybase in 1992. Having personally started and run two successful software startups, Dr. Chen uses his experience and resources to help others do the same. In 1993, he provided startup capital for Siebel Systems, now a worldwide leader in front office automation software, and served on its board of directors until 1996.

Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Chairman, President, CEO & CFO Current
Evincii, Incorporated President Current
Evincii, Incorporated Board of Directors Current
BroadVision, Inc. Founder Former
University of California, Berkeley PhD In Computer Science Former

Shin-Yuan Tzou joined the company in 1995, won BroadVision's "Most Valuable Player" award in 1997 and has contributed to the design and development of every version of BroadVision's self-service suite. From 1994-1995, he built supercomputers at Silicon Graphics, focusing on scalable I/O, high speed networking and UNIX kernel. From 1990-1994, he built mainframe storage systems at IBM, focusing on multiprocessors, fault tolerance and recovery, file systems, and distributed systems. In 1990, he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley. Before returning to school, he built applications for managing health physics information across multiple nuclear power plants, banking system support for electronic fund transfer and localization at Wang Computers. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.

Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. CTO Current
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Senior Vice President, GlobalOpers Current
SPSS Inc. Senior Vice President, Field Operations, Worldwide Current
Boston University M.B.A Former
The Pennsylvania State University B.A. In Business Former

David Boyer has over 15 years of experience in the high-tech sector. He joined BroadVision in 2000, and has grown to his current role of SVP Engineering and Technical Support. Prior to joining BroadVision, Boyer was a Director of Research and Development at Informix, managing a worldwide team of database server product development engineers for the Informix Dynamic Server and Universal Server products. Prior to that, he co-founded SIMData Technologies Corporation, a developer of high performance analog-level circuit simulation software. Boyer also held a management position at Data Parallel Systems, where he oversaw the initial development, deployment and support of a V1.0 release of a massively parallel relational database and data mining software. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Chemistry from Allegheny College.

Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Senior Vice President Engineering and Technical Support Current
Indiana University Master of Science degree in Computer Science Former
Allegheny College Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Chemistry Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Development Current
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Former
Salesforce.com, Inc. Former
TIBCO Software Inc. Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Vice President, Engineering & Support Current
ITM Software member Current
BroadVision, Inc. member Former
Digital Equipment Corporation Former
National Taiwan University BS in Electrical Engineering Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Vice President of Technology Current
International Business Machines Corporation Former
Tandem Inc. Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. in Computer Science Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Current
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Marketing Director, Solutions Current
BroadVision, Inc. Marketing Director, Solutions Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Manager, Marketing Current
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Product Line Manager Current
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Vspring CFO Current
Dionex Corporation Managing Director of Sutter Hill Ventures, Director Current
Sutter Hill Ventures managing director Current
Famous Dave's of America, Inc. Founder Current
Famous Dave's Barbeque Ribs and Sauces Founder & Head Cook Current
Famous Dave's Lifeskills for Success Member of the Chippewa and Choctaw Tribes Current
Content House Current
Prosperous America Board of Directors Current
Famous Dave's Lifeskills for Success Board of Directors Current
Brierley & Partners Board of Directors Current
Famous Dave's Barbeque Ribs and Sauces Board of Directors Current
Dionex Corporation Board of Directors Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Molecular Devices Corporation Board member Current
Famous Dave's of America, Inc. Member of the Chippewa and Choctaw Tribes Current
Western Association of Venture Capitalists President Former
Grand Casinos Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Grand Casinos Inc. Co-Founder Former
Vspring limited partner reporting Former
U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Former
Famous Dave's Barbeque Ribs and Sauces Member of the Chippewa and Choctaw Tribes Former
Vspring financial management Former
LSI Corporation start, up funding Former
WJ Communications Incorporated Solid State Division Former
Linear Technology Corp. start, up funding Former
Entrepreneurs Foundation founding member Former
Quantum Corporation start, up funding Former
Mentor Graphics Corporation start, up funding Former
San Francisco Ballet Trustee Former
Famous Dave's of America, Inc. Chairman Former
E-Rewards, Inc. Board member Former
Western Association of Venture Capitalists Director Former
Harvard Business School Alumni Association Director Former
Hybritech Board member Former
Sutter Hill Ventures Director Former
Harvard University Master's Degree Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Utah State University BS in Accounting Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. in electrical engineering Former
Harvard University Degrees Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduated in electrical engineering Former
Organization Position Status
Global Conference Partners CEO Current
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. Managing Director Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board Member Current
Topspin Communications, Inc. Board Member Current
Advanced Radio Telecom Board Member Current
Xiotech Corporation Board Member Current
Narus, Inc. Board Member Current
Combinet Board Member Current
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. Principal, Technology Group Former
Advent International Corporation Board of Directors Former
University of Chicago MBA Former
University of Michigan Bse, Aerospace Engineering Former
University of Chicago BS In Aerospace Engineering Former
Organization Position Status
724 Solutions Inc. President Current
BroadVision, Inc. Director Current
Rare Hospitality International, Inc. Director Current
Upstream Technologies LLC Director Current
724 Solutions Inc. Board of Directors Current
C & S/Sovran Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Organization Position Status
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Exeros, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Memec, Inc. Board of Directors Current
McKinsey & Company, Inc. Managing Partner Former
Borland Software Corporation Former
University of Notre Dame B.S. in Physics Former

Dr. Robert P. Lee, a 30-year veteran of the computer industry, is chairman and CEO of Achievo Corporation. Dr. Lee co-founded the company in 2002 while he served as president and CEO of Accela, Inc., one of the leading government automation software companies in the U.S. He relinquished his roles with Accela in 2007, but continues as a board director. Dr. Lee was president and CEO of Inxight Software, Inc. before joining Achievo. Prior to Inxight Software, he was chairman, president and CEO of Insignia Solutions plc, a software company he took public in 1995. Dr. Lee also served as executive vice president at Symantec Corporation where he led the acquisition and integration of many companies, including Norton Computing. He was senior vice president at Shared Medical Systems Corporation (now merged with Siemens), and earlier in his career held various technical and business management positions at IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation. Dr. Lee is a member of the board of directors and advisor to several companies. In addition to being a director for Achievo and Accela, he is a director for Osel, Inc., a bio-pharmaceutical company. Dr. Lee was formerly chairman and president of Silicon Valley's Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) for multiple terms. Dr. Lee received a bachelora s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and masters and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, all in computer science.

Organization Position Status
Achievo Corporation Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Current
Accela Incorporated Chief Executive Officer Current
Retirement Capital Group, Inc. Vice President Current
Mre Commercial Real Estate Executive Director Current
Mre Commercial Real Estate Partner Current
Asian Pacific Fund Board of Directors Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
California Inc Board of Directors Current
Netopia, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Accela Incorporated Board Member Current
Osel Inc Director Current
Accela Incorporated President Former
Business Communications Corporation Corporate Executive Vice President Former
Shared Medical Systems Senior Vice President Former
Clark Consulting Former
The RCG Former
Youth Tennis Advantage Chairman of the Board Former
Achievo Corporation Director Former
University of California, Los Angeles Doctorate Degrees Former
University of California, Los Angeles Masters Former
University of California, Berkeley M.B.A. Former
University of California, Los Angeles Bachelors of Arts Degree In Economics Former
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor's Degree Former
Organization Position Status
Brience, Inc. chairman Current
BearingPoint, Inc. Chairman Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Purisma, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dionex Corporation Board of Directors Current
Cisco Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BearingPoint, Inc. CEO Former
Brience, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
BearingPoint, Inc. co-president Former
Brience, Inc. Co-Founder Former
KPMG International consulting partner Former
Dionex Corporation Board of Directors Former
Kmpg,Inc. Former
Evident Software, Inc. Director Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. Director Former
Organization Position Status
USA 2017 Board of Directors Current
BroadVision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Borland Software Corporation Board of Directors Current
McKinsey & Company, Inc. Managing Partner Former
McKinsey & Company, Inc. Director Former

Executive News

  • BroadVision Announces Strategic Partnership With Itransition --...

    MSN Money - 6/03/09 - View Story

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     BVSN $12.65 0.00 (0.00% )
Average Volume 3,925
Shares Outstanding 4.39M
Market Cap 55.6M
Year High 16.27
Year Low 0.41
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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