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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 Dahan
Number of Employees 5,050
Contact Information

One Huntington Quadrangle Ste 3 No 1

Melville, New York 11747

www.cmvt.com

(516) 677-7200

NAICS Code Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing: 334210

Recent Events

  • Entel Chile Selects Comverse for Visual Voicemail on Mobile

    12/01/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • UTS Rolls Out Comverse ONE' Billing &

    10/30/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Comverse teams with Sony Ericsson on visual voicemail: Comverse is working with telecos, handset vendors,...

    10/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Former Comverse exec named NICE CEO: Current CEO Haim Shani will become the director general...

    7/27/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story

  • COMVERSE: VimpelCom-backed mobile operator Sotelco uses Comverse ONE billing platform to enter Cambodian market

    6/16/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

comverse technology inc. and networking - All News and Analysis

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

Executive News

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    Business Wire - 8/31/09 - View Story

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     CMVT $9.35 +0.58 (6.61% )
Average Volume 523,134
Shares Outstanding 202.00M
Market Cap 1.9B
Year High 9.44
Year Low 4.98
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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