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Market Cap:$22.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$30.1M
  • Public
  • US
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Hundreds of leading companies and growing mid-sized businesses around the world trust eGain's multichannel service solutions to drive competitive advantage. We have consistently pursued a simple, powerful vision: to earn our customers' trust with innovative software products and superb service. We launched eGain Mail 1.0, the industry's first 100% web-based customer email management solution, as a hosted offering in 1998. Soon eGain expanded its product offering to include web collaboration and web self-service tools. In 1999, our entire suite was available for in-house or hosted deployment. In 2000, eGain merged with Inference, a pioneer in knowledge management applications for contact centers. The combination represents over 15 years of experience and industry-specific domain expertise in the contact center and customer service space. Today we provide the #1 software for eService*, offering the industry's broadest and deepest suite of applications-web self-service, email management, and collaboration through chat and cobrowsing, case management, fax integration, call tracking and call center knowledge management.

Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
Ashutosh Roy
Number of Employees 279
Contact Information

345 E Middlefield Rd

Mountain View, California 94043

egain.com

(650) 230-7500

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Eric N. Smit Chief Financial Officer
Michael Hresko Thomas Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Mitchell Kramer Senior Vice President and Senior Consultant, Patricia Seybold Group
Promod Narang Senior Vice President, Prod & Engng
Thomas Hresko Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Anand Subramaniam Vice President, Marketing
Andrew Mennie Vice President & General Manager, Europe
Anurag Juneja Vice President, Solutions
John Ragsdale Vice President of Research, Sspa
Matthew Cain Vice President of Workgroup Computing Strategies, Meta Group
Sam Hahn Vice President, Engineering
Stratos Davlos Vice President, Professional Services
George Peabody Managing Director, Asp Practice, Aberdeen Group
Mark Wolfson Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Management (Ohcm)
Christopher Fletcher Director, Crm Aberdeen Group
Mary Wardley Program Director Crm Idc
Tim Hickernell Senior Program Director, Meta Group Crm Infusion
Jessica Ly Manager, Communications
David A. Brown Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners
Dr P P Daru Darukhanavala
Esteban Kolsky Senior Research Analyst Customer Service
Ian Jones Head of Global Strategic Solutions
Katrina Howell Industry Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Ashutosh Roy Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
Gunjan Sinha Chairman of Metricstream
David G. Brown Board of Directors
Phiroz P. Darukhanavala Board of Directors

Ashutosh Roy, eGain's co-founder, Chairman and CEO, has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of eGain since 1997. From 1995 through 1997, Mr. Roy served as Chairman of WhoWhere? Inc., an Internet-service company he co-founded. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Roy co-founded Parsec Technologies, an international call center software company based out of India. From 1988 through 1992, Mr. Roy worked in various software engineering positions at Digital Equipment Corp. Mr. Roy holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, a Masters degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman Current
Vhayu Technologies Corp Board of Directors Current
Parsec Technologies, Inc. Co-Founder Former
The Johns Hopkins University Masters Degree In Computer Science Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
The Johns Hopkins University Bachelor of Science Degree In Computer Science Former
Stanford University Bachelor of Science Degree In Computer Science Former
Indian Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science Degree In Computer Science Former

Eric Smit, Chief Financial Officer, brings over 15 years of finance and operations experience to his position. Previously, he was with WhoWhere? Inc. as Director of Finance since 1996. Prior to WhoWhere?, he served as Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Velocity Inc., a software game publisher and developer. Prior positions held by Eric Smit included Controller for Reference Software International until its acquisition by WordPerfect Corp. Smit began his career in accounting at Laticorp, Inc. and Centennial Savings and Loan. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Rhodes University, South Africa.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Velocity Chief Financial Officer Former
Velocity Vice President of Operations Former
Velocity publisher Former
Velocity developer Former
Rhodes University Bachelor of Commerce Degree Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Vice President and Senior Consultant, Patricia Seybold Group Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Vice President, Prod & Engng Current
LSI Corporation President Former
Wayne State University BS Degree Former

Tom Hresko, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at eGain, brings over 20 years of experience developing and managing sales teams and increasing revenues for companies such as Primus, Corrigo, Network Associates, and Sprint. In his most recent position as VP of Worldwide Sales at Corrigo, Tom increased revenues by over 100% in the past year. As VP of Worldwide Sales for Primus Knowledge Solutions Inc., his sales efforts were instrumental in quadrupling Primus' market value in less than two years. At Network Associates, Magic CRM Division, as the VP of Worldwide Sales, he built a 100 person worldwide sales organization that delivered over $100 million in sales. Tom began his career in IT consulting at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, where he co-developed a systems security analysis methodology for seaports that was trademarked and used in engagements around the globe. He then held call center management and marketing leadership roles at Sprint. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in finance from the University of Michigan.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
Corrigo, Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Sales Former
Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Sales Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers Former
Network Associates Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Harvard University M.B.A. Former
University of Michigan Bba In Finance Former

Anand Subramaniam brings 15 years of experience in leading high-tech companies to his position as the VP of Marketing for eGain. Prior to eGain, Anand served as the VP of marketing for Yube Inc., a provider of award-winning software for post-sales customer services automation. Previously, Anand was the VP of marketing for Informatica's Applications Business Unit, and also served as the director of CRM product strategy, director of worldwide CRM marketing and director of ebusiness marketing at Oracle. Additionally, he held product marketing, product management and technical marketing/support roles at Lotus, Intel and Autodesk for key products. Anand holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and MSME from the University of Rhode Island.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President, Marketing Current
CRM, Inc. Director Former
MS and Me MBA Former
University of California, Berkeley MBA Former

Andrew is responsible for managing and growing eGain European revenues and profitability, and leads his team across pre- and post-sales efforts, business development, professional services, and support. Andrew joined eGain through the acquisition of Inference Corp. in March 2000 where he held the position of UK Sales Director, overseeing consistent quarter on quarter growth for a period of two years. He has over seven years expertise in the sales, implementation, service, and support of knowledge-based customer service products. Previously, Andrew was a Business Development Manager at ICL (now Fujitsu) where he spent nine years in various sales and sales management roles.

Organization Position Status
Fujitsu Limited Manager Former
Inference Corporation Former

Anurag is responsible for sales consulting and application hosting for eGain's North America customers. He brings over ten years of experience in software development and quality assurance having worked in R&D positions at Ansys Inc., NASA Langley Research Center and the Center for High Performance Computing at Cornell University. Anurag holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University and a Bachelor's degree from IIT, Delhi.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President, Solutions Current
Yale University M.S. Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President of Research, Sspa Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President of Workgroup Computing Strategies, Meta Group Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President, Engineering Current
Sand Hill Angels, LLC Partner Current
Stanford University BS In Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Vice President, Professional Services Current
Inference Corporation Chief Scientist Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Managing Director, Asp Practice, Aberdeen Group Current

Mark Wolfson is a Founder of Oak Hill Investment Management and has been with Oak Hill for 14 years. During his tenure at Oak Hill, he has played key roles in the formation of Oak Hill Capital Partners, Oak Hill Strategic Partners, Oak Hill Platinum Partners and Oak Hill REIT Partners. Prior to that time, he served as Associate Dean and Dean Witter Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Stanford Business School, and also taught at the Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago. Mark earned a B.S. and an M.A.S. in accounting and finance from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Organization Position Status
Oak Hill Investment Management Founder Current
eGain Communications Corporation Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Management (Ohcm) Current
Pinnacle Ventures Managing Partner, Oak Hill Capital Management Current
Oak Hill Capital Partners Current
eGain Communications Corporation Director Current
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Board of Directors Current
Financial Engines, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Menlo School Board of Directors Current
MIT Sloan School of Management Visiting Scholar Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business Associate Dean Former
Converged Access Inc. Former
MarketTools, Inc. Former
Oreck Corporation Former
The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. Former
University of Illinois M.A.S. In Accounting Former
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth M.B.A. Former
The University of Texas at Austin M.A.S. In Accounting Former
Bowdoin College B.A. degree Former
The University of Texas at Austin B.S. Former
University of Illinois B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Director, Crm Aberdeen Group Current
eGain Communications Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Program Director Crm Idc Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Program Director, Meta Group Crm Infusion Current

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Manager, Communications Current

David Brown is the Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners and a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. He leads Keystone's venture capital activities, including investments in 30 companies since 1998. He is also a general partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners (private equity investments), Oak Hill Securities (high yield trading), Oak Hill Strategic Partners (exchange fund) and Oak Hill Platinum Partners (hedge fund). Mr. Brown serves on the board of directors of Lattice Communications, MarketTools, Perfect Commerce, ProQuest, Sandial Systems, Sitara Networks and WideOpenWest. Prior to joining Keystone, Mr. Brown worked at Salomon Brothers where he was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Brown holds a B.A. degree from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.

Organization Position Status
Oak Hill Capital Partners General Partner Current
eGain Communications Corporation Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners Current
Sandial Systems, Inc Board of Directors Current
Converged Access Inc. Board of Directors Current
Perfect Commerce, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lattice Communications, LLC Board of Directors Current
Wide Open West Board of Directors Current
eGain Communications Corporation Board of Directors Current
MarketTools, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bowdoin College B.A. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Current
BP plc Chief Technology Officer Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Senior Research Analyst Customer Service Current

Ian's background is in consultancy, advising, and implementing decision-support systems using a variety of technologies, including case-based reasoning, constraint programming, and rule-based systems. Ian holds a BSc. Honours degree in Physics from Imperial College, an MSc in Computing Science, and an MBA. Before eGain, Ian worked at Inference Europe, Bull Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence Ltd, and A.E.R.E Harwell.

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Head of Global Strategic Solutions Current
Bull Information Systems Limited Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Industry Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Current

As the Chairman, Gunjan Sinha is responsible for leading the strategy and execution at MetricStream. Over his career, Gunjan has spent over 15 years in various entrepreneurial, board and executive positions developing, marketing and selling software and Internet services. As an internet pioneer, he was the co-founder and President of WhoWhere? Inc., a leading Internet directory services company acquired by Lycos in 1998 as well as eGain, an online customer service company which successfully served over 800 businesses around the world. Earlier in his career, Gunjan also co-founded Viman Software, Inc., a network license management company, and Parsec Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an international call center company based in India. Gunjan has served on the Board of several venture-backed technology companies. He obtained his BS and MS degrees in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and UC Santa Cruz, respectively. He also holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University. He was featured as one of the 50 most successful immigrant entrepreneurs in the US by Silicon India.

Organization Position Status
Metricstream, Inc. Executive Chairman Current
Regalix Corporation Chairman Current
Siliconindia, Inc. Chairman Former
Cfhi Board Chair Current
eGain Communications Corporation Director Current
Indplay, Inc Board of Directors Current
eGain Communications Corporation Egain's Co-Founder and Ex-President Former
WhoWhere? Inc. President Former
WhoWhere? Inc. co-founder Former
Parsec Technologies, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Siliconindia, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Indian Institute of Technology MS Degrees In Computer Science Former
Stanford University MS In Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Former
Santa Cruz, Inc. Masters Degree In Computer Science Former
Indian Institute of Technology BS Former
Indian Institute of Technology Degree In Computer Science Former

Organization Position Status
Oak Hill Capital Partners General Partner Current
Purchase - Pro Board of Directors Current
Perfect Commerce, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lattice Communications, LLC Board of Directors Current
Stepnexus Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sandial Systems, Inc Board of Directors Current
Wide Open West Board of Directors Current
eGain Communications Corporation Board of Directors Current
Voyager Learning Company Board of Directors Current
Intelligent Markets, Inc. Board of Directors Current
MarketTools, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Converged Access Inc. Board of Directors Current
ProQuest Company Board of Directors Former
Bowdoin College B.A. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
eGain Communications Corporation Board of Directors Current
Global IT Services Co Director Former
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     EGAN $1.00 -0.01 (-0.99% )
Average Volume 10,762
Shares Outstanding 22.21M
Market Cap 22.2M
Year High 1.27
Year Low 0.15
Earnings Per Share 0.11
P/E Ratio 9.09
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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