Kony
Industry
Enterprise software Founded
Orlando, Florida (2007) Headquarters
Austin, Texas Key people
Thomas E. Hogan , CEO
Kathy Crusco, EVP & CFO
Bruce Dahlgren, EVP & CRO
Todd Riesterer, Chief Human Resources Officer
Wayne McCulloch, Chief Customer Officer & EVP Global Sales Operations
Arvind Kejriwal, SVP of Corporate Development & Strategy
Jeffery Kendall, SVP & GM, Global Banking & Financial Solutions
Tony Carroll, SVP & GM, Global Commercial Industries
Jean Kondo, CCO
Bill Bodin, CTO
Burley Kawasaki, EVP of Products
Carlos Carvajal, CMO
Michael Johnson, SVP, Global Channels & Alliances
Usha Iyer, Co-Executive Director of Mobilizing Causes
Jessica Howard, Co-Executive Director of Mobilizing Causes
Products Mobile App Development platform Number of employees
1600+ Website
Kony.com
Kony Inc , a
cloud-based provider of mobility,
omnichannel and internet-of-things systems and services, was based in
Austin, Texas with over 1600 employees worldwide.
[1]
[2] At the time of its sale to
Temenos Group in 2019,
Kony operated out of 11 offices in the
US ,
UK ,
Germany ,
The Netherlands ,
Brazil ,
Mexico ,
India ,
Hong Kong , and
Australia .
[3]
History
Founded in 2007
[4] the then-Orlando-based company
[5] released its first product, the KonyOne Platform in 2009.
[6] In 2012, Kony acquired Australian SAP consulting company Sky Technologies .
[7]
In March 2014, former executive vice president of software at HP,
Thomas E. Hogan , was named CEO.
[8]
In May 2014, Kony announced a $50 million round of funding. Investors in the company include
Softbank Capital ,
Hamilton Lane ,
Insight Venture Partners , Georgian Partners, Delta-v Capital and Telstra Ventures.
[9]
In June 2015, Kony moved its corporate headquarters from
Orlando, Florida to
Austin, Texas .
[10]
In June 2018, Kony launched Kony DBX,
[11] a digital banking platform and application suite.
In October 2018, Kony acquired Pivotus, Inc, a subsidiary of
Umpqua Holdings .
[12]
In August 2019, Kony was acquired by
Temenos Group ,
[13] which has since subsumed Kony.
[14]
References
^ McCarthy, Vance.
"Kony, KMC Controls Use Microservices To Drive Velocity, Variety for Mobile, IoTApps" . Retrieved 16 May 2017 .
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"Kony Opens Austin Office and Relocates Headquarters" . Silicon Hills. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015 .
^ Aboraya, Abraham.
"Kony Inc. plans to file IPO in two years" . Orlando Business Journal . Retrieved 7 August 2014 .
^
"Exclusive: SoftBank Capital invests in Kony; move will boost Kony's Asia presence" . Reuters . 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014 .
^ Pacheco, Walter.
"Orlando-based Kony Solutions on cutting edge of app development" . Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 29 July 2012 .
^ Grubb, Anne (13 December 2011).
"Kony Solutions Releases KonyOne Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Platform" . IT Pro . Retrieved 13 December 2011 .
^ Crozier, Ry.
"Aussie SAP specialists Sky Technologies, Stream sold" . IT News . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Daley, J. Bruce (25 March 2014).
"Tom Hogan Joins Kony" . Constellation Research . Retrieved 25 March 2014 .
^ Damouni, Nadia (17 June 2014).
"Exclusive: SoftBank Capital invests in Kony; move will boost Kony's Asia presence" . Reuters . Retrieved 17 June 2014 .
^ Calnan, Christopher.
"Fast-growing mobile app maker opens in Austin, wants to employ 50" . Austin Business Journal . Retrieved 18 August 2015 .
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"Kony Acquires Innovation Subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings" . Kony . 4 July 2023.
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"Temenos to acquire Kony, US #1 digital banking SaaS company, to accelerate Temenos Infinity, the revolutionary cloud-native, cloudagnostic digital front office product and its US strategy" (PDF) . kony .
^
"Kony Is Now Temenos" . Temenos. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021 .
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