Kony, Inc.
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| Industry | Enterprise Software |
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| Founded | Orlando, Florida (2007) |
Key people |
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| Products | Mobile App Development platform |
Number of employees | 1200+ |
| Website | Kony.com |
Kony Inc, a cloud-based provider of mobility, omnichannel and IoT solutions, is based in Austin, Texas with 1200 employees worldwide.[1][2]
History
Founded in 2007 [3] the then-Orlando-based company[4] released its first product, the KonyOne Platform in 2009[5]. In 2012, Kony acquired Australian SAP consulting company Sky Technologies.[6]
In March 2014, former executive vice president of software at HP, Thomas E. Hogan, was named CEO.[7]
In May 2014, Kony announced a $50 million round of funding. Investors in the company include Softbank Capital, Hamilton Lane, Sullivan Richardson Capital Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Georgian Partners, Delta-v Capital and Telstra Ventures.[8]
In June 2015, Kony moved its corporate headquarters from Orlando, Florida to Austin, Texas.[9]
Operations
Kony operates out of 11 offices in the US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, India, Hong Kong, and Australia. [10]
Leadership
Kony Board Members
Thomas E. Hogan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Peter Sobiloff, Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners [11]
Todd Miller, Managing Director, W Capital Partners [12]
Justin LaFayette, Managing Partner, Georgian Partners [13]
Andy Mattes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diebold Nixdorf [14]
Steve Schmidt, Investment Director, Telstra Ventures [15]
Industry Advisory Board:
David Sikora[16]
Stephen Rohleder[18]
Donna Troy [20]
Awards
- 2013 Magic Quadrant Leader, Mobile Application Development Platforms [21]
- 2014 Magic Quadrant Leader, Mobile Application Development Platforms[22]
- 2015 Magic Quadrant Leader, Mobile Application Development Platforms[23]
- 2016 Magic Quadrant Leader, Mobile Application Development Platforms[24]
- 2017 Magic Quadrant Leader, Mobile Application Development Platforms[25]
Forrester Wave
- 2015 Leader, The Forrester Wave: Mobile Infrastructure Services, Q3 2015[26]
- 2016 Leader, The Forrester Wave: Mobile Development Platforms, Q4 2016 [27]
- 2017 Leader, The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms For AD&D Pros, Q4 2017[28]
CTIA Mobits Award
- 2014 1st place winner, Mobile Applications, Development & Platforms category [29]
- 2015 1st place winner, Mobile Applications, Development & Platforms category [30]
- 2016 1st place winner, in the Mobile App Development Platforms category [31]
External links
Official Site- Kony.com
- ^ McCarthy, Vance. "Kony, KMC Controls Use Microservices To Drive Velocity, Variety for Mobile, IoT Apps". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Kony Opens Austin Office and Relocates Headquarters". Silicon Hills. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Exclusive: SoftBank Capital invests in Kony; move will boost Kony's Asia presence". Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ Pacheco, Walter. "Orlando-based Kony Solutions on cutting edge of app development". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Grubb, Anne. "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. "Tom Hogan Joins Kony". Constellation Research. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Damouni, Nadia. "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.
- ^ Aboraya, Abraham. "Kony Inc. plans to file IPO in two years". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Peter Sobiloff Executive Profile". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Todd Miller Executive Profile". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Justin LaFayette Profile". Relationship Science.
- ^ Pritchard, Edd. "Diebold's Andy Mattes to join Kony Inc. board". Canton Rep. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Steve Schmidt Executive Profile". Bloomberg.
- ^ Report, Staff. "Stratfor Enterprises names new CEO". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Staff. "People: Executive transactions". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Stephen J. Rohleder, Independent Director". Morning Star.
- ^ "Michael Capellas Executive Profile". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Donna Troy Joins Kony Advisory Board". Newsjor.
- ^ "Nous joins hands with Kony". Nous Infosystems. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ McLellan, Charles. "Kony talks mobile app development, releases research". Tech Pro Research. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Parkerson, Stuart. "Kony Releases New Mobile Field Service Solution to Help Companies Modernize Operations". App Developer Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ O'Donnell, Lindsey. "Here's Who Made Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant For Mobile App Development Platforms". CRN. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Backaitis, Lindsey. "Gartner Shuffles the Deck in Mobile App Development MQ". CMS Wire. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Parkerson, Stuart. "Kony Releases New Mobile Field Service Solution to Help Companies Modernize Operations". App Developer Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Facemire, Michael. "The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Development Platforms, Q4 2016". Forrester. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ Ramel, David. "Analyst: Enterprise Low-Code Dev Platforms 'Here to Stay'". ADT Mag. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Staff, CTIA. "CTIA Announces 2014 MobITs Awards Winners". CTIA Everything Wireless. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ Staff, CTIA. "CTIA Announces 2015 CTIA #SuperMobility Awards Winners". CTIA Everything Wireless. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Staff, CTIA. "CTIA Super Mobility 2016 Announces the 10th Annual Emerging Technology Awards Winners". CTIA Everything Wireless. Retrieved 8 September 2016.