1E Overview

Sumir Karayi founded 1E in 1997 with the goal to drive down the cost of IT for organizations of all sizes by identifying and eliminating IT waste. Sumir has pioneered PC power management and established a market-leading role for his company. He has driven 1E innovations to achieve $1.4bn in IT efficiency savings for its customers, $800m of which come from energy efficiencies alone, cutting CO2 emissions by 6.4 million tons.

Under Sumir’s leadership, 1E has become a successful global organization which has seen considerable acclaim in the industry. Similarly, its innovations receive frequent plaudits; in 2012 it was awarded Green IT Company of the at the Green IT awards and this year, 1E NightWatchman Enterprise won Energy Efficiency Solution of the year. Also in 2013 1E achieved two-star accreditation and debuted in the Sunday Time 100 Best Small Companies to Work For listing

Under Sumir’s leadership, 1E has become a successful global organization which has seen considerable acclaim in the industry. Similarly, its innovations receive frequent plaudits; in 2012 it was awarded Green IT Company of the at the Green IT awards and this year, 1E NightWatchman Enterprise won Energy Efficiency Solution of the year. Also in 2013 1E achieved two-star accreditation and debuted in the Sunday Time 100 Best Small Companies to Work For listing

1E remains privately held and is headquartered in London and New York and with 20 million licenses deployed across 1,600 organizations in 42 countries worldwide.

Sumir is a founder member of the Alliance to Save Energy and supporter of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative and 1E in turn is an active, contributing member of the Green Grid as well as a member of the Green IT Council Advisory Board.

Sumir is a passionate believer in philanthropy and charitable giving. He supports many initiatives including the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), the Manav Mandir Ashram Orphanage and the Innocent World Charitable Society in India.

Sumir gained a BEng in Electronic Engineering and MSc in IT from Warwick University

David joined 1E in September 2008 and is responsible for the group’s finance, legal, HR and administrative functions. He contributes to the clear company vision and roadmap by ensuring that the resources and investment are in place to enable growth.

Qualified as an ACMA in 1982 he has a wide financial, commercial and international experience covering a number of vertical business sectors and financial and general management positions.

At Brooke Bond Foods he held a number of financial and commercial positions and headed the finance function prior to moving to Unilever where he worked in a financial and commercial coordination function for the main board Director responsible for Latin America & Central Asia regions. On joining Wassall PLC , a quoted investment company, he was responsible for the financial and operational performance of a portfolio of companies including managing the acquisition and divestment process. Appointed to the Thorn Lighting Group as group CFO/CIO he held board responsibility for this £400M business with operations in 25 countries. Prior to joining 1E he held the position of CEO in a UK based SME electronics business, a PE backed venture.

As Chief Operating Officer Nick is responsible for the delivery, support and operational success of the 1E solutions to our customer globally. This includes the Professional Services, Solutions Engineering, Technical Support, Training and Internal IT functions of the Company.

As President of 1E in North America, Nick is also responsible for the execution of 1E’s growth strategy in North America and for the company’s key strategic relationships in North America. Operating from 1E’s North America headquarters in New York, Nick has been instrumental in leading 1E North America from its inception to an organization that now accounts for more than half of 1E Group sales.

Nick joined 1E in 2004 and has overseen the rapid growth in the company and its transformation from a niche UK Professional Services business to a market leading international software company.

Nick is passionate about improving efficiency in IT. As part of the Executive Leadership team of 1E, he is responsible for formulating and translating the company’s IT Efficiency strategy into hard commercial plans, and for their execution in the North America market. Nick is a regular speaker and commentator on IT Efficiency. He was awarded the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Best Use of Technology award in 2006 for tripling the company’s customer base and driving customer adoption of Nomad Enterprise™ and NightWatchman® Enterprise in particular.

Nick has an MBA and a Diploma of Marketing from Cranfield School of Management; a degree in Economics/ Politics from Bristol University and is a former Captain in the British army where he served in Northern Ireland, Central America, Cyprus and Germany.

Geoff Collins is Head of Product Management at 1E. He is chiefly responsible for 1E’s latest solution AppClarity and his main responsibilities include helping customers to use – and pay for – just the software they actually need.

Geoff is a member of the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM) and the Federation Against Sofwtare Theft Investors in Software (FAST IiS).

Part of the 1E team since 2004, Geoff has held a number of roles within the company, initially as a Solutions Engineer across the full gamut of 1E software, working with organizations of all sizes across 1E’s key territories in Europe and the United States.

Prior to his role at 1E, Geoff worked in IT Operations for Cumbria Police.

Geoff is an enthusiastic sailor and has a boat called Jendor, which is moored in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden.

Steve is Head of Engineering at 1E. He is responsible for managing the development and testing of all 1E products. He contributes to the roadmap and the company vision and drives to make 1E a leading edge software engineering company. He is now Head of Engineering and forms part of the CTO office with the CEO.

Steve joined 1E in 2007 to transform a small group of developers into an agile development team that could scale and deliver quality software, meeting both the demands of large customers and delivering value in the shortest amount of time without impact to quality.

Steve is passionate about agile development practises and follows some of the world’s leading authorities on delivery high-value and high-quality software in times of great change. Originally working with the likes of Michael Feathers and Uncle Bob Martin in the late 90′s he transformed previous companies to use eXtreme Programming principles and has kept this mantra throughout his career. He now works to improve development practises with a Lean approach to software engineering and strives to build a team driven to produce the best software in the most efficient way to help customers save money.

Steve has a 1st class BSc in Computing, and has previously worked in public sector, private government organisations, start-ups and successful software development companies in the security and systems domain.

David Rode brings significant technology industry experience to 1E in a broad range of functions including field operations, sales, marketing and partner alliances.

Most recently, David served as the General Manager of EMEA for Stockholm-based International Business Systems (IBS) where he led all field sales, marketing and services for the region. Previously, he was EVP of Global Operations at Revistas, a leading revenue management software provider where he owned all client facing functions within the company, including sales, marketing, product marketing and professional services. Under his leadership, the company turned around and achieved 40% compound annual growth.

David’s leadership experience also includes Stockholm-based Intentia where, as President based in Chicago, he drove the company’s expansion in the US, Canadian and Latin American markets and led the integration of Intentia’s field sales operations into Lawson (now Infor) when the two companies merged in 2006.

He also has deep experience in the business intelligence and enterprise integration markets having spent five years running the international division of Information Builders, Inc. (IBI), a $300 million software company based in New York.

David holds a BA in Economics and Fine Arts from Denison University and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. An avid painter, David ‘s collections have been exhibited in many galleries and art shows. David also enjoys cycling, mountain biking and traveling off the beaten track.

Mike Galle started out in information technology in 1984. For the past 28 years he has had a number of roles, primarily in sales leadership, mainly based out of Chicago.

He joined 1E from Infor where he was VP of North America Sales for CRM. He rebuilt the sales organisation over a year and a half resulting in significant top line improvement and contributed to bottom line results.

For the past 15 years he has been in leadership roles in the ERP marketplace working for Lawson Software, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and SAP. He brings this wealth of experience to the role as VP of Central and West sales at 1E.

He is avid family man who enjoys golf, cycling and family vacations.

Simon Webster has more than 25 years’ experience in enterprise software and has a proven track record in executive management.

Prior to joining 1E, Simon was the Vice President and General Manager of EMEA Operations at nlyte Software, the market leader in DCIM solutions, where he was responsible for building and leading sales, field marketing, pre-sales, consulting and customer services across EMEA.

Prior to nlyte Software, Simon was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Touchpaper, a provider of IT business and service management solutions, where he was responsible for defining, leading and executing the company’s global sales strategies. After their acquisition by Avocent in 2008, he stayed on to successfully integrate and run their Northern European operation.

Prior to Touchpaper, Simon was Vice President and General Manager, Northern Europe for Peregrine Systems. During his two-year tenure, he was a key member of the executive management team and helped facilitate the turnaround of Peregrine Systems that led to their successful acquisition by HP in 2005.

Simon has also held a variety of global sales, sales management and general management roles at large organizations including HP and ICL. He also spent more than five years at Siebel Systems, joining at a time when the CRM market was in its infancy, and helped build the company’s financial services business and drove the development of the Enterprise Resource Management team across EMEA.

Simon holds a degree in Business Studies from Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is a keen sportsman and a Business Volunteer for Young Enterprise, the UK’s leading enterprise education charity.

 

As the President of 1E India, Suman is responsible for supporting and strengthening 1E’s growth plans and technology vision through India operations. Suman headed 1E India since the beginning of India operations in 1999 and has been instrumental in building strong extensions of key teams of 1E.

Suman is a multifaceted business leader with a proven track record of strategic and problem solving abilities. With a reputation for strong work ethics, Suman has strengthened the India operation through the years and has contributed to 1E success story.

Suman’s philanthropic contributions include leading 1E CSR initiatives through charity works in India. Some of the key associations are Manav Mandir Ashram Orphanage in India which provides a home for destitute children, Innocent World Charitable Society which runs Masoom Duniya, a school for physically and mentally challenged children and sponsoring Education of children from the under-privileged classes.

Suman is a Delhi University graduate and has worked with various organizations across India and UK.

Suman is settled in Noida and enjoys her free time with jigsaw puzzles, crossword and reading.

Paul Szemerenyi joined 1E in January 2011, and is responsible for driving the company’s Channel Sales across the North American region. This is was a new position for 1E which recognized the importance of a successful partner community to help scale the business.

Over the past two years, the Channel Sales team has expanded and has developed key relationships across a network of more than 20 partners which has contributed to a significant increase in sales across the region.

Paul has more than 15 years’ experience in software and technology sales and sales management. Previously running Sales at AppSense across North America, where he led the region to record revenues over a three year period. Previously Paul had also held positions in sales management at Veritas and Quantum.

Paul has a BA(hons) in History, from Surrey University, and is a former Officer in the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Married with two children, he likes all sorts of sports in particular football, cycling and running.

Ambareesh is a recognized Professional Services expert with proven ability to establish, manage and run profitable professional services teams in growth-oriented organizations. Throughout his career, he has managed – and in some cases established – services teams that deliver against large-scale, strategic projects and accounts, with proven success on a global scale.

At 1E, Ambareesh leads a Global team of Systems Management Experts. His team is passionate about customer success and deploy solutions that deliver rapid value and measurable savings to 1E customers.

Prior to joining 1E, Ambareesh held the position of Senior Director, Professional Services for Accelrys, where he managed a global team of Senior Managers, Solutions Architects, Project Managers and Consultants, leading revenue growth by building strategic alliances with new and existing accounts. In 2000, Ambareesh joined Actuate Corporation as Director, Professional Services where he spent 10 years, achieving consistent year on year services revenue growth while also driving increased Software and Business Development revenue.

Ambareesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunications at the SDM College of Engineering & Technology.