1E: Who we are
(and why we are)
Our vision
1E’s mission is simple: to enable our customers to automate the full software lifecycle across their business.
Through Software Lifecycle Automation employees become more productive, the business becomes more agile, and IT departments more reactive to change. We empower our customers to remove unused software and unnecessary servers, and reduce network bandwidth while providing their users with the software they need, when they need it. As a result, our customers save millions on hardware, software, energy, and people.
To date, 1E solutions have generated over $2.6 billion of productivity improvements. This includes $1.4 billion in energy costs alone and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 12.4 million tons.
Our customers include Verizon Wireless, Dell, ING, Nestlé, BNP Paribas, Ford Motor Company, the US Department of Veterans Affairs and the UK Department of Work and Pensions.
Our history
Today, 1E is headquartered in London, with regional offices in New York, Dublin, and New Delhi. We have deployed more than 26 million licenses worldwide, helping 1,700 organizations in 42 countries work more efficiently, productively and sustainably.
We were formed back in 1997 by former Microsoft colleagues Sumir Karayi, Mark Blackburn and Phil Wilcock. Highly technical and with many years of experience in blue chip organizations, each saw a need to reduce the cost of managing Windows PCs and Servers.
Our first software solutions automated waking-up PCs for patching and saving energy when they were not being used. 1E was a pioneer in PC Power Management and Green IT well before these became hot topics, helping companies reduce their waste at the same time as saving them money.
Through word of mouth and sheer hard work, 1E gained a reputation as the leading Microsoft Systems Management specialist.
Now, almost twenty years after it was founded, Sumir remains at the helm as CEO while Mark holds the title of CIO.
Sustainability
1E supports many energy efficiency, sustainability and green IT initiatives, and we have commissioned a significant amount of independent research on PC (PC Energy Report) and Server (Server Energy & Efficiency Report) energy and efficiency. Our solutions have led to $1.4 billion in energy costs alone and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 12.4 million tons.
Charity work
1E’s mission is to support underprivileged children in their education and welfare which we have been doing since we were a start-up through our support of the Manav Mandir Ashram in New Delhi. We believe that every child deserves a fair chance at success.
To discover more about 1E’s charity and community work, click here
Our name
People often ask us where the name came from … and there have been many suggestions put forward over the years. The definitive origin of the name is from a BSOD Windows error:
STOP 0x0000001E KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT HANDLED
Back in the early days, this was the favourite error code of the founders, one which they helped clients avoid.
David Carman
Non-Executive Director, 1E Chairman of the Board
Over the last 30 years, David has worked internationally at an operational and strategic level, and has been President and CEO of a number of world leading businesses in the marketing, communications, service and technology sectors.
Sumir Karayi
Founder, CEO and Board Member
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 pioneered PC power management, and leads 1E’s focus on enabling enterprises to Run IT For Less and has established a market-leading role for his company. He has driven 1E innovations to achieve $2.5bn in IT cost savings for its customers, $1.3bn of which come from energy efficiencies alone, cutting CO2 emissions by 11.5 million tons.
William Edmondson
Chief Financial Officer
William Edmondson joined 1E in November 2013 and is responsible for the group’s global finance, legal and HR functions. Will brings over 20 years’ experience in financial roles, mainly within the software industry, and his aim is to accelerate growth at 1E in a sustainable way.
Barbara Karayi
Director and Board Member
Prior to her role at 1E, Barbara was a product manager and business development executive at Derwent Information (now Thomson Scientific), where she worked for three years. Before that she was the training coordinator at Dialog LLC, the first company to offer an online information service.
Dr. Steve Garnett
Non-Executive Director and Board Member
Steve Garnett has had one of the most distinguished careers of any European executive in the software industry. Garnett has been a member of the executive management team of three software start-ups that have each turned into some of the most successful software companies in history.
Sumir Karayi
Founder, CEO and Board Member
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 pioneered PC power management, and leads 1E’s focus on enabling enterprises to Run IT For Less and has established a market-leading role for his company. He has driven 1E innovations to achieve $2.5bn in IT cost savings for its customers, $1.3bn of which come from energy efficiencies alone, cutting CO2 emissions by 11.5 million tons.
Nick Milne-Home
Chief Operating Officer, President 1E North America and Board Member
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.
William Edmondson
Chief Financial Officer
William Edmondson joined 1E in November 2013 and is responsible for the group’s global finance, legal and HR functions. Will brings over 20 years’ experience in financial roles, mainly within the software industry, and his aim is to accelerate growth at 1E in a sustainable way.
Suman Banerjee
President, 1E India
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.
Nick Bartlett
Vice President for Global HR
Nick Bartlett Joined 1E in December 2013 as Vice President for Global HR and is responsible for the development and delivery of Human Resources for the group. As part of the Executive team Nick’s role includes planning the company’s global HR strategy to position 1E as a world class people organisation.
