SAVILLE SYSTEMS (1995 - 2000)
IPO
Subsequent M&A Liquidity Event

www.adc.com

Saville Systems was the 1st Telecom Billing Software Company to complete a successful IPO. The company went public in 1995 as an Irish ADR on the Nasdaq, and was subsequently acquired by ADC Telecommunications (ADCT - Nasdaq) in 1999.

Retained Search Projects (1995 - 1999)
Our work began during the very rapid growth phase of the Saville story, starting with the filing of the S-1, and following through the Nasdaq IPO and European secondary offering, and continuing on through the ultimate sale of the Company to ADC Telecommuncations (ADCT-Nasdaq).

Locations / Key Placements: (details below):
North American HQ - Burlington, MA, USA
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Markham, ON, Canada
Brisbane, Australia
Stockholm, Sweden

Canada - Completed Searches:

• SVP, Professional Service Operations Worldwide (recruited from the Ottawa, Canada division of a major, publicly traded US Telecom company and relocated to Toronto, 1998)
• SVP Engineering/R&D/CTO (recruited from BHA Computing in Brisbane, Australia and placed in Edmonton, Canada in 1997 - Saville subsequently acquired this company, and used its architecture for all future products)
• SVP Product Management & Product Development (recruited from Calgary and placed in Edmonton, 1996)
• VP Professional Services, North America (recruited from Milan, Italy and placed in Edmonton, 1995)
• Director, Wireless Product Line Management (recruited from Orlando, Florida and placed in Edmonton, 1997)
• Senior Project Manager, Wireless Products (recruited from Denver, Colorado and placed in Edmonton, 1997)
• Engineering Manager (recruited from Denver, Colorado and placed in Edmonton, 1998)

Burlington, MA / US HQ - Completed Searches:

• EVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing (recruited from a UK software company in 1995; in time to act as a key participant in the pre-IPO roadshow)
• VP Marketing (recruited from a leading, publicly traded US storage technology company in 1996)
• Director, Applications Consulting (recruited from the telecom vertical of a leading, publicly traded Systems Integration firm 1996)
• Director, Marketing & Business Development (recruited from a UK Billing Software Vendor in Scotland, and relocated to the Burlington office 1997)
• Director, Product Management, CRM products (recruited from a CRM start-up in Silicon Valley and relocated to Burlington 1997)
• Director, Product Management, OSS products (recruited from the software apps division of a major telecom infrastructure vendor in Dallas, TX and relocated to Burlington 1997)
• Manager, Applications Consulting (recruited from a local competitor 1998)

Stockholm, Sweden - Completed Searches:

• Director, Interconnect Billing Products (recruited from the Stockholm Telecom division of a major, publicly traded US Solutions Provider to establish Saville's presence in Sweden)