a maker of commodity management software for power and gas utilities ; refiners producers and traders of crude oil refined products soft commodities and agricultural commodities ; and industrial energy consumers . the company s software provides companies with intelligence to improve position visibility for commodity trades strengthen risk management automate regulatory compliance and to optimize their assets and portfolios with tools that quantify and mitigate risks . headquartered in dallas texas ; allegro has offices in calgary dubai houston london singapore zurich kuala lumpur and jakarta along with a global network of partners . the company s flagship software platform is allegro horizon . contents 1 history 2 products 3 awards 4 2013 governance litigation 5 references 6 external links history edit allegro was founded in 1984 by eldon klaassen . 1 2 3 4 the company was the first to develop an enterprise software platform designed specifically to manage logistics associated with physical commodities . 2 5 in 2008 allegro received a series a round of venture funding from north bridge growth and tudor growth equity . the new capital enabled the company to scale up business operations . klaassen left as ceo at that time and became a member of the allegro board in 2012 with ray hood succeeding him as ceo . 5 in 2014 allegro was recapitalized by vector capital and cerium technology . vector capital is a private equity firm focused on investments in technology companies . cerium technology is an energy trading and technology investment firm founded by allegro founder eldon klaassen . in may 2015 frank brienzi was appointed ceo . the company acquired singapore based agriculture commodities solution provider justcommodity 6 in june 2015 . products edit the company s primary product is allegro horizon an enterprise level risk management architecture that allows companies to manage operations and integrate new components as their needs change . 7 the software is used by traders risk managers and decision makers across the globe including some of the world s largest energy industry companies . 2 8 allegro customers include trafigura southwest airlines neas energy and transalta . the company has been noted for high levels of customer satisfaction by ctrm analyst firm comtech advisory in its 2013 ctrm value survey . 9 awards edit allegro development corporation has been recognized with a number of industry awards in 2016 the company was awarded commodity trading and risk management software house of the year award by energy risk magazine . in 2015 & 2013 idc marketscape named allegro a leader in its worldwide energy trading and risk management software vendor assessment . in 2014 cio review magazine named the company one of its 20 most promising risk management solution providers . 2013 governance litigation edit in june 2013 eldon klaassen founder and former ceo of allegro sued the company for removing him as ceo . on october 16 2013 vice chancellor j. travis laster handed down a 56 page memorandum opinion that said the claims asserted by eldon klaassen were barred because of his delay in bringing his suit . details surrounding klaassen s termination were revealed in court . 10 references edit allegro development corporation . crunchbase . retrieved 25 march 2013 . a b c company overview of allegro development corporation . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 25 march 2013 . vasey gary m. a visit with eldon klaassen ceo of allegro development . utilipoint international inc. retrieved 25 march 2013 . bkw fmb energy ag goes live on first phase of allegro energy trading and risk management ; major swiss utilities company manages emissions trading with allegro 8 . electric light & power . retrieved 25 march 2013 . a b about us . allegro . retrieved 25 march 2013 . wall street journal . private equity deals . dow jones . 17 june 2015 . retrieved 21 june 2016 . training & certification allegro 8 pdf . allegro . retrieved 25 march 2013 . eldon klaassen . vb profiles . retrieved 25 march 2013 . gary vasey 12 march 2013 . comtech advisory pdf . ctrm center . comtech advisory . retrieved 21 june 2016 . http courts.delaware.gov opinions download.aspx id 195950 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allegro development corporation & oldid 743419052 categories software companies based in texascompanies based in dallassoftware companies established in 19841984 establishments in texashidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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