nasdaq jive industry collaboration software founded 2001 2001 headquarters palo alto california u.s. key people elisa steele ceo president bryan leblanc cfo matt tucker co founder cto products jive openfire revenue us 195.8 million 2015 number of employees 658 2014 website jivesoftware.com jive software is a provider of communication and collaboration solutions for business . jive is headquartered in palo alto california . 1 founded in 2001 jive maintains additional offices in portland or ; san francisco ca ; boulder co ; new york ny ; toronto ontario canada ; reading uk ; frankfurt germany ; s o paulo brazil ; tel aviv israel ; sydney & melbourne australia ; hong kong ; singapore tokyo and paris . contents 1 acquisitions 2 history 3 references 4 external links acquisitions edit in may 2011 jive announced the acquisition of offisync an israeli startup that adds a collaboration layer to microsoft office applications . in november 2012 jive announced the acquisition of technology companies producteev and meetings.io . producteev produces a cloud based task management application with web desktop and mobile clients . meetings.io provides a chat and video conferencing tool . in may 2013 the company announced the newly redesigned version of producteev by jive as a stand alone free app to individuals and teams of any size . plans to integrate producteev into jive s core social business platform via a new module are in the works for the near future . jive released the real time communication features from meetings.io over the course of 2013 . these features were then broken out into a stand alone app called jive chime . in may 2013 jive announced the acquisition of clara and streamonce and detailed their integration in the jive platform . the integration of clara s jive resonata product brings community analytics to the platform and allows users to measure the reach sentiment and influence of their work and use predictive analysis to anticipate customer behavior . history edit jive was founded in 2001 in iowa but relocated to new york later the same year . in 2004 the company moved its headquarters to portland oregon . 2 at the end of 2009 jive posted a record 85 % percent increase in revenue 3 in addition to securing 12 million in series b funding from sequoia capital . 4 on january 7 2010 jive acquired colorado based social monitoring company filtrbox for 1.7 million in cash and common stock . 5 on february 22 2010 dave hersh announced he was stepping down as ceo and accepting the role of chairman of the board . tony zingale a jive software board member and the former ceo of mercury interactive stepped in as interim ceo until a permanent replacement could be found a search mr. hersh was heading . mr. hersh cited his lack of experience in guiding a fast growing company in a swift changing environment while insisting the decision was his alone . 6 this move fueled speculation that jive software was planning to go public . 7 on may 18 2010 jive announced that zingale would remain as the permanent ceo and also confirmed that they were looking to file for an ipo . 8 also in 2010 the company relocated its headquarters from portland to palo alto california . however as of 2013 update its portland site remains its largest with 250 of the company s 650 employees . 2 on march 30 2011 jive appointed four new board members executives from facebook google and mcafee . 9 in 2011 jive filed for a 100 million ipo . 10 the company had its ipo on december 12 2011 on the nasdaq stock exchange raising 161.3 million from investors around 60 million higher than was planned . 11 in november 2012 jive acquired two technology companies new york based social task management company producteev and san francisco based meetings.io a real time communications platform and y combinator backed company . in may 2013 jive announced they had acquired clara a real time analytics company and streamonce which connects different business systems to a company s social intranet . on november 4 2014 tony zingale announced his retirement as ceo and that he would take an extended role on the board as executive chairman . jive appointed elisa steele president and to office of the ceo until the board found a replacement . 12 on february 10 2015 elisa steele was named ceo 13 alongside her existing role as president . at the time she was also named to the jive board of directors . by 2015 the company s customer and revenue growth had declined to a market cap of 400 million . 14 independent technology analysis firm the real story group assessed the potential for a take over of the firm postulating that jive may represent the canary in the coal mine indicating a more systemic shift in the market for enterprise collaboration software . 15 references edit rogoway mike may 18 2010 . jive software makes it official hq now in palo alto . the oregonian . portland oregon . retrieved august 14 2013 . a b rogoway mike august 11 2013 . jive keeps swinging new strategies are in works to lift the onetime portland based software company to the next level . the sunday oregonian . pp . d1 d3 . retrieved august 14 2013 . jive software grows up . new york times . 2010 01 11 . retrieved 2010 01 11 . portland s jive software secures another 12 million in venture capital from sequoia . tech vibes . retrieved 2009 10 09 . jive software acquires social media monitoring startup filtrbox . tech crunch . retrieved 2009 10 20 . jive talks my transition . jive software . retrieved 2010 02 25 . is jive software taking steps toward an ipo . readwrite enterprise . retrieved 2010 02 25 . worthen ben 2010 05 18 . jive software hopes to juke toward an ipo . wall street journal . retrieved 2010 05 28 . jive preps for ipo ; facebook google mcafee execs on board . forbes . 2011 03 30 . retrieved 2011 04 09 . jive software files for 100 million ipo does not expect profits in near future . san francisco chronicle . business insider . august 24 2011 . retrieved august 24 2011 . ari levy 13 december 2011 . jive software raises 161.3 million in initial public offering . bloomberg news . hesseldahl arik . tony zingale to retire as jive ceo elisa steele named president . recode.net . retrieved 6 november 2014 . hesseldahl arik february 10 2015 . jive software names elisa steele permanent ceo . kepes ben 3 june 2015 . as jive continues to plummet is a takeover in the cards . forbes . retrieved 4 july 2015 . kompella kashyap . what does the future hold for jive software and its customers . real story group . real story group . retrieved 4 july 2015 . external links edit firms make tough choices about perks in the recession daily journal of commerce retrieved july 17 2009 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jive software & oldid 727558186 categories business software companiescompanies based in palo alto californiacompanies established in 2001companies listed on nasdaqsoftware companies based in californiahidden categories articles 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