present type public traded as nzx sli industry software ecommerce founded 2001 headquarters san jose california u.s. area served worldwide key people chris brennan ceo dr shaun ryan co founder cio products learning search learning navigation site champion learning recommendations number of employees 170 2014 website sli systems.com sli systems provides cloud based search tools for online retailers under a software as a service saas model . it is a public company listed on the new zealand stock exchange . sli is an acronym for search learn and improve . contents 1 products 2 origin 3 performance 4 current management 5 references 6 external links products edit sli s main product learning search 1 uses the behavior of its users to determine search results . the company also sells a user generated search engine optimization seo product called site champion and a site navigation product called learning navigation . origin edit sli systems was formed in 2001 2 and in 2013 the company raised 27 million nzd in its initial public offering 3 and listed on the nzx . 4 the core technology was originally developed at globalbrain a company founded in 1998 5 by grant ryan . 6 that company was acquired by the internet arm of us media company nbc in april 2000 for us 32 million but after dot com crash 2 7 shaun ryan and others bought the technology back from nbc and formed sli systems . 2 sli now has offices in san jose christchurch tokyo melbourne and london and over 400 clients internationally including ftd 7 for all mankind harry & david and next . 8 performance edit in 2013 sli systems launched an initial public offering on the nzx index raising 27m nzd with shares issued at 1.50 to help fund growth into important markets like japan and brazil . 9 key investors included nz entrepreneur sam morgan . 10 sli systems s share price performed strongly initially rising to 2.50 before falling to as low as 71c after the company posted larger than expected losses and had some unexpected senior management changes 2015 . 11 12 sli systems announced to the new zealand exchange in november 2015 that revenue guidance would be 29 % above the previous year . 13 recent significant client customer wins announced at the 2015 annual general meeting included lenovo david jones harvey norman and paul smith . 14 sli systems uk website also list a number of clients via case studies . 15 current management edit chris brennan chief executive officer 16 dr shaun ryan co founder chief innovation officer 17 rod garrett chief financial officer greg cross chairman of the board of directors . 18 references edit chemist direct conversion rates soar following deployment of sli systems search technology 31 07 2014 fiona briggs etailtimes.co.uk a b c focusing on retail works for sli . dene mackenzie 16 jul 2014 otago daily times investors take a shine to new tech stock sli systems 1 jun 2013 hamish fletcher nz herald sli systems lists on nzx today 30 may 2013 computerworld.co.nz globalbrain back to have another crack 21 january 2002 andrea malcolm computerworld.co.nz global brain back on market after huge losses at us owner apr 11 2001 chris barton nz herald mccrone john secrets to success the press 31 07 2011 . sli systems s customers sli systems to sell shares at 1.50 in bid for japan brazil growth . the national business review . retrieved 2016 01 03 . sam morgan to invest another 1m in sli . the national business review . retrieved 2016 01 03 . sli systems tips cashflow breakeven . stuff . retrieved 2016 01 03 . new role for sli systems ceo . stuff . retrieved 2016 01 03 . sli systems limited . www.nzx.com . retrieved 2016 01 21 . sli systems limited . www.nzx.com . retrieved 2016 01 21 . case studies sli systems uk . www.sli systems.co.uk . retrieved 2016 01 21 . http finance.yahoo.com news sli systems names chris brennan 135500051.html http www.scoop.co.nz stories bu1509 s00926 sli systems boss ryan takes new role brennan named ceo.htm https www.nzx.com companies 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