Jon Ferrara and Elan Susser, two of the founders of GoldMine Software Corporation, have been named as finalists in Ernst & Young`s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards - "The Award for Business Leadership".
The panel of judges, made up of entrepreneurs and prominent leaders from academia, business and the media, selected Ferrara and Susser together as one of 29 finalists from the original 83 entries. The winner will be announced at a gala reception honouring the finalists at the Century City Plaza Hotel on June 30. GoldMine Software was acquired by Ixchange in April, and will be merged with Bendata Corp during the course of 1999. GoldMine, under the management of Johan Botha in the South African market, will take Ixchange into the customer relationship management (CRM) domain.
This competition, founded and produced by Ernst & Young and sponsored by USA TODAY, the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group, and the CNNfn and CNN, is the US`s most prestigious honour for entrepreneurs who have created and sustained growing business ventures.
Ferrara and Susser founded GoldMine in 1989 and have steered it to a position of leadership in the mid-market sales force automation market sector.
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Ixchange
Ixchange is the only listed South African company solely focused on developing its own software. The company has an entrenched leadership position in the front-office with its HEAT and GoldMine products and a leadership position in the back-office with its ABILITY suite of products.
GoldMine Software Corporation
GoldMine is the leading supplier of mid-market Sales Force Automation (SFA) software. GoldMine has sold and shipped more than 600 000 user licences since the product was first introduced - a claim no other vendor can make in any segment of the SFA market. GoldMine`s implementation of CRM seamlessly integrates every area of business that affects the customer - sales, marketing and customer service.
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