SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Govini, the Silicon Valley startup seeking to disrupt the market for information on government contracts, got another boost in momentum today when it announced that Dr. Magid Abraham was elected to its board of directors as an independent director.
Abraham is founder and CEO of market intelligence company comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) and is widely respected as a technology visionary and leader in the realm of market data and analytics. Previously Abraham founded and served as CEO of Paragren Technologies, now Siebel Systems / Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), and spent 10 years with Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), a major international analytics firm where he served as president and led the company through a period of record growth in revenues, market share and profit.
Delivering analytics and market intelligence is also Govini’s key aim as it helps businesses unravel the highly fragmented government contracting market. Govini disrupts the status quo by applying its decision analytics, discovery search engine and visualization tools to data flowing from federal, state and municipal agencies, placing a new kind of market intelligence into the hands of government contractors. Businesses benefit from new ways to identify opportunities and new partners they would otherwise not find using traditional search tools.
“The application of Govini’s analytic toolkit to public sector data makes perfect sense,” Abraham said. “In a marketplace as vast as government, having big data analyzed and presented in a highly visual, easy-to-understand format yields a real competitive advantage.
“I also like the fact that Govini has worked side by side with government contractors for almost two years, evaluating their needs and strategies in order to design just the right service. It’s exciting to help them advance this very promising business model.”
“Having someone of Magid’s caliber, with his background in research and analytics, particularly with products related to marketing and data science, is of tremendous value to our strong board,” said Govini CEO Eric Gillespie. “Through his stellar track record, Magid understands exactly what we’re doing and the markets we’re upending, which makes his support especially meaningful.”
About Govini
Govini creates analytics, benchmarks and unparalleled insights for businesses that capture revenue from public sector contracts. Critical challenges such as competitive analyses, market sizing and partner profiling are accomplished in the Govini platform by harmonizing big data from thousands of federal, state and municipal entities. Govini is purpose-built for "the business of government." Govini was founded in 2011 by Eric Gillespie. It is backed by Accel Partners – known for its seminal investments in Facebook, Groupon, Dropbox, Kayak and more – and Symphony Technology Group, an early investor in Source Healthcare Analytics, Shopzilla, Symphony-Teleca and FirstAdvantage, among others. Govini’s headquarters are in San Francisco.
