Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider Aconex has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer, Steve Recht. The news release says Recht has 30 years’ operating and finance experience as a CEO, COO and CFO for venture-backed private and public companies. Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper comments: “Aconex is approaching the end of …
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Nov 01 2011
Aconex appoints new non-execs
Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider, Aconex has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board, and replaced a third (see news release). Former McKinsey managing partner Adam Lewis brings 20 years’ experience in advising major firms and governments, with a client portfolio including steel, mining, chemicals, retail, telecommunications and retail banking industries. He …
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Oct 12 2011
Aconex invests in north American sales effort
Melbourne, Australia-based construction collaboration technology provider Aconex has announced the appointment of Lori B***** as its new senior vice-president of sales and marketing (Aconex advertised the San Francisco-based post in March; post). She has 20 years’ experience at technology heavyweights including Dell (where she was executive director of sales), Oracle and Microsoft, and will be …
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Sep 01 2011
Hawthorn Glen v Aconex rematch: round one to Hawthorn Glen
According to Australian specialist news site StartUpSmart, a potentially acrimonious public showdown between SaaS construction collaboration provider Aconex and disgruntled shareholder Hawthorn Glen has been averted by a last minute settlement between the two sides. As noted in June (post), Hawthorn Glen had demanded access to Aconex documents relating to February’s EGM when a move to …
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Aug 01 2011
New BIM battleground emerging
When a construction IT conference at the ICE sells out three months beforehand after just three weeks, it’s clear there is a lot of interest in the subject. Building Information Modelling (BIM) currently seems to be the UK industry’s hottest topic, and some of the SaaS-based construction collaboration technology vendors plainly don’t want to get …
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Jun 22 2011
Hawthorn Glen v Aconex: the rematch
Just over three years since an Aconex shareholder dispute with the management team was settled out of court, another legal action began on Monday in Melbourne – as I noted on Friday. The Australian construction collaboration technology provider is again being challenged by Hawthorn Glen and Ian Baillieu, this time over the conduct of an …
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Feb 17 2011
Aconex director under scrutiny
It appears that defeat of a minority shareholder’s resolution to remove the Aconex chairman Martin Hosking at an EGM last month (post 1, post 2) hasn’t ended the discontent within the highest echelons of the Melbourne-based construction collaboration technology business. Questions have now been asked about the role of another member of the board, with …
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Feb 17 2011
Accounting for Aconex
The recent boardroom bickering at Melbourne, Australia-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex prompted me to take a look at its recent financial performance, just in case there were financially-inspired reasons behind the apparent shareholder unrest. While the pre-credit crunch double-digit growth figures are no longer being achieved, it appears the international spread of Aconex’s operations …
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Jan 30 2011
Aconex boardroom coup averted
The apparent shareholder dissent at Melbourne, Australia-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has been quelled it seems, at least for the time being (see Boardroom bickering back on the Aconex agenda, 18 January). Having had several conversations recently with Aconex contacts (in preparation for another blog post, forthcoming), I have learned that the EGM resolution …
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Nov 25 2008
Aconex reports…
Australia-based construction collaboration Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor Aconex has published its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2008. As with most annual reports and accounts, there is a lot of dry legal/accounting talk to wade through (thankfully, I am no accountant!), but for me the key points are: Aconex revenues and order book are …
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