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Type
  
Private

Key people
  
Frank Kern (CEO)

Website
  
www.aricent.com

Number of employees
  
12,000

CTO
  
Walid Negm

Motto
  
Engineering the Future

Industry
  
R&D Services

Products
  
Internet engineering

CEO
  
Frank Kern (Oct 2012–)

CFO
  
Eric Johnson

Founded
  
1991

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Headquarters
  
Palo Alto, California, United States

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Aricent is a pure-play product engineering service firm. It develops software, provides technology services, and works with networking, telecom, software, semiconductor, Internet, and industrial companies. Aricent is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with operations in 9 countries worldwide; investors are KKR & Co. L.P. and Sequoia Capital. The company claims to employ 12,000 consultants, designers, and engineers at 19 locations worldwide.

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History

Aricent is the successor to Hughes Software Systems, which was established in 1991, a subsidiary to Hughes Electronics. (KKR), and Sequoia Capital.

  • 1991: Established as Hughes Software Systems (HSS) by KV Ramani in Nehru Place,New Delhi developing software solutions in the areas of VSAT-based networks for voice and data, cellular wireless telephony, packet switching, and multi-protocol routing.Pioneering in the development of Protocol Stacks. It acquired frog design for approximately $25 million.
  • 2004: Flextronics bought HSS to form Flextronics Software Systems and merged with Future Software Communications headquartered in Chennai.
  • 2005: Expanded development operations in Kiev, Kherson and Vinnytsia in the Ukraine; Randburg, South Africa; and Beijing, China. Was delisted from India's stock market in preparation for sale.
  • 2006: Was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Sequoia Capital as part of a $900 million sales of software companies. The transaction represented the largest private equity buy-out in Indian history.
  • 2007: Acquired Datalinx; launched service provider offerings.
  • 2008: The Family Office, a multi-family office company with headquarters in Bahrain also joined in funding Aricent.
  • 2011: Rebranded to Aricent Group.
  • 2011: Opened engineering and development center for testing and wireless technologies in Vietnam
  • 2013: Rebranded to Aricent.
  • 2015: Acquired SmartPlay Technologies, a semiconductor service based firm for $180 million. As part of the deal, SmartPlay's 1,200-plus staff will join Aricent's staff.

    • Operations

  • Aricent Redwood City Office
  • Aricent Gurgaon Infotech Campus

    • References

    Aricent Wikipedia
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