Sponsors - 2011 Allegro Customer Summit PDF Print E-mail

Platinum Sponsor

Opportune

Opportune
www.opportune.com

Opportune LLP is an independent consultancy focused on the energy industry. We are led by seasoned professionals with senior executive experience in major energy and consulting firms. Using our extensive knowledge of all sectors of the energy industry, we work with clients to provide comprehensive solutions to their operational and financial challenges. Across energy segments, our practice areas include corporate finance, complex financial reporting, process and technology, strategy and organization, dispute resolution, enterprise risk, tax and outsourcing.



Gold Sponsors

The Structure Group

The Structure Group
www.thestructuregroup.com

Structure provides deep energy industry expertise through specialized consulting and custom software services, including: Energy Trading and Risk Management, Smart Grid / Distribution Operations and Automation, SCADA and Energy Management Systems, and Competitive Energy Market Solutions. Structure’s ETRM practice area provides consulting and implementation services to reduce delivery risk, increase efficiency, and ensure success across all energy trading and risk management capabilities. Selected as Energy Risk Magazine’s “Advisory Firm of the Year 2010”, Structure is dedicated to being the premier ETRM service provider in North America.


Indra

Indra
www.indra.com

INDRA is an Allegro Premiere Partner. INDRA is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector according to stock market capitalization, and it is one of the three Spanish companies with more investment in R&D. In 2007, revenues exceeded euro 2.167 M, of which a third came from the international market. The company employs more than 24.000 professionals and has clients in more than 90 countries.



Golf Sponsor

Deloitte.

Deloitte
www.deloitte.com

Deloitte’s Commodity Trading and Risk Management practice offers a full range of specialized services to help energy companies assess, design, and implement commodity risk management solutions in the wholesale and retail sectors across oil, natural gas, refined products, power, coal and emissions and other commodity markets.

Our team is comprised of specialists in trading, risk management, asset optimization, deal valuation, portfolio management, energy accounting, logistics, settlements, and the supporting technology strategy and solutions. We offer in-depth business and technical skills in:

  • transaction strategy, risk policy & governance, and trading performance;
  • transaction processing, controls and organizational and business process design;
  • transaction and risk system strategy, selection and implementation, data warehousing, systems integration and management reporting;
  • credit risk management;
  • quantitative modeling for front and middle office; and
  • energy derivative accounting and tax advisory services.

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.  Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.


Silver Sponsors

GlobalView

GlobalView
www.gvsi.com

GlobalView is the leading provider of innovative energy data management solutions that deliver real-time, deep historical and customer-proprietary energy market data. GlobalView’s award-winning MarketView solution allows you to access a comprehensive collection of global energy and commodity market data, including futures, energy exchanges, and broker data on your desktop, mobile device, or internal systems. GlobalView understands that your systems depend on reliable and accurate energy information to make critical decisions. From front to back office, our web-based data management solutions are designed to meet all of your firm’s needs for a completely integrated energy market analysis system.


Logical Information Machines

Logical Information Machines
www.lim.com

Logical Information Machines (LIM) is a solution for accessing energy and financial data, managing that data (locally or enterprise wide), and analyzing that data to generate the intelligence needed to make the best decisions within Allegro.


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Trading Technologies
www.tradingtechnologies.com

Trading Technologies develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world's premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. The company's X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to the major international derivatives exchanges. X_TRADER 7.4 was named "Innovation of the Year" by FOW magazine and "Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform" by Buy-Side Technology magazine in 2007. TTNET™, TT's fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo. Headquartered in Chicago, Trading Technologies maintains a global presence with offices in New York, Stamford, Houston, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. Chicago magazine named TT the best technology company to work for and ranked TT third among all Chicago area employers. TT also received the prestigious Lighthouse Award from the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) in 2006 as the leading technology company in Illinois and was named Technology Company of the Year by FOW magazine in 2008.


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Ze Power
www.ze.com

ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software and strategic consulting firm that combines energy market expertise with advanced software development capabilities. ZE is the proud developer of ZEMA™ Product Suite, an award-winning, Energy Data Management & Analysis solution that gives clients a competitive edge in today’s volatile market. ZEMA continues to gain recognition; winning Data Management House of the Year – Energy Risk 2009, and being voted #2 in System Satisfaction in Energy Risk’s global software survey.

ZE PowerGroup Inc.®
130 - 5920 No. Two Road
Richmond, BC - Canada
Phone: 1-866-944-1469
Fax: 604-244-1675
Website: www.ze.com
Email: services@ze.com



Bronze Sponsors

platts

Platts
www.platts.com

Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading global provider of energy and metals information. With a century of business experience, Platts serves customers across more than 150 countries. An independent provider, Platts serves the oil, natural gas, electricity, emissions, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical, shipping, and metals markets from 17 offices worldwide. Platts' real-time news, pricing, analytical services and conferences help markets operate with transparency and efficiency. Traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders depend upon Platts to help them make better business decisions.


pivot

Pivot
www.pivotsolutions.com

Founded in 2004, Pivot, Inc. (formerly known as Pivot Solutions) was created in order to streamline trade desk communication by enhancing electronic trading and enabling real-time dialogue between traders and their vast network. Pivot's initial product, IMTRADER™, provided users with lightweight FIX connectivity via instant messaging. IMTRADER is now offered as a module of Pivot 360°™, our revolutionary communication and collaboration platform, alongside the Blast and Instant Markets™ liquidity management modules. Today, Pivot, Inc. is recognized as the communications network for institutional investors that offers an unprecedented competitive advantage.


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Wipro
www.wipro.com

Wipro's Global IT business caters to more than 150 global Fortune 500 clients across financial services, retail, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare services, energy and utilities, technology, telecom and media. We employ over 120,000 people from over 70 nationalities and 72 plus global delivery centers across 5 continents.

Wipro’s Commercial Energy Operations (CEO) practice supports a number of utilities, energy trading companies, and competitive retailers with critical business systems support and business process reengineering.

Our services include:

  • Application Assessment (upgrade, vendor selection, replacement support, custom development)
  • System Integration involving the major CTRM vendors
  • Application Configuration and Customization
  • Application Production Support, Testing, and Maintenance
  • Solution Frameworks for various business functions such as product selection, Executive Dashboards, and Remote Application Monitoring, Maintenance & Support