OvexTechnologies

Infobox Company
company_name = Ovex Technologies
company_
company_type = Private ISO 9000:2001
foundation = 2003
location = Islamabad, Pakistan
key_people = Omar Saeed, Chairman & Faisal Khan CEO
industry = Business Process Outsourcing
revenue = Exact figures not available (One of Top 5 High-revenue generating ITeS companies in country
num_employees = 775 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.ovextech.com/ www.ovextech.com]

Ovex Technologies, a subsidiary of En Pointe Technologies (NASDAQ: ENPT), is a third party offshore Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider in Pakistan. It has two offices in each of the three cities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Its clientele ranges from Fortune 500 companies to dynamic medium-sized businesses located primarily in the United Sates. Major clients include Nasdaq-listed Enpointe Technologies and PremierBPO. Presently it employs over 750 employees with diverse backgrounds ranging from Computer Science to Commerce. The company was established in January 2003.

As of October 1, 2006 70% of the equity of Ovex Group i.e. "OvexUS" and "Ovex Pakistan" combined has been acquired by its long-time client En Pointe Technologies, which just happens to be the first acquisition made by a US publicly-traded company in the country. The deal was worth $1,680,000; total amount broke down as $240,000 Cash, $240,000 in form of unregistered(common stock) shares of En Pointe Technologies and $1,200,000 of Note Payable (Interest Applicable) due on October 2007. The beneficiary being the Saeed Brothers (Omar and Arif Saeed). Their father Chaudhary Ahmed Saeed, former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)chairman who also serves as a director at the conglomerate The Servis Group happens to be an old friend of General Pervez Musharraf's from their Forman Christian College days.

There's a possibilty of the company name being changed to Ovex Global as now it's part of a much larger entity. It seems as if an agreement has been reached among the En Pointe (present owners of Ovex) and the Ovex Management to keep slight separation in Ovex Technologies (Pvt.) Limited and Ovex Global. Ovex Global is being looked after by Bob Din's son Ali Din and Kevin Schatzle whereas the Ovex Techologies business is being lead by Omar Saeed. He was the founding Chair man and CEO of the company but on march 24 2oo8 Faisal Khan was appointed CEO of the company while Omar Saeed is still working as the Chair Person .

In financial year 2005-2006, Ovex was one of the five companies that contributed the most to the rise in Pakistan's IT exports by value. [cite news | url = http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9608 | title = Pakistan's IT exports hit $72m | publisher = Telugu Portal | date = 5 August 2006 | accessdate=2006-09-08] Together with United States firm Enpointe Technologies, the company has invested more than $2 million in various IT-related areas in Pakistan as of 2006. [cite news | url = http://www.itworldpk.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=380 | title = IT investors meet Musharraf | publisher = ITWorldpk | accessdate = 2006-09-08]

[cite news | url = http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?feed=PR&date=20060919&id=6035738 | title = En Pointe Technologies, Inc. Announces Signing of Agreement to Acquire a Majority Interest in Its Foreign Provider of Business Processing Services| publisher = MSNMoney | accessdate = 2006-09-19] [cite news | url = http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8K8HNDG0.htm | title = En Pointe buys outsourcing providers | publisher = BusinessWeek | accessdate = 2006-09-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.ovextech.com/ Ovex Technologies website]
* [http://www.ovexglobal.com/ Ovex Global website]
* [http://www.premierbpo.com/ PremierBPO website]
* [http://www.enpointe.com/ En Pointe Technologies website]

Regards
Asif Siddique