www.etouches.com
 
Corporate Overview

We Care

We care because we’ve been there: middle of the night printing badges, copying and pasting thirty versions of the registration list, and going for a cup of coffee while trying to get yourself psyched up to wade through dozens of abstract submissions. We know the pain and we know the joy of seeing all of the components of an event come together in that perfect fusion that results in smiles.

Our passion for events comes from our history as an event services company. As we built a global client base we found using spreadsheets, sticky notes, binders, whiteboards and various software tools extremely inefficient and frustrating. etouches was born.

We believe in achieving self-actualization. We believe event professionals want to think, create and explore new ways to educate and connect people. We set out to build etouches to answer the complexity inherent in professional events with a simple solution: one, centralized event management platform that can handle any size or type of event, for all types of organizations.

Bottom line, we set out to automate the total event management lifecycle so that we could kick off our shoes earlier and get to the joy faster!

History

etouches grew out of an event management services company, Global Executive, which was founded in 1998. Servicing a global customer base, Global Executive handled every aspect from event conception through production. Leonora Valvo, etouches CEO, was never satisfied with software solutions for the industry. None were efficient or easy to use. So, she designed her own software solution from an event planner’s unique point of view. The software solution was a huge success and Leonora officially productized and renamed the corporation in 2008.

With a reputation for exceptional service and high touch, Leonora easily transformed the company from an event services company to a software company. etouches is delivered through a subscription model coupled with the highest levels of customer care.

Since evolving into a software company, the etouches product line has received multiple awards from both the software and the event industry. Leonora has also received multiple awards for her entrepreneurial leadership and business management success.

Product Offerings

etouches is the most comprehensive web-based event software management platform available. Offering two product lines named Quad and Pro, etouches is based on a multi-tenant, cloud-based architecture using open source technology and delivered as software as a service (SaaS). The multi-lingual, multi-currency product line includes modules for scheduling, budgeting, registration, seating, appointment setting/networking, venue sourcing, email marketing, surveys, mobile, lead retrieval and event websites.

Service Offerings

etouches continues to offer complementary event services such as onsite registration, staff management, housing management, badging, speaker management and pre-conference management.

Locations

HQ: Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Reading, United Kingdom
Sydney, Australia

Type of Business

Private Corporation, Founded 2008

Board of Directors

  • Leonora Valvo,Chief Executive Officer, etouches
  • Leon Shapiro, Executive Vice President, Client Operations
  • Geoff Schneider, Managing Partner, Cava Capital
  • Christa Carone, Chief Marketing Officer, Xerox Corporation
  • Pauline Murphy,Managing Director, Investments, Connecticut Innovations
  • Benjamin Levin, Founder and Partner, Level Equity

Executive Leadership

  • Leonora Valvo, Chief Executive Officer
  • Tim Cummins, Chief Software Architect
  • Peter Kihara, Chief Financial Officer
  • Julian Ward, Chief Operating Officer
  • Nicola Rossetti, Chief Strategy Officer
  • Steve Mackenzie, Chief Revenue Officer
  • Chett Rubenstein, Vice President of Technology