Rival (software company)
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{{Infobox company
| name = SilkRoad Technology, Inc.
| logo = Rival Formerly SilkRoad Technology Logo.png
| trade_name = Rival
| type = Corporation
| foundation = 2003 (in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US)
| founder = Andrew Filipowski
Brian Platz
| location_city = Chicago, Illinois
| location_country = USA
| revenue = {{increase}} US${{cite web
|url=http://www.insideview.com/directory/silkroad-technology-inc
|title=SilkRoad Technology, Inc. - Company Profile |accessdate= 7 September 2013 |publisher=InsideView}}
| products = Recruit (OpenHire)
Engage (Sourcing, Candidate Engagement, Hosted Apply)
Onboard (RedCarpet)
Learn (GreenLight)
Perform (WingSpan)
HeartBeat
Point
LifeSuite
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Greg DiTullio
- CEO
Brendan Mullins
- Chief Revenue Officer
Steven Gross
- Chief Financial Officer
Poornima Farrar
- Chief Product Officer
Ron Teeter
- Chief Technology Officer
John Collins
- VP, Strategy & Operations
| industry = Software company
| homepage = {{URL|https://rival-hr.com}}
}}
SilkRoad Technology, Inc., doing business as Rival, is a software company for human resources management.{{cite book
| first =
| last =
| title = Pratt's Guide to Private Equity & Venture Capital Sources
| place = Ithaca, NY
| publisher = Capital Publications, Thomson Reuters
| series =
| volume =
| edition = Digitized Sep 29, 2011
| year = 2008
| page = 1335
| doi =
| isbn = 9780979627811
}} Rival is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company has mid-market to Fortune 100 clients, including AirBnB, Cleveland Clinic, Dairy Queen, eBay, Netflix and Stellantis.
The company ranked #4 in The Business Journal’s list of 50 Top-Performing Private Companies.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
History
SilkRoad Technology, Inc. was founded in North Carolina in 2003 by Andrew "Flip" Filipowski with Eprise, and launched at the Human Resource Executive Technology Conference and Expo in Chicago in 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/experience.html|title=Why Attend? {{!}} 2018 Attendees Experienced . . .|website=www.hrtechnologyconference.com|access-date=2019-01-03}}
SilkRoad Technology acquired OpenHire, based in Winston-Salem in 2004.{{cite web
|url=http://wraltechwire.com/business/tech_wire/wire/story/1155415/
|title=SilkRoad Acquires Triad-Based OpenHire Software
|publisher= WRAL Tech Wire
|accessdate= 28 September 2013
|date=7 May 2004
}}
SilkRoad Technology acquired VTN Technologies, Inc., the creator of Olé Online Learning Environment training software, in 2008.{{cite web
|url=http://www.techjournal.org/2008/11/nc-based-silkroad-technology-acquires-vtn-technologies-2/
|title=NC-based Silkroad technology acquires VTN Technologies
|accessdate= 2013-09-28
|publisher= TechJournal
|date=3 November 2008
}}
The company headquarters relocated to Chicago in 2010.Kutik, Bill. [http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=533350246 "There is Another! SilkRoad"] Human Resource Executive Online, 20 October 2012.
In 2019 SilkRoad Technology began providing Strategic Consulting Services.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
In 2021, SilkRoad Technology was acquired by HighBar Partners.{{Cite web |title=HighBar Partners Acquires SilkRoad Technology |url=https://rival-hr.com/news/highbar-partners-acquires-silkroad-technology/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Rival |language=en-US}}
In 2022, SilkRoad Technology purchased the assets of Entelo, adding market-established candidate search, candidate marketing, candidate interviewing and search/marketing outsourcing capabilities.{{Cite web |title=SilkRoad Technology Adds Entelo SaaS Candidate Search and Recruitment Marketing Technology |url=https://rival-hr.com/news/silkroad-technology-adds-entelo-saas-candidate-search-and-recruitment-marketing-technology/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=Rival |language=en-US}}
In 2023, SilkRoad Technology rebranded to Rival{{Cite web |title=SilkRoad Technology Rebrands as Rival to Deliver Stable Agility to Talent Teams |url=https://rival-hr.com/news/silkroad-technology-rebrands-as-rival-to-deliver-stable-agility-to-talent-teams/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Rival |language=en-US}} and re-launched its legacy recruiting solution, Rival Recruit, the first complete Talent Acquisition suite with more than 700M pre-loaded passive candidates powered by AI-driven insights and candidate engagement.{{Cite web |title=Rival Releases First Recruiting Tool with Instant Access to Millions of Candidates |url=https://rival-hr.com/news/rival-releases-first-recruiting-tool/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Rival |language=en-US}}
Locations
SilkRoad Technology operates in facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Philippines; and Belgrade, Serbia.[http://www.silkroad.com/Company/Locations.html SilkRoad Worldwide Office Locations]
Products
References
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