SOFTWARE FIRMS.

SOFTWARE FIRMS
Ranked by employees in L.A. County
Rank  Name                                Employees in   Employees
      Address                             L.A. County   company-wide
 1    Vivendi Universal Interactive          1,100         2,500
      Publishing 1
      6080 Center Drive, 10th Floor
      Los Angeles 90045, vivendi.com
 2    Candle Corp.                             600         1,600
      201 N. Douglas St.
      El Segundo 90245, candle.com
 3    CCH Inc.                                 425           900
      21250 Hawthorne Blvd.
      Torrance 90503, cch.com
 4    THQ Inc.                                 300           410
      27001 Agoura Road, suite 325
      Calabasas Hills 91301, thq.com
 5    Activision Inc.                          277           750
      3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
      Santa Monica 90405, activision.com
 6    Trillium Digital Systems Inc.            248           404
      12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800
      Los Angeles 90025, trillium.com
 7    Elite Information Systems                200           377
      5100 W. Goldleaf Circle, Suite 100
      Los Angeles 90056, eliteis.com
 8    Software Dynamics Inc.                   155           165
      8501 Fallbrook Ave., Suite 200
      West Hills 91304, sdinc.com
 9    Executive Software International         140           160
      Inc.
      7590 N. Glenoaks Blvd.
      Burbank 91504, executive.com
10    Treyarch                                 130           130
      3420 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 2000
      Santa Monica 90405, treyarch.com
Rank              Products              Executive
                                        Title
 1       Diablo 2, Warcraft, Tribes,    Luc Vanhal
        Hoyle, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro   ceo
        the DragonJumpstart learning
              series, Half Life
 2        CandleNet Command Center,     Aubrey Chernick
      eBusiness Assurance Network[TM],  chairman, ceo
        CandleNet eBusiness Platform
 3     ProSystem fx Tax, ProSystem fx   Arthur Russano
        Audit, ProSystem fx planning,   vp, sales and
      ProSystem fx practice, ProSystem  marketing
               fx fixed assets
 4       Red Faction, WWF Raw is War    Brain Farrell
       xbox, WWF Smack Down, Rugrats,   president, ceo
            SpongeBob Squarepants
 5      Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Matt    Robert Kotick
       Hoffman's Pro BMX, Spider-Man,   chairman, ceo
       Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
 6           protocol software,         Rich Cahalan
           communications software      president, ceo
 7      professional billing systems,   Chris Poole
          accounts payable, general     chairman, ceo
                   ledger
 8        ZEUS Teller, Web Teller,      Tom Shen
          platform and call center      president
        application, T-Server, multi-
        channel server, CRM datamart,
              enterprise server
 9          Diskeeper for Windows       Craig Jensen
        95/98/NT/2000, Diskeeper for    chairman, ceo
        openums, Undelete for Windows
          NT/2000, 110 Express for
                  open VMS
10     die by the sword, triple play,   Don Likeness
       Tony Hawk (dreamcat), Spiderman  ceo
WND - Would Not Disclose
NA - Not Available
(1)Formerly Havas Interactive, acquired in December 2000.
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