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Kronos Incorporated

Kronos Incorporated is a U.S.-based multi-national workforce management software and services company headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States, and employing 3,200 people.

History

Kronos was founded in 1977 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alumnus Mark S. Ain. Under Ain's leadership, Kronos sustained one of the longest records of growth and profitability as a public company in the software industry. Ain's brother, Aron Ain, succeeded him as chief executive officer in 2005. Mark Ain continues as chairman of the Board of Directors.

Originally a manufacturer of timeclocks, the majority of Kronos revenue is now derived from software and services. The company provides applications for workforce management, as well as consulting, education, and support services to its customers, including cloud services.

In March 2007, Kronos was bought out for US$1.74 billion by the lead investor Hellman & Friedman and the secondary investor JMI Equity.

Kronos Digital Entertainment

Kronos Digital Entertainment was a U.S.–based video game developer founded by Stan Liu in 1992. They first garnered attention for their contract work for Sierra On-Line, most notably the groundbreaking intro sequence they created for King's Quest VI. They eventually began to develop original properties, beginning with their visually appealing early 3D fighting games,Criticom, Dark Rift and Cardinal Syn (referred to as the "Trilogy of Terror" by one gaming journalist). The organization later gained greater critical and commercial success for the Fear Effect series with Eidos, although Kronos retains all rights to the franchise. Kronos was busy developing the third installment in that series, Fear Effect Inferno, when publisher Eidos discontinued funding for the project following a major restructuring of their budget. The developer then shopped it around to other publishers but were unable to secure another deal to get the game finished. The company disbanded soon after, with Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix being their final released game.