# Sharam Sasson

> Sharam Sasson is an enterprise software entrepreneur, investor and Jitterbit co-founder and original CEO. He previously co-founded Scopus Technology and founded Extensity, serving as its founding CEO and chairman. His career also includes engineering work, an advisory role at Primera Capital and board service.

- **Role:** Co-founder and board member at Jitterbit
- **Organizations:** Jitterbit, Extensity, Scopus Technology, Primera Capital, Kiverdi, MOOS LLC, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Bechtel Corporation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.Sc., Queen Mary College, University of London, Master’s degree in engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded three enterprise software businesses: Scopus Technology, Extensity and Jitterbit., Scopus became publicly traded before its 1998 merger with Siebel., Extensity raised $80 million in its January 2000 IPO.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked as a research scientist at Lockheed and developed structural modeling software at Bechtel; sequence and dates not established.
- **1990-1995** — Co-founded Scopus Technology and served as vice president.
- **1996** — Founded Extensity and served as its founding CEO and chairman.
- **1998** — Scopus merged with Siebel Systems.
- **1999** — Extensity announced Bob Spinner would succeed Sasson as CEO; Sasson would remain chairman.
- **2000** — Extensity began public trading as EXTN on January 27.
- **2003** — Extensity was acquired by Geac; Sasson co-founded Jitterbit.
- **2006** — Led Jitterbit at the launch of its Community and Professional editions.
- **2009** — Published Seven Best Practices for Cloud Computing.
- **2011** — Recruited George Gallegos to succeed him as Jitterbit CEO.
- **2013** — Named as a managing member of MOOS LLC in a Chegg securities filing.

## Achievements

- Co-founded three enterprise software businesses: Scopus Technology, Extensity and Jitterbit.
- Scopus became publicly traded before its 1998 merger with Siebel.
- Extensity raised $80 million in its January 2000 IPO.
- Helped establish Jitterbit’s early integration software and commercial support model.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Jitterbit, the company Sasson co-founded, appointed Mark Logan president and CEO on August 3; this is a company update, not a new role for Sasson.
- **2026-05** — Jitterbit announced an MCP gateway with Deep Message Inspection; its MCP documentation identifies the offering as beta.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharam-sasson-a714b

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