Hearsay Social Doubles-Down On Growth With Second R&D Center in Seattle

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - May 17, 2016) - Hearsay Social®, provider of the Predictive Omnichannel Suite for financial advisors and insurance agents, announced today it is strengthening its operations with the establishment of an engineering center in Seattle, Washington.

Located in one of North America's most prominent technology hubs, Hearsay Social's second engineering center will focus on building out new technologies that enable financial professionals to engage with their clients and prospects across multiple digital channels.

The facility underscores Hearsay Social's rapid growth from a single product and single engineering team based in Silicon Valley to a global product suite and multiple in-region teams. In just one year, Hearsay Social expanded from one product to a complete digital toolkit, all built from the ground up by an R&D group with deep expertise in data science and machine learning.

Building upon its flagship social media solution, the platform has grown to be a full enterprise solution that also includes advisor websites (Hearsay Sites™), advisor email marketing (Hearsay Mail™) and compliant text messaging (Hearsay Messages™) -- all from a single, unified dashboard. Today's announcement and the recent build-out of engineering talent will enable continued innovation and product growth.

"Seattle's deep talent pool is a perfect match for Hearsay Social," said Bob Moss, Vice President of Engineering. "I'm thrilled about having an engineering center here and the talented team we've put together and are committed to building, and we will continue to invest in our local teams to provide them with unique, growth-driven opportunities."

Moss, who joined Hearsay Social in February of 2015, has played an instrumental role in architecting and scaling the company's engineering organization to deliver, support and manage rapid product releases; among his many accomplishments, he grew the team's headcount by 50 percent over the last year. Prior to Hearsay Social, Moss was Chief of Engineering Operations at Mozilla. He has also served in senior leadership roles at both Fortune 50 companies and stealth-mode startups.

Named a 2016 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area, Hearsay Social is committing to fostering a diverse company culture. More than 30 percent of its R&D team are women, and CEO and founder Clara Shih is an outspoken advocate for diversity in the technology industry, having keynoted Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, spoken about diversity in tech at the Bloomberg Technology Conference, and many others. The company encourages all employees, regardless of technical background, to advance their technology knowledge through programs such as its internal Employee Code Academy, regular internal hack-a-thons, mentoring and more.

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About Hearsay Social

Hearsay Social provides the Predictive Omnichannel Suite for financial professionals across the world's largest financial institutions, including seven of the top 10 global financial services companies and leading firms such as New York Life, Raymond James, Vanguard and Penn Mutual. Hearsay Social powers more than 130,000 financial relationship managers worldwide, allowing them to engage today's social, mobile customer through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, mobile-first websites, personalized email and text messages. Advisors receive unique client insights through multi-channel signals, and the Predictive Content Library makes it easy to share the right content at the right time. Built-in enterprise integration and governance powers compliance and supervision for global firms, seamlessly addressing industry regulations and enforcing policy.

Hearsay Social is an MBA associate member, SIFMA strategic partner, LIMRA Elite Strategic partner and GAMA partner, and has raised $51 million from Sequoia Capital, NEA and private investors. Named a 2015 CNBC Disruptor and a 2016 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area, the company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with dedicated local presences in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich and Hong Kong.

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