SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Move, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in providing consumers the most accurate
U.S. residential listings online*, today promotes Luke Glass to the new position of executive vice
president of industry platforms. Glass is responsible for leading
the company's real estate industry relations efforts and supporting
Move's industry strategy.
Michael Kane is promoted to
senior vice president of Move's Software as a Service (SaaS)
businesses, in an expanded role that includes leadership of the
company's SaaS offerings including TigerLead®, Top
Producer® and FiveStreetSM as well as Move's
Market Snapshot, real estate website, and Internet Data Exchange
(IDX) products.
Celeste Starchild is promoted to
vice president and general manager of ListHub, the leading U.S.
property listing syndication and centralized real estate
intelligence platform, which Glass had managed for Move since 2010.
ListHub distributes content from more than 500 content sources to
more than 130 publishers. Today approximately 50,000 brokers use
ListHub's platform. ListHub also offers access to a global network
of 91 publishers in 41 countries, including China's leading listing portal, SouFun
Holdings Limited.
"Luke, Michael and Celeste have grown and improved Move's
business services with strong leadership, integrity, expertise and
passion so we are delighted they will continue to lead and build
our relationships with our partners and customers," said
Steve Berkowitz, Move's chief
executive officer and director. "Their promotions are examples of
the depth of executive leadership within our company."
Glass now leads Move's mission of providing the platforms
required for agents, brokers, franchisors and multiple listing
services (MLSs) to best serve consumers' evolving housing needs.
Move will enhance its vital role within the industry, expanding the
ListHub platform to streamline the processes by which data is
accessed, stored and distributed, as well as measure the inherent
exchange of value in providing residential listings and other
content to third parties.
Under Glass's leadership, ListHub became the dominant industry
platform for residential listing content syndication, which
provides brokers and agents access to a broad consumer audience.
Glass also focused on developing publisher relationships that
expanded the consumer audience for Move's broker customers.
Glass began his career in the real estate industry in 2002 at
Threewide Corporation, then operator of ListHub. Move acquired
Threewide in 2010. Before joining Threewide, Glass was a financial
and technology analyst for A.G.
Edwards & Sons' investment banking unit for two years.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Babson
College in finance and entrepreneurship. Glass will report
to CEO Berkowitz and will continue to be based in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Kane has more than 15 years of technology-management
experience, including his former dual role as Move's chief of staff
and TigerLead's general manager. Before joining Move in 2010, Kane
was the chief technology officer for Retail Pro, a point-of-sale
software and services company. He has served in senior leadership
positions for Intuit's QuickBooks and Payroll divisions and for
Brio Software, leading Brio Intelligence (now part of Oracle). He
also was founder of a software and services consulting company.
Prior to launching his consultancy, Kane worked on the popular
contact manager ACT! for Symantec, and developed cross-platform
user interface technology for Oracle. Kane earned a bachelor's
degree in computer science from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Starchild takes on the leadership of the ListHub business after
serving as ListHub's vice president of sales and marketing since
2007. She began her career in real estate in 1999 as a co-founder
and vice president of SettlementRoom Systems, one of the first
paperless transaction-management platforms. She has also served as
vice president of new products and marketing for Clareity
Security. She joined Threewide Corporation in 2007,
coinciding with the launch of ListHub and was instrumental in its
growth. She will continue to focus on increasing value to ListHub's
MLSs, brokers, agents and publisher network participants through
innovative real estate data systems. Starchild earned a bachelor of
science in psychology and sociology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Reporting to
Glass, Starchild will continue to work from ListHub's Alexandria, Virginia office.
* "Most accurate" claim(s) pertain to the accuracy of home
listings, are based on comparison with other national listing
portals, and are based on the greater frequency of listings
updating on realtor.com®.
About MOVE, Inc.
Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE), a leading provider of online real
estate services, operates realtor.com®, which connects
people to the essential, accurate information needed to identify
their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose
expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the
official website for the National Association of
REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to
make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging
its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple
listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and
smart telephones. Realtor.com® is where home happens.
Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of
innovative tools and accurate information
including Doorsteps®, HomeInsightSM,
SocialBiosSM, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNetSM,
homefairSM and Relocation.com. Move supports real
estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow
their businesses—including ListHub™, the nation's leading
syndicator of real estate
listings, TigerLead®, Top Producer®
and FiveStreetSM, as well as many free
services. Move is based in the heart of the Silicon Valley —
San Jose, CA.
REALTOR® and REALTOR.COM® are trademarks
of the National Association of REALTORS® and are
used with its permission. These and all other trademarks used
in this work are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain forward-looking statements,
including information about management's view of Move's future
expectations, plans and prospects, within the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the results of
Move, its subsidiaries, divisions and concepts to be materially
different from those expressed or implied in such statements. These
risk factors and others are included from time to time in documents
Move files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
but not limited to, its Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks. Other
unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse
effects on Move's future results. The forward-looking statements
included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof.
Move cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, Move
expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.
Media Contact:
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Farrell
christie.farrell@move.com
+1-408-558-7115
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