Pasadena, Calif. (October 8, 2015) – Spokeo, the leading people search engine, today announced Jason Matthes as newly appointed senior vice president and general counsel. Matthes joins the people search engine with more than 10 years of experience providing strategic legal counsel to both public and privately-held software and data companies.
“As Spokeo continues to grow its offerings into the consumer, enterprise and genealogy spaces, we are excited to add Jason to our team,” said Harrison Tang, chief executive officer, Spokeo. “His wealth of experience at software and data companies aligns perfectly with our growing needs for a leader who will head our privacy practices and guide legal strategic decisions.”
Matthes most recently worked as vice president and general counsel of Appriss, a private equity-owned provider of software and data solutions. Prior to Appriss, he served as vice president and general counsel at Cortera. Early in his career, Matthes assumed a key in-house legal role at Seisint, a venture-backed data provider that was acquired by LexisNexis; he continued on with LexisNexis following the acquisition as senior counsel for LexisNexis Risk Management. Matthes also previously held senior roles at the software unit of ABB, the global leader in power and automation technologies, and the receivables management division of TSYS, a global payment processing company.
Matthes obtained his B.A. at the University of Miami and his J.D. at Nova Southeastern University.
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About Spokeo
Spokeo is a leading people search service using proprietary technology to organize public information into comprehensive yet easy-to-understand online profiles. Based in Pasadena, Spokeo makes it easier than ever to help reunite friends and family, browse celebrities, and discover information about your online footprint, by simply searching a name, address, email, phone or username. Spokeo was recently named to the Inc. 5000 list and as one of Los Angeles Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies.