REDWOOD CITY, CA., August 7, 2014 – Rich Matta has joined online privacy and reputation leader ReputationDefender as the company’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer.
Matta joins ReputationDefender after serving as a key member of the early founding team at Support.com, a leading provider of cloud software and services for technology support. In his time at Support.com, Matta helped grow the company to a $100M run rate and served as their Senior Vice President and General Manager, launching and leading their SaaS platform business.
“We’re thrilled to add Rich Matta to our talented team,” said Michael Fertik, ReputationDefender’s Founder and CEO. “His leadership of our consumer business is crucial to our growth as the top provider of online reputation management solutions. We’re confident that the company will benefit from Rich’s experience innovating and growing similar consumer software and Internet businesses.”
In his new role, Matta will manage and grow ReputationDefender’s consumer business, with responsibility for product, engineering, sales and marketing functions. Matta will also work with the business development team to identify strategic partnerships and focus on both the flagship ReputationDefender product and ReputationDefender’s wide-ranging consumer and executive privacy products.
“This is a unique opportunity for me to get involved in a business and movement I’m passionate about,” Matta said. “I’m excited to bring technologies to market that empower people to take control of their personal data online and safeguard their digital privacy.”
About ReputationDefender
ReputationDefender was founded in 2006 to give individuals and businesses the power to control their digital privacy and reputation. The company continues to pioneer patented solutions that safeguard and remove personal data from the Internet, monitor and respond to online reviews, build a positive and accurate Web presence for clients, and help businesses proactively engage customers.
ReputationDefender is a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company and multiple award winner, including the recent Silver for the Best in Biz Awards for “Most Customer Friendly Company” in 2012. It is funded by top-tier venture capital firms and has customers in 100 countries.