SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp [NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA]
[ASX: NWS, NWSLV] and operator of leading online real estate
services destination realtor.com®, today announced the appointment
of Vineet Singh as its first-ever
chief data officer. Singh will lead realtor.com®'s data science and
engineering with a focus on driving innovation to make it easier
for home buyers, sellers and dreamers to find their perfect
home.
Singh brings more than 25 years of experience focused on data
mining, research and analytics at world class technology companies,
including Intuit, HP, Hitachi, Ltd. and IBM. At Move, he will
report to Suhail Ansari, the
company's chief technology officer.
"This new role underscores the vital importance of economic and
consumer data to the online real estate industry. In addition to
supplementing our comprehensive and accurate listing information
with better market data, a focus on data science and engineering
also enables us to drive a much more compelling and personalized
user experience," Ansari said. "Vineet brings the right mix of
academic, research, analytics and data science experience to drive
innovation that will help realtor.com demystify one of the biggest
decisions most people will make in their lifetime."
Singh spent seven years at Intuit in various leadership roles
overseeing the company's data science, data engineering, new
business innovation and web research and analytics. Prior to
Intuit, he spent eight years at HP, where he led data teams in
research, engineering, and services. As business intelligence
principal in the Services business, he built the Americas practice
from the ground up and doubled the revenue of the global practice.
As the chief scientist of the Hitachi Information Technology Lab,
Singh led a world-class team of data scientists who collaborated
with faculty at Stanford and
MIT and filed numerous patents.
A frequent keynote speaker and author of dozens of articles in
leading journals and conferences, Singh has been awarded 10
patents. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
from the Indian Institute of
Technology, a master's degree in computer science from
MIT and a Ph.D. in artificial
intelligence from Stanford
University.
About Move, Inc. and realtor.com®
Move, Inc. operates the realtor.com® website and mobile
experiences, which provide buyers, sellers and renters of homes
with the information, tools and professional expertise they need to
discover and create their perfect home. News Corp [NASDAQ: NWS,
NWSA]; [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] acquired Move in November 2014, and realtor.com® quickly
established itself as the fastest growing online real estate
service provider as measured by comScore.
As the official website of the National Association of
REALTORS®, consumers know they can look to realtor.com® for
the most comprehensive and accurate information anytime,
anywhere. With relationships with nearly 800 multiple listing
services (MLS), realtor.com® has more than 3 million for-sale
listings, which account for more than 97 percent of all MLS-listed
for-sale properties. More than 90 percent of the listings are
updated every 15 minutes. Move's network of websites provides
consumers a wealth of innovative tools,
including Doorsteps®, Moving.com™,
SeniorHousingNetSM and others. Move supports real
estate professionals by providing many services to grow their
businesses in an increasing digital, on-demand world,
including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator
and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate
industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems;
and FiveStreetSM and Reesio as well
as many free services.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements are based on management's views and
assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of
the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ
materially from these expectations due to changes in global
economic, business, competitive market and regulatory and other
factors. More detailed information about these and other factors
that could affect future results is contained in News Corp's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
"forward-looking statements" included in this document are made
only as of the date of this document and we do not have any
obligation to publicly update any "forward-looking statements" to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by
law.
Media Contact: Lexie
Puckett, realtor.com, 805-557-3151
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