HomeGain Announces Appointment of New CFO

HomeGain Announces Appointment of New CFO

Company Strategically Grows Executive Team Under Recently Appointed CEO, Richard Sommer

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- HomeGain, the real estate industry's leading online marketplace, today announced the appointment of Tod C. Harmon as the company's chief financial officer, effective immediately. "I am excited to join HomeGain and look forward to helping the company during its next stage of growth," said Harmon. "I believe HomeGain is well positioned to build on its successes, further leverage its industry leading position while continuing to grow both revenues and profits."

"We are fortunate to have a highly skilled and accomplished executive like Tod join our management team," said Richard Sommer, HomeGain CEO. "Tod is a hands on leader with experience in all aspects of finance and I'm sure will be an invaluable asset in supporting HomeGain's plans for continued, accelerated growth."

A privately held company founded in May 1999 by founder and Chairman, Bradley Inman, HomeGain's mission is to provide consumers with access to the best real estate professionals to meet their needs while giving agents and brokers the products and tools to successfully manage online marketing.

Tod Harmon has more than 20 years of financial experience working in high tech industries with large companies such as ROLM/IBM, VISA and Verisign. He has also worked in start-ups and fast growth environments with companies like Excite, Inc. At Excite, Tod was a key member of the executive team who helped lead the company during a time of rapid growth. During his tenure at Excite, he was directly involved in the acquisition of a number of companies in order to further drive the business forward. He was most recently at Verisign where he was responsible for the finance function of their communication business unit, which is the largest division within Verisign.

About HomeGain

Established in 1999, HomeGain is the definitive source for Online Real Estate Marketing. It's the place where buyers and sellers are connected to agents and brokers, where online leads are turned into record-breaking sales. Agents and brokers can leverage the Internet to transact the business of real estate with a wide variety of products and services that let them create customized online marketing solutions that meet the varying needs of their business. With three million visitors a month and more than 300 partnerships, including Yahoo!, Google, MSN, AOL, cnnfn, CitySearch, Fox News, and more, HomeGain is THE home for online real estate.


Source: HomeGain

CONTACT: Anne Casanova of HomeGain, cell, +1-650-580-5535, or
office, +1-510-594-4171, or anne@homegain.com

Web site: http://www.homegain.com/


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