Placester CEO and leadership

Matt Barba is the Co-Founder and CTO of Placester, a real estate marketing platform. He was the founding CEO until January, 2018 when Omar Hussain joined. To date, the company has raised over $100M in total funding, and is backed by leading investors, including NEA, Romulus Capital and Techstars.

While in college at Boston University, Matt pursued a real estate license and began his career as an agent in 2008. During that time, he developed a keen interest in real estate technology. An avid coder since childhood, Matt recognized a significant opportunity to improve the way real estate data was being shared with home buyers and sellers, as well as the publications promoting property listings.

Together with CTO Frederick Townes, Matt founded Placester in January 2011 to close the gap between real estate professionals, publishers, and consumers. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 Matt was named to the Swanepoel POWER 200 (SP200) list of the top 200 real estate industry leaders in North America.

In addition to his background in finance and entrepreneurship, Matt also brings engineering experience to his post at Placester as the author of Builder, the most widely used real estate plugin on WordPress. Matt graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2009.

Prior to Placester, Matt was a real estate agent at Modern Real Estate in Allston, MA, which is where he found his passion for transforming the way real estate data was being shared. From there, he developed a clear vision for improvement in the industry which lead to the founding of Placester.

Omar Hussain is the President and CEO of Imprivata. With a proven track record of leading large and small companies through explosive phases of growth, Omar is widely recognized as a visionary driving the convergence of market, product and clinical trends in healthcare. During his more than 25 years in executive leadership roles, Omar has consistently identified and leveraged trends to develop new markets and build high-growth companies. Before joining Imprivata, Omar was the founder and CEO of Anchorsilk, an e-commerce software company spun out of Compuware, where he was GM of its Windows Tools and Testing business. Serving in senior executive leadership roles, Omar has led the marketing, product, and business development efforts for various start-ups including NuMega, at which he facilitated the acquisition by Compuware, and Open Environment Corporation, where he led the company through a successful public offering and subsequent acquisition by Borland.

Matt Barba is the Co-Founder and CTO of Placester, a real estate marketing platform. He was the founding CEO until January, 2018 when Omar Hussain joined. To date, the company has raised over $100M in total funding, and is backed by leading investors, including NEA, Romulus Capital and Techstars.

While in college at Boston University, Matt pursued a real estate license and began his career as an agent in 2008. During that time, he developed a keen interest in real estate technology. An avid coder since childhood, Matt recognized a significant opportunity to improve the way real estate data was being shared with home buyers and sellers, as well as the publications promoting property listings.

Together with CTO Frederick Townes, Matt founded Placester in January 2011 to close the gap between real estate professionals, publishers, and consumers. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 Matt was named to the Swanepoel POWER 200 (SP200) list of the top 200 real estate industry leaders in North America.

In addition to his background in finance and entrepreneurship, Matt also brings engineering experience to his post at Placester as the author of Builder, the most widely used real estate plugin on WordPress. Matt graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2009.

Prior to Placester, Matt was a real estate agent at Modern Real Estate in Allston, MA, which is where he found his passion for transforming the way real estate data was being shared. From there, he developed a clear vision for improvement in the industry which lead to the founding of Placester.

Matt Barba is the Co-Founder and CTO of Placester, a real estate marketing platform. He was the founding CEO until January, 2018 when Omar Hussain joined. To date, the company has raised over $100M in total funding, and is backed by leading investors, including NEA, Romulus Capital and Techstars.

While in college at Boston University, Matt pursued a real estate license and began his career as an agent in 2008. During that time, he developed a keen interest in real estate technology. An avid coder since childhood, Matt recognized a significant opportunity to improve the way real estate data was being shared with home buyers and sellers, as well as the publications promoting property listings.

Together with CTO Frederick Townes, Matt founded Placester in January 2011 to close the gap between real estate professionals, publishers, and consumers. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 Matt was named to the Swanepoel POWER 200 (SP200) list of the top 200 real estate industry leaders in North America.

In addition to his background in finance and entrepreneurship, Matt also brings engineering experience to his post at Placester as the author of Builder, the most widely used real estate plugin on WordPress. Matt graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2009.

Prior to Placester, Matt was a real estate agent at Modern Real Estate in Allston, MA, which is where he found his passion for transforming the way real estate data was being shared. From there, he developed a clear vision for improvement in the industry which lead to the founding of Placester.