Paul J. Mass Named President of ClosingCorp

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:11pm EST
 
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Successful Technology Executive Brings Legal and Business Experience

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Mass, an accomplished business
executive with more than 20 years of experience building and leading
communications and technology companies, has joined ClosingCorp as president.
Having served on the company's board of directors since 2007, he will now
manage its day-to-day activities and continue to contribute to ClosingCorp's
long-term strategic direction. 

Mass has been active in startup ventures, operations and finance since
starting his career has a corporate attorney. Between 1987 and 1997, Mass
served as Chief Operating Officer of CableSouth, Inc., which he and
ClosingCorp Chief Executive Officer Tony Farwell, built into one of the
southeast's largest multiple system operators.  CableSouth was sold to Charter
Communications in 1995. Mass helped spearhead CableSouth's successful
expansion into radio through its subsidiary, BayCom Partners, LP. Its six
major market radio stations were sold to American Radio Systems in 1996. Mass
and Farwell also co-founded TV Data Technologies, LP, the world's largest TV
listings and entertainment information provider, later sold to the Tribune
Company.

Mass co-founded and served as president and a board member of Main Street
Broadband LLC, an Atlanta-based company organized to capitalize on the
wireless broadband market in areas that are otherwise underserved. Main Street
will initially deploy fixed wireless systems with WiMax functionality.

"Paul brings to the ClosingCorp team extraordinary experience and a successful
track record with technology-based companies.  I've known Paul for more than
20 years and his management and legal skills will further strengthen our
executive team as we prepare for the broader launch of Closing.com early next
year," said ClosingCorp CEO, Tony Farwell.

Mass began his career in 1977 as a corporate attorney with the Atlanta law
firm of Long & Aldridge (k/n/a McKenna, Long & Aldridge), where he specialized
in mergers, acquisitions, and general corporate matters. In 1981, he was hired
as VP and General Counsel of Cable America, Inc. an operator of some of the
nation's largest cable systems serving metro Atlanta and portions of the City
of Los Angeles. Paul earned a B.A. in Political Science from Duke University
in 1974, magna cum laude, and his J.D. from the Emory University School of Law
in 1977, Order of the Coif, and was a Member of the Board, Emory Law Journal.

About ClosingCorp  

ClosingCorp, an independent real estate information services company based in
La Jolla, CA, is the parent company of Closing.com, the most comprehensive
source for real estate closing services on the Web. The site empowers
consumers and real estate professionals to shop, compare and evaluate real
estate closing services in their geographic area. Visitors to Closing.com will
be able to estimate their closing costs, learn more about a real estate
provider's products, services and rates, make inquiries and initiate
transactions online. 


SOURCE  ClosingCorp

Kristin Ewald of ClosingCorp, +1-858-551-1500, kewald@closing.com

 

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