HOUSTON, Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Exchange, the single source for curated investment content from the investment community, today announced that Bob Dryzgula has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer, a newly created position. Harvest Exchange's proprietary software fosters industry collaboration and connectivity. The next stage in the company's growth involves bringing this same software solution to investment managers allowing them to build new relationships in a targeted and quantifiable manner.

Based in New York and reporting to Co-Founder and CEO Peter Hans, Mr. Dryzgula will oversee marketing and brand strategy for Harvest. In addition, he will work to strengthen client relationships by demonstrating how Harvest's flexible software solutions can help them reach their business goals. He brings extensive experience across high net worth, RIA and institutional channels honed through more than 15 years at AllianceBernstein, and in the hedge fund industry.

"Bob brings a unique skill set to Harvest with a deep understanding of our diverse and growing client base and a track record of driving growth for financial technology platforms," said Peter Hans. "This sought-after combination makes Bob a key part of our growth plans at an important juncture for our business."

Mr. Dryzgula was most recently a Managing Director, responsible for sales and marketing at a boutique risk and analytics platform catering to hedge funds and institutional investors. He began his career at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. (now AllianceBernstein), spending 13 years in various sales and marketing positions across all major distribution channels, including responsibility for distribution of products to the RIA retail community.

"I'm excited to join Harvest at such a pivotal time in the company's growth and development," said Mr. Dryzgula. "Harvest's flexible, data rich platform provides a unique solution that allows marketing and sales teams to work in tandem by leveraging content to increase brand awareness and enhance client relationships."

Mr. Dryzgula's appointment comes on the heels of three key new hires in Harvest's software development and data science teams, all of whom report into CTO Derek Anderson, who joined Harvest from Two Sigma in October.

About Harvest Exchange

Harvest Exchange is actively used by more than 10,000 investment organizations worldwide and by more than 300,000 professionals. Harvest Exchange is a public community where investment organizations publish branded investment expertise to a large and relevant audience. Harvest offers investment organizations the opportunity to create their own branded, private, secure, invite-only community as a means of strengthening engagement with their most important relationships. Further details regarding the security and compliance protocols on HVST.com are available here.

SOURCE Harvest Exchange