Crowdnetic Names Eric A. Smith as Chief Operating Officer

New York, NY, February 05, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Crowdnetic announced that Eric A. Smith has recently been named Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Smith will be responsible for initiating and maintaining Crowdnetic’s marketing and public relations, assisting in strategy execution as well as working with trade associations and regulators.

“We are ecstatic to bring Eric Smith on board with us as we continue to drive forward with our mission to develop an infrastructure that provides a fully-transparent means of operating and evaluating the increasingly intricate crowdfunded and private securities industry,” says Luan Cox, co-founder and CEO. “Furthermore, once we have clarity on the pending SEC Regulations regarding Section III of the JOBS Act, his financial background will give him the essential experience to help us successfully navigate what will likely be a complicated environment.”

Mr. Smith brings a wealth of operations, strategy and private equity knowledge to the Crowdnetic. With over seven years of alternative asset investment management experience from his previous employment at Union Bancaire Privée ("UBP"), a Swiss private bank, he successfully managed the investments and operational aspects of UBP's Private Equity Group. While there, he served as an Investment Manager and Fund Director in its London and New York offices, after having worked in the bank’s New York and Los Angeles offices for UBP's Hedge Fund Group. Mr. Smith earned a BA with Distinction from Columbia University.

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Crowdnetic is a leading provider of transparency-enabling technologies and data to the private investment and crowdfunded securities industry. Along with providing turnkey crowdfunding platform solutions, Crowdnetic operates the industry’s premier centralized hub for real-time market data aggregated from platforms across the globe.