NASDAQ to drive expansion into Central U.S. Region

To expand its footprint in the Central region in order to meet increasing customer demand, particularly for Corporate Solutions products and services which are used by over 1,300 customers in the region, NASDAQ OMX(NASDAQ:NDAQ) has announced to open a new office in Austin, Texas on 28th February. The office will be overseen by Cris Farrell, Vice-President & Head of Sales, U.S. West, Corporate Solutions, NASDAQ OMX.

Cris Farrell said, "We are proud to open a new office to support Texas companies that need the services and solutions we provide to our customers, specifically designed to help them create competitive advantage from their IR, PR, Marketing and Governance organizations."

"We are fortunate to have so many of Texas' leading companies as part of the NASDAQ family, including Whole Foods Market and RetailMeNot, Inc. from Austin, and we are excited to expand our presence there to further develop relationships with the region's most innovative companies and entrepreneurs," said Bob McCooey, Senior Vice-President of Relationship Management, Corporate Client Group, NASDAQ OMX.

In addition to the Corporate Solutions sales and support team, the new Austin office will increase NASDAQ OMX's on-the-ground presence for its Corporate Client Group in Texas, the fourth-largest U.S. market for its listings business.