SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar, a leading provider of enterprise-class wealth management software solutions to the financial services industry, today announced that it has hired Vicki Morris as Vice President of Marketing. Morris will be responsible for leading NorthStar's global marketing initiatives and next generation launch plans. Prior to NorthStar, Morris was Vice President of Marketing at Saba Software, Inc., where she helped the company grow from $34 million in revenue to a $100 million revenue run rate.

Morris is joining NorthStar at a time of accelerated growth. NorthStar recently concluded a strong second quarter, and has plans to add more depth and value to its industry-leading enterprise wealth management system. As Vice President of Marketing, Morris will launch this suite, generate market awareness of customer successes, create a community of Wealth Managers, evaluate new solution components and determine ways to deliver additional value to more customers in new markets both regionally and globally. Overall, Morris brings more than 16 years of enterprise software and financial services marketing experience, bringing the NorthStar executive team's combined industry experience to more than 175 years.

"I am very excited to be joining such a leader in the rapidly growing wealth management software space," said Vicki Morris, NorthStar Vice President of Marketing. "NorthStar has extraordinary assets: phenomenal intellectual capital, an impressive list of marquee clients, industry best practices, workflow/process expertise, appealing technology, and industry leading software that delivers holistic wealth management, from prospecting to planning to portfolio construction and monitoring. I look forward to helping the company continue its success."

"We continue to see an acceleration of adoption of wealth management software," said Collin Cohen, NorthStar President. "I am extremely pleased to have such a talented marketing professional join our team to support NorthStar's existing sales efforts as well as to further help us understand how we can assist our clients and prospects drive performance in this new generation of wealth management."

Overall, Morris has a well rounded background in enterprise software and financial services marketing. Prior to Saba, Morris was a marketing executive at PeopleSoft, where she led global launches and a major marketing initiative focused at bringing value to the financial services industry. Before PeopleSoft, Morris was a Director at Sun Microsystems where she was responsible for creating the Financial Services go-to-market strategy and materials, and was responsible for launching the first commercial version of Java(TM), with design input from leading Wall Street firms. Sun Microsystems awarded her the President's Award for best contribution to the company for her efforts in Java Marketing. Morris received a Bachelors of Science from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

About NorthStar Systems International, Inc.

NorthStar is a leading provider of enterprise wealth management software solutions to financial services institutions, including broker dealers, banks and trusts, asset managers, and service providers to Registered Investment Advisors. NorthStar's suite of software is comprised of five solutions that empower financial advisors and their teams with full lifecycle advisory capabilities to acquire, implement and manage client assets in a holistic and compliant manner. The solutions, and modules within them, can be seamlessly integrated with each other to support the functionality and phasing which meet the specific challenges of the firm.

    Sales & Proposals -- Capture investor profile information, quickly analyze
    current investments (including external assets), run hypotheticals, and
    easily produce professional, compliant proposals.

    Planning -- Analyze an investor's portfolio, their financial situation and
    prospective wealth scenarios to quickly design a tailored investment plan
    and comprehensive Investment Policy Statement.

    Product Catalog & Research -- Access a comprehensive, open-architecture
    product catalog to easily find, compare and analyze investment, banking
    and insurance products.

    Portfolio Construction -- Construct and implement highly customized
    portfolios using eligibility and suitability rules, sophisticated
    analytics and expanded screening and filtering capabilities.

    Client Wealth Management -- Manage an entire wealth management practice
    with 360-degree client views and portfolio reporting tools that facilitate
    browsing, analysis, monitoring and reporting on and across client
    relationships.

NorthStar is backed by venture capital firms Benchmark Capital, H.I.G. Capital, and Chess Ventures, as well as Silicon Valley Bank, and leading financial services institutions including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. For additional information, visit www.northstar.com.

    Media Contact:
    Jakie Kangas
    NorthStar Systems International, Inc.
    415-344-6140