Former Roost CTO joins Market Leader

Alex Lange, formerly chief technology officer at real estate technology company Roost, is now CTO at online marketing and technology company Market Leader, Market Leader announced today. Lange co-founded Roost in 2007 and, prior to that, was vice president of information technology and chief architect at Art.com. Chris Henley, formerly executive producer at Social Gaming Network, has replaced Lange as Roost's CTO. At Market Leader, Lange will head the company's technology and product teams. "We're excited to have a proven real estate technology leader like Alex join our team," said Ian Morris, Market Leader's CEO, in a statement. "His deep technology experience and real estate domain expertise will be invaluable as we extend our category leadership." Earlier this month, Roost switched its entire business model from property search to focus on social media tools. Henley's hiring was part of the transition, according to Roost CEO Alex Chang. In a separate announce...