BlueMatrix was founded jointly by Skye Hauptman and Patricia Horotan in 1999 after working at several investment banks and observing the often overly complicated and inefficient processes they had in place for the creation and dissemination of research The client was large enough to have a complex process for publishing research, and many exceptions and special situations, while they were not so big as to transform BlueMatrix into a specialized consulting firm for a single client Our first client, a large regional bank, took a leap of faith in hiring us based purely on our knowledge of investment banking research and our idea that we could do things better This enabled us both to grow rapidly without giving up the private ownership that has enabled us to focus on our development objectives and to continuously add new features to our core product based upon specific client requirements, ensuring the continued relevance of our platform and unmatched product features based upon specific user needs As a neutral technology service provider with a specific focus on the research space, we make sense of what is happening across the market, enabling all communication about research content to be managed via a single interface