BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MetricStream Inc., the market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management solutions, has recently opened a new office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, MetricStream's presence in North America has grown with its market leadership, and is marked by regional offices in New York City, Atlanta, Toronto, and now Baton Rouge. The Southern region proves to be a critical and emerging market, and a presence in the city of Baton Rouge will allow MetricStream to service and support existing customers across industries including financial services, healthcare, energy and utilities, and manufacturing, as well as cultivate new customer and partner relationships.

The Baton Rouge office is currently home to key team members from the MetricStream Professional Services and Consulting & Advisory Services group, and began with the hiring of Collin McQuiddy as Senior Director of Professional Services. Collin brings several years of risk and compliance management experience, and prior to joining MetricStream, served as Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management at Amedisys, a leading provider of home health and hospice care. "Personally, I am very excited about the commitment that MetricStream has made to the Baton Rouge area," said Mr. McQuiddy. He elaborated further by saying, "MetricStream recognizes that the local job market has an abundance of experienced professionals and new graduates, and sees enormous potential to tap into that talent pool, to create local jobs, and to keep the talent in the state, and in the Baton Rouge area itself."

According to MetricStream CEO, Shellye Archambeau, "With the rapidly growing adoption of MetricStream GRC and quality management solutions across industries, we saw the need to expand our geographical footprint to meet the needs of current and prospective customers in the Southern region." Shellye added, "Providing business value to our customers is our top priority, and in pursuit of that, we will continue to cultivate our talent base and domain experts here in the US, and around the world."

About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as UBS, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer, Philips, BAE Systems, Twitter, SanDisk, Cummins and Sonic Automotive in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government, Hi-tech and Manufacturing to manage their risk management, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.

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Mr. Vinay Bapna
pr@metricstream.com
650-620-2955

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