Massachusetts tech firm Matter Communications has acquired the year-old boutique Portland, Ore., firm of Kent Hollenbeck, a former senior VP of Waggener Edstrom.
Hollenbeck takes a VP/West Coast title with Matter, which sees the Portland market as a central hub for business in Seattle, the Bay Area and Boise. Matter also adds Hollenbeck's client roster – HTC, Redapt -- and small staff.
Matter CEO Scott Signore noted Portland itself has a budding tech scene and offered "the best combination of characteristics important to our business."
Matter's West Coast and Mountain West roster includes Crucial (Boise), Lexar Media (Fremont, Calif.) and StillSecure (Superior, Colo.). Two existing clients, Esri and TriQuint, have major Portland operations.
Newburyport, Mass.-based Matter has outposts in Providence, R.I., and Boston. The firm was up 21% last year with $7M in revenue.
Hollenbeck, a former PR manager for Gateway, spent 16 years at WaggEd before setting up his firm in 2012.
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