Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a social media management system for brand management created by Ryan Holmes in 2008. The system’s user interface takes the form of a dashboard, and supports social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare, MySpace, WordPress, TrendSpottr and Mixi.[7]

Additional integrations are available via Hootsuite’s App Directory, including Instagram, MailChimp, Reddit, Storify, Tumblr, Vimeo and YouTube.[8]

Based in Vancouver, Hootsuite has over 500 staff located in Vancouver, San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Singapore, and other countries. The company operates on a freemium model and has over 10 million users in more than 175 countries.

Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes (born December 30, 1974) is a Canadian computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Hootsuite, a social media management tool for businesses. Holmes began developing Hootsuite in 2008 through his agency Invoke Media.

Holmes is a contributor to the LinkedIn Influencers Program, where he writes about entrepreneurship and technology.[1] Holmes also contributes regularly to news publications including Forbes, Fast Company and Inc.com.

Early life and education

Holmes was born in Vernon, British Columbia, a rural town in western Canada. He grew up on a farm without electricity.[2] Holmes won a district-wide programming contest in the fifth grade,[3] and the prize was an Apple IIc which was rewired to run off of a car battery.[4] He spent much of his spare time on the computer, both at school and at home.[3]

In 1997, Holmes enrolled in a business program at the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island but left the program early in 1997 to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.