AssureSign LLC, a leader in Electronic Signature Technology, today announced that the company has experienced significant growth encompassing various facets of the organization since its inception in 2008.

AssureSign is a web-hosted service that facilitates the managed processing of documents in an all-digital, highly secure environment. The patent-pending electronic signature software provides forensically identifiable evidence of contractual acceptance with digitized electronic signatures that can be matched for authentication in much the same way as a traditional signature.

AssureSign’s sales growth is exemplified by more than twenty new customer acquisitions in the last 90 days, including three Fortune 1000 companies. Many of these new customers are leveraging the integration with salesforce.com’s CRM via the Force.com AppExchange. Responsiveness to recent sales and marketing efforts is an indication of the widespread acceptance and adoption of electronic signature technology delivered as a web-hosted or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering.

As a recognized leader in the electronic signature space, David Brinkman, AssureSign’s Chief Executive Officer has been invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Signatures and Records Association (ESRA). ESRA is a centralized educational resource for its members and the public with respect to the legal, regulatory and operational issues in relation to the use of electronic signatures and records. Mr. Brinkman’s participation on the ESRA Board is another indication of AssureSign’s status as a respected peer and trusted advisor in the field of electronic signatures.

To accommodate the company’s growth and assure continued commitment to the market, AssureSign has expanded its sales team.  Jim McAfee joins AssureSign as Sales Director, National Accounts, focusing  on the insurance and financial services markets along with partnership opportunities in those markets.  Jim comes to AssureSign from ChoicePoint/Insurity where he was AVP Sales for Insurance Verification Services solutions.  “We are thrilled to have Jim join the AssureSign sales team.  His knowledge of the target markets and overall sales experience in other markets will enhance AssureSign’s presence in the electronic signature space,” said Larry Torri, Vice President of Sales.

“We are very pleased and excited by the fantastic growth and achievement we have experienced over the past year,” said David W. Brinkman, CEO. “The company’s results and performance continue to climb, and we have achieved some very important operational milestones, which will assist in continuing to build a strong foundation for the future.”

AssureSign LLC, the leader in biometric digital signatures will be a gold sponsor of E-Signatures ’08: Business, Legal & Technology Trends, the 2nd annual Electronic Signature & Records Association (ESRA) annual conference, to be held November 12 and 13, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

E-Signatures ’08 is a gathering of e-signature vendors and users, and will include presentations regarding legal and regulatory issues surrounding electronic signatures, insurance industry policy perspectives and standards initiatives. Additionally, representatives from various industries including consumer products, financial services, insurance, banking, equipment acquisition sales and service, cable television sales and service and government services will present case studies of their corporate implementations. One such case study presentation will be delivered by AssureSign customer Dante Russo, Project Manager, Business Engineering Services of Bright House Networks.

“The electronic signature process provides a mechanism by which we are able to significantly reduce the mean time between contract signature and service installation,” said Danté Russo, Project Manager, Business Solutions of Bright House Networks, Central Florida. “By demonstrating that we recognize and value our customers’ time, we encourage stronger and more productive relationships.”

AssureSign is a Web-hosted service that facilitates the managed processing of documents in an all-digital, high security environment. The patent-pending electronic signature software provides forensically identifiable evidence of contractual acceptance with digitized electronic signatures that can be matched for authentication in much the same way as a traditional signature.

In addition to its unique biometric technology, AssureSign LLC employs its DocumentNOW™ XML interface facility to permit AssureSign users to easily integrate the technology into their existing business processes. And since the entire AssureSign Electronic Signature Process is tracked digitally, users have a complete forensic audit trail of the delivery and signing process.

“Electronic signatures are going to become the standard for conducting business in the future,” said David W. Brinkman, chief executive officer of AssureSign LLC.  “We are excited to learn that businesses are recognizing the importance of electronic signatures, and are glad to be a part of an organization focused on promoting awareness of electronic signatures.”

It’s an exciting time at AssureSign!  Since launching nine months ago we have made great progress in bringing AssureSign to market as the premier biometric electronic signature solution for any enterprise.   Our legacy of providing innovative and highly reliable hosted service applications, through sister company 3PV, allowed us to quickly establish ourselves as an enterprise-class service offering. Some highlights of our first nine months:

• Launched the AssureSign brand and website
• Integrated with Salesforce and became a certified AppExchange partner
• Brought to market two significant software releases
• Attended five major industry-specific trade events and two Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA) events
• Increased installed base by 300% and daily transactions by nearly 1000%
• Began conducting webinars, demonstrating how electronic signatures can make significant improvements in time-to-contract/time-to-revenue
• Doubled our sales and marketing staff (and there’s room for more) 

The sales environment is always more fun and rewarding when you have a great solution that brings tangible value to your customers.  We certainly have that going for us here at AssureSign. I highlight some examples of what we have experienced, through our customers:

• AssureSign as a web-based/Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) application – An insurance agency was able to expand their footprint to new markets by using a hosted application that required no hardware or software.
• One-and-Done – The same agency increased their close percentage by 65% and decreased their average time to contract from days to hours; oftentimes getting the policy signed while still on the phone.
• Web-services/XML-based API, speed to market – Within hours of a brief technical discussion between our development team and a customer, collaboratively, we were able to create a proof of concept integrating with a ‘new to us’ CRM application for the first time.
• Sophisticated workflow and ‘more than signatures’ – Several customers are letting AssureSign fulfill back-office workflow by sending signed contracts directly to departments that can act upon fulfillment or provisioning.  Through Saleseforce CRM integration, these customers are also taking relevant customer data and mapping it into agreements and purchase orders – creating unique documents for each customer to sign – much more than just getting a signature. 

Things are heating up at AssureSign and the coming weeks will bring us to salesforce.com’s Dreamforce the first week of November, ESRA’s Fall event the second week of November and a new software release shortly thereafter.  Look for more webinars, educational videos and future events on the website and sales will be posting regular updates here as well.  As I said when I started it’s an exciting time at AssureSign and if you interested in being a part of it, just let me know!