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Visible Alpha Appoints ex-FactSet Executive Mark Hale as COO

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Research specialist Visible Alpha has appointed Mark Hale to the newly created role of chief operating officer (COO). Hale Joins Visible Alpha after 20 years at financial data and software company FactSet, where he served as executive vice president and COO, leading global teams in product management, technology, infrastructure and IT. Hale will lead Visible Alpha’s engineering, product, content management, operations and technology teams.

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