FirstRain to expand operations in India by over 100% in next 2 yrs

Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Mar 20: FirstRain, the leader in Personal Business Analytics for enterprise sales and marketing teams announced it plans to grow the operations in India by over 100 percent in the next two years in order to continue to drive rapid technology innovation, deliver breakthrough mobile apps and support the requirements of its Fortune 500 customers.
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, FirstRain continues to strengthen its Gurgaon office as an R&D hub and views its investment in its India facility and employees as a critical element to further its leadership in the personal business analytics market.
Penny Herscher, president and CEO, FirstRain said “The rapid growth of the India analytics market is leading to an expansion of the talent pool by over 30-40 percent each year.
The FirstRain India team is a core part of developing, enhancing and maintaining our Personal Business Analytics platform and gives us a vital competitive advantage, he added.
“Many of FirstRain’s technology patents are co-authored by engineers in our Gurgaon R&D center and in our headquarters at San Mateo, California and it illustrates the incredible collaborative ethos of the two offices, he said, adding that while so many firms are simply outsourcing their development to India, FirstRain continues to leverage the technical expertise of our R&D leaders located in India to help create optimal personal business analytics solutions for our global Fortune 500 customers.
He further stated that within the last year, FirstRain experienced more than 230 per cent year-over-year top-line growth, a 40 per cent increase in personalized views from existing users, a 50 per cent increase in companies users can get insight on and significant new analytics innovation including a suite of enhanced mobile apps.
The company also increased headcount by 50 per cent in its US operations. The company’s rapid top-line growth is a testament to the work it is doing to help business professionals derive valuable, personalized and up-to-the-minute business intelligence they need to fuel revenue growth.

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