Melissa Marks 40th Year Anniversary in 2025

Posted on December 12, 2024 by mailomg in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

Melissa celebrates its 40th anniversary this coming year, and “we couldn’t have done it without the support of more than 10,000 customers all around the world,” writes Ray Melissa, CEO in the 2025 catalog.

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“For Melissa, 2024 was a remarkable year. We expanded the availability of our data, data services and applications to a number of marketplaces including FedRAMP, Snowflake, Microsoft AppSource and Google Workspace, and launched new integrations for ESRI, Stripe and Shopify to name a few,” Melissa, pictured left, writes.

Since 1985, Melissa has been a leader in address and data quality solutions, and with 40 years of experience, it knows its way around the address. Melissa is USPS® CASS™, PAVE™, NCOALink®, and Canada Post SERP®certified, and have partnered with many other international postal agencies to offer the best, most accurate data. Our proprietary engine is constantly being fine-tuned to deliver exactly what our customers need, when they need it.

“Now clients have even more opportunities to discover, evaluate and use our CASS and SERP-certified address verification, autocomplete and standardization tools to innovate their business. Whether you need a SaaS, Web API, or on-premise deployment – we’ve got you covered with solutions that are lightning fast, fully documented and fit for any operational environment and vision,” he writes.

“And we’ve continued our global expansion. Our new offices in Mexico and Brazil mean that Melissa services clients on 5 continents with the real-time and bulk verification capabilities – including global address, phone, email and identity verification – needed to handle the myriad challenges and complexities of international customer data.”

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