MyVest Named a Finalist for Best Technology Work Culture Award

SAN FRANCISCO - July 14, 2015 - PRLog -- MyVest was selected as a finalist for San Francisco’s Best Technology Work Culture award from Tech in Motion and their 1st Annual Timmy Awards to recognize the best places for technology professionals to work.  These awards are hosted by Tech in Motion, a national event series with the goal of bringing local tech communities together to meet, learn, and innovate. Their Timmy Awards aim to recognize companies and individuals that have worked hard to create the best places for technology professionals to work.

MyVest was selected from a group of nominees as one of the finalists based on the award’s criteria for companies that promote technical creativity, technical innovation, and technical learning.   Some of the ways MyVest met these award criteria include:

MyVest encourages technical creativity through:

- An open, collaborative work environment
- Employee participation in recommending and adopting new technologies
- An annual hackathon that results in new features being added to the platform.

The company fosters technical innovation through:
- Its modern, sophisticated enterprise software platform
- A unique integration of engineering & QA with service & operations teams who are integral to the development and maintenance of our software platform since they are the 1st tier of support and for our customers.

MyVest furthers technical learning through:
- Learning sessions led by employees for all employees
- Training at all levels - company-wide, department, and individual - where every employee has a personal development budget
- A shared library and book club that focuses on best practices in not only engineering but also career development.

“We’ve experienced an unusually high retention rate over the past few years, especially given the highly competitive Silicon Valley job market,” says Jennifer Hartmann, Director of People at MyVest.  “We’ve also had a high acceptance rate during recent hiring, also notable given the current job market.”

Anyone can vote for MyVest until July 15^th on their Awards website - URL: http://blogs.techinmotionevents.com/timmy-awards-san-francisco/

About MyVest

MyVest is a pioneer in the field of holistic wealth management for financial intermediaries.  MyVest's core offering is its Strategic Portfolio System™ (SPS), a cloud-based platform that enables holistic, client-centric wealth management across the entire enterprise in a single, unified system. With MyVest, investors receive superior personalized solutions, advisors spend more time with clients and prospects, and wealth management firms grow scale and margins.  Headquartered in San Francisco, MyVest is in the center of the Bay Area's technology and financial services communities.