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History
In 1985, Ray Melissa founded Melissa Data with a mission in mind – to help mailers save money on postage. Since then, the data quality-focused firm has evolved to provide powerful, yet affordable, data quality and address management solutions to customers in a wide range of industries. The company offers software, developer APIs, enterprise platforms, and Web services so that customers can find the best fit for the data cleansing, standardization and enrichment needs. Melissa Data’s flagship product MAILERS+4, is a leading CASS and PAVE certified postal automation software that helps customers easily maintain high quality address data to achieve the best postage rates while reducing undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail.

Melissa Data provides complete mailing support, including a full line of accurate mailing lists and many list cleaning services including, CASS processing, NCOA^Link change-of-address processing, Do-Not-Mail scrubbing, and duplicate elimination among others.

In 2009 Melissa Data acquired M1 Data and Analytics. The products and services of M1, now referred to as our 411 and SmartSearch solutions, enable Melissa Data to provide the most accurate, “to the day” 411 telco data, enhancing it’s Web services, append and verification services, and mailing lists.

Involvement
Melissa Data is a nonexclusive Interface Distributor and Full Service Provider licensee for NCOA^Link, as well as a nonexclusive DPV licensee of the United States Postal Service.

Melissa Data is proud to be a supporting member of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), The DMA List & Database Council, MFSA, NACUMS, and the Santa Ana PCC.

Achievements
In 2003, Information Management Magazine named Melissa Data a Top 100 Company.

Recently, Melissa Data was ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the 2009 Data Quality Landscape report by the Information Difference.

Company Background
Melissa DATA Corp. was established in 1985 by Raymond Melissa in Orange County, Calif. The company began with a single product based on the practical idea to provide a database of postal ZIP Codes™ on floppy disks for use on a PC. Next was the development of USPS certified postal automation software that can save mailers postage and printing costs and help them comply with all USPS regulations for discounted mailings.

Company Structure
Over the past 25 years, a team of programming and technical experts have developed more than 30 products and services, providing the greatest possible value in technology, reliability and cost-effectiveness. The company’s five progressive divisions provide their customers with data hygiene software, databases, developer tools, Web services, list enhancement services, mailing lists, and direct marketing agency services.

The company has developed an international reseller network, a nationally recognized catalog, and a dynamic website that averages over 70,000 unique visitors a day. Melissa DATA was named by DM Review Magazine as a Top 100 Company.

Company Headquarters
Melissa DATA has evolved into a nationally renown corporation with over 100 employees at home in a 30,000 square foot facility in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Staff at this location includes programming, marketing, sales, technical support, research and development, quality assurance, manufacturing and distribution.

22382 Avenida Empresa
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
92688-2112
1-800-MELISSA
949-858-3000
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Press Contact:
Greg Brown, Director of Marketing

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