Posse.com hires Google engineer Alex North, mulls expansion plans

Posse.com, which recently received a $758,000 grant from the ministry of innovation, has hired Google engineer Alex North as the music fan website eyes expansion.

The site, which launched in August 2010, has plans to launch in another vertical later in the year, the company’s CEO Rebekah Campbell (pictured) told Mumbrella.

North joins Posse’s engineering team in Surry Hills as product manager, leading product development. At Google, he was involved in the development of Google Wave, the real-time collaboration platform.

Posse.com has also hired Virgin UK marketer Brett Volker to run its UK operation, which is scheduled to launch in August.