Taleo Expands Sales Leadership Team

Taleo Corporation, the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced that two experienced software industry leaders have joined its sales organisation to meet market demand and sustain the firmís strong growth trajectory. Curt Brasfield joins as Group Vice President, North American Field Organisation and Christopher Feeley rounds out the companyís successful team as Vice President, Public Sector. Both Brasfield and Feeley will report to Neil Hudspith, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations.

As Group Vice President, North American Field Organisation, Curt Brasfield will tap his deep expertise in enterprise software to extend Taleoís customer satisfaction across the continent. Prior to joining Taleo, Brasfield served as the Senior Vice President for the Southeast region at SAP for three years. Before his work at SAP, Brasfield spent 7 highly successful years at PeopleSoft, where he served as Group Vice President of the East and was responsible for the Southeast, Southwest and Northeast regions. Prior to PeopleSoft, Brasfield worked at Oracle and began his career at MSA/Dun & Bradstreet software, where he latterly served as Vice President and General Manager.

ìOur global growth trajectory has significantly ramped as businesses of all sizes respond to Taleo's recruiting and performance management value proposition. Curtís executive level expertise will help us to continue to deliver on the industryís best talent management solutions and overall customer experience,î says Hudspith.

Chris Feeley joins Taleo to focus on the Public Sector market as the government faces numerous talent management challenges and positions itself as an employer of choice. Feeley brings extensive Public Sector expertise to Taleo. As the former Group Director, Global Services at UK-based iSOFT, Feeley managed more than $300 million in the delivery of software and services and was also responsible for the UK National Health Service (NHS), a multi-year project with annual license, services and support revenue in excess of $70 million. He also served as Group Vice President, Oracle Consulting at Oracle/PeopleSoft, where he was a key contributor to the companyís global consulting strategy, helping to generate $250 million in annual sales. Prior to his time at Oracle/PeopleSoft, he spent more than 15 years at Electronic Data Systems, where he held a progression of technical and account leadership roles.

ìWith the recent changes in the macro environment, the U.S. Government sector will require solutions like Taleo for many years to come. Chrisí deep government experience will provide Taleo with the strategy and execution required to be successful in this large and important market,î said Hudspith.