BOSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — People 2010 — Saba Global Summit Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier people systems provider, today announced the appointment of Karen Steele to senior vice president of corporate marketing, where she will lead the company’s global marketing efforts to help drive the company's growth plans. Ms. Steele joins Saba from Cloud9 Analytics, where she was vice president of marketing and brings to Saba more than 20 years of experience leading global marketing teams, including expertise in enterprise, cloud, and sales performance management and compensation technologies.
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As the senior vice president of corporate marketing for Saba, Karen Steele will be responsible for global communications, go-to-market strategy, branding, analyst relations, and demand-generation initiatives. Ms. Steele has more than 20 years of experience leading global marketing teams, most recently as vice president of marketing for Cloud9 Analytics, a leading on-demand analytics applications provider.
Prior to Cloud9, Ms. Steele served as senior vice president of marketing with Xactly Corporation, a leading provider of on-demand sales performance and compensation management. Prior to her executive role at Xactly, she served as vice president of corporate marketing with Informatica Corporation, a leading provider of data-integration software and services. She was responsible for managing Informatica's global corporate marketing and marketing operations.
Prior to Informatica, Ms. Steele held senior marketing positions at Currenex and AlphaBlox. Ms. Steele began her career at Apple Computer, Inc. and NeXT, where she spent 13 years directing worldwide marketing communications and consumer marketing and brand programs.
Ms. Steele is the recipient of numerous marketing awards and is the marketing chair for the Silicon Valley Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
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“Karen’s broad-based experience and proven track record in leading global marketing teams will mobilize our marketing efforts,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO, Saba. “Her leadership and expertise will be a key factor to successfully establishing the Saba brand as the premier provider of people systems.”
“I’m pleased to be joining Saba at such a pivotal time in its growth,” said Karen Steele, senior vice president of corporate marketing, Saba. “We have a fantastic foundation upon which to expand our marketing efforts to extend our brand and leadership position.”
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) provides a new class of people systemsthat combine enterprise learning, people management, and collaboration technologies. Today’s people-driven enterprises are using Saba's solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate, capture, and share individual and collective knowhow to effectively compete and succeed.
Saba's premier customer base includes major global organizations and industry leaders in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, packaged goods, and public sector organizations. Saba’s solutions are available both on-premise and in the cloud, and are underpinned by global services capabilities and partnerships encompassing strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.
Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has offices on five continents. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call +1-877-SABA-101 or +1-650-779-2791.
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Contacts:
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650.581.2615
jlee@saba.com
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Emma Rosen
415.385.2843
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SABA, the Saba logo, Saba Centra and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
