Andrew Salzman Joins Saba as Chief Marketing Officer
Seasoned Executive Brings More than 25 Years of Technology Marketing Experience
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—September 14, 2009—Saba Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced that it has appointed Andrew Salzman as Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting to Saba’s CEO and Chairman, Bobby Yazdani, Salzman will assume responsibility for the company’s worldwide marketing organization.
Salzman brings more than 25 years of experience in driving transformational growth at leading public and private enterprise software and SaaS companies. Salzman previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at E2open and at Information Resources, and as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Siebel Systems. In these roles, Salzman held direct responsibility for creating branding platforms and market expansion plans, establishing product direction, and driving sales process optimization models. At Siebel Systems, Salzman also drove corporate, products, and alliances marketing working with IBM, Accenture, and other leading consulting partners.
“Andrew’s tremendous track record in building global marketing organizations and processes that can support rapid growth and transformation make him an invaluable addition to our management team,” said Bobby Yazdani, CEO and Chairman at Saba. ”Andrew understands how to build innovative growth strategies underpinned by operational excellence, and represents a key player in our continuing commitment to excellence across sales, products, and marketing.”
“Saba has an unrivalled global customer base, a history of technology innovation, and a premier position in the people management market,” said Salzman. “I am eager to help expand Saba’s market leadership position, and to work with Bobby and the team at Saba in realizing the many growth opportunities that lay ahead of us.”
About Saba
Founded in 1997, Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba’s people management solutions are used by more than 1,300 organizations and over 17 million end users worldwide. Saba’s solutions increase organizational performance by aligning workforce goals with organizational strategy; developing, managing and rewarding their people; and improving collaboration.
Saba product offerings address all aspects of strategic HCM and are available both on-premise and OnDemand (www.saba.com/products). To ensure long-term customer success, our global services capabilities and partnerships provide strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.
Saba customers include Alcatel-Lucent; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; BMW; Caterpillar; CEMEX; Cisco Systems; Daimler; Dell; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; EDS, an HP company; EMC Corporation; FedEx Office; Insurance Australia Group; Kaiser Permanente; Lockheed Martin; Medtronic; National Australia Bank; Novartis; Petrobras; Procter & Gamble; Renault; Royal Bank of Scotland; Scotiabank; Singapore Ministry of Finance; Sprint; Standard Chartered Bank; Stanford University; Swedbank; Tata Consultancy Services; Wyndham International; Weyerhaeuser; Underwriters Laboratories; and the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Navy.
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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