Gary Bloom

Former Vice President and President, Symantic

Gary Bloom brings more than two decades of senior executive experience in high technology to the Taleo Board of Directors. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman and President of Symantec where he led the company's line of business and corporate development organizations. Mr. Bloom joined Symantec through the company's merger with VERITAS Software, where he was Chairman, President and CEO.

Under Bloom's leadership, VERITAS grew from approximately $1.2 billion in revenue in 2000 to over $2.0 billion in 2004. VERITAS became the global leader in storage software and a leading provider of software and services that are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500.

Prior to VERITAS, Mr. Bloom was executive vice president at Oracle Corporation. During his 14-year career at Oracle, Bloom led Oracle's database business, worldwide marketing, support, education, and alliance organizations, and was responsible for mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Bloom has previously served on the boards of Globespan Virata, VERITAS, and Symantec. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University where currently serves on the President's Cabinet and is the Chairman of the Board of the Cal Poly Foundation.

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