Doug Jeffries

As the Chief Financial Officer, Jeffries is in charge of Finance and Administration. Jeffries brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience to Taleo in finance and operations. Most recently, he was SVP and Chief Financial Officer at Palm, Inc. where he helped build strong teams to support rapidly expanding revenues from the introduction of revolutionary new smart phone products. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at eBay, where his teams supported the company’s double digit annual revenue growth to over $7 billion. He has also held executive positions at GenCorp, Red Herring Communications, Alaris Medical, and Cardinal Health. Jeffries started his career at Price Waterhouse.

He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Heidi Melin

As Chief Marketing Officer, Melin is responsible for driving brand strategy and marketing initiatives to further position Taleo as the global leader in talent management.  Melin is charged with aligning sales strategies with marketing, which includes a strong focus on developing integrated communications programs across global regions and communications channels.

A marketing veteran with more than 20 years of corporate and agency experience, Melin has a proven track record of successful, award-winning marketing programs that deliver bottom line results. 

Melin joins Taleo from Polycom where she served as senior vice president and chief marketing officer.  At Polycom, Melin was responsible for the company’s high-touch marketing strategy which included global branding and corporate identity, field and channel marketing, corporate communications, analyst relations, enterprise solutions, demand generation, and events.

Prior to Polycom, Melin served as chief marketing officer at Hyperion Solutions where she led successful global brand strategy and corporate re-positioning initiatives.  In addition, Melin spent close to a decade at PeopleSoft and led a team of 160 marketing professionals as the group vice president of marketing. 

Before joining PeopleSoft, Melin worked for leading technology advertising agency Hodskins Simone & Searls, where she was responsible for the strategic direction of integrated marketing programs for a variety of high tech clients.

Melin holds a B.A. in political science from Willamette University.

Hans Lidforss

As Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Lidforss brings more than 15 years of experience and a proven track record to this role, where he oversees strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate business development for Taleo. 

Prior to this position, Lidforss was a senior operations executive with Cerberus Capital Management, where he led investment/acquisition executions, portfolio company transitions and improvement activities. Previously, he was Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Hewlett-Packard (HP), where he managed strategy, mergers and acquisitions and post acquisition management activities for HP’s $30 billion Technology Solutions Group.  Lidforss also held business development, post acquisition management and general management positions at General Electric; advised Fortune 500 companies at McKinsey & Company; and drove business growth as a Product Manager at Sandvik Inc.

Lidforss holds an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an MSc degree from Linkoping Institute of technology in Sweden.

Josh Faddis

As Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Faddis serves as a member of the executive management team and is responsible for overseeing legal, governance, compliance and risk management issues with respect to the company's operations. Faddis also serves as the company's corporate secretary. Since joining Taleo in 2001, Faddis has been instrumental in the company’s success and maturation through his involvement in the development of the company's software-as-a-service business model, completion of the company's initial public offering, completion of several acquisitions and other strategic initiatives. Faddis also works closely with the finance and sales teams to drive high quality, predictable revenue through the negotiation of end customer and alliance agreements.

Prior to joining Taleo, Faddis conducted IP and business litigation at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP and served as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Justice Craig Enoch, Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Faddis received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and his B.S. from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.