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Taleo Appoints Industry Veteran Bradford Benson EVP of R&D and Chief Technology Officer

Former Lawson, PeopleSoft and Oracle executive brings strong development expertise in Human Resource enterprise solutions to Taleo

San Francisco, CA – January 10, 2005 – Louis Tetu, CEO of Taleo Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise talent management solutions for large organizations, recently announced the appointment of Bradford Benson as executive vice president of research & development and chief technology officer.
Tetu stated, “We are very pleased to welcome Brad to our executive team as we continue to grow and expand our operations. Brad is among the top senior executives in enterprise software development and new technologies for talent management, and brings more than 19 years of R&D, technology, engineering and global solutions development experience to Taleo from a number of leading public and private enterprise software and ERP organizations.” He added, “We are confident in his ability to excel in this newly defined role, where he will oversee the overall R&D, product management, technology, infrastructure, release management and internal IT operations.”

Prior to joining Taleo, Benson was Senior Vice President of Research & Development at Lawson Software in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before joining Lawson, he served as vice president of engineering at Avolent, a provider of software for Internet billing and interactive customer care. Before Avolent, Benson occupied a number of executive R&D positions at PeopleSoft, as vice president in charge of Internet applications development, financial application product development, German market based HRMS applications, and finally, all HRIS solutions development. Prior to PeopleSoft, Benson worked at Oracle where he ran engineering efforts for the US component of the company's global HRMS products, and previously at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and GAP Inc.

Reporting directly to Benson at Taleo Corporation are Martin Morel, SVP technology; Martin Ouellet, founder and VP product management; Michel Cote, VP development; and Robert Michon, VP IT services.

Benson stated, “After performing significant diligence on the talent management industry, I was extremely pleased to accept this opportunity with Taleo, which has proven its leadership during the past five years. The company has amassed a sizable and impressive list of customers in this short time and has provided stellar results for its customers. The company’s vision for growth in the global Integrated Talent Management marketplace will stand us in good stead in the coming years.”

About Taleo Corporation
Taleo Corporation (formerly Recruitsoft, Inc.) is the leading provider of enterprise talent management solutions that enable organizations to establish, automate and manage worldwide talent management processes for salaried, hourly and temporary staff. Taleo customers use the company’s solutions to enhance the quality, productivity and satisfaction of their workforces. Taleo solutions incorporate resource allocation principles to more accurately match total labor demand and supply across complex organizations. Among the company’s leading marketshare of F500 enterprise customers are ARAMARK Corporation, Dow Chemical, HP, P&G, Starbucks Corporation, UnitedHealth Group, and Washington Mutual, among many others. Taleo maintains the industry’s leading uptime for its solutions delivered over the Internet to nearly 400,000 users in 87 countries, and serves 20 million candidates from 190 of the world’s 193 countries and independent states. Taleo’s principal office is located in San Francisco, CA.

Taleo has received significant recognition during 2004 for its solutions, technologies and continued growth, including: “Top HR Product of the Year,” - HR Executive Magazine; “HR Technology Award for Creative & Innovative Development of HR Technology” - IQPC; “TecHR Award for Staffing Process and Content Delivery Technologies” - IDC and TecHR; “11th Fastest Growing Technology Company” - Deloitte Technology Fast 500; 7th Fastest Growing Technology Company in Silicon Valley” - Deloitte Fast 50; 23rd Fastest Growing Private Company in the Bay Area” - San Francisco Business Times; “Software 500 Listing” - Software Magazine’s World’s Most Foremost Software and Services Leaders; and “Top 100 Places to Work,” MacLean’s Magazine.

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