Taleo Retains New Marketing Exec

April 5, 2010 – Taleo, a provider of on demand talent management solutions, has hired Shail Khiyara as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Mr. Khiyara has demonstrated success in sales and marketing, strategy and corporate development across domestic and international SaaS markets. “Taleo is at an inflection point in our company's history in terms of market leadership, growth and potential,” said Michael Gregoire, Taleo's chairman and CEO. “We have in place a full suite of innovative products, a blue-chip customer base and healthy business fundamentals. We're in a unique position now to invest in sales and marketing to drive exponential growth in our own business, as we help businesses worldwide drive their own growth through better talent management.” Before joining Taleo, Mr. Khiyara was senior vice president and general manager at i365, the cloud services business unit of Seagate. Taleo has headquarters in California and offices in the U.K., France, Netherlands, Australia and Singapore.