Joan Cronin Joins Leading People Systems Provider, Bringing Deep HR and Leadership Experience

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (October 20, 2010) – Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier people systems provider, today announced the appointment of Joan Cronin to senior vice president and chief people officer. In this newly-created position on Saba’s executive team, Ms. Cronin will further Saba’s efforts of using organizational empowerment to attract, develop and progress world-class people and leadership for the company. Most recently at Life Technologies, Ms. Cronin brings a wealth of human capital maximization, talent acquisition, and organizational development skills to Saba.

News Facts

• Joan Cronin is senior vice president and chief people officer of Saba. As a member of Saba’s executive team, she will partner closely with the CEO and the management team to build organizational leadership capability and drive growth. In this capacity, Joan will lead the company’s global human resources organization and will be responsible for the planning of best-in-class leadership development and implementation of strategic people initiatives and programs, with a strong focus on people acquisition and management, organizational collaboration and mobilization and engagement of resources in a people-driven organization.
• Prior to joining Saba, Joan held several HR leadership roles across multiple industries. Her most recent role was vice president and chief talent officer at Life Technologies, and, pre-merger, vp of HR at Applied Biosystems. At Applied Biosystems she provided leadership and direction for the global HR business partners, talent acquisition, talent management, and internal communications and helped to drive the successful integration of a 3.5 billion dollar business with Invitrogen. In addition, she has held HR leadership positions at VERITAS Software Corporation, Genentech, and Bank of California (now Union Bank of California).
• Joan Cronin received her BA and MA from the University of Puget Sound. In addition, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for R.H. Baxter and Company and Friends for Youth, a non-profit organization.

Quotes

“Joan’s expertise and experience as a HR executive will help Saba cultivate, align and motivate a people-driven business,” said Bobby Yazdani president and CEO of Saba. “As a peer of the CLO’s and HR executives of many of our customers and partners, Joan has a unique insight into the dynamics faced by today’s organizations as well as the future of the workplace. We are very pleased to have her on board.”

“I was drawn to Saba because of its outstanding people, best-in-class processes and progressive, engaging culture,” said Joan Cronin, chief people officer, Saba. “In addition, it’s impressive to be in an organization that is using its own solutions to have such a strong impact on driving the performance, development and empowerment of its people to bring forth growth and innovation. I’m looking forward to working with such a great team at this exciting time.”

About Saba

Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) provides a new class of people systems that combine enterprise learning, people management and collaboration technologies. Today’s people-driven enterprises are using Saba’s solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate, capture and share individual and collective knowhow to effectively compete and succeed.

Saba’s premier customer base includes major global organizations and industry leaders in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, packaged goods, and public sector organizations. Saba’s solutions are available both on-premise and in the cloud, and are underpinned by global services capabilities and partnerships encompassing strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.

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.

SABA, the Saba logo, Saba Centra, and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Source: Saba