Madhukar Govindaraju Brings Extensive Experience in Leading Global Engineering Organizations, Strong Expertise in Development of Cloud Architecture and Technologies

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (November 16, 2010) – Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier people systems provider, today announced the appointment of Madhukar Govindaraju to senior vice president of engineering. In this role and as a member of the company’s executive team, Govindaraju will lead the company’s global engineering effort where he will be responsible for designing and developing people systems products and services and extending Saba’s cloud and mobile strategy and solutions. Most recently chief development architect within the Technology and Innovation Platform at SAP Labs, Govindaraju brings to Saba close to 20 years of experience leading engineering organizations focused on enterprise and cloud technologies.

News Facts

• As the senior vice president of engineering for Saba, Madhukar Govindaraju will be responsible for leading the global engineering organization and the design and development of the people systems architecture, platform, and products. Madhukar will also champion the company’s engineering innovation agenda and help drive best practices for creating the most innovative and highest quality products with the greatest operational efficiencies across an agile and global development organization. Govindaraju has close to 20 years of experience leading global engineering teams and was most recently chief development architect within the Technology and Innovation Platform Group at SAP Labs, the world’s leading provider of enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, and analytical applications, where he was responsible for the architecture and technology development of SAP’s Business Objects Enterprise Suite of cloud and on-premise BI tools and products.
• Prior to SAP Labs, Govindaraju served as senior vice president of engineering with Cloud9 Analytics, Inc., a leading cloud analytics applications provider. Before that, he was vice president of engineering at Hyperion Solutions Corporation (acquired by Oracle Corporation), a leading provider of business performance management and business intelligence software. He led the Hyperion Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting products development organization as well as the Common Technology Platform Group earlier.
• Prior to Hyperion, Govindaraju held senior engineering positions at Promptu Corporation, Chipcenter, LLC, and Digital Market, Inc. (acquired by Agile Software). Govindaraju begin his career at IBM -Transarc Labs and Hewlett-Packard Company where he held key technical positions.

Quotes

“Saba has always led with innovation and we will continue to expand the engineering talent to focus on this. Madhukar brings with him significant experience in product design and development and we look forward to his contributions,” said Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO of Saba. “The people systems industry is demanding solutions that are easy-to-use, scalable, and leverage the cloud. The addition of Madhukar, together with Saba’s core expertise, further ensures our customers that Saba will continue to bring to market products that meet their needs and expectations.”

“Joining the Saba team gives me a truly exciting opportunity to drive the people systems and social enterprise transformation and deliver cloud and mobile innovations to our customers,” said Madhukar Govindaraju. “The company has a strong product innovation roadmap that is highly attuned to the market’s trajectory.”

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.

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