Human Resources: Vurv Adds Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Vice President of Human Resources

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (December 18, 2006) — Vurv (formerly Recruitmax), a global leader in technology and services for building great workforces, today announced the creation of two new senior management positions. Michael Gibson has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Samantha Hanson has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources. With more than 30 years of combined senior management experience with global enterprise organizations, including leadership roles at Dell and Best Buy, Gibson and Hanson bring seasoned global sales and human resources expertise to address the company’s rapid worldwide expansion.

As Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Gibson will be responsible for directing all sales and business development activity to ensure the company’s continued worldwide growth. Providing strategic and operational direction to field sales and business development teams, Gibson is tasked with creating and implementing a number of new initiatives that will focus the organization on continued global expansion under a consolidated sales and business development strategy.

Gibson brings a wealth of global sales and business development experience to the company. Prior to joining Vurv, Gibson served in a number of leadership positions with Dell Inc., including Managing Director of Dell Australia and New Zealand, Director of Emerging Business and most recently as Director of Dell’s Middle Market Division. Gibson was well recognized at Dell, receiving numerous awards for his ability to drive business results beyond market expectation. His accomplishments include dramatically increasing market share in Dell’s South Pacific region from 7.2% to 11.5% in one year, implementing a CRM system in APAC to increase operational efficiency, developing a demand generation program which is now viewed as best practice and used across Dell globally and the development of programs that increased customer experience scores by 30% in one year.

Prior to his tenure at Dell, Gibson held leadership positions at Cummins, Inc. in Australia and Belgium. He also held various management positions at Pitney Bowes, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut University.

“I look forward to working in such a dynamic and high-growth environment,” said Gibson. “Vurv’s compelling culture and commitment to innovation for customers make this an exciting opportunity for me.”

As Vice President of Human Resources, Samantha Hanson will be responsible for all human resources activities for Vurv worldwide. Hanson will work directly with the executive team to ensure Vurv continues to be a global employer of choice during a time of dynamic worldwide expansion. Hanson is tasked with creating and implementing a number of new employee relations, communications and management programs to attract and retain the company’s most valuable asset – its people.

Prior to joining Vurv, Hanson held key leadership positions at Best Buy and CitiStreet. Most recently, Hanson held the position of Director of HR for Best Buy where she was responsible for implementing a talent management system to ensure employee engagement and retention, leadership effectiveness, corporate transformation and HR team development. Hanson’s additional accomplishments include the development of a human capital strategy aligned with key business leaders to achieve targeted business results, the transition of 100,000 employees to an outsourced HR service provider to reduce cost-per-employee by 20+% in six months and the refinement of Best Buy’s HR service model to empower employees through enhanced self-service and increase HR service reliability and consistency throughout the company.

Prior to her time at Best Buy, Hanson held key positions at CitiStreet where she was responsible for the company’s marketing and communication functions and served as a client relationship manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

“I’m looking forward to working with this amazing group to support the continued growth of the organization,” said Hanson. “I also have a unique opportunity to offer my experience and perspective to the products we provide to help our customers attract, retain, and manage their talent. It’s really a perfect fit.”

“Mike and Samantha are two great additions to our team,” said Derek Mercer, founder and CEO of Vurv. “As we continue to expand globally we remain focused on delivering products to meet our customers’ needs. These two new positions will ensure we deliver exceptional results, focus on customer satisfaction and manage our own talent to serve our customers and maintain a leadership position around the world. It’s all about the people.”

About Vurv Technology
It’s all about the people! At Vurv Technology, formerly Recruitmax, we believe the fusion of individual creative energy, talent and passion with the organization’s purpose, mission and values creates an unstoppable force for success. With technology for recruitment, onboarding, performance, vendor and compensation management, Vurv is revolutionizing the way top organizations around the world invest in their people to accomplish the awesome. Feel the creative energy, talent and passion at www.vurv.com.

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