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Authoria Appoints Nina McIntyre as Senior Vice President of Marketing

Top Strategic Software Executive Brings to Authoria Her Extensive Experience with Centive, and Lotus/IBM

Waltham, MA – January 9, 2006 – 

Authoria, Inc., provider of strategic Talent Management solutions, today announced that Nina McIntyre has been appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing, reporting directly to Tod Loofbourrow, Authoria's CEO.  McIntyre will be responsible for strategic marketing direction and implementation of Authoria's overall marketing activities.

"Authoria is a not only a visionary leader in the rapidly growing market for talent management solutions, but is also a profitable, $50 million company with a blue chip customer base," McIntyre said. "Having managed large, cross-functional teams, I know first-hand how critical it is to hire the best talent and then inspire them to perform.  I'm looking forward to helping Authoria communicate and deliver its vision to be the on-demand standard for recruiting, managing, and driving peak performance from employees."

Most recently, McIntyre served as Vice President of Marketing at Kubi Software where she launched an award-winning collaboration product line.  Prior to Kubi, McIntyre was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Centive, where she helped define the Enterprise Incentive Management market category, achieving vision leadership designation for Centive in Gartner's Magic Quadrant.

McIntyre has also held executive positions at Invention Machine, where she served as Chief Operating Officer, and at Lotus/IBM.  While at Lotus/IBM, she was General Manager of a $230 million product line, which included all calendaring and scheduling products within Lotus Notes, and served as Director of Spreadsheet Product Management.

"Nina has a strong track record of marketing success within the software industry," Loofbourrow said.  "Her experience in helping build industry leaders and her foresight in identifying market trends and meeting customer needs will help Authoria to further its leadership position within the talent management software industry."

About Authoria
Authoria is the leading provider of integrated talent management solutions helping employers increase the productivity of their workforce in driving their business strategy forward. In October 2005, Authoria beat three leading competitors at the HR Technology Conference Performance & Compensation Shootout. In addition, Authoria's products have been awarded Top Product of the Year by Human Resource Executive Magazine six times, more than any vendor in the history of HR technology.  Authoria 2006 includes recruiting management, performance management, compensation management, succession planning, and benefit and policy communication while providing just-in-time knowledge and coaching for managers and employees. Authoria's award-winning solutions have proven successful for more than 300 large employers, representing more than 10 million employees. Customer companies include Boeing, Pfizer, Reuters and Unocal.