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Authoria CEO Tod Loofbourrow to Address Two Conference Board Events

Hess Corporation Executive to Co-Present at Human Capital Metrics Conference

Waltham, MA – February 22, 2007 – 

Authoria, Inc., the leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced that Chairman and CEO Tod Loofbourrow will deliver featured presentations at two strategic events organized by The Conference Board. Loofbourrow will keynote and join a panel discussion at the 2007 Strategic E-HR Conference: Maximizing the Value of HR through Technology: 
 

• Keynote Presentation: “The Rules Are Changing: Maximize Your Return on the Individual,” Thursday, March 1, 2007, 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. (Pacific time), at the Coronado Island Marriott, San Diego.
  
  
• Panel discussion on “Strategies that Maximize the Impact of HR Technology and Applications,” March 1, 2007, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Pacific time), at the Coronado Island Marriott, San Diego.

Separately, Patrick Murphy, Manager, Global Succession Management at Caterpillar, Inc. – the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines – will speak on February 28 on “Using Technology to Facilitate Succession Planning.” Murphy will be highlighting how Caterpillar utilized Authoria’s solutions to drive succession planning across its 50 US locations and 65 other locations worldwide.

At the 2007 Human Capital Metrics Conference: How to Create Shareholder Value through Human Capital Investment, Loofbourrow will co-present with Brian Bohling, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Hess Corporation – another Authoria customer:

• Joint Keynote Presentation: “The Rules Are Changing: Maximize Your Return on the Individual,” Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. (Eastern time), at the Marriott East Side Hotel, New York City.

Line-of-business managers and HR executives are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating all aspects of talent management, to be able to drive visibility into talent gaps, pay-for-performance decisions, and the sources and attributes of successful employees. Hess Corporation, a leading global independent energy company, is leveraging integrated talent management through Authoria’s solutions. The results are enabling better decision-making, improved performance, and for employees, an enhanced experience of being part of Hess.  Loofbourrow and Bohling will share approaches and experiences in optimizing the new ROI – the “Return on the Individual” -- through harnessing processes once regarded as separate, such as performance management and employee development, and measuring aspects of the workforce that span the talent-management lifecycle.

About Authoria
Authoria® helps the world’s most competitive employers achieve superior business results, by optimizing the way they recruit, develop, compensate, retain, and engage top talent. Designed for business managers as well as HR professionals, the company’s integrated talent management (ITM) solutions enable more effective recruiting, performance management, compensation management, and succession planning across an organization.  Authoria serves more than 300 large organizations and 4 million managers and employees with our on-demand Internet-based solutions.  Customer companies include Boeing, Pfizer, and Reuters.