Authoria Names Chip Drapeau to Board of Directors

Authoria, Inc., the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication, today announced that Chip Drapeau has joined its Board of Directors. Drapeau is the President and CEO of MRO Software (NASDAQ: MROI), the leading provider of strategic asset management solutions.

"We are pleased to have Chip join us as he brings a vast amount of software industry experience to our board," said Tod Loofbourrow, President and CEO of Authoria. "We'll benefit from Chips operational experiences building and growing a successful public software company, integrating organizations, and working along side ERP vendors, many of which are our common partners."

"With its patented technology and latest release of its Authoria HR 4 product, Authoria is revolutionizing the way organizations communicate with their employees and managers," said Chip Drapeau, President and CEO, MRO Software. "I'm excited to join Authorias board and am looking forward to contributing to its continued growth."

Mr. Drapeau joined MRO Software in 1982 and has held various roles within the organization across sales, support, research and development and product marketing before being named President and CEO in 1998. As CEO, Drapeau's focus has been a driving force for MRO Softwares commitment to product excellence and superior customer service. MRO Software and its flagship Strategic Asset Management solution, MAXIMO, have received extensive industry recognition. MAXIMO is currently used by more than 10,000 customer companies and more than 260,000 end-users. Mr. Drapeau earned a BS in Economics from Tufts University.

The addition of Chip Drapeau follows the close of another profitable quarter for Authoria and is in addition to the October 16, 2003 board appointment of Peter Gyenes, the Chairman and CEO of Ascential Software Corporation.

About Authoria
Authoria is the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication. Authoria HR is the knowledge application standard in the software industry. Over one hundred and fifty organizations worldwide rely on Authoria to dramatically improve employee communication while streamlining costs. Authoria's knowledge applications manage and communicate human resource information to millions of people at some of the world's largest companies, including Boeing, Motorola and Wells Fargo. Among Authoria's partners are industry-leaders PeopleSoft, Towers Perrin, IBM BCS and Accenture. Based in Waltham, MA, Authoria has been ranked four times by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest-growing private companies and has been recognized by Deloitte & Touche in the New England Fast 50 four times and the National Fast 500 three times. For more information, please visit www.authoria.com.

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