VWR International, Vail Resorts, Health Net and Creative Channel Among Organizations Recognized for Driving Business Results with SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Solutions CHICAGO, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced at the SuccessConnect Chicago conference the winners of its SuccessAwards 2009, a program designed to recognize those organizations and leaders who execute strategy to drive business results using SuccessFactors. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090602/SF26086LOGO) The SuccessROI Award, which honors organizations with measurement of exceptional results working with SuccessFactors' solutions, was given to Kristin Haines, Director of Talent Management at VWR International, LLC. With their implementation of goal, performance and succession management using SuccessFactors, VWR achieved strong results in 2008 including improving migration of top talent, reducing unwanted turnover and increased employee performance. In addition, VWR was also able to increase productivity and performance of their associates in 2008. The SuccessAdoption Award was given to Vail Resorts Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States and a leader in luxury, destination-based travel at iconic locations. This award honors organizations with the most creative, effective, or original deployment of SuccessFactors. With strong support from the executive team, Vail Resorts rolled out SuccessFactors goal management application to all full-time employees and there was close to 100 percent participation. Vail Resorts created more than 450 custom goals for 68 positions across 17 departments. Consistent goals and performance reviews helped to ensure that people were working in lockstep with company goals, were being evaluated fairly and also enabled Vail Resorts to identify the top performers across the company and determine how to differentiate pay based on employee performance. Vince Racioppo, director of talent management for Aldridge Electric, received the SuccessLeader Award, which honors individuals with unprecedented results or a unique achievement using SuccessFactors. Vince not only spearheaded the implementation of the SuccessFactors modules at Aldridge Electric, but he also organized initial and ongoing end user training, which has helped employees utilize the system with the highest results. Vince was able to achieve fantastic adoption rates and then introduced a report card process that relied heavily on the data collected from SuccessFactors to further solidify the business value of performance management. This report card has become the basis for promotion and development decisions and also helps to clearly define what the company expects of their employees and how the organization overall is performing. Vince's hard work made the performance management and human resources teams invaluable to senior management. The SuccessChampion Award honors executive-level sponsors who have championed the cause of performance and talent management and was awarded to Kirk Jones of Marquette Bank. Kirk has led the performance management movement within Marquette Bank with precision, incorporating the major business units, the CFO, and the president into the project discussions. Now that SuccessFactors is live and being utilized from the executive level down to the Marquette bank tellers, it is delivering incredible data that is indispensable for the senior leadership team. By using SuccessFactors as a strategic resource planning system that is utilized heavily during their operations meetings, Marquette Bank has been able to run their business more effectively, break down company silos and have once disparate teams work together to challenge their employees with goal targets that push for greater results. The SuccessInnovation Award honors organizations with innovative implementations of SuccessFactors and went to Julius Schillinger, director, organization effectiveness, at Health Net Inc. Julius has been a long time champion of strategic talent management using solutions such as SuccessFactors. Starting in 2008, Julius introduced the idea of strategic succession planning and talent segmentation at Health Net Inc. Using SuccessFactors Solution, Health Net was able to segment its talent based on job families and how critical various roles are to the organization. The business processes for each segment are optimized by managing the unique needs of each segment, resulting in better results from the talent management initiatives. Finally, the Pinnacle Performer Award for Small Business, which honors small businesses with unprecedented results or a unique achievement using SuccessFactors Professional Edition/SuccessPractices, was given to Lindsey Chen of Creative Channel Services. Lindsey was responsible for single-handedly rolling out SuccessFactors to all employees and quickly moving the company to fully functional performance and goal management, as well as utilizing Employee Profile. In addition to these six category awards, SuccessFactors also named a MVP Community Member for each of the three SuccessConnect cities this year. This award honors the Community member who through active participation and meaningful contribution makes the SuccessFactors Customer Community a richer, more helpful and more rewarding environment for thousands of peers around the world. The MVP Community Members are: -- David Stott of Symantec: David has been a valuable member of the Community since December of 2006. In his time with the SuccessFactors Community, he has contributed insights through the Discussion Forums, participates in four of the OneVoice groups, has shared valuable training materials with the Community, and leverages the Community to get his voice heard. -- Jill Okolita of Alliant Credit Union: Jill joined the SuccessFactors Customer Community in June of 2006, at its infancy. Since then, she has contributed numerous times to the Discussion Forms, participates in four OneVoice groups, and has contributed to six product enhancement ideas through the IdeaFactory, and shared valuable training materials with the Community. -- Adam Lee, Oppenheimer Funds: Adam has been a member of the Community since September of 2006. In that time he has been an active member of five OneVoice groups, contributed product enhancements through the IdeaFactory, and made a huge contribution by starting and leading a regional user group of SuccessFactors in the Denver area. About SuccessConnect 2009 SuccessConnect 2009, SuccessFactors' annual user conferences, will bring together hundreds of customers across all regions and industries and will take place locally in San Francisco on June 8-9, Chicago on June 15-16, and New York on June 18-19. The conferences will serve as a gathering point for hundreds of business leaders, CEOs, CFOs and COOs, to discuss and exchange methods, best practices and measurements for driving business execution and performance. Comprised of high-impact keynotes, customer presentations and best practices sessions, the new localized format and free registration underscore SuccessFactors' commitment to customer success. For more information on SuccessConnect 2009 and to register, please visit: http://www.successfactors.com/successconnect/. About SuccessFactors, Inc. SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing public software companies and the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions. The company enables organizations of every size, and across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces through goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. From 92 customers and approximately 282,000 end users in 2003 to more than 2,700 customers and 4.7 million end users today, SuccessFactors' solutions are widely deployed across 60 industries in over 185 countries in 31 languages. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs passionate people focused on revolutionizing the future of work. For more information, visit: http://www.successfactors.com/. SuccessFactors Dominic Paschel, 415-262-4641 Director of Public & Investor Relations http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090602/SF26086LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: SuccessFactors, Inc. CONTACT: Dominic Paschel, Director of Public & Investor Relations of SuccessFactors, +1-415-262-4641, Web Site: http://www.successfactors.com/

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