Kenexa Names Tim Beaumont as Vice President of Sales

Proven Sales Executive to Lead Growing Talent Management Sales Team


WAYNE, PA--(Marketwire - July 9, 2008) - Kenexa® (NASDAQ: KNXA), a leading provider of recruitment and retention solutions, today announced that Tim Beaumont has joined the company as vice president of Sales for its talent management offerings. In this role, Beaumont will leverage more than 20 years of sales leadership success in building and driving high performing sales teams.

Beaumont is a prominent HR industry executive with more than 14 years of experience in the talent management space. He is best known for his role at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Vurv, where he was the chief architect behind the sales team that propelled the company from a small start-up to a contender in the talent management software market. There, he led the team that consistently delivered quarter-over-quarter revenue growth and increased the customer base by more than 160 enterprise customers.

Earlier in his career, Beaumont was vice president of Sales at Personic, Inc. and was a regional vice president of Sales at Resumix. He has held other sales executive roles, most recently at XSell, a provider of customer interaction marketing solutions.

Beaumont earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University's Goizueta School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Muskingum College.

Troy Kanter, president and chief operating officer, said, "Tim has established himself as one of the top executives in the talent management software market. As we continue our global expansion, it's important that our sales efforts be powered by a proven leader. We're confident that Tim will be a valuable addition to Kenexa."

Beaumont commented, "Kenexa stands far above the crowded talent management space by distinguishing itself with unsurpassed products, people and services. It's an honor to have the opportunity to represent the market's leading solutions, plus have the advantage of Kenexa's resources and strong commitment to extreme customer service to back them up."

About Kenexa

Kenexa (NASDAQ: KNXA) is a global leader in building the world's greatest workforces using a combination of software, employee research science and business process optimization. Kenexa's global solutions include applicant tracking, onboarding, recruitment process outsourcing, employment branding, skills and behavioral assessments, structured interviews, performance management, multi-rater feedback surveys, employee engagement surveys and HR Analytics. Kenexa is headquartered in Wayne, Pa. with offices in eighteen countries worldwide. Additional information about Kenexa and its global products and services can be accessed at www.kenexa.com.