Talentguard Expands Executive Team in Business Development, Sales and Marketing

AUSTIN, Texas - July 30, 2014 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, Texas – July 30, 2014 – TalentGuard, the developer of CloudSuite talent management solutions, announced today three additions to their executive team: Paul Foreman as Chief Business Development Officer, Chris Wicker as Chief Revenue Officer, and Buck Krawczyk as Chief Marketing Officer.

“We are growing our executive team at TalentGuard in response to the significant market growth in talent management software,” said Linda Ginac, chief executive officer of TalentGuard. “This experienced team will provide the added depth in business development, sales and marketing to scale our organization, and I am positive they will make an immediate impact on our organization."

As Chief Business Development Officer, Paul Foreman will be responsible for defining and building strategic partnerships and channel relationships for the company. Foreman is a 30-year veteran of the technology industry and prior to joining TalentGuard, he led Dell’s Enterprise Systems Group as its Vice President.

“TalentGuard brings a unique approach to talent management solutions with their CloudSuite product line and Career Core Competencies (C³) Complementary business partners and global resellers will mean our customers can take full advantage of the opportunities that use of CloudSuite gives them,” said Foreman.

Chris Wicker joins the TalentGuard team as its Chief Revenue Officer and will lead the company’s revenue and growth strategy. Wicker held the role of Vice President of Sales at Abila as well as sale leadership roles at Affiniscape, CareerBuilder and Monster before joining TalentGuard.

“I’m thrilled to join an organization that is changing the way HR professionals engage with and retain employees,” said Wicker. “This is a game-changing solution that will help companies align their human resource needs with overall business objectives.”

In his role as Chief Marketing Officer, Buck Krawczyk will be responsible for all global marketing activities including branding, lead generation and social media and brings over 25 years of technology marketing experience to the team. Prior to TalentGuard, Krawczyk held executive marketing roles at Powered, Lombardi Software and Vignette.

“TalentGuard is a disruptive force in solutions targeted to human resource professionals department,” said Krawczyk. It’s an exciting time help drive an organization that will have a significant long-term impact on the industry.”

About TalentGuard

TalentGuard is a provider of leading Enterprise 2.0 cloud-based talent management software. TalentGuard transforms how companies attract, develop and retain talent so they can achieve sustainable growth. TalentGuard can help your company make better people development decisions and broaden and deepen your view of your internal talent network. Our Predictive People Development suite focuses on the vital HR areas of performance management, career pathing, succession planning, 360 feedback, applicant tracking, learning management and career development planning – all of which contribute to the creation of a high-performance culture. For more information www.talentguard.com