Oracle Buys Taleo, Making New Advertisement Obsolete
The latest major acquisition of an HR technology vendor was announced today as Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation for approximately $1.9 billion. We wish Oracle the best as it attempts to merge the two organizations, but we recommend that next time that someone on the marketing team is made aware before an advertisement like this is published in The Wall Street Journal (update: from December 2011):
As vice president of marketing at i4cp, Erik is currently responsible for all marketing efforts for the company and works alongside several departments to execute organizational initiatives. He also oversees web development projects. Located in Seattle, WA, he brings over 15 years of Internet marketing experience, most of which are in the research industry.
Prior to i4cp, Erik worked as Internet Marketing Director at market research panel company GMI, where he was responsible for global online marketing and panel growth in several countries. He also managed the graphic design team and worked extensively with other departments on process improvements and plan development. GMI experienced exceptional revenue growth - several hundred percent - during his tenure. Prior to GMI, Erik founded FilmJabber.com, a movie review and information website that continues to grow in popularity and traffic.
Erik received a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Western Washington University.