Authoria Appoints Elizabeth Ricci as Vice President of Engineering.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2004

Enterprise Software Expert from MatrixOne, NetManage and Digital Equipment Corporation Joins Authoria to Drive the Design, Development and Maintenance of Authoria Products

Authoria, Inc., the leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Ricci as vice president of engineering. Reporting to Paul Baier, Authoria's senior vice president of products, Ricci is responsible for the delivery of Authoria's strategic product and design development initiatives, and will help define Authoria's future technology and product roadmap.

"Elizabeth brings deep technical knowledge and a blend of management, organizational, and team building skills which will complement and enhance Authoria's existing product development organization," said Baier. "Elizabeth's successful industry track record reflects an innovative, proactive and collaborative approach to enterprise software engineering. Her approach adds tremendous value to the development process as well as to the end product."

Previously, Ricci headed core platform engineering at MatrixOne, developers of collaborative product lifecycle management solutions. Prior to MatrixOne, Ricci was senior director of host connectivity product development at NetManage, developers of host access and integration solutions, and she was the PATHWORKS client product development manager at Digital Equipment Corporation, now part of Hewlett Packard, a global technology solutions provider. In these roles, Elizabeth led teams with an emphasis on collaboration and satisfying customer needs, utilizing her unique approach to solving complex software engineering challenges.

"Authoria is applying cutting edge technology to areas in corporations that have been traditionally overlooked or were underutilizing technology," said Ricci. "By capitalizing on technology-driven communications solutions for improved employee, manager and overall business performance, companies can quickly see the benefits from strategic human capital management that contributes to the company's bottom line."

About Authoria

Authoria is the 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 Zurich North America. 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/news7

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