Sunday, 26 February 2012

RightWorks Names New Board of Director Member.

President and CEO of Impresse Corporation and Former Oracle Senior VP, Nimish

Mehta, Joins Internet Procurement Leader

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- RightWorks Corporation, a leading provider of employee-centric applications for the enterprise, today announced that Nimish Mehta, President and CEO of Impresse Corporation, has been elected to the RightWorks Board of Directors. Prior to taking the helm of start up Impresse, Mehta was with Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) for more than a decade. Most recently, he was senior vice president and general manager of

Oracle's Industry and Front Office Applications Division. Mehta brings significant management, marketing and technical experience to RightWorks, including developing and marketing products for the "Front Office" and a wide variety of vertical applications. In his role at Oracle, Mehta reported directly to Lawrence J. Ellison, Chairman and CEO.

"Nimish Mehta is a skilled business strategist who brings years of experience in building successful solutions in the enterprise applications marketplace," said Vani Kola, president and CEO of RightWorks Corporation. "As a current start up leader and a former top executive in one of the fastest growing and most successful software companies in the world, we expect Mehta to contribute significantly to RightWorks' growth and direction."

"RightWorks is uniquely positioned to solve some of the most complex enterprise procurement management issues facing global customers today," said Mehta. "RightWorks' technology framework to support RightBuying best practices is what is needed to ensure that organizations are receiving hard dollar savings on an ongoing basis. I plan to help RightWorks bring its solution and RightBuying best practices to the mainstream."

The RightWorks Board of Directors

The RightWorks Board of Directors, chaired by Vani Kola, founder and CEO of RightWorks, include:

-- Stanley Meresman, former senior vice president and chief financial

           officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc.     --    Dr. Suhas S. Patil, the chairman emeritus of the board and executive 

vice president of products and technology for Cirrus Logic Inc.

-- Thanos Triant, president and chief executive officer of The Woodside

           Group, Inc.     --    Nimish Mehta, president and chief executive officer of Impresse           Corporation.      About Impresse Corporation 

Founded in October 1997, Impresse Corporation uses the best of Java and Internet tools to develop just-in-time production application software for large enterprises. Leveraging the latest web technologies, Impresse's innovative products allow organizations to supersede decades of inefficiency -- decreasing costs, increasing operational control and improving customer service. Impresse Corporation is a private company and its venture investors include Benchmark Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and The Java Fund.

About RightWorks Corporation

RightWorks is the leader in enterprise-class employee-centric solutions -- Web-based applications that increase efficiency and control of day-to-day operational processes involved in the acquisition of goods and services. By capturing and presenting metrics from these processes, RightWorks' solutions allow management to monitor and control adherence to business policies while guiding employees to greater self-service productivity. RightWorks leverages intranet and extranet technologies to provide the highest internal rate of return in hard-dollar savings on improved spending practices through the lowest total cost of systems ownership and maximum organizational gain in the shortest time.

RightWorks is headquartered at 31 North Second Street, Suite 400, San Jose, Calif. 95113. Telephone: (408) 882-0350. Fax: (408) 280-7002. The Company's Web site can be found at: www.rightworks.com.

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