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Saba Congratulates its Customers named as Finalists to Chief Learning Officer's 2014 LearningElite Program

Bracknell, UKLearning NewsSaba Software

Nearly 25 Percent of Finalists Are Saba Customers -- Each Recognized as Leading Innovators in Enterprise Education and Development

Bracknell, UK - Saba (OTCPink: SABA), a global leader in next-generation cloud solutions for talent management, today announced that 14 of its customers have been named finalists by Chief Learning Officer Magazine for the 2014 LearningElite program. The honors highlight the best organizations for learning and development based on a comprehensive evaluation by a judging panel of more than 100 industry leaders. With 58 organizations honored as finalists, Saba customers make up nearly 25 percent of the LearningElite.

The following Saba customers were among the 14 recognized for their best practices in accessing employee learning and increasing workforce production:

  • Deloitte
  • EMC Corporation
  • FDIC Corporate University
  • IBM
  • InterContinental Hotels Group
  • Yum! Brands Inc.
  • Proctor & Gamble Distributing
  • Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

"We are proud of our customers' accomplishments in increasing the productivity, networks and potential of their people," said Shawn Farshchi, president and CEO at Saba. "Our customers have invested in empowering their people and are connected to their personal growth and development. Recognition on the LearningElite validates our customers' desire to make workforce development a differentiator among their competitors."

The LearningElite program is judged by Chief Learning Officer's editors and leading human resources, training, learning and development executives from a variety of industries. The program ranks excellence using five key performance indicators including learning strategy, learning execution, learning impact, business performance results and leadership commitment. It aims to identify and recognize industry leaders and promote recognition of the critical role that learning and development plays in organizational success.

Saba enables each customer to transform the way its employees work and engage, and provides continuous learning for all employees. The LearningElite program identifies leading innovators in all industries and encourages continued innovation and learning developments to its members.

Saba will be sponsoring the gala dinner preceding the opening of the Spring 2014 CLO Symposium on Sunday, March 30 at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in Dana Point, Calif. where each organization's position in the LearningElite rankings will be revealed.