SkillSurvey Names Joe Klimowicz as Vice President, Technology

Verilaw veteran to spearhead technology for reference checking pioneer.

Berwyn, PA (PRWEB) August 28, 2008 -- SkillSurvey™, Inc. the pioneer in on-demand reference checking, announced that Joe Klimowicz has joined the company as vice president, technology.

Klimowicz is responsible for managing the design, development and deployment of SkillSurvey’s Web-based reference checking (http://www.skillsurvey.com/Default.aspx) technology. SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™ (http://www.skillsurvey.com/Products/ph360.aspx), named a Top 10 Product of 2007 by Human Resource Executive®, enables organizations to complete fast, accurate reference check (http://www.skillsurvey.com/how.aspx) without the time-intensive phone calls.

"Joe is a tremendous addition to our executive team," said Ray Bixler, SkillSurvey's president and chief executive officer. "He shares our commitment to help customers improve their quality of hire through our highly predictive technology. His broad experience in business, client-focus and technical expertise will make him extremely effective in this position."

Previously, Klimowicz was chief technology officer at Verilaw Technologies, Inc., and a Verilaw co-founder. He managed the teams that designed, developed, deployed and maintained VFile, the company's flagship electronic filing platform, and enterprise court case management system, "VTrack." Verilaw grew to the nation’s leading provider of electronic document distribution services for the legal community, and was acquired by LexisNexus in 2004.

"SkillSurvey is a visionary company, which provides ground-breaking technology to address the critical need spanning all industries – finding high-qualified candidates," said Klimowicz. "I am eager to apply my experience in envisioning and developing innovative technology to meet needs faced by talent acquisition professionals."

Prior to Verilaw, Mr. Klimowicz led the development of new technologies in variety of industries, including mortgage banking, healthcare, logistics as well as the legal market. Klimowicz' technical background includes business intelligence, requirements analysis, software development, software architecture and systems security.

Klimowicz graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University and a Masters in Computer Science from Villanova University.

About SkillSurvey:

SkillSurvey is the leading provider of online reference assessment solutions that increase quality of hire (http://www.skillsurvey.com/solution.aspx) and improve recruiting efficiency. Using SkillSurvey, organizations improve the quantity and quality of information they collect regarding a candidate’s past performance, resulting in a significant reduction in time and money spent on reference checking. This breakthrough, patent-pending approach to reference assessments is based on over 25 years of research in job competency modeling. More information is available at www.skillsurvey.com.

Media Contact:

Erika von Hoyer

VP, Marketing

SkillSurvey, Inc

610-727-4161

info(at)skillsurvey.com

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