Plateau Systems
Plateau Systems is a provider of Talent Management Systems headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company provides SaaS solutions that allow organizations to develop, analyze and manage organizational talent, one of the key factors that affect workforce productivity and operating performance. History. Plateau Systems was founded in 1996 by Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO, and Brad Cooper, senior vice president, product strategy – both of whom still serve as Plateau executives. Plateau Systems developed one of the industry's first Learning Management Systems (LMS), systems usually used by Human Resources  departments for the management and delivery of learning and training across organizations. Plateau's customers include some of the major global organizations and government agencies such as General Electric, Bank of America, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Capital One Services. In early 2000, Plateau Systems delivered an integrated J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to measure whether employee goals were aligned with corporate objectives. In 2007, Plateau acquired Nuvosoft, a provider of Web-based compensation management software and integrated Nuvosoft's functionality into its talent management platform. On April  26, 2011 it was announced that Plateau would be acquired by SuccessFactors for $145 million in cash plus $145 million in stock. Products. Plateau Systems's major offering is the Plateau Talent Management Suite (TMS), which comprises Additional products: These enterprise-class applications can be deployed independently or together as an integrated multi-tenant SaaS solution.