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SuccessFactors, a creator of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, has hired former Yahoo! executive Dmitri Krakovsky as vice president of product management.

Krakovsky was most recently Yahoo’s vice president of Business and Marketplace Operations, and Sponsored Search. Previously, Dmitri held vice president of product positions for Yahoo!’s Advertiser and Publisher group and Small Business Services.

“Dmitri’s exceptional track record in leading the most important products with some of the most successful and loved web applications ever built is going to drive unbelievable and fantastic innovation at SuccessFactors,” said Lars Dalgaard, chief executive officer for SuccessFactors. “With consumer and enterprise Web experience, from Yahoo to Intuit, over to small business products, Web 2.0 and 3.0, cloud expertise, he’s a perfect fit for the company.”

“SuccessFactors is a truly exceptional company, so it was a no-brainer to come here and join this innovative team,” said Dmitri Krakovsky, vice president of product management at SuccessFactors. “I am excited about joining a group of people unified by the common passion and focused on solving real-life customer problems. The SuccessFactors’ platform, proven scale, and flexibility are a real testament to the customer value. I’m excited to roll up my sleeves and work with this team to evolve our product strategy and the roadmap to create great, easy to use on-demand product – as powerful as leading enterprise applications and as easy to use as consumer products.”

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