March 2010

Michaela Oliver appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Rosetta Stone

ChampionScott Partners places Michaela Oliver as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Rosetta Stone. Ms. Oliver brings to Rosetta Stone over 16 years experience in integrating human resources with business strategy and leading organizational change.

Ms. Oliver joins Rosetta Stone from AOL where she was SVP Human Resources – Global HR Design & Solutions Center. Her staff of 50 human resource professionals served an internal client base of 7,500 employees in the AOL international system. As SVP Human Resources, she was responsible for leading AOL’s Total Rewards program; Talent Management; Organizational Effectiveness; Workforce Analytics; Payroll and Operations; Human Resource Technologies; Recruitment; and Training and Development.

Prior to joining AOL in 2000, Ms. Oliver held various domestic and international human resource leadership positions at ExxonMobil; including a period of time in Kazakhstan. During her 7-year tenure, Ms. Oliver managed employee policies, benefits and labor agreements before, during and after the ExxonMobil merger.

Ms. Oliver earned her Master’s of Labor and Industrial Relations degree from Michigan State University and her Bachelors in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from University of Michigan.
About ChampionScott Partners

ChampionScott Partners is the world’s premier retained executive search firm. Our specialty is senior leadership appointments in technology and technology-enabled companies, including related growth industries. Our client base encompasses both start-ups and global 500 companies. From our offices in Asia, Europe and the US, our partners recruit board directors, CEOs and senior executive leadership. We have successfully recruited senior management for leading companies in the U.S., China, Japan, EU, and India. Our partners proven global operating and executive search expertise is applied to every search and integral to the success of the business strategies that shape our clients’ companies. For more information, visit www.championscott.com.

About Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone Inc. is changing the way the world learns languages. Rosetta Stone offers an interactive solution that is acclaimed for its speed and power to unlock the natural language-learning ability in everyone. Available in more than 30 languages, the Rosetta Stone language-learning solution is used by schools, organizations and millions of individuals in over 150 countries throughout the world. The company was founded in 1992 on the core beliefs that learning a language should be natural and instinctive and that interactive technology can replicate and activate the immersion method powerfully for learners of any age. The company is based in Arlington, Va. For more information, visit www.rosettastone.com.