SciQuest Appoints Gamble Heffernan as Vice President of Marketing

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CARY, N.C., December 16, 2008 - SciQuest, Inc., the global leader empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement, today announced the appointment of Gamble Heffernan as vice president of Marketing. Heffernan brings more than 20 years of product management and marketing experience to the company.

In this role, Heffernan will oversee the company's marketing operations to ensure the continuation of SciQuest's rapid growth and expansion into new markets, where a strategic approach to procurement promises to generate significant efficiencies and savings.

Gamble HeffernanHeffernan's appointment reflects the company's continued investment in the skills and expertise required to maintain SciQuest's leadership role in the markets it serves. Eleven of the world's 15 largest pharmaceutical companies, more than 65 leading colleges and universities, and leaders in government and healthcare use SciQuest's on-demand solutions to automate their procurement processes, aggregate their buying power to generate greater savings, gain real-time visibility into spending and ensure contract compliance.

"Now more than ever, organizations are under mounting pressure to manage their spending and control costs," said Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest. "Our success in helping customers take advantage of a more strategic approach to procurement is empowering them to realize significant cost-savings - on the order of millions - and improved efficiencies that can directly impact the bottom line and contain costs in today's economy. As we expand our industry footprint and enter new markets, we need the proven leadership, business acumen and marketing expertise that Gamble can provide to take SciQuest to the next level of growth and meet increasing customer demand."

Heffernan joins SciQuest from Misys, an application software and services provider to the financial services and healthcare industries, where she served as senior vice president of Community Solutions, focusing on community hospitals and their integration of ambulatory physicians through electronic medical records (EMR). Heffernan had previously been senior vice president, Product Management for Healthcare. Prior to Misys, she was vice president and general manager of professional services and consulting for Cardinal Health and the director of the ALARIS® Center for Medication Safety and Clinical Improvement.

"I am excited to contribute to SciQuest's continued growth," said Heffernan. "These are exciting times that present SciQuest with an opportunity to dramatically impact the ability of organizations in our target markets to successfully weather an increasingly volatile economic landscape."

Prior to Cardinal Health/ALARIS, Heffernan served as vice president of services marketing at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson company, where she was responsible for leading a new business focused on the development and launch of software and service products. Previously, she worked for GE Medical Systems Information Technology where she held various management positions including General Manager for eBusiness, General Manager for Clinical Information Systems and Senior Business Unit Manager for Neonatal.

About SciQuest
SciQuest's procurement automation and supplier enablement solutions empower leading organizations to realize the potential of strategic procurement. The company's specialized knowledge, on-demand software, and service-first approach enable public and private enterprises across the globe to manage spend, drive ROI, and advance their critical missions.

SciQuest's deep understanding of its served vertical markets combined with a broad supplier network and intuitive, online shopping experience increase user and contract adoption while improving operational efficiencies. Through software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment, organizations can quickly implement the right eprocurement solution to augment existing ERP investments or fully enable all aspects of purchasing from sourcing to settlement.

For more information about SciQuest, please visit www.sciquest.com or call 877-710-0413 in the U.S. or +44 1794 341182 in Europe.

SciQuest is a registered trademark of SciQuest, Inc. Other trademarks contained herein remain the property of their respective owners.

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