Twenty Year Enterprise Software Veteran Joins Vignette Leadership Team; Brett Bachman Named as Senior Vice President of Products

Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ:VIGND) today announced that it
has named Brett Bachman as senior vice president of products, strategy
and worldwide marketing. In this role, Bachman will drive Vignette's
products, marketing and go-to-market strategies, and is charged with
guiding the product lifecycle process from product requirements
definition through positioning, packaging, and deliverables for
Vignette's award-winning enterprise content management solutions.
   "Brett's impressive career as a leader at many of the world's best
known and respected enterprise software companies makes me confident
that he will make an immediate and profound impact at Vignette," said
Thomas E. Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Vignette.
"The combination of Brett's leadership and operational experience in
enterprise software makes him a perfect fit to help Vignette cement
its leadership position in the enterprise content management market."
   Prior to joining Vignette, Bachman was a co-founder, chief
operating officer and president of MS2, a software application company
that led the creation of the Product Lifecycle Management application
category. Before MS2, he held senior executive positions with leading
companies including Oracle, Informix, and Rational Software, and was a
consultant with McKinsey & Company. Most recently, Bachman was vice
president and general manager of the decision management software and
solutions unit at Fair Isaac Corp., where he was responsible for more
than $100 million in total revenue. While in this position, he helped
to accelerate revenue growth by more than 37 per cent on a sequential
quarterly basis.
   "Vignette is the best positioned enterprise content management
company with award-winning products and services in one of the
fastest-growing markets in the software industry," said Bachman. "I'm
looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and joining this world-class
organization to help it raise its visibility and capitalize on the
impressive set of assets it has assembled. I believe my industry
experience and the combination of operational and managerial skills
will help Vignette continue to deliver innovative solutions that meet
and exceed customer requirements."
   Bachman has an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a
bachelors of science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science from MIT.

   About Vignette

   Vignette's software and expertise help organizations harness the
power of information and the Web for measurable improvements in
business efficiency. As the efficiency experts, Vignette
(NASDAQ:VIGND) helps organizations increase productivity, reduce
costs, improve user experiences and manage risk. Vignette's intranet,
extranet and Internet solutions incorporate portal, integration,
enterprise content management and collaboration capabilities that can
rapidly deliver unique advantages through an open, scalable, and
adaptable architecture that integrates with legacy systems. Vignette
is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with local operations worldwide.
Visit http://www.vignette.com to see how Vignette customers achieve
measurable improvements in business efficiency and to find out why
more companies prefer Vignette.

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