Certus Software Names Joan Beardsley Vice President of Professional Services

Beardsley to Head Consulting, Technical Support and Education Efforts, Focusing on Pushing Customers Toward Good Governance

CUPERTINO, CA – August 23, 2005 – Certus Software, Inc., a proven leader in financial compliance and governance software for the enterprise, today announced that Joan Beardsley will lead consulting, technical support and education efforts as Vice President of Professional Services.   The search was conducted by Taylor Winfield, Inc.

Beardsley, who during the past 20 years has successfully established and grown worldwide professional services organizations at several fast-growing enterprise software companies, comes to Certus from Mobileum, where she served as Vice President of Professional Services. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services at Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, a subsidiary of Alcatel, where she prioritized customer needs as the major focus of the services organization. Before Genesys, Beardsley was Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services at information management market player Scopus Technology, where she helped boost revenues nearly six-fold for her organization.

"Certus' commitment to guiding companies from initial Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to overall good governance and lasting business value is the mark of a true thought leader," said Joan Beardsley. "I'm pleased to join the Certus team, and look forward to contributing to the company's growth momentum and continued product and customer success."

"Essential to building a company that offers its customers lasting business value is the right combination of people and their backgrounds, personal pride, and deep commitment," said Bruce Johnson, Certus President and CEO. "Joan, with her experience building technical support, training and consulting organizations from the ground up, is a prime example of a team member who can apply her dedication and credentials toward moving Certus forward."

About Certus

Certus Software, Inc., the proven leader of corporate governance and compliance software for the enterprise, helps organizations build a consistent and sustainable compliance practice that extends beyond compliance requirements to generate lasting business value. Its powerful Certus software suite ensures the transparency and accuracy of internal controls, while leveraging Sarbanes-Oxley conformance as a change agent for immediate accountability and even greater business benefits in the future. Certus' customers include Alcon, Countrywide Financial, Dell, DIRECTV, E*TRADE, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, Jones Apparel Group, The Mills Corporation, Nextel Partners, PepsiCo, Polaroid, Seagate Technology, Ross Stores, Suntron and T-Mobile USA. To learn more about Certus, visit www.certus.com.

About Taylor Winfield, Inc.

Established in 1987, Taylor Winfield has been instrumental in building billions $$ in market value within the high technology industry, via retained executive search and strategic business development. Through key relationships with premier venture capital firms, maturing client companies, and their executive network of visionary industry leaders, Taylor Winfield has conducted searches to create hundreds of high tech core management teams in enterprise software (applications & infrastructure), wireless, networking, computer hardware, services, and semiconductors.  For more information, please visit www.taylorwinfield.com.