Informatica, the enterprise cloud data management leader, is to move to new EMEA headquarters in Dublin to support the company's growing base of customers in the region, it has announced. And according to a report in 'The Irish Times', Informatica, which has recently doubled its headcount in Ireland to 100 people, intends to raise staff numbers to 250 by 2023. The company announced that Keith Lyons, a 10-year Informatica veteran, was promoted to the newly created role of managing director, Informatica Ireland. He will also continue with his current responsibilities as vice-president of product development.

Data Quality, Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Data Governance solutions


Since joining Informatica, Lyons has led the product development and operations teams for Data Quality, Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Data Governance solutions, and spearheaded Data Quality product development in Big Data and Enterprise Data Management. Informatica was positioned as a Leader in the Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools1. Lyons’ appointment to MD comes on the heels of Informatica’s move to its new offices at 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin. Informatica has leased two floors of the building and occupies 18,000 sq ft to allow for additional growth of its EMEA headquarters, where its regional R&D, IT, sales, marketing, customer support, and finance functions are located. In other appointments, Tom Cunningham is to be the head of commercial, Informatica Ireland. In this newly created role based in the company’s Dublin office, he will lead Informatica Ireland’s business strategy for continuous growth. In addition, Tony Reid has been appointed vice-president, Ireland and UK. Reid joins Informatica from Hitachi Vantara, and is responsible for Informatica’s go-to-market strategy in both countries.

Customers’ data-driven digital transformations


“Informatica’s investment in our new Dublin headquarters showcases our continued momentum and is an opportunity for us to continue to drive growth in Ireland and throughout EMEA. Expanding our leadership team in Ireland with Keith, Tom and Tony brings a combination of deep industry expertise, R&D, innovation and sales rigour – all elements that are strategic assets as we accelerate our customers’ data-driven digital transformations,” said Anil Chakravarthy, CEO, Informatica. Minister Heather Humphreys TD said: “I am delighted that a company like Informatica has decided to expand its presence here and I congratulate them on their move to a new EMEA headquarters in Dublin. "We already have a strong footprint of ICT companies in the greater Dublin area and we are very keen to expand that by attracting a wider range of specialist IT companies. We have the IT skills available to enable the company to grow and to embed their operations in Ireland. Their arrival is a great vote of confidence in what we have to offer and I wish them well for the future.”

Enterprise-class data management tools


“Informatica is uniquely positioned to help Irish organisations with the data-driven challenges and opportunities they face today,” said Cunningham. “Working with local channel partners, we provide our customers with enterprise-class data management tools to optimise their customers’ experience and help meet their regulatory obligations." “As the leader in enterprise cloud data management, Informatica is 100 per cent focused on everything data and this offers our customers a huge competitive advantage,” said Reid. “I’m looking forward to working with our customers to help them unleash the disruptive power of data.” IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan said: “This announcement further highlights Ireland’s position as the data capital of Europe with an impressive portfolio of leading data rich companies. Informatica’s decision to locate its European headquarters here will drive job creation in Ireland and growth for the company across Europe.”