SANTA
CLARA, Calif., March 7,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE),
the cloud database platform company, today announced the expansion
of its executive leadership team with the appointment of
Julie Irish as senior vice president
and chief information officer. In this role, Irish will drive
Couchbase's global IT strategy in alignment with the company's key
business objectives.
Irish brings nearly 20 years of experience leading business
operations, information technology, system implementation,
migrations and strategic planning. She was most recently vice
president of business applications and IT at New Relic where she
scaled the function, led the delivery of complex IT projects and
supported the company's migration to a consumption-based business
model. Before that, Irish held leadership positions at Harvard
Business Publishing and startup RichRelevance.
"Julie's appointment marks a key milestone in the next phase of
Couchbase's expansion, and we're very pleased to welcome her as our
first CIO," said Matt Cain, chair,
president and CEO of Couchbase. "With an excellent track record and
deep expertise in technology innovation, Julie's leadership will
further enable our world-class team as we scale beyond inflection
and unlock the next phase of our growth with our
database-as-a-service Couchbase Capella."
Irish will lead the global IT and security team and will set the
strategy for systems and IT to position Couchbase's internal
infrastructure for future growth and effectiveness. Her extensive
experience leading organizations through complexity and building
strong business partnering teams will be essential in accelerating
Couchbase's business expansion while equipping the global team with
improved systems, tools and processes.
"The strategic use of technology is critical to scaling across
all functions to drive growth. It's an exciting time to join
Couchbase as more customers transition to the Couchbase Capella
offering and consumption models. Couchbase has built a strong
technology foundation, and I am honored to join the company
contributing my insights, setting strategic priorities and
collaborating with the world-class team," added Irish.
About Couchbase
Modern customer experiences need a
flexible database platform that can power applications spanning
from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase's mission
is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and
run modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the
database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database
platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build
applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers –
all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the
Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications. For
more information, visit www.couchbase.com and follow us on X
(formerly Twitter) @couchbase.
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