Logicalis Ireland Appoints Andrew Baird as Managing Director

By: PRLog
New MD will strengthen partnerships and draw on international resources to continue growth in Irish Market.
PRLog - March 1, 2015 - SANDYFORD, Ireland -- Logicalis, one of Ireland’s leading IT services providers, today announced that, following the retirement of Paul Murphy, Andrew Baird has been appointed Managing Director starting on the 1st of March.

Baird has 30 years’ experience in the Irish IT market and has been Sales Director of Logicalis Ireland since 2002.

Commenting on the role Baird said: “Logicalis Ireland has been very successful over the ten years of Paul Murphy’s leadership; we have a strong customer base which is in large part due to our strong relationships with partners such as IBM, Cisco, NetApp, HP, VMware and Citrix.

“My focus will be on balancing stability and continuity with a growth strategy built on our delivering the next generation of IT solutions and services for the Irish market.  Reinforcing our partner relationships will be crucial to that aim, as will our ability to draw on the Logicalis organisation internationally to strengthen the range of solutions and expertise available to our clients.”

The Sales Director vacancy created by Baird’s move has been filled by Patrick Jordan who has worked with Logicalis for nine years as the company’s General Manager of its Enterprise division.

Outgoing MD Paul Murphy said: “I am delighted with the recent appointments and I am sure that Andrew and Patrick will continue to deliver a high level of service and advice to our valued clients and prospective clients.”

“Andrew is a long-standing member of the leadership team that has overseen Logicalis’ established as a market leader in Ireland and Patrick has managed a high performance team and closed some of the largest and most complex deals in the Irish IT Market over the past decade.”

About Logicalis

Logicalis Ireland is a part of Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre and cloud services; and managed services.

Logicalis employs over 3,800 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex IT infrastructures to meet the needs of almost 6,000 corporate and public sector customers.  To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of $1.6 billion, from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is one of the leading IT and communications solution integrators, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of approximately $6 billion.

For more information, visit www.logicalis.com.

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