Couchbase, Inc. 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. 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.