Couchbase, Inc. announced Fidelma Butler has joined the company as chief people officer. Butler will lead the people function, aligned with the company's values and operating objectives. Butler brings a wealth of experience and leadership to Couchbase, with a focus on scaling SaaS teams and building award-winning company culture.

She comes to Couchbase from Zendesk and was most recently vice president of the talent and organizational development team, where she led its global organization development, engagement, acquisition and learning teams. Butler began her career with Accenture's talent management consulting practice, specializing in large-scale technology and business model transformations, and later led the people function for fintech company Realex Payments. Butler will lead a global team including business partnering and operations, talent acquisition, employee experience and engagement, total rewards, workplace, and executing the talent strategy for the organization's future. She will play a pivotal role in strengthening Couchbase's culture for its distributed teams made up of exceptional people.