‘Succeeding, in business and in life, is all about connecting with people’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Eileen O’Mara of Salesforce

Eileen O’Mara, chief marketing officer for Salesforce in the EMEA region Picture: Fergal Phillips

Eileen O’Mara is chief marketing officer for software company Salesforce in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Headquartered in the US, Salesforce employs more than 1,000 people in Dublin at two sites in Sandyford and Leopardstown. The company was founded in California in 1999 and opened an office in Dublin, its first outside the US, the following year. The company has developed an online customer relationship management (CRM) platform spanning sales, service, marketing ...