‘Trust yourself: gut feelings are underrated’

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 Kevin Flanagan, general manager of Pivotal Ireland

Kevin Flanagan, general manager of data solutions firm Pivotal

Pivotal, according to Kevin Flanagan, its general manager, pioneers ‘digital disruption’ and enables brands to become more agile through a blend of cloud and big data software solutions. It launched in 2013, having been spun out of tech giants EMC and VMware, with additional investment from General Electric.

After growing up on the family farm in Co Roscommon, Flanagan graduated from Dublin City University with an honours degree in accounting and finance before ...