Orla Clifford

VP, Operations at Sigma Computing

Orla Clifford is currently the VP of Operations at Sigma Computing. Orla has previously served as the VP of Pricing and Operations at Druva from February 2019 to June 2020, and as the Chief of Staff and Vice President of Business Operations at Veritas Technologies LLC from April 2015 to January 2019.

At Veritas, Orla was responsible for leading the global strategic planning and business operations functions for a 2500-person organization. This included being the Chief-of-Staff and reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer. Business operations responsibilities included staff operations, budget management, portfolio & process management, operational reviews, resource management, organizational design and site strategy. Orla was also responsible for planning and managing an annual budget of around $300 million.

Some of Orla's accomplishments during their time at Veritas include creating operating frameworks and driving the annual strategic business planning process across a $2 billion portfolio, accelerating transformation and optimizing innovation. Orla also led business operations and global strategic planning across 100+ countries, managed an R&D budget and cross-functional team of 50, allocated resources to optimize efficiency, drove and delivered strategic cross-functional programs including cost transformation, conducted M&A due diligence and deal negotiation, managed and measured post-merger business integration and asset disposition/divestitures, and developed and led a New Product Introduction process.

Orla Clifford has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Economics from NUI Galway, a Grad Dip in Computer Science from Athlone Institute of Technology, and an Executive MBA in Masters in Business Administration from Dublin City University.

Some of their coworkers include Brad Gerstner - Board Member, Rob Woollen - CTO & Co-Founder, and Brian Murphy - Chief Revenue Officer. Their manager is Michael Palmer, CEO.

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