Mark Hopkins Appointed General Manager at Dell Technologies Ireland

Dell Technologies has today announced that it has appointed Mark Hopkins as the General Manager to lead the company on the island of Ireland as it moves into the next phase of growth and development.

Mark is now responsible for driving the company’s commercial business in Ireland and Northern Ireland. At the centre of his role is the delivery of innovative services, products and solutions that harness latest technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, the Cloud to a diverse group of customers in the public and private sectors.

With over twenty years’ experience, Mark has held several leadership positions across various segments of the technology industry. For over a year, Mark has served as the Public Sector and Northern Ireland Director at Dell Technologies Ireland. In this role, he inspired his team to deliver transformative technologies that assisted in future-proofing organisations in sectors ranging from education and healthcare, to banking and financial services. Prior to this, Mark had been a Sales Leader at BT Ireland and Northern Ireland, and a Business Manager at Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group where he gained unprecedented insights into skilfully creating new markets and gaining market share.

Dell Technologies has developed a strategic presence in Ireland with each of its three campuses in Dublin, Cork and Limerick home to global and regional teams from key parts of the business including sales, services, operations, IT, finance and solutions development.

Commenting on his appointment as GM of Dell Technologies Ireland, Mark Hopkins said: “I am delighted to take up the role of General Manager at an exciting time for Dell Technologies in Ireland. As emerging technologies accelerate the pace of change within all sector, there is a significant opportunity to help drive business transformation and generate real results for customers here in Ireland. We are particularly well positioned, along with the support of our partners, to support our customers on this journey. By harnessing the range of expertise across the Dell Technologies family, we can play a critical role in ensuring organisations in Ireland realise their vision for digital transformation.”

Mark Hopkins replaces Aisling Keegan in this role, who has recently been appointed the Vice-President and General Manager of Consumer and Small Business (CSB) Europe at Dell Technologies with responsibility for consolidating and expanding the company’s presence within this important sector. Under her leadership at Dell Technologies Ireland, Aisling has accelerated the growth of the Irish business in recent years securing the company’s market leadership position on IT, workforce and security transformation. Her leadership has been recognised externally having been named the 2018 WMB Businesswoman of the Year.

“Having worked closely to grow the business across the island and in both the private and public sectors, I am very pleased to be handing over this role to Mark. During his time at Dell Technologies, he has developed a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions that meet and surpass customer needs. In taking up my role as General Manager of CSB Europe, I’m proud of the positive impact we’ve had in growing our commercial footprint here over the last two years,” said Aisling Keegan, General Manager of CSB Europe, Dell Technologies.