Cloud computing firm to create 80 new jobs in city

BY CIARAN TIERNEY

The commitment of the engineering and business faculties at NUI Galway to engage with local enterprises was a key factor in the decision by an indigenous cloud computing firm to create 80 new jobs in the city.

SourceDogg, who announced the 80 new jobs yesterday, have decided to move most of their operations to the IDA Business Park in Dangan just over two years after the company began operating in Dublin.

Company founders John Quigley and NUI Galway graduate Mark Scanlon are to maintain their development team in the capital, but otherwise they see their long-term future in Galway after beginning the process of moving to the West last September.

After securing financial backing from a Galway firm, Nucleus Venture Partners, Mr Scanlon said yesterday that it made sense for the company to concentrate its expansion plans in the city.

The new jobs are across the fields of engineering, IT support, sales, and professional services, and the company has plans for being the largest in its sector worldwide within the next two years.

“We have already built up strong links with NUI Galway since we began operations here last September and it just goes to show that a university can be a major player in job creation and innovation,” said Mr Scanlon.

“From what we have seen so far, there are suitably qualified people here in Galway and we have had a good response to our recruitment drive so far. We are a small Irish company and these jobs will never leave Galway for anywhere else.”

SourceDogg provide web-based packages which allow users easy access to procurement processes, finding and evaluating new suppliers. They provide customers with easy to use packages for quotations, tenders, and related aspects of the procurement process.The new jobs were announced yesterday by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Richard Bruton.

“If we are to reach the levels of employment and economic growth which we are determined to achieve, we must create a powerful engine of indigenous enterprise,” said Minister Bruton, who pledged to support companies such as SourceDogg in driving Ireland’s economic recovery.

“Crucial in this will be exporting companies, and in particular high-tech, engineering-driven companies, and the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs spells out a range of measures we will take to support these companies.”