Technology Magazine October 2017 | Page 48

PADDY POWER BETFAIR

“ THIS WAS REVOLUTIONARY ,

NOBODY WAS REALLY DOING IT IN THE MARKET AND CERTAINLY

NOBODY WAS DOING IT AS

WELL AS BETFAIR WERE DOING IT ”

– Peter Giles , Senior Data Centre Manager

Brian Cullen

Head of Infrastructure

“ I love technology and I ’ ve had a career in several technical leadership roles , primarily in banks prior to joining Paddy Power Betfair five years ago . During my 18 years in the banks I ’ ve gathered a deep technical expertise across various disciplines – especially data centres , networking , virtualisation , storage and infrastructure design and with that delivering large-scale migrations in mission critical environments . In 2012 I wanted a change of scene and joined Paddy Power . During the last five years I have had the following roles : Senior Engineering Design Lead , Head of Networking and Head of Infrastructure prior to the Paddy Power and Betfair merger and post-merger continued with the role of Head of Infrastructure in the new combined organisation .”