There was no decision to make,
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Making IT the Real Difference to Our Customers' Businesses
About Version 1
Version 1 proves that IT can make a real difference to our customers’ businesses. We are trusted by global brands to deliver IT services and solutions which drive customer success. Our team of difference-makers work tirelessly to provide independent advice and deliver impactful changes to help our customers navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. Our greatest strength is balance in our efforts to achieve Customer Success, Empowered People and a Strong Organisation, underpinned by a commitment to our values. We believe this is what makes Version 1 different and more importantly, our customers agree.
Version 1 by Numbers
3200 + Strong Team
Comprised of empowered, engaged, and driven people who are wired to deliver Customer Success
Over 25 Years
Delivering real, tangible and measurable differences to our customers' businesses, and doing it excellently
€350+ Million Revenue (2023)
High performing profitability to enable operational excellence, innovation, and success for our customers
98% Retention
For over twenty five years, we have been building longterm outcome-focused relationships with our customers
Proving That IT Makes a Real Difference to Our Customers' Businesses for over 25 Years
We know that our greatest strength is balance in our efforts to achieve Customer Success, Empowered People and a Strong Organisation. Those looking for a short term result or an easier road might sacrifice one commitment for another, but at Version 1 we never have, and never will.
- Tom O’ Connor – CEO of Version 1
Join us in making real differences
At Version 1, we are a people business. The game-changing IT services and solutions that we offer our clients wouldn’t be possible without great people leading the charge. When it comes to attracting and retaining talent, we understand that a continued commitment to employee development and happiness is paramount. We provide our people with the necessary tools and experience they need to be successful both professionally and personally – wherever their time at Version 1 might take them. So, what makes a great Version 1 team member?
Find Out NowOur Technology Partners
We partner with global technology leaders to provide our customers with the highest quality solutions and services.
Amazon Web Services
Version 1 is a leader in Enterprise Cloud services and was one of the first AWS Consulting Partners in Europe. We specialise in migrating and running complex enterprise workloads in Public Cloud.
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Microsoft
Version 1 has been working in the Microsoft technology arena since 2006 and today is recognised as one of the most competent partners in the UK and Irish markets.
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Oracle
Version 1 is recognised by our customers and Oracle for our leadership and ability to drive customer success through Oracle solutions and technology.
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Red Hat
Version 1 specialises in open source technologies and is recognised by our customers for our expertise in developing innovative, enterprise solutions through Red Hat technologies.
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Outsystems
Version 1 is proud to be an OutSystems Partner. As a long-term market leader, OutSystems are focused on constantly improving the developer experience and platform operation.
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Meet Our Key People
With years of industry experience and expertise, our senior managers live and breathe the values that define everything we do at Version 1 and continue to lead our vision of what an IT consultancy should be. Below you'll find details of our leadership team, alongside a phonetic pronunciation of their name as part of our wider #StartsWithaName initiative.
Tom O'Connor joined Version 1 in 2001, spending over 17 years in the company as the Head of consulting, Sales Director and COO where he was responsible for sales, operations and for organic growth. Tom was appointed CEO of Version 1 on the 1st of April 2017.
Louise Lahiff began her career in Version 1 in 2014 where she joined as the Head of HR - UK. After almost three years in this role, Louise took up a commercial position as the Director of Sales Operations, with a responsibility to manage and improve the Sales Operations function within Version 1. In 2019 Louise was appointed as Head of Group HR and transitioned into the role of Director of Strategy, Planning, and People in 2021.
Joe’ O Brien joined Version 1 over 12 years ago, initially as a technical consultant before making the transition into Sales. Promoted through the ranks, Joe was appointed CCO of Version 1 in 2017 and plays a key role in ERP acquisitions.
Andrew Langford joined Version 1 in 2017. Andrew trained as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, possesses over 14 years Board experience and was previously CEO and CFO of FBD Holdings plc. Listed on Dublin and London Stock Exchange.
Lorna McAdoo is the Head of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) at Version 1. Lorna has over 20 years’ experience in the IT sector in Northern Ireland. Lorna was responsible for all operational activities for the Northern Ireland business unit of Version 1 up until 2021. Having grown the Operations to over 80 people, she was appointed the Head of ESG for Version 1 in 2021.
Enda Diggins joined Version 1 as a Senior Applications Consultant in 2011. Enda is now the Managing Director (UK Digital, Data and Cloud) at Version 1. Enda is responsible for running this high-growth practice, with a strategy to grow Version 1's UK footprint and customer base in addition to recruiting and building a permanent Version 1 team to continue to drive growth across the UK.
Colm Gillard is the Managing Director of Oracle Applications at Version 1. With 14+ years' experience working in senior technology and finance leadership roles both domestically and internationally, Colm joined Version 1 in 2013 to lead the migration of the European Shared Service Centre in PepsiCo to the latest version of Oracle’s flagship ERP solution. Appointed as the Head of the ERP Consulting Practice in 2016, Colm led large finance transformation programmes at Musgrave and Primark. In 2019 Colm took over the leadership of the Oracle Applications Commercial team and subsequently established the Oracle ERPM & HCM Cloud Practice in 2020 which is now one of the fastest growing practices within the Version 1 business delivering flagship engagements at Irish Rail, Swiss Re and Petrofac.
Our History
Over the years we’ve grown sustainability and carefully, but with a purpose and drive that has never wavered. Here’s to the past, present and future of strong organisational growth, empowered people and shared success.
2023
Named AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023
Named 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner of the Year Award for Innovation
Named a Best Workplace™ UK in Tech by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace UK for Women by Great Place to Work®
Named India’s #1 Mid-Size Workplace by Great Place to Work India®
Named Global Microsoft Partner of the Year for Modernising Applications 2023
Named a Best Workplace™ Ireland in Tech by Great Place to Work®
Awarded Best Project of the Year at the UKOUG Awards 2023
Accredited with Investors in Diversity Silver mark by the Irish Centre for Diversity
Named a Best Super Large Workplace™ UK By Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace™ India for Building a Culture of Innovation by All By Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace™ Ireland for Women by Great Place to Work®
Named No. 1 Best Large Workplace™ Ireland - 2023 By Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace™ UK for Wellbeing 2023 By Great Place to Work®
Named a Top 10 Best Place To Work UK By Glassdoor
Acquisition of Cloud Transformation Experts Automation Logic
Acquisition of Finance Transformation Specialists Qubix
2022
Named a Best Workplace India in IT & IT-BPM By Great Place to Work®
Acquisition of Instinctive BI
Named a Best Workplace Europe by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace Asia by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace UK for Women by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace Ireland in Tech by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace UK by Great Place to Work®
Named India’s #1 Mid-Size Workplace by Great Place to Work India®
Named a Best Workplace Ireland by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace Ireland for Women by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace UK for Wellbeing by Great Place To Work®
Named a Healthy Place to Work® Ireland (2021 – 2022) by Healthy Place to Work®
Awarded Social Value Quality Mark – Level 1
Achieved Oracle Service Expertise in Workforce Management in EMEA – Western Europe
Achieved Oracle Service Expertise in Human Resources (Core) in EMEA – Western Europe
Acquisition of Evoco
2021
Awarded Unique Microsoft ‘Azure Expert MSP’ Partner Status
Largest Acquisition to Date with Digital Specialists Neueda
Winner: Best Talent Development Initiative for Pathways by IITD Ireland
Winner: Best Large Tech Company of the Year - Digital DNA
Recipient of the 2021 Innovation Award by RedHat for our Smart Text solution
Named a Best Workplace UK by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace Ireland by Great Place to Work®
Named a Healthy Place to Work by Great Place to Work®
Recipient of the Inspiring Award for "The Version 1 Shadow Board" at GPTW 2021
Recipient of the Best Workplace Laureate Award from Great Place to Work®
2020
Named PeopleSoft Partner of the Year at Oracle OpenWorld Europe
Acquisition of Singlepoint
Named Data Estate Modernisation Partner of Choice by Microsoft Ireland
Named a Best Workplace UK by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace Ireland by Great Place to Work®
Recognised with 7 Gold Awards at UKOUG Awards
Awarded Excellence in Wellbeing UK by Great Place to Work UK®
Named as a Best Workplace for Women by Great Place to Work UK®
Named in the Top 30 Best Workplaces in Europe by Great Place to Work®
Named a Best Workplace in Tech UK by Great Place to Work UK®
Bronze Winner: Inclusion & Belonging Strategy at the IHR Awards, 2020
2019
Increased Investment in India with Centre of Excellence in Bangalore
Maintains Position as #4 Best Workplace in Ireland
New Munster Headquarters in Cork
Launches the One Zero One Podcast
Named a Best Workplace for Women by Great Place to Work
Named a Healthy Place to Work by Great Place to Work
Named in Top 20 Large Workplaces to Work in the UK
Awarded IT Company of the Year in the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards
Winners of Intelligent Cloud - Data Estate Modernisation at the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards
Named a Best Place to Work in Technology by Great Place to Work
Awarded Managed Services Partner of the Year, Data Integration Partner of the Year and ERP Partner of the Year by UKOUG
Winners of CX Impact in Business IT & Technology in the Irish CX Impact Awards
Named Winners of Excellence in Talent Development Award by Technology Ireland
2018
Acquisition of Advanced Data Analytics Specialists Presidion
Acquisition of Cedar Consulting
Version 1 Achieves AWS Premier Consulting Partner Status
Launch of Version 1 Innovation Labs
Recognised with 6 awards, 5 Gold and 1 Silver, at UKOUG Awards
Named a Best Workplace by Great Place to Work® Europe
Winners of CX Impact in Business IT & Technology Award
Awarded Oracle Managed Services Partner of the Year
Refreshed Corporate Identity and Rebrand
1000th Employee Celebrated
2017
Former COO of Version 1, Tom O’ Connor appointed as CEO
Version 1 Northern Ireland doubles in size in with new Belfast expansion
Ranks Top 10 Great Place to Work Europe
Recognised with 8 awards, 7 Gold and 1 Silver, at UKOUG Awards
€100m/£87m Revenue
2016
Version 1 announces 5th UK acquisition - JD Edwards Specialist Beoley Mill Software Ltd
Version 1 named among the best companies to work for within the UK
900 employees (40% UK based)
2015
Version 1 and SEAI win "Public Sector Project of the Year" at Tech Excellence Awards
Recognised as Oracle Ireland Partner of the Year and Specialized Partner of the Year: Oracle Database at the Oracle
UKI Specialized Partner Awards 2015
Achieved ISO 27001 certification
2014
Version 1 opens new Northern Ireland Office in Belfast
Version 1 announced in Top 3 Best Large Workplaces – Great Place to Work Ireland
Announced as Tech Excellence Company of the Year 2014
600 employees (20% UK based)
2013
London HQ opens
First UK acquisition
2012
Oracle Centre of Excellence opens in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Version 1 recognised as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consulting Partner
2011
Awarded Microsoft Partner of the Year
First organisation in Europe to achieve ISO 20000-1:2011 accreditation
2010
First Oracle Platinum Partner in Ireland
Version 1 acquires Microsoft SharePoint specialist PM Centrix;
Cork office opened
2008
Employees 150+
Revenues break €15m
2007
Version 1 acquires Prose Software
2006
Microsoft Partnership launched
Employees 100+
Revenues break €10m mark
2004
Revenues break €5m mark
Employees 50+
2003
Tom O Connor appointed as Director
2001
Revenues break €3m mark
2000
Dedicated Managed Services Practice established providing remote and onsite IT support services to customer databases
1999
First UK Contract signed with Birmingham University
Revenues break €1m mark
16 employees
1998
New Offices in Temple Bar opened by Minister for Science and Technology
8 employees
1997
First full year of trading
5 Employees
Revenues €300K
1996
Justin Keatinge, CEO, and John Mullen establish Version 1 focusing on delivering specialist Oracle solutions to the Public Sector
2 Employees
Revenues €60K
Wired to Deliver
Every decision we make is governed by six core values. They are simply stated, non-negotiable and ever present.
Honesty and Integrity
Telling customers what they need to hear – not what they want to hear.
Personal Commitment
Being accountable and keeping commitments
No Ego
Having an open, helpful and ‘No Job Too Small’ attitude.
Customer First
Actively seeking customer feedback to understand your business.
Excellence
Good enough is never our objective. We solve tough problems and make innovative suggestions.
Drive
Our customers are accustomed to working with driven, results focused Version 1 people.