BlackLine Continues Asia-Pacific Expansion – Fintech Finance
Accounting automation software leader BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) today announced that it is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by opening a new office, appointing two new executives and launching a data center in Sydney.
New regional headquarters opens in Sydney
BlackLine has moved its APAC regional headquarters to new office premises on Castlereagh Street in Sydney’s central business district. The collaborative workspace enables the company to support market expansion and regional employee growth while better serving local customers and partners.
Two experienced executives join BlackLine APAC
Rosie Cairnes has been appointed regional vice president of the account management organization. Cairnes has three decades of sales, business development and management experience from the IT industry in organizations including SmartForce, SAI Global and SkillSoft. Based in Sydney, she will focus on driving customer adoption and growth.
Nikhil Parambath joins BlackLine as Regional Vice President of Corporate Accounts. Mr. Parambath has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, having worked for industry leaders Salesforce, SunGard and Oracle. From BlackLine’s office in Singapore, he will drive market expansion across APAC.
New data center to improve speed, security and data sovereignty
BlackLine will soon open a data center in a Google Cloud facility in Sydney. The data center is expected to improve customer service delivery across the region, while strengthening the company’s capacity to scale and support customer growth. It will also support customers’ demands for data sovereignty while increasing speed and offering the best information security.
BlackLine expects the new data center to simplify and accelerate the migration of its APAC customers to Google Cloud. The addition complements other data centers across the US and Europe, expanding the company’s global reach to better serve the company’s growing customer base.
“We remain focused on delivering the best customer experience and faster time to value,” said Lee Thompson, BlackLine’s senior vice president of APAC. “With a local data center, new regional hub, outstanding local sales leadership and partners skilled in finance and accounting automation, we offer our customers the trust and confidence they need as we expand to ensure their continued success.”
For nearly 10 percent of BlackLine’s customers in APAC, BlackLine is holding its annual BeyondTheBlack user conferences this week with events in Sydney and Melbourne and a Finance Transformation Series event to follow next week in Singapore.
