Management Team

Executive Officers

Paul Friedland - Founder & CEO

Paul made IRI the first company to deliver mainframe-class sort/merge technology on "open systems." Previously at Burroughs, Paul wrote the B6500-B6700 sort using co-routine architecture (hence CoSort), a library of extended precision mathematical routines, and much of their COBOL and FORTRAN compilers. He also headed development of the Research Analysis Language for the Federal Reserve Bank and IMF. He received one of the first master’s degrees in Computer Science that Penn State conferred, and later taught compiler development at UC Irvine and DB systems at NYU. At IRI, Paul continues to apply his theory and knowledge of sorting, languages, and data management, and now leads IRI's runtime data governance project.

David Friedland - SVP & COO

David started with IRI in 1988 to direct technology strategy and partner development. He now holds daily management responsibility for the company, works with key customers and consultancies, directs product line growth, and handles corporate agreements. David holds a BS in Communications from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Albany (SUNY). Prior to joining IRI, he worked in high-tech public relations in Manhattan, for the VOA and NBC Radio News in Seoul, and attended Hofstra Law School. David also covers data management trends and IRI developments in the IRI blog, works with industry analysts and business partners, and explains Voracity solutions online and at trade events.