John Herlihy is Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) and LATAM (Latin America) at LinkedIn. In this role, John leads the global professional network’s business across both regions, overseeing LinkedIn's strategic direction and driving economic opportunity for approx. 270 million members. Before joining LinkedIn in 2015, John was Vice President at Google Inc., where he held a number of international roles and scaled its EMEA online business over a ten year period. He also served as Head of Google Ireland from 2005 - 2015; under his leadership Google acquired its EMEA campus in Dublin’s Silicon Docks; located a new data centre in Ireland and established The Foundry, Google’s first centre for digital excellence in Europe. Prior to that, John held senior management positions at global technology companies including First Data, PeopleSoft, Adobe Systems and Oracle. He has also served as non-executive director at publicly quoted companies including Liberty Mutual Insurance and Greencore plc. A Chartered Accountant, John holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Economic Science by University of Limerick.