Solace Announces Paul Fitzpatrick as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer

OTTAWA, ON, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Solace, the leader in powering real-time, event-driven integration for the agentic age, announced today that Paul Fitzpatrick has joined the company as its new Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer.

Fitzpatrick brings deep experience in enterprise software go-to-market, having held senior leadership roles with IBM, Cognos and Halogen Software. His resume also includes a prior stint at Solace where he led partnerships, global customer education, field enablement and performance management. Fitzpatrick joins Solace from Shopify, where he led the development of the company's enterprise partner ecosystem, and evolution of global partner programs and education.

"Paul brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of building strong brands and driving growth in the technology sector," said Denis King, President and CEO, Solace. "His strategic vision and leadership will be instrumental as we continue to expand our global presence and help more organizations capitalize on the transformative potential of data and AI through an event-driven integration strategy."

"Enterprises worldwide are embracing AI into their everyday workflows and processes, and with that comes the critical need to move data in real-time. As a product-led company with a proven reputation in event-driven integration, Solace is uniquely positioned to help companies turn their AI ambitions into reality," said Fitzpatrick. "I'm looking forward to helping further establish Solace as the digital nervous system for the real-time, event-driven agentic world."

Over the past two decades, Solace has helped many of the world's leading companies realize the potential of real-time data, or events, to grow revenue, improve operational efficiencies and deliver optimal customer experiences.  Solace is a core technology for leading organizations including global investment banks, retailers, telcos, and manufacturers.

About Solace:

Solace helps enterprises adopt AI by enabling real-time, event-driven data movement across their entire business. Built on a modern event-driven architecture, Solace Platform connects systems, applications, and AI agents with the data they need — securely, seamlessly, and at scale. Established enterprises worldwide – including RBC Capital Markets, Heineken,  PSA Singapore and Schwarz Group – trust Solace to enable time-sensitive applications and processes; modernize their application and integration landscape; and create seamless digital experiences for their customers, partners and employees. Learn more at solace.com.

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Solace Announces Paul Fitzpatrick as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, GAC's independently developed Quark E-Drive power domain control system has achieved the world's first dual certification for deeply integrated ASIL D functional safety and information security, accredited by DAkkS, Germany's national accreditation body. The certification was evaluated and issued by SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. (SGS), a globally recognized certification authority.

ISO 26262 is the internationally recognized core standard for automotive functional safety. Within this framework, ASIL D represents the highest automotive safety integrity level, requiring near-zero tolerance for safety-critical failures. Achieving an ASIL D certification accredited by DAkkS signifies that the certified product meets the highest globally accepted standards for automotive safety.

The certified Quark E-Drive power domain control system has been in production use since February 2025, and is now deployed across multiple models under GAC's brands - HYPTEC and AION. As the industry's first electric drive power domain system based on deep integration using a single main control chip, the solution significantly reduces chip count, minimizes risks associated with chip-level failures, and boosts motor controller efficiency to as high as 99.9%. The certification confirms that GAC has completed the system's full product development lifecycle in strict compliance with ISO 26262:2018 functional safety and ISO/SAE 21434:2021 information security standards.

Throughout the project, GAC Technology Research Center worked closely with SGS experts, strengthening safety design across all development phases while ensuring engineering feasibility and an optimal user experience.

Zhao Hui, Vice President of SGS China, commented: "The successful certification highlights GAC's strong team and robust development systems. We are pleased to support the safety of the Quark E-Drive and look forward to closer collaboration."

This milestone represents a major breakthrough for GAC in e-drive safety and sets a new global benchmark for the intelligent electric vehicle industry.

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GAC's Quark Electric Drive Achieves the World's First DAkkS ASIL D Functional Safety and Information Security Dual Certification