A new kind of partner

Fully fledged technology.
Nice people to do business with.

Since outsourcing production became a thing twenty years ago, many publishers have inadvertently kept their production vendors at arm’s length. The work is passed on, managed, and passed back in what is essentially a transactional relationship.

We strive to be seen in a different light. We engage with the publishing community, sometimes as consultants, sometimes as agitators or agents of change. We work closely with our clients to get under the skin of their business and effect positive change wherever we can.

Above all, we’re nice people who just happen to be very good at what we do. In Gaelic, Deanta means ‘fully-fledged,’ and that’s how we see ourselves.

What we believe

Next level publishing solutions

OUR STORY

Fully fledged from birth

2011

Irish by name, Irish by origin

Deanta was born out of a vision to build ‘full-fledged’ relationships internally and with our customers. Our focus from the beginning has been reliability, flexibility and of course, consistent delivery. Dedication to these central tenets across all levels has ensured steady growth and most importantly, incredible client retention.

Deanta publishing services our story

2019

Into the cloud with data science

The combined opportunities arising from cloudification and data science accelerated Deanta’s strategy to exist in a hyperconnected space alongside publishers, creating a seamless movement of metadata and content across all stages of production, virtually.

In 2019, out of our Dublin office, we began building the next generation of our publishing production platform, Lanstad.

2021

Pioneering AI

Deanta led the way in AI adoption amongst publishing vendors, building proprietary models through our international team of data scientists and software developers across two continents.

2024

Licensing Lanstad

We realise our vision for Lanstad: a fully automated, user-friendly production workflow platform that enables publishers to maintain complete control of their publishing operations, without the need for any vendor. Our first Lanstad license is signed with Edward Elgar Publishing.

2025

A hyper-connected roadmap

Our roadmap envisions a publishing ecosystem where content flows freely, technologies communicate seamlessly, and data drives decisions. Lanstad evolves from a production-centric workflow platform to become a central hub connecting submission systems, peer review, production, and delivery platforms.

nice people to do business with

Meet our leadership team

Our leadership team are veterans of client-focused publishing production. Combining technical expertise with problem-solving and communication skills, we know how to drive projects through to completion on time, on budget, and with minimum fuss.

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Darren has 20 years’ experience in the publishing services business. As a copy editor, he gained a solid foundation for his career before moving into the creation of technical and team-based solutions for publishing workflows. Darren has worked directly with some of the world’s leading publishing organisations, and he developed strong relationships with Indian publishing partners before establishing Deanta Global in 2011. He holds an MBA from the highly acclaimed Smurfit School of Business at University College Dublin in Ireland.

Patrick Shafe

Commercial Director
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As Commercial Director, Patrick is responsible for producing and delivering Deanta’s go-to-market strategy, including all sales and marketing activity as well as strategic input into Deanta’s product development. Patrick has a wealth of experience working with global clients across the technology and service sectors.

Michelle Van Kampen

Product Manager
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More than twenty years ago, Michelle began her publishing career in Dublin as a copy editor and went on to fulfil roles in quality control, project management, training, proofreading and English language consulting for leading scientific and academic publishers and publishing services vendors. After joining Deanta as a project manager almost 10 years ago, she moved on to become Account Manager and Head of Onshore Project Management, and also oversees copy editing. As Product owner, Michelle now has a key role in our ongoing development on technology solutions.

Peter Clerkin

Creative Director
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Peter works with Deanta in the capacity of Creative Director. Peter has a passion for creative design and digital innovation. For the past 28 years he has worked in senior leadership roles for both international and domestic brands such as: AOL/ Time Warner, Netscape, TV3, Smartbox, Full Tilt/Pokerstars and Creative Labs. Through inclusive teamwork Peter’s awards and recognition include: 4 Golden Spiders, 2 Appy's and 2 Digital Media Awards. Peter chaired the IAB Video Advertising Council of Ireland which members included: AOL, YouTube, RTE and more. Peter was also nominated for a role on the Board of Directors for Irish Internet Association.
our commitment to innovation

Two-centre expertise at your fingertips

Deanta’s Dublin and Chennai-based technology teams are at the forefront of our commitment to innovation.

We deliver cutting-edge solutions by leveraging diverse talents including;
Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Platform Engineers, Developers, and QA personnel, all of whom work collaboratively in an agile workflow.

We prioritize features based on client feedback and market trends, solving complex problems and delivering value through iterative development and frequent releases.

a future proof partner

Technologies that talk to each other

Our workflow workshops reveal that publishers often operate in siloed departments, each with their own systems. Content is typically emailed between departments, with manual tracking and isolated reporting.

This fragmentation extends across the publishing ecosystem, with submission, peer review, title management, and delivery systems often operating independently

Deanta believes in a hyper-connected future where content flows seamlessly throughout its lifecycle. Our technologies are built on automation, connectivity, and scalability, designed to easily synchronize with other systems.