Experience

CleverCards

• Ireland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Ireland CleverCards is money reinvented! Send. Receive. Pay. Instantly. This transformation is powered by the CleverCards platform. I lead the design, development and operation of the CleverCards platform. I am responsible for the application solutions that are transforming how companies and consumers engage with money and payments.



The Payment Works (TestingPays.com)

• Ireland
• Software Development

• Managing Director, Founder

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  County Dublin, Ireland The Payment Works was established with a simple vision: We want online merchants of all types to have the same control, insight and intelligence over their online payments that the local grocery has over its cash register. We're using our long experience of developing payments products to create new and innovative tools and services for online merchants and their tech teams.



The Product Works

• Ireland
• Software Development

• Managing Director, Founder

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  County Dublin, Ireland The Product Works was founded out of my experience that there are people and companies out there with brilliant ideas but not the know-how of working with technology & tech teams to bring those ideas to life. We provide advice and hands-on consultancy to companies in the following areas: 1. Audits of existing technology platforms and products 2. Advice on product strategy and building business-focused roadmaps 3. Building & hiring strong technology teams 4. Bringing new… Show more The Product Works was founded out of my experience that there are people and companies out there with brilliant ideas but not the know-how of working with technology & tech teams to bring those ideas to life. We provide advice and hands-on consultancy to companies in the following areas: 1. Audits of existing technology platforms and products 2. Advice on product strategy and building business-focused roadmaps 3. Building & hiring strong technology teams 4. Bringing new products, transforming existing products Show less



SumUp

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP Software Engineering & Site Director

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2014

  Dublin, Ireland ► Responsible for structuring & leading the global s/w development organisation ► Leadership of software product development with over 40 engineers distributed over 4 locations across Europe ► Site director for SumUp Dublin, overseeing a headcount of 30 across engineering, operations, compliance and HR functions ► Business development within the Dublin operation; building relationships in other companies and across the local technology community ► Led the development & launch of… Show more ► Responsible for structuring & leading the global s/w development organisation ► Leadership of software product development with over 40 engineers distributed over 4 locations across Europe ► Site director for SumUp Dublin, overseeing a headcount of 30 across engineering, operations, compliance and HR functions ► Business development within the Dublin operation; building relationships in other companies and across the local technology community ► Led the development & launch of SumUp's flagship mobile Chip&Pin terminal and EMV stack

• Technical Program Manager & Head of Software Development

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

  Dublin, Ireland ► Initiated, shaped & owned the SumUp product roadmap, transforming a chaotic environment into a coherent, prioritised product list. ► Stakeholder management ► Grew the s/w development team from a chaotic group of 10 individuals to an organised department of over 40 engineers across 4 European offices ► Created a team environment that delivered 50 major s/w releases annually ► Oversaw the launch of SumUp across 13 countries ► Rolled out SumUp's regulatory FCA license ► Led… Show more ► Initiated, shaped & owned the SumUp product roadmap, transforming a chaotic environment into a coherent, prioritised product list. ► Stakeholder management ► Grew the s/w development team from a chaotic group of 10 individuals to an organised department of over 40 engineers across 4 European offices ► Created a team environment that delivered 50 major s/w releases annually ► Oversaw the launch of SumUp across 13 countries ► Rolled out SumUp's regulatory FCA license ► Led the software development team successfully through multi-million euro (€15M+) Series B fund raising



Transaction IQ

• Managing Director, Founder

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2012

  Dublin ► Shaped the company’s SAAS product and related features ► Created of the Transaction IQ business plan, P&L, etc. ► Led the fundraising efforts with venture capital companies as well as with Enterprise Ireland ► Successfully negotiated term sheets of up to €600k in early seed venture funding



Pocket Kings Ltd

• Payments Quality Manager

  • Apr 2007 - Oct 2011

  Dublin ► Member of senior management team overseeing a headcount of +30 resources responsible for all real-money payments business and technology activities ► Designed and oversaw the product quality strategy for all company payments projects ► Devising and driving group strategy to cater for delivery of over 50 production releases annually ► Building innovative processes to match the business demands for payments solutions ► Successfully designed and rolled out a test-driven, agile… Show more ► Member of senior management team overseeing a headcount of +30 resources responsible for all real-money payments business and technology activities ► Designed and oversaw the product quality strategy for all company payments projects ► Devising and driving group strategy to cater for delivery of over 50 production releases annually ► Building innovative processes to match the business demands for payments solutions ► Successfully designed and rolled out a test-driven, agile process, culminating in concurrent development and testing in cross-discipline teams: • User stories and story development • Story point sizing and planning • Parallel development and test • Automated acceptance tests • System-wide continuous integration Show less



Avaya

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Team Lead

  • Nov 2004 - Mar 2007

  Senior test engineer in R&D house dedicated to voice and data conferencing applications. Senior technical lead and team lead on a project delivering a leading-edge VoIP conferencing bridge for small to medium enterprises.



Spectel

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Test Engineer

  • Apr 2004 - Oct 2004

  Test engineer developing, delivering and supporting a high quality web conferencing application for a global market.



Ericsson

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Integration Engineer

  • Mar 2000 - Apr 2004

  Dublin Test engineer for a world leading telecommunications company, working to deliver high quality wireline solutions to global telcos.