Experience

National Broadband Ireland

• Ireland
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Contract Management

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland NBI is responsible for delivering The National Broadband Plan (NBP) which is the Irish government’s initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. It is the largest ever telecommunications project undertaken by the Irish State and recognised as one of the biggest and most ambitious telecoms infrastructure projects of its kind globally. The NBI Contract Management role, is a cross functional role responsible for ensuring that NBI delivers on its key commitments… Show more NBI is responsible for delivering The National Broadband Plan (NBP) which is the Irish government’s initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. It is the largest ever telecommunications project undertaken by the Irish State and recognised as one of the biggest and most ambitious telecoms infrastructure projects of its kind globally. The NBI Contract Management role, is a cross functional role responsible for ensuring that NBI delivers on its key commitments as part of the NBP delivery. Working with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders to ensure an end-to-end approach is adopted to proactively manage Programme risks and to identify and address success blockers. Key Success Factors for the role are clear and consistent communications, meeting critical programme milestones while ensuring strong Governance & Compliance within a complex legal and operational environment. Show less



Kishlight Consulting

• Management Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Providing specialist change management consultancy services to the technology sector in the Financial Services, Compliance, Telecommunications and SaaS industries.



Corlytics

• Ireland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  County Dublin, Ireland Corlytics are a RegTech start-up providing curated regulatory insights to Tier 1 Financial Services organisations and their Regulators. Looking to scale the business rapidly the CEO and board decided to recruit a COO to build out scaling infrastructure so that the CEO could concentrate on business winning and funding activities. Successfully built out management team and put in place key business processes to drive early product creation and adoption.



IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• WW Leader IBM Now Factory (Acquired The Now Factory)

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

  Dublin, Ireland The Now Factory provided software and hardware products to the Telecoms Market. Following the company’s acquisition by IBM, I took over as General manager for the Business unit within IBM’s Analytics Division with full P&L responsibility.



The Now Factory

• United States
• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Professional Services Officer

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2014

  Dublin The Now Factory (as described above) were an early innovator company experiencing rapid growth and were challenged in delivering on client commitments. The business recognised a need for change and hired me to strengthen its management team and to reorganise the delivery function to enable rapid scale. The role was responsible for all customer engagements on a global basis, delivering complex Big Data Analytics projects to Global Telecoms operators.



Norkom Technologies

• Ireland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Engineering & Product Management

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2012

  Norkom Technologies was a PLC company generating over $60m in annual revenue when it was acquired for approx. $250m by BAE systems. As an early member of the management team I drove the growth of the business from start-up to PLC pivoting the company from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) into Financial Crime and Compliance, leap-frogging the competition from being a distant 6th place provider to taking the global leader position as recognised by Garter Group. Responsible for… Show more Norkom Technologies was a PLC company generating over $60m in annual revenue when it was acquired for approx. $250m by BAE systems. As an early member of the management team I drove the growth of the business from start-up to PLC pivoting the company from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) into Financial Crime and Compliance, leap-frogging the competition from being a distant 6th place provider to taking the global leader position as recognised by Garter Group. Responsible for Norkom’s portfolio of Financial Crime applications serving a diverse range of over 130 blue chip financial services organisations (Banks, Payment providers & Insurance companies). Responsible for the Engineering & Product departments covering Product Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Training and Customer Support

• Director of Services, North America

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2006

  Greater Boston Area Moved to the US during the Dot-com down-turn to right-size and rebuild the critical North American business as the company pivoted from the Customer Relationship Management market into the Financial Crime and Compliance market. Responsible for Norkom Technologies USA and Canadian Operations with market facing role covering sales, pre-sales and delivery deploying a combination of product and data science offerings across multiple sectors.

• Analytical Services Manager

  • Jul 1998 - Jan 2002

  Dublin Responsible for service offer definition and rollout of a highly-innovative data science offering within a fast growing product and consultancy start-up. Responsible for all pre-sales & project delivery. Worked with Engineering to harden offerings into core product.



Misys Banking Systems

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professional Services Consultant

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 1998

  Worked with a wide variety of International Banks in the definition and implementation of back and front office retail banking systems.