Experience

GuitarApp

• Ireland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder / Biz & Tech

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  GuitarApp redefines the YouTube experience for guitar players and combines in the same elegant app every tool a player needs! We are also allowing companies to easily integrate our music tools into their sites so that their community can keep engaged! https://guitarapp.com GuitarApp redefines the YouTube experience for guitar players and combines in the same elegant app every tool a player needs! We are also allowing companies to easily integrate our music tools into their sites so that their community can keep engaged! https://guitarapp.com



Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

• United States
• Musicians
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • Apr 2015 - Jul 2020

  • Built and managed a 12 people team • Built new products • Transitioned Riffstation tech and team into Fender • Built and managed a 12 people team • Built new products • Transitioned Riffstation tech and team into Fender



Riffstation (Acquired by Fender)

• Ireland
• Software Development

• Co-founder / CTO / Manager-director

  • Oct 2010 - Jul 2020

  • Acquired by Fender in 2015 • Many roles: DSP developer, CTO, product engineering • Biz dev, Operations, Strategy, Management • Marketing, Sales, Analytics • Whatever role was needed Riffstation served millions of users worldwide across Web, Mobile and Desktop platforms • Acquired by Fender in 2015 • Many roles: DSP developer, CTO, product engineering • Biz dev, Operations, Strategy, Management • Marketing, Sales, Analytics • Whatever role was needed Riffstation served millions of users worldwide across Web, Mobile and Desktop platforms



FanFootage (former 45Sound)

• Co-founder / Audio DSP

  • May 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Co-founder • Biz dev • Audio DSP solutions engineer • SXSW Music Tech Accelerator Finalist 2012 • 1 US Patent FanFootage makes "noisy" fan-shot live music video sound great! The service allows fans to upload videos from gigs they have attended. Then, we implemented a clever application that automatically replaces the poor quality audio of the fan video with a high-quality audio recording of the gig. The product was officially launched in SXSW 2012 and has been used by knows artists including Bon Jovi, Tyler James, The Magic Numbers, Hosier, Marc Anthony, Kodaline and Jamie Cullen.



Dublin Institute of Technology

• Ireland
• Education Administration Programs

• Co-founder of the Audio Research Group / Technical Coordinator / Sr Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2012

  • Co-founder, senior researcher and coordinator of the Audio Research Group (Dublin Institute of Technology). • Contributor to 2M€ funding acquisition, which grew the Audio Research Group from 3 to 14 members in 2 years• Principal Investigator in several projects• Licensed technologies to several companies. • Supervision of several PhD students• External examiner of PhD examinations • Published extensively • Journal Reviewer

• Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering Systems

  • 2007 - 2011



EADS (contracted from Syselog)

• Technical Trainer in the Private Mobile Radio communications domain

  • Jun 2000 - Feb 2002

  - Technical trainer in Radio Comms - Courses delivered in French, Spanish and English - Courses delivered to a range of different clients: from Telecommunications companies, such as Telefonica and KPN, to Governmental agencies such as the Home Office of the Czech Republic or the French police - Technical trainer in Radio Comms - Courses delivered in French, Spanish and English - Courses delivered to a range of different clients: from Telecommunications companies, such as Telefonica and KPN, to Governmental agencies such as the Home Office of the Czech Republic or the French police