Ireland
Co-founded, built and sold three technology companies over the last 25 years. Tech start-ups and small enterprises intrigue me because of their ingenuity, courage, creativity, tenacity, drive and capacity to compete with big businesses. I have a particular interest in Machine Learning, Deep Learning and AI. Broad skill set for start-up and early-stage SaaS companies encompassing Minimal Viable Proposition (MVP), Product Market Fit (PMF), Product Led Growth (PLG), Go to Market, Marketing, Value Proposition Development, Financial Modelling, Fundraising, Sales Organisation, Pricing, Legal and Regulatory, DevOps, Cloud, CISO and ISO approvals. Co-Founder and Director, GeoPal Solutions. GeoPal is a leading provider of SaaS enterprise mobility software for the Utility sector that needs to manage a field-based workforce with customers in Ireland, the UK, Spain and the USA. Sold the company in 2021 to Totalmobile Co-Founder and Director, Eirborne in 2002. Developed the company to become a leader in Mobile Content Distribution and Mobile Social Networking. Grew an extensive customer base in Ireland, UK, USA and Australia. Sold the company in 2007 to Zamano plc. Previously, served as Commercial Director of Stentor plc from 1998 to 2000. Specialised in providing telecoms services to Call Centre operations for companies such as MBNA, GE Capital, Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Part of the team that led the sale of Stentor to Nevada/Energis Ireland ( now part of Cable & Wireless ) in 2000.
Further developed GeoPal industry solutions and integrated them into Totalmobile product set. These solutions are optimised to solve the problems faced by enterprises in the water, power, telecoms, road and rail sectors. These solutions are used by Utility Owners and Supply Chain Partners (Construction Contractors) to manage Repair & Maintenance Works, Capital Works, Asset Management and Enterprise Mobility. These solutions integrate with existing enterprise class back office systems, providing functions such as planning, scheduling, field data capture, status reports, sub-contractor management, materials management and asset management. They provide executive dashboards showing Operational, Commercial, Quality and Health & Safety KPIs. Analytics provide Management with end-to-end visibility of contract performance, helping to increase profitability, productivity and health & safety compliance.
GeoPal is a customizable mobile workforce management application that leverages field data to immediately gain actionable insights and increase the productivity, profitability and health and safety compliance of your business. Our clients include some of the largest Industrial Services, Utility Services, Environmental and Facilities Management companies in the world. GeoPal creates the core software infrastructure that companies need to mobilize their field based workforces. We integrate our mobility solutions with our clients’ existing IT infrastructure and transformational operational efficiencies are achieved through the real-time reports and data insights that GeoPal delivers. We take our customers on a digital transformation journey replacing their paper processes with mobile forms, to delivering actionable dashboards and reports to managers who can then spot opportunities and identify challenges including improving productivity, profitability and health and safety compliance. Key Benefits • Increase field worker utilization rates by 20% with real-time productivity reports, • Reduce office administration costs by 50% by eliminating paperwork from the field, • Reduce your book-to-bill invoicing window by 90% from 30 days to 3 days with real time progress reports for each project or contract. • Increase service revenue by 17% with on the spot sales lead capture, • Increase asset availability by 19% with proactive field service enabled by Internet of Things sensors • And reduce insurance claims by 75% with enforced health & safety compliance helping to increase profitability, productivity and health & safety compliance.
Epic Digital Media designed and developed Location Based Services for a range of Business and Consumer applications. The main product was GeoPal - a Mobile Workforce Management solution. GeoPal is a web and mobile application for locating mobile workers, scheduling their jobs and receiving accurate job updates from the field.
Co-founded Eirborne Text Promotions in 2002. Eirborne was a recognised leader in the Mobile Entertainment sector in the UK and Ireland and had over 200,000 regular users per month. Eirborne was sold to Zamano plc in 2007.