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I am based in Ireland. I am VP at Workhuman, a billion dollar valued Irish founded tech company, where I run a number of functions including architecture, platform engineering and data. I ran a number of groups at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (including chairing the director promotion process for tech). I was a PhD student for a while in my 40s (because I’ll never learn).

I’ve been quoted by the US Chamber of Commerce, and written for a number of publications (some of which are re-published on the blog. I am a CITA-D Distinguished Architect, a fellow of the Irish Computer Society and ex-chair of the alumni advisory board at Maynooth University.

I’ve had a somewhat unusual career journey. I left college and started work in Burger King. I eventually became a programmer. I was a musician in the bands Zeel and Ginseng, and later was a solo artist. I recorded a BBC session once upon a time, and finagled my way to sing with Oscar winner Ennio Morricone for a few live concerts.

I was, for a very brief time, a minor TV star.