TechConnect Live 2019 | Premier Publishing Ltd | 30 May 2019 | Royal Dublin Society, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4, D04 W5R9, Ireland

TechConnect Live is Ireland’s largest annual business and technology exhibition for Micro, SME and Enterprise level companies. The event, which is supported by Ibec and the Small Firms Association (SFA) creates a marketplace for a wide range of SMEs experiencing rapid growth. It’s estimated that SME’s account for 99.8 percent of all active businesses here in Ireland.

Over 5,000 business owners, key decision-makers, entrepreneurs, owners and managers from all across Ireland will gather to network, learn and do business. Latest figures show SME’s are crucial to the private sector, providing employment for around 70 percent of Irish people.

This free to attend event gives you access to all the key suppliers, support organisations and partners you need to increase your profitability and drive your company forward. The glittering line up of speakers includes the best of Irish and international business. Be inspired as you learn from the country’s most successful business people and develop valuable skills to transform your business in our interactive workshops.

300 exhibitors, 150 speakers and 50 supporting associations are set to take part with a focus on nurturing upcoming SME talent and growing business online.

If you’re thinking of starting or expanding your business or you are already on your way to making your first million you will gain a better understanding of the key issues facing us at this time.

2019 Speakers

Marc O'Regan
Chief Technology Officer EMEA, Dell Technologies

John Pryor
Senior Client Partner - Video Games, Twitter

Kieran Mahon
Principal Strategist, Technology Strategy, Former Vodafone

Des Ryan
Director of Solutions, Microsoft

Ray Walshe
Asst Professor, Dublin City University

Donna Creaven
Head of Multinational & Technology Supervision and Engagement, Data Protection Commission Ireland

Alan Costello
Venture Leader, NDRC

Coral Movasseli
Managing Director, Girls in Tech

Mark Nealon
Founder, myStudyPal

John O'Dea
Chief Executive Officer, TechIreland

Valerie Walsh
Vice President, Global Asset Management

Connor Cantwell
European Partner, COSIMO Venture - Partner

James Kenny
Chief Operating Offcer & Co-Founder, Popertee

Chas Moloney
Marketing Director, Ricoh

Neil Palmer
EMEA Business Information Security Specialist

Helen Quinn
Executive, Small Firms Association

Hilary Lemass
Data Protection Officer, Genomics Medicine Ireland

Michael Burke
Consultant | EMEA Blockchain Lab, Deloitte

Claire Halligan
Head of eCommerce, Elavon

Anton Mozgovoy
Vice President of Technology, Humaniq

Efe Acunaz
Marketing Manager, ePages

Maggie Ahearne
Senior Product Manager, Hubspot

Dr Waseem Akhtar
Head of Computing Science, Griffith College

Narelle Allen
Education Outreach Manager / Edcuation Officer, PwC

Léon Atkins
Chief Executive Officer, Impact Privacy

Lorcan Bannon
Partner, Olytico

Ivana Bartoletti
Head of Privacy and Data Protection, Gemserv; Founder, Women Leading in AI, Gemserv, Women Leading in AI Network

Cihan Baykal
Professional Coach, Baykal Coaching

Siobhan Blackwell
Head of Financial Control, Bank of Montreal Ireland plc

Barbara Bogdanescu
Chief Technologist, Logicalis Ireland

Philip Bourke
Programme Director Interactive Digital Art and Design, IT Carlow

Emma Boylan
Owner, Outside the Box

David Bradley
Security Engineer, Tenable

Jim Breen
Executive Chairman, Becloudsmart

Frank Browne
Account Manager, iRadio Ltd & Dublin Camogie

Anna Browne
Chief Executive Officer, Dataconversion

Elish Bul
Marketing Manager and Content Marketing Consultant, Snap Print Design Websites Ireland

Anita Callan
Vice President of Product, Teckro

David Campbell
Head of e-Commerce, Flexi-Fi

David Castellanos
Founder - Dublin Crypto Talks

Aiden Cawley
Business Manager, Siemens Smart Infrastructure

Greg Chew
Founder, QPQ

Tony Clarke
Head of Information Security, ICON Clinical Research

John Cleere
Product Strategist, RedLemonade.ie

Adam Coleman
Chief Executive Officer, HRLocker

Garry Connolly
President , Founder & Chairman of GconnTec, Host in Ireland

Alannah Cooke
Associate Business Intelligence Consultant, Glantus

Jason Cooper
Sales Trainer, Sales Coach, Mind Coach, Jason Cooper, Service Your Mind

Brian Crooke
Founder, Office Worker Health

Rob Curley
Managing Director, Singlepoint

Stephen Dargan
Chief Executive Officer, Happy Workplaces Ireland

Daithí de Buitléir
Chief Marketing Officer, Parkpnp

Paul Donnelly
Performance Marketing Director, Imperic

Patrick Downes
Managing Partner, Lionheart Consultants.

Caoimhe Doyle
Senior UX Developer, VRAI

Martin Eastwood
Chief Executive Officer, Wide Variety Events & Media

Shane Ennis
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, Noa

Tony Evans
Co Founder, FGC Group

Derek F. Butler
Chief Executive Officer, GRID Finance

Robert Farrell
Digital Marketing Lecturer & Trainer

Damien Fegan
Owner, Beacon Internet Marketing

James Fenelon
Senior Associate, Bird & Bird LLP

Kevin Fitzgibbon
Water Innovation Coordinator - Water Innovation Centre, Nimbus

Eric Fitzpatrick
Business Owner, ARK Speaking and Training

Damien Fitzsimons
IT/Technical Trainer, Ibec

Barbara Franzoni
Founder and Audio Visual Designer, Copped On Digital Media

Conall Geraghty
Technology Lawyer, Mason Hayes & Curran

Mario Gheghici
President, Federation of Marketing

Mark Gilligan
Business Development, AuditComply

Jillian Godsil
Founder, Blockleaders.io

Doug Gordon
Chief Executive Officer, D&S Performance Optimisation

Paul Griffin
Chief Executive Officer, First Compliance

Erin Grover
Chief Executive Officer, CORÁS 9

Niamh Guckian
Owner, Go Motion Academy

Brendan Guildea
Practicing barrister

Simon Haigh
Managing Director GCM Advisory- Expertdealcloser.com

Clare Harney
Executive Director, Digital Health Transformation, IMSTA

Patrick Haughey
Founder & Managing Director, AudioBrand

Sean Herbert
Country Manager UK & Ireland, Baramundi

Rory Hogan
Digital Marketing and Corporate Communications Specialist, IT Carlow

Raphael Jaffrezic
CIO, Galway Clinic

Dr. Houssem Jerbi
Chief Executive Officer, Smart PMO

Noel Joyce
Head of Design. HAX

Joe Keating
Chief Data Officer, Glantus

Shane Keaveney
Research Engineer, University College Dublin

Maria Keenan
Marketing Manager, Tito

David Kelly
Chief Executive Officer, KPI

Dara Keogh
Chief Executive Officer, GeoDirectory

Kevin Kiley
Vice President of Sales & Business Development, OneTrust

Stephen Killilea
Talent Acquisition Partner, Liberty IT

James King
Head of eCommerce Consultancy, Elavon, Inc

Philip Kinlen
Senior Researcher, AIB

Phil La Duke
Author & Consultant, Marriah Publications

Stephen Labanyi
Service & Interaction Design Lead - Fjord

Rosemary Lafferty
Owner, Yellow Ruler Marketing

Rian Lanigan
Marketing Director, Sandler Training

Lorraine Larkin
Social Media & Digital Lead, Applegreen

Roger Leyden
International Channel Manager, HansaWorld

Felipe Lodi
Chief Executive Officer, WorkFlow ICT

John Logan
Chief Executive Officer & Technical Director, Netfocus IT Solutions

Dr. Jeremy Lucid
kdb+ Consultant, First Derivatives plc and Kx Systems

Peter Lynch
Director, Fierce Fun

Valérie Lyons
Chief Operating Officer, bh consulting

Diarmaid Mac Mathúna
Director - Agency, Indiepics

Gareth Madden
Sales Director, MJ Flood Technology

Daniel Mahon
E-Commerce Technical Sales consultant, Elavon, Inc.

Jacinta Mandyam
Chief Marketing Officer, PIvot Cloud Solutions

Alex Mashinsky
Chief Executive Officer, Celsius Network

Barry McCarthy
Chief Executive Officer, Assure Hedge

Stephen McCarthy
Head of Sales for Munster, Bibby Financial Services Ireland

Martin McFadden
Manager of Accountancy & Finance, Quest Recruitment

Thomas McGrath
Chief Executive, Cognition

Patrick McHugh
Creative Director and Founder, PM Digital

William McLoughlin
Barrister & Senior Consultant, Argent Business Consultants

Andrine Mendez
Founder Chief Executive Officer, Salesbull technologies

Harshad Mengle
Director Cyber Security, Capgemini

Dr Nikos Minas
IP Strategist | Technologist | Patent Attorney

Ritesh Mittal
Head of Automation Advisory and Consulting, Ireland, IBM

Patrick Monaghan
Product Director, Phorest

Colm Moynihan
PreSales Manager, EMEA, Cloudera

Rhealyn Mugri
Project Leader, First Data

Stephen Mulligan
Enterprise Technology Consultant, Three Ireland

Joan Mulvihill
Digitalisation Lead, Siemens Ireland

Michael Murphy
Partner, HOMS Solicitors

John Murphy
Strategic Advisor, Board-Level Consultant & Coach

Tom Nolan
ICT Learning Network Manager, Technological University Dublin

Ronan O Neill
Director, Digigrow

Paul O'Brien
Managing Director, CalQRisk

Dr Seán O'Connell
Director of Services, Compass Wellness

Barry O'Connor
Co-founder, QPQ LTD.

Kevin O'Connor
Channels Manager, Equinix Ireland

Louise O'Conor
Chief Digital Officer, NA

Craig O'Keeffe
International Business Development Manager, TransferMate Global Payments

Barry O'Sullivan
Digital Producer, BBDO DUBLIN

Sharon O’ Reilly
GDPR Consultant, IT Governance

Orlagh O’Connor
Branch Manager, GRENKE

Isabelle O’Keeffe
Principal, Suir Valley Ventures

Mark Ogilvie
Managing Director, Parolla Limited

Matthew Ovington
Global Head of UX, Travelport

Simon Palmer
Marketing and Communications Manager, Goldfish

Steve Pomfret
Chief Executive Officer, Cygnetise

Paul Prior
EMEA Digital & Innovation Lead, FTI Consulting

Michelle Queally
Sales Director - Ireland, Regus

John Rankin
Chief Executive Officer & Senior Analyst, Corporate121

Mark Richardson
Investment Director, Goodbody EIIS Funds

Dr. Mathew Rose
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SAAVHA Inc.

Dr. Catherine Rossiter
Lecturer in Marketing, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Fiona Ryan
Head of Customer Engagement, Spearline Risk & Compliance

Brian Seery
Chief Technology Officer, Singlepoint

George Shorten
Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, UCC

Sarah Slevin
Solicitor, Ronan Daly Jermyn

Michael Spratt
Principal GDPR Consultant, Digitorc

Joerg Steegmueller
Principal Coach & Trainer, Inspiring Leadership Academy

Niamh Sterling
Investment Consultant, HBAN

Jerry Sweeney
Managing Director, CloudCIX

Pavitra Tandon
UX Lead, Smartbox Group

Gerard Tannam
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Islandbridge Brand Development

Laura Tato
Launch Manager, Scope & Go

Simon Tiso
Founder, The Lead Forge

Peter Turley
Founder, SALEStalk

Sabrina Viot
Digital Strategist, Sabrina The Digital Witch

David Waldron
Director of Cloud Services, Radius Technologies Ltd.

Ciaran Walsh
Founder, Dog Internet of Things

Ollie Walsh
Chief Executive Officer, PiP iT Global

Seanie Walsh
Founder & Creative Director, V353

Gerard Whelan
Director - Jordan Wolf Associates

Simon Whittaker
Cyber Security Director, Vertical Structure Ltd

Dr Samantha Williams
Licensing Manager, Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge Exchange, TCD

Chris Wilson
Senior Sales Engineer, Vectra.ai

2019 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Baramundi Software
• Elavon
• International Workplace Group
• Zoho Corporation

SILVER SPONSORS:
• EIIS Management
• Grenke
• Grow Sales
• OneTrust

EXHIBITORS:
• 3M United Kingdom PLC
• AIB
• Applied IoT
• Arrow Property Services
• TopBrewer
• B2BGateway
• baramundi software AG
• Barnardos
• Bconnected
• Bill Moss Partnership
• BMS Accountants Ltd.
• Brother
• Bytek MPS
• Calibro Workspace
• CalQRisk
• Canon
• Cantec – We Manage Print
• Clevermoney
• Copymoore
• Creditsafe
• Dataconversion
• Dataships
• DBC Group
• Dialsave
• Digital Screen Displays
• DLRT Limited
• Dublin Chamber
• Easy Display
• eBuild Web Solutions
• Ecomm365 Merchant Services
• eCommerce Association of Ireland
• eConcepts
• Elavon
• EMOS Information Systems Ltd
• EMS Copiers
• ERS IT Solutions
• Eversoft
• FIT
• FlexMaint
• GeoDirectory
• Gewardz
• Goodbody EIIS Fund
• Green tree
• GRENKE
• Grow Sales
• HRLocker
• IE Domain Registry CLG
• Irish Exporters Association
• IT Governance Europe Ltd
• International Workplace Group
• KANTAR Worldpanel
• KBC Bank Ireland Ltd
• Komply Privacy Limited
• Law Society of Ireland
• Lead Forensics
• Linked Finance
• Local Enterprise Office Dublin City
• Maclachlan & Donaldson
• Make It Meath
• ManageEngine
• MJ Flood (Ire) Ltd
• Netfocus IT Solutions
• NeTTraffic
• OneTrust
• Parolla Payroll
• PhoneWatch
• PRC Sales Recruitment
• Purcelloleary Recruitment
• Quest Recruitment
• Radius Technologies Ltd
• Recruit Island
• Red Flare
• Red Lemonade Creative
• Sana Commerce
• Securelinx Ltd
• Servecentric
• Silvertung
• Smart Card
• Snap Ireland
• Stacked
• Synergy ie Accounts Ltd
• Sytorus
• Tax GO
• TechIreland
• The Exhibition Guy
• The Hatch Lab
• The HR Company
• The Logo Shop
• The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
• Toomey Audio Visual/Clevertouch
• TQS Integration Ltd
• Typetec
• UCD Innovation Academy
• Viatel
• We Can Save You Money Limited
• Workthere
• Xerox
• Xetec
• Zevo Health
• Zoho Corporation
• Zymplify