Aidan Connolly

CEO

Aidan, founder of Idiro, has over 20 years experience in the IT industry including over 15 years in analytics & CRM for telecommunications, utilities and gaming.

Aidan has worked with numerous companies, including Vodafone Ireland, ESB, AT&T and the European Commission, and graduated from the University College Cork (U.C.C) with a BSc in Computer Science (1990) and a post-graduate diploma in New Business Development (2005) from Dublin City University, Ireland.

E-mail: a.connolly@idiro.com

Geraldine Magnier

Co-Founder and Director

Having been awarded an Honours Degree in Business Management and Finance (B.Sc. Mgt) Trinity College Dublin in 1999, Geraldine started her career working in the Marketing department for a startup project management Company, The Results Group. Subsequently in 2001, she acquired an additional degree in Marketing (Marketing Institute of Ireland) to complement her existing skills and experience. Since then, she has founded and managed businesses both in Ireland and Italy. While Geraldine’s business experience has spanned to cover financial planning, auditing and merger & acquisitions, she maintains a keen interest in early stage company development and relishes the challenges of nurturing and growing innovative young businesses.

E-mail: ger.magnier@idiro.com

Fionnan Ryan

CFO

Fionnan had been working with Idiro on a part-time basis since early 2013, but has now come on board as the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Fionnan graduated with a degree in accounting from DCU and in 2012 he completed a diploma in Forensic Accounting.

E-mail: fionnan.ryan@idiro.com

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer

As a member of the management team, Brian leads the development of innovative marketing approaches using social network data. He leads a team of highly talented mathematicians, database developers and software engineers to process very large network data to help telecommunication companies and gaming companies to drive business value and save costs. He also manages very large data operations to deliver real time social network analysis output for operators worldwide.

E-mail: brian.sullivan@idiro.com

Simon Rees

Marketing & Clients Director

Simon has worked in marketing, sales and CRM since 1986. Simon started his career in marketing at Cable & Wireless UK, in product management, product development, and project management roles. In Idiro, Simon is responsible for relationships with existing customers and for the marketing function. He also provides marketing consultancy to Idiro’s customers.

E-mail:simon.rees@idiro.com

Patrick Fenton

Chief Program Officer

Patrick holds a degree in Computer Science from Dublin University, Trinity College. He completed a MSc in Business Analytics at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business school in Dublin, Ireland, in 2007. Patrick’s professional career began with Accenture Ireland where he spent over 5 years working on numerous projects in Business Analyst and Project Manager roles.  At Idiro Analytics, Patrick is responsible for managing client accounts, ensuring best practice is delivered for the client, while continuously driving innovation and maintaining integrity on all deliverables.

E-mail:patrick.fenton@idiro.com

Padraic Marren

Chief Operating Officer

Padraic Marren has been a director of MCC Consultants since 2013. In his role, he has worked with technology companies on business planning, sales strategy, business development and fund raising. His work has included roles such as interim CEO for Digicel in the Caribbean, interim managing director with Quiptel Hong Kong Ltd. and most recently as digital transformation strategist with Nissan Ireland.

Padraic has a strong track record in international business development and executive management in new emerging software sectors. Before MCC he was EMEA sales and business development director for Skytide (acquired by Citrix), a big data analytics company for video. He was previously General Manager and head of business development for Digisoft where he led the company’s expansion into Russia, Asia Pacific and EMEA. He has also held senior business development and marketing management roles with companies such as Vimio, where he helped launch the company on the AIM stock exchange in London, Ntera a leading nanotechnology company and Interactive Enterprise where he led the company’s US expansion and helped it raise over $20 million in funding.

A business studies graduate, he started his career in PR with leading agencies working with blue chip brands in the technology, consumer and sports including Formula 1 motor racing.

E-mail: padraic.marren@idiro.com

James McCabe

Narrative Designer

Having worked for many years in the international business community, James began applying classical story design to business problems and opportunities in 2008, and in the last twelve years has helped pioneer what is now a growing field of story consulting and narrative design in creative enterprise of all kinds. For Idiro, James helps identify story potential for clients and design new narratives for client business models, products, services and entire ecosystems.
E-mail: james.mccabe@idiro.com