David P. Moran (BSc, MSc) Chief Executive Officer
As CEO, David is responsible for the strategic direction of the company as well as the day to day operations. He has over 25 years experience in the software, telecommunications and financial services industries. Before joining ChangingWorlds, David spent nineteen years in the U.S.
In 2001 David was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of MediaBin Inc, a publicly traded company which provided brand management solutions to Fortune 2000 companies. The company experienced significant revenue growth year-over-year and was subsequently acquired by Interwoven.
Prior to this David was recruited by Insight Venture Partners, a leading Venture Capital firm based in New York to assist with the turn-around of two of their portfolio companies. He served as Chief Operating Officer with Eftia OSS Solutions, an Ottawa-based provider of solutions to the telecom industry. As part of the leadership team David help to restructure the operations at Eftia, and developed a go-forward strategy which enabled the company to raise significant additional funding capital.
David also held the position of E.V.P. Worldwide Sales for Customer Analytics Inc. a Dallas-based provider of CRM solutions to mid-sized banking institutions. During David's tenure, customer satisfaction, revenue generation and employee productivity levels were significantly improved and the company was subsequently acquired by Exchange Applications Inc.
Between 1995 and 2000, David held business and sales management positions of increasing responsibility with Prism Solutions Inc. During that period, Prism Solutions went from a start-up, through an IPO, and was then acquired by Ardent Software.
David entered the software industry with Software A.G. a German provider of 4GL and database technology. During his tenure David established and built a highly successful and profitable Professional Services practice across the United States.
Prior to entering the software industry, David worked for Morgan Stanley and Co. on Wall Street and Irish Life Assurance plc in Dublin. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Trinity College, Dublin.
Vincent Ryan (BA) - Vice President Sales and Marketing
Vincent has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He has been the architect and driver of a number of highly successful international sales and delivery teams. Having started his career with ICL he went on to lead the Sales and Delivery operations in Digital Ireland and Compaq Ireland and his teams were responsible for some of the largest enterprise systems integration projects in a number of European vertical markets in the 90's. Most recently he set up and led Ireland's largest Sun Microsystems Solutions Partner.
Vincent is a graduate of the Department of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin.
Professor Barry Smyth (BSc, PhD) - Chief Scientist
Barry is a leading and renowned researcher in the area of Artificial Intelligence and advanced personalization and has worked in this area for over 12 years.
He currently holds a joint appointment with the Department of Computer Science at University College Dublin, where he is Professor of Computer Science and he manages an award-winning research group focusing on adaptive and intelligent information access technologies. Barry has won numerous international awards for his research and has published and presented his work widely.
Paul Cotter (BSc) - Chief Technology Officer
Paul is responsible for the planning, development and release of products within ChangingWorlds and has been responsible for the development of the award-winning ClixSmart Personalization technology.
Paul has more than ten years experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Personalization applications and has won numerous international awards in this area. He previously worked as a researcher in the School of Computer Science in University College Dublin. Today he is also responsible for the Innovation Centre within ChangingWorlds.
Robert Barany (BSc) - Technical Operations Director
Robert has managed various aspects of software development since 1990. A graduate in Systems Analysis, Robert held senior positions at AkademiData AB in Sweden and at Irish owned International Translation and Publishing Ltd in Dublin.
Robert has extensive experience in managing delivery teams and worked as Research and Development Director at TRADOS Corporation and most recently at Wilde Technologies Ltd. He joined ChangingWorlds in 2002 and together with his team has managed the technical delivery of over 40 implementations of the ClixSmart Intelligent Portal Platform with mobile operators worldwide.
Mel Hurley - Chief Financial Officer
As CFO, Mel is responsible for the Finance, Legal and Human Resource functions within ChangingWorlds. He has over 15 years of experience gained in senior financial roles with blue-chip organisations including Fiserv Inc.(USA) and Initial (UK).
His exposure to international markets is significant having worked in and been responsible for businesses in Europe, USA, Far East, Australia and Latin America. Most notably, he brings a successful track record of growing software businesses in a rapid, profitable and sustainable manner.
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