Tech Operators

A network of experienced industry executives and founders who advise, connect and invest in ambitious Irish startups, to help them accelerate their international growth.

About Us

Tech Operators is a network of experienced industry executives and founders who advise, connect and invest in ambitious Irish startups, to help them accelerate their international growth.

Startups with one to two experienced advisors are twice as likely to scale successfully. Our network represents years of real-life experiences, earned at major multinationals and successful Irish startups and scaleups. Our members have held and continue to work at successful tech companies including Google, Meta, Salesforce, Intercom, Wayflyer, Stripe, Microsoft, Docusign, Open AI, Lattice, Personio and Oracle, just to name a few. They have held senior roles across a range of functions from GTM to engineering, finance to operations.

Startups can tap into our network of members to get advice, guidance and input which is provided with no strings attached.

Tech Operators hosts quarterly pitch meetings where we meet with companies seeking angel investment. We also host quarterly Meitheal meetings where we meet with companies seeking advice and connection to our network.

Meet The Board

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    Maria McMenamin

    Maria is a seasoned go-to-market expert and founding board member of Tech Operators, advising high-growth companies on strategy, revenue generation and execution, with experience in leadership roles at Stripe and Pitch.com.

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    Mark Peters

    Mark is an impact investor and entrepreneur with extensive experience as a product executive in startups and major enterprises like Google and Microsoft, specializing in digital strategy, B2B and B2C development, commercial execution, partnerships, and global technical operations.

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    Guro Bakkeng Bergan

    Guro is a dynamic senior leader with 20 years in various parts of go-to-market, and even a couple of years in product management. She excels in GTM strategy, org design, pricing and packaging, etc. building on her experience from Fivetran, New Relic, Oracle and ServiceSource.

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    Fionnuala Meehan

    Fionnuala is a global technology leader with 25 years of experience in B2B and B2C sales, operations, and multinational subsidiary management. With 14 years at Google and having served as Head of Google Ireland, she excels in dynamic environments and is passionate about mentoring CEOs and advising Irish startups

Members

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    Maria McMenamin


    Revenue Generation Advisor & Tech Operator Founding Member

    Linkedin

  • Paul Terry

    Paul Terry


    Chief Sales Officer @ Onclusive

    Linkedin

  • Guro Bergan

    Guro Bakkeng Bergan

    VP and GM EMEA @ Fivetran

    Linkedin

  • Ann Marie Mullally

    Ann Marie Mullally

    Global Head of Strategic Revenue @ IFS

    LinkedIn

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    Colette Devey

    Partner @ EY

    LinkedIn

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    Daniela Becker

    VP EMEA Named Accounts @ Autodesk

    LinkedIn

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    David Martin

    Strategist, Implementer, Advisor, Investor

    LinkedIn

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    Deirdre MacCarthy

    Chief Legal Officer @ Wayflyer

    LinkedIn

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    Emma Redmond

    Head of Privacy and Data Protection @ OpenAI & Member of National AI Advisory Council

    LinkedIn

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    Emmet Gaffney

    Head of Finance @ Paystack

    LinkedIn

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    Fionnuala Meehan

    Advisor & Board member

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    Geraldine MacCarthy

    Chief Revenue Officer @ Personio

    LinkedIn

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    Jane Egerton-Idehen

    CEO @ Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd, Board Member & Angel Investor

    LinkedIn

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    Mark Peters

    Impact Investor, Founder & Product Leader

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    Stan Massueras

    GM EMEA/APAC @ Lattice

    LinkedIn

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    Sonia Flynn

    Exec & NED, Coach & Advisor

    LinkedIn

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    Tim Byrne

    Senior Vice President, Software Engineering & Partnerships @ Rakuten Kobo

    LinkedIn

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    Shane Gray

    RecruitmentTech Founder, Investor & Board Advisor

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    Richa Pathak

    Transformation, Product Strategy & Innovation, Sustainability

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    Martin Kelly

    Founder @ Aforja

    LinkedIn

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    Isabelle O’Keeffe

    Venture Patner & Advisor

    LinkedIn

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    Declan Kenndy

    NED @ Furthr, CEO & Founder @ StitcherAds

    LinkedIn

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    John Collins

    Senior Marketing Leader

    LinkedIn

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    Brian Hickey

    CEO Vromo

    LinkedIn

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    Rick Kelley

    MD @ Meta Ireland

    LinkedIn

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    Aileen O’Toole

    Non-Executive Director & Consumer Internet Advisor

    LinkedIn

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    Niall Murphy

    Co-founder & CEO @ Stanza

    LinkedIn

  • Douglas Orr

    VP of Engineering @ Camus Energy

    LinkedIn

  • Sean Mitchell

    Chairman and CCO @ Ubotica Technologies

    LinkedIn