Accelerate your international growth
Tech Operators is a network of experienced industry executives and founders who advise, connect and invest in ambitious Irish startups, to accelerate their growth.
Empowering your business for global success
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 multinational companies 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 various functions from GTM to engineering, finance to operations.
Startups can tap into our network of members for advice, guidance, and input, which is provided free of charge 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.
A network of experienced industry executives and founders advisnig, connecting, and investing in ambitious Irish startups to accelerate their growth.
What We Do
Advise: Gain access to tailored advice and mentorship from industry leaders.
Investment Opportunities: Participate in quarterly pitch meetings where startups can present their ideas to potential angel investors.
Networking Events: Join our Meitheal meetings, designed to facilitate connections and discussions around challenges and opportunities in the startup ecosystem.
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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John Collins
John is a marketing consultant, advisor and angel investor with experience in content, communications, events and community building, primarily in the B2B space. He was previously Director of Content at Intercom, where he established the content marketing function and helped build the brand.
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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
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Niall Murphy
Niall is an experienced engineering executive with specific expertise in Internet infrastructure, large-scale distributed systems, reliability, and AI. He has seen all sides of the startup journey from investor, through individual contributor and on to C-suite, from two-person startups to planet-spanning multinationals.
Expertise That Counts
Our diverse network includes professionals with extensive experience from leading tech companies such as Google, Meta, Salesforce, and many others. These industry veterans are ready to share their insights, helping you navigate the complexities of scaling your business.
Members
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Brian Hannon
Chief Growth Officer - Builder, Creator, Mentor -Areas of Expertise: AI, Digital, CX, Scaling, Global go to Market, Enterprise,
Selected Investments: Barespace, Solidroad, Magstrom, Parch, Branch Energy
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Caoimhe Keogan
Chief People Officer / Non-Executive DirectorAreas of Expertise: People and Culture
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Chandana Fitzgerald
President at HLTH Community | Healthcare Innovation | Community Building
Areas of expertise: Product strategy, Go-to-market / sales, Marketing & growth, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Customer success / retention, Enterprise sales, Founder wellbeing
Investments: Undisclosed biotech and labtech investments
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Claire Fitzpatrick
Strategic Leader & Founder | Expert in Scaling Global Platforms & Incubating Venture Growth | Bridging the gap between Emerging Tech & Commercial ValueAreas of Expertise: Fund raising general management B2B service software
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Declan Fitzgerald
Head of Executive Talent Acquisition
Areas of Expertise: Recruitment & HR, Outplacement and Exit Strategies, Culture & Org Design, Employee Health & Well Being, Undisclosed space tech, data centers, HRtech, GTMtech
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Fionnuala Meehan
Advisor & Board member
Areas of expertise: Go-to-market / sales, Marketing & growth, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Customer success / retention, International expansion, Culture and Organisational Structure, Enterprise sales, Founder wellbeing
Investments: MoveAhead, Jentic, Paygentic, Shinka, EstateMin
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Guro Bakkeng Bergan
Areas of Expertise: VP and GM EMEA @ Fivetran, Go-to-market / sales, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Customer success / retention, International expansion, Culture and Organisational Structure, Enterprise salesInvestments: Examfly, Needi, ApplyOn, Jentic
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Jen Gennai
AI Risk Management @ T3 | Founder of Responsible Innovation @ Google | Irish StartUp Advisor & Angel Investor | Public Speaker
Areas of expertise: Product strategy, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Culture and Organisational Structure
Investments: VT Electron, Glitch, Konree, the Oakland Ballers
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John Collins
Former marketing leader at Ramp and Intercom, investor, growth consultant.
Areas of expertise: Go-to-market / sales, Marketing & growth, Hiring & org design, Customer success / retention, International expansion, Culture and organisational structure
Investments: Roamr, Jentic, Kota, Tipple, Glitch, AirOps, Equals, Escape Collective, Rivet Tax
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John McElligott
Chief Operating Officer | Tech-enabled business builder | Track record of outstanding business results
Areas of expertise: Product strategy, Marketing & growth, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, International expansion
Investments: Interflora Europe, Gustitos Go
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Maria McMenamin
Revenue Generation Advisor & Tech Operator Founding Member
Area of Expertise: Zero to €2mRevenue Growth, Marketing and Sales, Pricing and Monetisation, Customer Success and International Growth.
Investments include: Paygentic, Jentic, Trumpet, Cytidel, Kota
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Mark Peters
Impact Investor, Founder & Product Leader
Areas of expertise: Fundraising, Product strategy, Leadership & management, International expansion
Investments: ApplyOn, MARC, Gemell, MoveAhead
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Mark Swaine
AI Native Product Leader. AI Startup Advisor/InvestorAreas of Expertise: Fintech, MedTech, Venture Cpaital, AI, SaaS B2B/B2C, eCommerce
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MÃcheál O Foghlú
Engineering Director, Core Developer at Google
Areas of Expertise: Large scale distributed systems
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Niall Moran
Fractional CTO | Startup Advisor | Mentor |Areas of Expertise: Application Development, AI Prototyping, AI Coding, Architecture, Product Strategy
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Niall Murphy
Co-founder & CEO @ Stanza
Areas of expertise: Fundraising, Product strategy, Engineering & architecture, Marketing & growth, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, AI / data / ML, Enterprise sales
Investments: Basis Climate, Honeydew, Giskard.ai
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Niamh Sterling
Co-founder Interact acquired by @Bidvest. Former Board @LeoLynch acquired by @Cathexis. PCF-2B INED @BVP. EIR Dogpatch Labs. EIC Mentor. Angel Investor. EWOB member. Allbright member.
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Richa Pathak
Transformation, Product Strategy & Innovation, Sustainability
Areas of expertise: Product strategy, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Finance & metrics, Culture and Organisational Structure
Investments: Undisclosed
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Rick Kelley
Former MD @ Meta Ireland
Areas of expertise: Go-to-market / sales, Marketing & growth, Pricing & monetisation, Hiring & org design, Leadership & management, Customer success / retention, International expansion, Culture and Organisational Structure, Enterprise sales
Investments: Undisclosed
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Emma Redmond
Head of Privacy and Data Protection @ OpenAI & Member of National AI Advisory Council
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Dave O’Meara
Director of Growing FurtherAreas of Expertise: MarTech, AI, Roamr, Wiistream, Selfers
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Andrew Carlisle
Chief Technical Officer at SuperNode
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Kammil Mahajan
Helping SMEs adopt AI securely | Tech Strategist | Speaker | PhD Researcher - AI Security
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Patrick Ryan
Writer, producer, entrepreneur, investor, MBA, Chartered Director, interested in culture, tech & social impact. Co-founder, Two’s Company Media. Former co-founder & CEO, KYCnet, world’s first KYC SaaS.
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