Tommy Fitzpatrick

CBRE - Divisional Managing Director

With 15 years of critical environment experience Tommy has established a new start up business in Ireland for CBRE Norland. As Global Account Director for the Data Center Solution Division, Tommy has vast experience mobilising greenfield data centers across 3 continents and the challenges this entails. Technically strong with a focus on human factors and behaviours has enabled him to develop an unrivalled mission critical offering. Now recognised as industry leaders in the full life cycle of data centers, CBRE can support Hosting in Ireland in the promotion of 5p’s from consultancy to the application layer.

Adrian Hill

Convergint Technologies - Commercial Director EMEA

Highly experienced Security Professional, having spent the last 27 years within the Electronic Security Systems industry with varying sizes of organizations, from running my own company to working for the some of the largest Security Companies globally. Highly experienced in Consultancy, System design, Implementation, Management, Global client relationships, Sales and Team management . Member & Currently Membership officer of ASIS International - CPP & PSP certified. Countries of Commercial responsibility include; Ireland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland Sweden and Switzerland.

Roy Millar

Ardmac - Managing Director

Roy Millar is Managing Director of Ardmac’s specialist trade contracting business, providing architectural solutions to the Data Centre and Pharma sectors. With a client-focused, pro-active approach to business, Roy works closely with clients to understand their specific needs and how to bring value to their projects. Roy joined Ardmac in 1994 and with a broad knowledge of all Ardmac’s business streams, he is actively involved in defining the long-term strategic goals and services provided by the Group.

Arthur O'Brien

C+W O'Brien Architects - Managing Director

Arthur is inspired by the pursuit of high quality architecture and design in a global marketplace. Over the last 18 years, he has worked on an international portfolio of development schemes in a variety of countries and sectors. With the team he has built at C+W O’Brien Architects, Arthur is at the forefront of residential development in Ireland. Aware of the struggling housing market coupled with an increased scarcity in labour availability on site, Arthur and the team at C+W O’Brien began investigating the possibilities of using modular construction techniques and off-site manufacturing to improve the delivery of projects. Through experienced gained on projects C+W O’Brien Architects have developed an expertise in modular construction. The team are currently working on over 25 modular projects across the public and private sector. These include the largest residential volumetric build in Ireland to date, and Ireland’s first modular, build-to-rent project.

Peter Connolly

Cornwall Insight - Managing Director (Ireland & Scotland)

Peter is Cornwall Insight's Managing Director for Ireland and Scotland. Prior to joining, he held senior management positions in the Enel Group and the Danish Headquartered, VKR-Holding, whose specialise in advanced façade systems and solar thermal energy. During these roles, Peter has worked in global markets spanning Europe, APAC and Norther America. A mechanical engineer by training, Peter also holds a Master’s degree in Energy and Management from Dublin’s, Technological University. Peter’s areas of specialism include demand side, value stacking, energy arbitrage, project financing, advanced control systems and sustainable building design.

Matt Pullen 

Cyrus One - MD, Europe

Matt Pullen is responsible for driving the growth of the European portfolio and delivering the very best
in data center excellence to our customers.
Matt joined CyrusOne following its acquisition of Zenium Data Centers in 2018. As Managing Director,
Matt was instrumental in establishing Zenium as a leading European data center developer and
operator with best-in-class facilities and a high-quality customer base with an emphasis on
hyperscale cloud companies. At the time of sale Zenium’s portfolio totaled 40,000 sq m of world-
class technical space serving Europe’s two largest data center markets, London and Frankfurt.

Eddie Kilbane

Dataplex - CEO

Eddie Kilbane is a seasoned Entrepreneur specialising in Data Centre Developments, having developed a number of facilities. Eddie has used his background in main stream construction to bring a different perspective to his and his partners investments, continuously achieving major signings with the largest Co-location companies in the world. Eddie has recently invested in Software, Research and Horticulture companies and supports them in their growth, using his extensive experience in multi disciplines.

Ciaran Forde

Eaton - Market Segment Leader

Ciaran is responsible for bringing together the various elements of the Eaton Data Centre strategy for Eaton EMEA. His background covers many roles and disciplines in the data centre and telecommunication field, from product, sales & marketing management.

Paul Kirwan

GCS Consulting - Director

Paul is CIMA chartered accountant who has vast experience in Cost control, Project Accounting and executive Reporting on large complex construction projects in the Advanced Technology and Utilities sectors. Paul worked with Intel in Cost Control roles on Large projects in Ireland and Israel, and with Irish Water during the challenging set up of the National Water Utility. Paul now leads the GCS team in Ireland on a variety of Client projects delivering Cost Engineering and Project accounting solutions on one of Irelands largest Capital Investment projects. He is in advocate for digital technology and believes the future of Capital Investment cost management lies in the effective use of Digital solutions.

Seamus Dunne

Interxion - Managing Director Ireland 

Séamus joined Interxion in July 2019. Before joining Interxion Séamus held various roles during a successful career with Hewlett-Packard, where his last position was Vice President and General Manager with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise based in both Texas and Ireland. He led the data centre services business which served customers in 170 countries across diverse vertical’s such as financial services, Government , Digital Media etc. His business unit’s focus was supporting customers’ transitions from traditional IT infrastructure to hybrid cloud solutions.

Ronan Donohue

Jacobs Engineering Group - VP EMEA Electronics

Ronan is responsible for Jacobs' Electronics business unit in EMEA, which incorporates the mission critical and data centre markets.

He oversees a portfolio of projects delivering design and construction solutions to a wide variety of technology clients.

Ronan brings a wealth of international business experience having worked extensively throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East over the past 20 years.

Matt Porter

Keddington - Managing Director

Matt is a highly experienced engineer, with 28 years’ experience. A Consulting engineer, Matt joined Kedington in 1995 and became Managing Director in 2003.    Matt has a proven track record of growing and developing Kedington’s networking business across several markets and segments.  Matt completed a deal to bring Kedington into the ExcelRedstone Group, so now the 3 companies are one of the leading IT Infrastructure companies across Europe, ideally positioned to support their clients in Europe and beyond. Over a decade ago, Matt co-founded a charity in Kenya and he allocates a portion of his time to bringing water, health and education to thousands of children there. He is currently working on an initiative to help five thousand children regain their eye-sight.

Gary Watson

Keppel DC - Country Manager Ireland

With over 25 years’ experience of working across the telecoms, data centre, managed services and cloud sector across Europe, Gary Watson was appointed as the Country Manager in 2016 for Keppel Data Centre REIT in Ireland. Keppel DC REIT is the first data centre real estate investment trust (DC REIT) to be listed in Asia with facilities spanning across APAC and Europe. Gary has held numerous Senior Management positions in TeleCity and SunGard Availability Services. Gary holds a MSc in Facilities and Workplace Management.

Aidan Kerins

Kirby - Group Business Development Director

As Kirby Group Business Development Director, Aidan J Kerins has overall responsibility for the performance of the company’s Business Development activities, through the development and execution of our sales strategy. Aidan has previously held senior positions in Engineering, Operational Management and Business Development with a wide range of international construction companies, and with IDA Ireland. He has been involved in the construction of Data Centres for more than 10 years, included within his 30 years international industry experience, and has been an active member of Host In Ireland since 2017.

John Curley

Kohler Power - General Manager

John Curley is the General Manager of Clarke Energy’s Irish operations. Clarke Energy is a specialist, and leader, in decentralised and embedded gas engine power generation including combined heat and power utilising natural gas; biogas; biomethane; syngas. Clarke Energy established an Irish business 15 years ago. John qualified as a Marine Engineer and has over 30 years’ experience in the international Energy and Power Generation sectors. Clarke Energy is the authorised distributor and service partner for Jenbacher gas engines. Clarke Energy is a Kohler company.

Paudi Reidy

LPI Group - Group CEO

Paudi Reidy is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Cofounder of LPI Group. As CEO, he leads the executive management team and is heavily involved in the overall success of the group across Europe. He has been working in the construction industry for over 20 years’, gaining a wide range of engineering experience in data centres and mission-critical projects, as well as sectors including pharmaceutical, micro-electronics, commercial, healthcare, educational and mixed-use developments. This year he has led the transformation of Lightning Protection Ireland and Lightning Protection International into the LPI Group, as the business continues to expand across the European market.

Paul Carthy

Mercury - Director Business Development

Paul Carthy is a high-energy, results-oriented and commercially-sharp Sales Manager with a proven track record and consummate ability to broaden contacts and networks and create real opportunities internationally. He is a strategic thinker and innovative manager specialising in new business development, market share and customer relationship management.

Anthony Mc Dermott

Mitchell McDermott - Partner 

Anthony is founding partner at Mitchell McDermot has over 17 years’ experience in the construction industry having spent a number of years in leading practices in Dublin and Sydney. Anthony is a hands-on cost manager delivering projects from concept to completion and enjoys being at the client’s side offering strategic advice at all stages of a project. Anthony takes a practical common sense approach, under-pinned by service excellence and technical knowledge. The experience Anthony has gained over the years comes from working on a broad range of projects including Mixed Use Commercial, Retail and Residential. 

Cathal Quinn

MOY Roof Waterproofing - Group Commercial Director 

Cathal Quinn was appointed Group Commercial Director with MOY Roof waterproofing system specialists in April of 2019 and is tasked with leading the Group through the commercial landscape. Managing several teams including Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Logistics and Finance, a key element of his role is to define, execute and monitor appropriate sales strategies, business development, marketing, technical operations and sales support programmes to maximise sales and profitability.

Having joined the company in 2005 Quinn has established himself as a key contact within the Mission Critical environment and is highly experienced at identifying client needs and helping solve issues throughout a project programme.

 

Marc Garner

Schneider Electric - VP Secure Power Division UK & Ire

Marc Garner is the Vice President of Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Division in the UK and Ireland. He is a 15-year veteran of Schneider Electric having joined the company on a graduate program following his graduation from the University of Sunderland with an Honours Degree in Business Administration. In his role Marc is tasked with continuing the successes of Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Division, which provides integrated power, cooling and software solutions for data centres, server rooms and Edge Computing deployments throughout the UK and Ireland. Marc's responsibility also extends to leading Schneider Electric's data centre strategy for the region, ensuring all parts of our business are bringing safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable solutions to our Cloud and Service provider customers.

Joan Mulvihill

Siemens Ireland - Digitalisation Lead 

Digitalisatiáon Lead for Siemens in Ireland, Joan Mulvihill, continues to be at the forefront of driving technology adoption in Ireland. Having held the position of CEO of IIA for 7 years, and 2 years as Centre Director for the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing, her role at Siemens builds on Siemens’ and her deep commitment to and understanding of the needs of Irish business to create value for their customers, sustainably. Through Digitalisation, Siemens work with their customers leveraging domain expertise, creative thinking and problem solving to realise solutions that transform businesses and create our shared future.

Darren Territt

Starline - Regional Sales Manager

Darren Territt has more than 16 years of Electrical and Power Distribution experience, working for Siemens as a Product Manager of LV Products and then with ABB as a Key Account Manager and over the last 3.5 years working with a market leader in the manufacturing of electrical switchgear as a Business and Marketing manager with Davenham Switchgear. During this time, he acquired project based knowledge working on Datacenter projects across all aspects, from sales to marketing and project management and installation. Recently acquired by Starline to build the business as a regional sales manager for Ireland, Darren has also earned during this time at night, a Business Dip with Dublin Business School and recently completed a three-year Higher Cert in Electronic Engineering in TU Dublin.

Richard Hemming

Structuretone - Pre Construction Director

Richard Hemming is Structure Tone’s Pre-Construction Director, with responsibility for Client Account Management, Global Services key accounts, Estimating, Marketing and all aspects leading to the accumulation of the winning bids. Richard is an integral part of the Irish Business and the Mission Critical team focusing on Ireland and mainland Europe, his focus is on sustaining growth within the sector within Ireland and in other strategic regions. Richard works closely with our HQ in NYC and other regional offices in support of our key Mission Critical accounts and their geographical requirements managed through the Dublin office. Richard joined Structure Tone in 2010 after 10 years in the Property Investment and Development sectors in Ireland and has developed our mission critical and data centre business into one our core sectors. Richard earned his BSc Degree in International Marketing and Environmental Systems from the University of Lincolnshire.

David Phelan

Suir Engineering - Business Development Director 

A versatile and experienced business developer and project manager with a proven track record in the design, construction and project management businesses. Key areas of expertise include business development, international market development, tender and bid preparation, commercial negotiation, construction project management and interim management. Extensive knowledge and experience in the construction industry. Excellent interpersonal skills and a commitment to fairness, honesty and respect.