Host In Ireland
Executive Council
Host in Ireland is an industry-led initiative specifically developed to generate awareness and recognition of Ireland’s benefits as an optimum location to host digital assets. Executive Committee members evaluate the performance of the initiative, review, monitor and assess the progress, serve as the advocate for their specific partner companies, and gather input from and serve as a liaison with relevant constituencies.
In addition, Executive Committee members provide feedback from the community, provide technical expertise, serve as an independent, unbiased sounding board, and assist in determining important activities. Other responsibilities that members have had as part of the Executive Council include providing guidance to articulate the goals of the initiative, ensuring effective planning, and enhancing the organization’s public standing.
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.
Mike Wergermer
Circular Data Solutions - Director
Industry veteran in data destruction services specialising in end of life data storage equipment and devices. Co-Founder of Circular Data Solutions Ltd the EMEA distribution partners of Secure IT Engineered Solutions manufacturers and suppliers of NSA approved data destruction equipment to Governments and Commercial organisations.
Mike has focused his business on developing ‘in-house’ and managed services for a range of data destruction solutions. Driven by the need for organisations to ensure the chain of custody of their data is not broken.
He is panellist on all matters relating to ‘end of life data’ within a GDPR framework.
Adrian Hayes
Commscope - Sales Director
Adrian has over 30 years of experience in the Telecommunications Industry with CommScope holding key roles in Manufacturing Operations, Product Management, Finance Management, Sales & Channel Management along with directing Sales Operations for the Enterprise and Service Provider Business for CommScope across EMEA. Adrian most recently has taken up the role as Sales Director for Ireland.
Adrian has a Business Management Degree from Maynooth College, along with a fellowship from the Accounting Technicians of Ireland after completing his ATI & CIMA Financial studies at Griffith College Dublin.
Tesh Durvasula
Cyrus One - President, Europe
In his role as president of Europe, Tesh is responsible for creating a European organization that is inclusive of strategy, site selection, sales, construction, design, operations, finance, HR and legal. Tesh will be instilling the fantastic CyrusOne culture into our European operations as well as helping facilitate the growth in that region. Since his hiring in September 2012 the company’s revenues have more than tripled. Those gains were generated by a combination of rapid sales growth and the acquisitions of data center providers Sentinel and Cervalis as well as the data center assets of CME Group Inc.’s financial trading campus. Tesh led the three acquisitions, which totalled over $1 Billion.
Matt Pullen
Cyrus One - Managing Director
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.
Val Walsh
Digital Realty - SVP, Portfolio Managment
Valerie Walsh is the Vice President of Asset Management for Digital Realty in EMEA. She has responsibility for the financial performance of the portfolio of 35 properties in EMEA, ensuring the company maintains continued growth through successful new signings, on-going control of expenses and retaining required returns on capital invested in the region. Over the course of her 10-plus years’ experience with Digital Realty, Ms. Walsh has been actively involved in financial management of each property from inception to full occupancy, which included the development of 16 new data centres, 10 ground-up new developments and 6 redeveloped properties, as well as the integration of large acquired portfolios (Sentrum in 2012 and Cheetah in 2016).
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.
Philip O'Doherty
E&I - Managing Director
Philip O’Doherty is the Founder and Managing Director at E+I Engineering. Philip studied Electrical Engineering in Queens University Belfast and subsequently worked in DuPont’s Derry factory. In January 1987 Philip set up E+I Engineering in Derry. Since then, the company has specialised in providing power distribution systems for large projects across the globe. E+I Engineering currently has more than 2,000 employees globally working across 4 major manufacturing sites in Ireland, Northern Ireland, USA and UAE. Data centres continue to be an important industry for E+I Engineering and with more than 20 years’ experience within the industry.
Philip Marangella
EdgeConneX - Global CMO
Phillip Marangella has more than 20 years of strategy, business development and marketing experience working in the telecom, technology and data center sectors. As Chief Marketing Officer at EdgeConneX, Phillip develops and executes the marketing strategy and ecosystem development plans for the company. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development. Prior to joining EdgeConneX, he held senior executive positions in global strategy, marketing and business development for such leading providers as Equinix, CoreSite, Verizon Business and Nortel Networks.
Phillip earned a Master in International Business degree from Boston University and a Bachelor in Political Science degree from the University of California, San Diego.
Peter Connolly
Enel X - Director of Commercial Development
Peter currently leads Enel X’s client-facing activities within Ireland.
Prior to this, he spent 10 years in various management and market development positions within the Danish headquartered building technologies organisation, the VKR-Group.
A mechanical engineering graduate with an MSc in energy from the Dublin Institute of Technology, he has been involved in the design and project management of award-winning energy-efficient buildings and systems across Europe, APAC and the US.
Greg Hayden
Ethos - CEO
Greg Hayden is the founding CEO of Ethos Engineering.
He has been working in the construction industry since 1987, gaining a wide range of engineering experience in data centres and mission-critical projects as well as sectors including pharmaceutical, micro-electronics, healthcare, commercial and mixed-use developments.
Greg’s experience covers design, value engineering, construction management, commissioning management, sustainable design, auditing and implementation.
Maurice Mortell
Equinix - Managing Director Ireland & Emerging Markets
Maurice is Country Manager for Ireland and VP of Developing Markets. In this role, Maurice oversees the recently acquired TelecityGroup businesses in Turkey, Poland and Bulgaria, whilst still playing a key role in TelecityGroup Ireland’s strategy and expansion. As CEO, Maurice set the vision and strategy for the company, driving consistent business growth during his leadership tenure. With over two decades experience in the data centre sector, Maurice has been a key figure in the rise of the data-centre industry in Ireland and is highly regarded as a thought leader on Ireland’s potential to be a global digital hub.
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.
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 21 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.
Watson’s flourishing career in Data Centres began in the early nineties going on to join TeleCity during the early start-up phase in 1998. Having spent several years rolling out new Data Centre facilities across Europe, he then moved to Ireland to establish and run the Irish business. Watson led and managed seven key data centres and the integration of the three newly merged businesses before moving to Sungard Availability Services as the Country Manager for Ireland. He was also appointed as the European Director of Consulting, leading a large consulting team across Europe delivering Business Continuity, IT/DC transformation and Security engagements to the enterprise.
Mark Flanagan
Kirby - Group Operations Director
As Group Operations Director, Mark Flanagan has overall responsibility for operational activities across all of Kirby’s business units and regions. Working closely with the Group’s Managing Director, Mark is centrally involved in the direction of company operations to achieve client satisfaction and overall team performance. Mark brings over 20 years of extensive industry experience to the Host in Ireland Executive Committee.
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.
Terry Gillick
Primary Integration - President
Terry Gillick is Division President of Primary Integration Solutions, Inc, and responsible for the commissioning business operations. He holds over 30 years of MEP-T design and commissioning experience, working in mission critical, healthcare, and pharmaceutical facilities. Terry is a national thought leader in the commissioning of mission critical facilities and extremely knowledgeable in the engineering and specification of sophisticated building automation, UPS, emergency power, defensive filtration, telecommunications, security systems, and precision cooling. He has managed the design and commissioning for a number of high profile and prestigious projects, including IBM Leadership Data Center, several Bank of America Data Center facilities, and numerous government classified data centers.
Ciaran Hyland
Primary Integration - Vice President
Ciaran Hyland is a native of Dublin, Ireland. Ciaran is the Vice President of the EMEA region and
responsible for the daily operations of the EMEA business unit. Ciaran’s responsibilities include resource
management, project management, electrical and mechanical system testing, test procedure designs
and the production of technical documents. He holds over 16 years of construction and commissioning
experience in technical facilities.
Ciaran holds a B.Eng.in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Dublin.
Marc Garner
Schneider Electric - VP ITD UK&I IT Division
Responsible for managing a national team targeting Schneider Electric's consultant customers and a second team targeting our Rail customer base. Managing 9 direct reports and responsible for ensuring we create a robust funnel of work which will mature into a realistic / feasible pipeline and orders. Initial responsibilities included putting the team together and developing our strategic sales plan. On a day to day basis roles include spending approximately 40% of the day coaching and developing the team and 40% working with key accounts to ensure we exceed our customer expectations.
Garvan Plunkett
Siemens - Global Account Manager - Data Centre Solutions
Gavan Plunkett joined Siemens in January 2016 as a Global Account Manager working with major international key accounts for the design, build and operation of their data centres throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. Gavan is responsible for development, profitable growth, collaboration and life cycle management within the data centre market for all of Siemens Solutions Portfolio, including Building Automation, Fire, Security, DCIM, Energy Management Solutions, LV/MV/HV and Busway. Prior to joining Siemens, Gavan spent 17 years in the IT and telecommunications industries, having worked with BT and Colt Technology Services. Within these positions, Gavan was focused heavily on data centre solutions.
Seamus Cussen
Tate Inc - General Manager
Seamus leads the Tate business in European market, responsible for sales, business development and overall management of the business. Previously Seamus spent 8 years in North America in various senior management positions for different divisions of the Kingspan Group. He graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) with BComm and from the Smurfit Business School with Masters in Management.
Darren Territ
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.
