Noel Halloran, CEO

Noel holds Honours Commerce and MBS degrees from University College Dublin and is a member of PDMA.
Noel took on the role of CEO in March 2010 having invested in TfI as part of an Angel syndicate in 2008. He brings to the role significant management and business development experience along with a career filled with product and service innovation projects.
Prior to this he was founder and CEO of Webzone, a leading web technology development business and Carzone.ie Ireland's leading motoring website.
He spent almost 10 years as Head of Marketing at GE Capital Woodchester. In his roles as Head of Marketing and Product Innovation and as European Development Manager he gained significant experience in the Irish, Danish, Portuguese and Hungarian markets. Prior to Woodchester, Noel co-founded Halidon, a successful fund management company. He also spent periods as Marketing Manager with TSB Bank and as a Business Planner/ Product Manager with IBM Ireland.
 

Dr. Paul McEvoy, CTO

Paul holds a 1st Class honours BSc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and a PhD in Optoelectronics from Trinity College Dublin (TCD). His field of study was the design and commercialisation of semiconductor laser devices.
As part of the research and innovation centre in TCD, he spent four years researching, designing and commercialising novel laser devices for use in data storage and telecommunication applications. He is the primary inventor on patents in DVD laser and communication laser design. He subsequently spent 6 years in technology development at The Technology Partnership in Cambridge, a consultancy based technology and product development company. As a consultant physicist he was responsible for initial feasibility studies and development of a variety of customer projects. Projects range from advanced printing technologies, to medical devices, to MEMS and scientific based product. He returned to Ireland in 2005 to set up TfI.
Paul is a member of the IOP and is a member of their professional standards committee. He is also a member of ASTP.

Dan Richardson, COO

Dan is a Chartered Engineer with a First class honours degree in Electronic Engineering from Bristol University, and an MBA from London Business School.
He is a former naval engineer officer with extensive experience in the sale and delivery of R&D projects within the defence, space and aerospace sectors, working for DERA (now QinetiQ) and INSYS (now Lockheed Martin). He has worked as a Project Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager, Consultant and Business Unit Manager. In his last appointment he led a team of 50 research scientists and engineers conducting multi-disciplinary applied research across many areas including novel material development, software and electronic systems. He came to Ireland in 2005 to set up TfI.
Dan is a member of the IET and is on the committee of the Irish branch. He is also a member of Engineers Ireland, UNICO and LES.