The Board
Noel Halloran, Chief Executive Officer
Noel holds a Commerce and a Master of Business Studies degree in Marketing from UCD 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.
Dan Richardson, Chief Operations Officer
Dan 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 and INSYS (now Lockheed Martin). He has worked as a Project Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager, Consultant and most recently led a team of 50 research scientists and engineers conducting multi-disciplinary applied research.
Dr Paul McEvoy, Chief Technical Officer
Paul is an Applied Physicist with university and technology transfer industry experience. He worked within Optronics Ireland developing new technologies for the telecommunication market before moving to the UK based technology development company, The Technology Partnership, where he managed a variety of technology development projects. Paul has a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, and a BSc from DCU.
Ray Naughton, Non-Executive Director
Ray Naughton is co-founder of 4th Level Ventures, and joined the board of Technology from Ideas as a non-executive director. From 1987 to 1998 Ray was Managing Director of Siemens Nixdorf in Ireland and from 1992 to 1997 he worked internationally on a major entrepreneurial development and culture change programme.
John Lynch, Non Executive Director
John is a qualified accountant and has a Business Degree and Masters from University College Cork
John works with S. W. Carty the market leader in the Water Metering in Ireland. Previously John worked for Bank of Scotland Treasury before moving to an Irish Investment company.