Archives: Speakers

Barry McGinley

Barry is a Senior Systems Engineer for EPS Global, based in Dublin, and provides the first layer of tech support to customers in EMEA. Barry works on POCs for Data Centre, Service Provider and Enterprise deployments and leads the adoption of new bare metal hardware for carrier and telecom solutions. Barry has in-depth expertise of… Read more »

Max Schulze

Max Schulze is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA). With a background as a software engineer and a cloud expert, Max brings his experience to the transformation of the digital economy, making it future-proof and sustainable. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to the well-being of people and… Read more »

Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy was appointed Director of Cloud Infrastructure Ireland in July 2021. Cloud Infrastructure Ireland focuses on the infrastructure policy issues that affect cloud providers. Irelands cloud infrastructure underpins much of the Irish and global digital economy and is responsible for tens of thousands of jobs. Previously, he served as the inaugural CEO of the… Read more »

Anthony McDermott

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…. Read more »

Peter Jones

Pete has worked at every stage in the data center product lifecycle, and so he blends his communication skills with a deep understanding of fast-paced and complex hyperscale projects. The result is the ability to clearly and capably direct teams and products on some of the largest technical real estate projects in the world.

Thomas Gorman

Tom joined Interxion with over 29 years of experience working with global organisations, managing strategic technical projects and teams across global networks, Construction, Electrical & Mechanical Services, Safety and Quality Management Systems among other areas. More recently, Tom has spent the past 5 years working in Senior Operational roles within AWS Data Services, both in… Read more »

Noel Cunniffe

Noel Cunniffe is the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland and prior to that worked as Wind Energy Ireland’s Deputy CEO and Head of Policy. Wind Energy Ireland is Ireland’s largest renewable energy association and works with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to build understanding and awareness of the benefits of wind and… Read more »

Mark Foley

I have over 30 years General / Senior management experience across a broad range of industry sectors, including private sector, multi-national and commercial semi-state companies. Significant track record in leading out on Major Business and Sectoral Transformation Programmes, Delivery of Large Scale Infrastructure, Commercial, Technology, Business Transformation, Operations and Start Up Projects. Specialties: Sectoral Leadership… Read more »

George Dionisopoulos

NEXTDC are an Australian data centre provider, who own one of the most highly secure Data Centre in Australia, holding personal information and top-secret data for some of the largest companies in the world. Last month, NextDC announced certification granted by the Australian Federal Government as a “Certified Strategic” hosting partner for #datacentre services. As… Read more »