Bio

Prior to joining DFJ Esprit, was a partner at Trinity Venture Capital where he sat on the boards of or led investments in AePONA, ChangingWorlds (sold to Amdocs ), CR2, SteelTrace (sold to Compuware) and APT (acquired by CSR). In 1992 co-founded Exceptis Technologies – sold to Trintech Group in November 2000. In 2001 co-founded Similarity Systems, a business focused data quality management software company that was acquired by Informatica in January 2006. The 2007 recipient of the Irish Software Association’s “Technology Person of the Year” award andn in 2010 the Halo Business Angel Network’s “Business Angel of the Year” award. On the boards of AePONA, ezetop, Clavis Technology and the Irish Times, Ireland’s leading daily newspaper.