neil flanagan

Current

• Consultant at Hermes Softlab
• Consultant and Director at Quinridge Ventures
• Founder and Director at Alatto Technologies

Past

• CTO at Betmart - Online Gambling Exchange
• Head of Technology at First-e Bank
• Department Manager at Dresdner Bank (Dretec)

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Education

• Irish Management Institute
• University of Limerick
• University of Limerick

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Industry

Telecommunications

neil flanagan’s Summary

Summary:

A proven manager with 18 years experience in Ireland, Canada, UK and Germany. Strong technical and commercial background.

Currently working as a consultant with Quinridge, (Mobile Social Networking solutions) and Hermes Softlab (Operations management for eastern European Off-Shoring company servicing Vodafone/IBM/Merrill Lynch). I also act as an investment consultant with a number of startup technology companies.

Previously I co-founded a number of companies including Betmart (A gambling exchange - sold to a competitor in 2000), Alatto Technologies (delivering innovative products and solutions for Mobile Operators - specifically in the areas of multimedia messaging, mobile search and content discovery), Stormland (Mobile channel for retail banking).

neil flanagan’s Specialties:

Industry Sectors: Banking (Retail and Private), Mobile Telecoms.

Experience: Operations Management, Company startup, Fund-raising (from VC and government), Negotiation, Sales and Business Development, Commercial and Financial management, Motivation and People management, Technical vision, Project management, Partner management.

My current area of technical research is AI recommendation and collaborative filtering systems.

Additional Information

neil flanagan’s Groups:

•    MobilOpen :: the mobile business group
•    DEC Alumni
•    Paddytech
•    SIEMENS-World-Wide Network [14,250+ Members]
•    Amnesty International - working to protect human rights worldwide
•    MBA Association of Ireland
•    Mobile Content
•    Mobile Software Development Group
•    OpenCoffee Ireland
•    University of Limerick Alumni Association
•    Dresdner Bank
•    Enba, Enba group companies

neil flanagan’s Honors:

Alatto Technologies:
Shortlisted for "New Company of the year award" by the Irish Software Association in 2005.
Placed in top 100 Emerging Technology Companies in Europe by Tornado-Insider in 2004.
Technical Innovation award from Frost & Sullivan 2004.
Technology excellence award from Nokia in 2003.

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