Richard O'Donnell - Chairman & Founder

Richards knowledge of the international software business has spanned more than 25 years.

The earlier part of his career was spent consulting in the City of London, within the Banking & Finance sector. Some clients included Chase Manhattan, Lloyds Bank, & Kleinwort Benson.

Having returned to Ireland in 1991, he worked for a short time with KPMG, before co-founding Software Architects International & Redeo.com. SAI's global Financial & Electronic Banking products are still used today by numerous corporations such as Yamaha, Ciba, Diageo, Bridgestone and Northern Telecom.

In May 2000, at the peak of the .com era, he successfully sold SAI/Redeo to Clarus Corporation - Atlanta (NASDAQ clrs).

Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Galway.

Eileen O'Gorman - Finance Manager

Eileen heads up our Finance department. Her career spanning 16 years has been spent primarily in the accounting sector.

Having gained her formal training with Ernst & Young, she later transitioned to industry, where she gained extensive experience in Manufacturing, Service Finance & the Software Industries.

David Brennan - Software Engineer

David Brennan is a software engineer working with the R&D team in MagneticTime. David is working on the development of MagneticTime Assist. He is also working with support, to make sure all issues are resolved quickly.

Prior to this David worked for Artwork-Systems. Artwork-Systems provide pre-press solution for all the major commercial printing companies worldwide. This was developed on the Apple Mac platform. Before this David worked for Amdocs who are a world leader in providing billing solutions for teleco companies.

David holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Applied Mathematics and Computers from the University of Limerick.

Kevin Murphy - Software Engineer

Kevin Murphy works as a software engineer within the Research and Development team of MagneticTime. Kevin's work involves the development of the MagneticTime product suite as well as providing support to customers.

Kevin's background in software engineering includes work in industries such as document management, pre-press and telecommunications.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Software Development and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Computer Science from Limerick Institute of Technology.

Company Advisor

Roger G. H. Downer - Consultant Advisor (Education)
(President Emeritus, University of Limerick)

Roger Downer is a native of Belfast and holds the degrees of B.Sc. M.Sc. and D.Sc. (Queens University, Belfast) and Ph. D. (University of Western Ontario). He has been awarded the honorary degrees of LL.D. and D.Sc. and a number of national and international honors, including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and membership in the Royal Irish Academy, for his contributions to science and higher education. He is editor or co-editor of four books and author or co-author of over 160 research papers and has held retained consultancies with a number of multinational corporations. He was Chair of grant selection committees for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada and was a member of the grant selection committee of the National Science Foundation, USA. His academic appointments include Vice-President, University of Waterloo, Canada, President, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and President, University of Limerick. He has held senior offices in a number of professional organizations including, President Canadian Society of Zoologists, Vice-Chairman,, Biological Council of Canada, Chairman, Council of Heads of Irish Universities and Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Ireland. Professor Downer currently serves as an External Director of the Westaim Corporation, Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd., Irish Peace Institute, and as Chair of the Munster Rugby Board, Co-President , UL Bohemians RFC, Vice-Chair of the Hunt Museum and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Irish Red Cross.