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Where weʼve been and where weʼre going
Meet Our Execs
Stephen is a co-founder of Ambisense. He was UK and Ireland Sales Manager with ALS, a global commercial laboratory operating in the Environmental Sector. Previous to this he managed Irish and Scottish Business Units for Severn Trent Laboratories. Stephen holds an MBA from DCU an M. Eng from the Open University & a B. Eng in Mechatronic Engineering also from DCU.
A chartered certified accountant and previously the first female President of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ireland. Anne was part of a two-man management team that grew NeedaHotelfrom turnover of 1k per month to 100m per annum six years later when it was sold. She has years of experience in finance, operations, and human resources.
Tom has over 15 years of experience working on applying data science and machine learning to design new materials. He designed and implemented a system to automate the calculation of material properties from ab initio quantum mechanics, allowing the use of machine learning to techniques to be used to guide material discovery.
Meet Our Team
Background: Marcio has over 4 years of experience in hardware development and R&D projects for the energy sector. From São Paulo, Brazil, his degree is in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
What you do in Ambisense I work as an Electrical Engineer in Ambisense. I am highly specialized in Hardware testing and prototyping, and so play an important role in ensuring the quality of our products and services.
A few interests: As a true Brazilian, I love being outdoors and have a good laugh.
Background – Neil has 10 years experience in the gas detection industry, where he worked closely with customers in managing their accounts, helping with technical sales inquiries, quotes, internal sales as well as product support and service roles. Prior to this, he worked as an electrician for 6 years and this formed a good base of technical knowledge and ability. Due to this combined time and experience, he has gained an understanding of how to best serve the needs and wants of the customers and the industry. He holds a FETAC Level 6 Advanced Craft Certificate and is currently pursuing a BA Honors Degree in Business.
What you do in Ambisense –I support and train the customers on the Ambiair range so that they fully understand what value the product can offer their organization. I also liaise with the internal product and engineering teams here in Ambisense, to ensure that the customer’s voice is heard, and their requirements are met so that we at Ambisense can deliver the level of excellence that’s expected by our customers.
A few interests – Neil is a huge motorsport fan and love music and travelling. He also has a keen interest in running, although he can’t say that he always enjoys it.
Background: james has over 12 years of experience in hardware design and embedded software development. His PhD is in physics (DCU), but since leaving academia he has developed technology for a range of applications including photoacoustic systems to detect process faults in semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle chargers, and condition monitoring systems for plant room equipment.
What you do in Ambisense: James works as an Integration Engineer which basically involves finding or building different pieces of hardware, then trying to make them all work together to provide a solution for customers' needs.
A few interests: I have a keen interest in music and play keyboards, or at least used to. I'm hoping to take it back up and start piano lessons this year, if anyone knows a good teacher?
Background – Patrick has spent 4 years in the Environmental Industry mainly focusing on air quality emissions and EPA compliance monitoring. He holds a BSc in Geology and MSc in Geoscience both from UCD.
What you do in Ambisense – I mainly deal onsite with clients evaluating the sites and installation of the AmbiAir units, as well as ensuring that clients have smooth access to useful and reliable data.
A few interests – I’m an avid rock climber and spend all my free time clambering around cliffs in Wicklow!
Background – Martin has a background in architecture and disaster management with several years of experience in the flood risk management sector in the UK and internationally with experience in business growth, thought leadership, product development, and sales.
What you do in Ambisense – I manage the development of our new flood defence asset monitoring solution. I sit between the technical development team and the client to ensue that everything we produce is designed to meet the needs and requirements of the end user and the market.
A few interests – When I can, I head to the outdoors and love to rock climb and surf.
Background – Zahra holds a bachelor's degree in software engineering and has worked as a web developer for almost 5 years. During her career, she has gained technical skills in front and backend development and is a specialist in c#, javascript and angular.
What you do in Ambisense – I am working on the company's website as a designer and troubleshooter. Besides, I collaborate with the backend team to visualize sensory data. My role also expands with working with the Data Analytics team to visualize ML forecasted trends.
A few interests – l enjoy literature and poems, traveling, music and hiking.
Meet Our Board Members
Mark is an investor at BGF, the leading growth capital investor across the UK and Ireland, based in their Dublin office. Prior to joining BGF, Mark worked for Apax Partners in London, focusing on Business Services investments, and before that he spent time with Credit Suisse in their Investment Banking Department, advising clients on M&A and capital markets activities. Mark holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Trinity College, Dublin
Chris co-founded and became CEO of IONA Technologies headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, which went public in 1997 using Lehman...
Wayne is a prolific entrepreneur with particular expertise and experience in the clean-tech sector. He is co-founder and CEO of Oxymem, the multi-award winning waste-water, smart aeration company. He is also co-founder and Chairman of Biocore Environmental a biosolids & waste-water management business and previous to this, built and disposed of a major waste equipment company, the Manvik Group, a business with 80 staff and a turnover in excess of €40M.
He holds an International Executive MBA from the Smurfit Business School in UCD and a Diploma in Advanced Management also from UCD and is a registered Enterprise Ireland Business Partner.
He holds an International Executive MBA from the Smurfit Business School in UCD and a Diploma in Advanced Management also from UCD and is a registered Enterprise Ireland Business Partner.
Philip has over 20 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas Sector, in a variety of senior management positions spanning a number of London and Dublin listed exploration and production companies, including experience in a number of other countries including Australia, South Africa, Argentina, and the U.S… He is currently CEO and a Board member of Falcon Oil & Gas and a non-exec director of Providence Resources. Philip is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in Dublin.
Graham is a chartered accountant and had an extensive international executive career, culminating in taking the technology firm QinetiQ through its IPO onto the LSE in 2006. Since then he has pursued a portfolio career as chairman of several technology enabled, private equity backed businesses, including LGC and SLR Environmental Consulting. He is currently chairman of The Royal Mint and of Hanson Wade, a private equity backed business focused on providing business intelligence to the life sciences community.