Gordon Parker Rios, Principal Scientist on Gaming

Hi, I’m Gordon Rios and I’m a Principal Scientist working for Pandora Radio here in Oakland, California. My family and I live in San Francisco and I work across the bay in Oakland. At Pandora, I was a founding member of the data science group…

Angela Kravcevich, Software Engineer and Body Painter

Hi, My name is Angela Kravcevich, and I am a Dublin based Software Engineer. I am originally from Klaipeda, a town on the coast of Lithuania. I moved to Ireland with my family when I was 12 years old. We originally moved to a little town…

Grady Booch, IBM Fellow on the Celtic Harp and Dulcimer

Hi, my name is Grady Booch; I am an IBM Fellow, and Chief Scientist at IBM Research for Software Engineering, as well as Chief Architect for a project called Watson/M which involves an AI effort for embodied cognition, in effect…

Aidan McCullen, Technology Consultant and Podcaster

Hi, my name is Aidan McCullen, and I am a disruptive innovation consultant at Katawave, a business imagination studio based in Dublin. My career in digital technology only began about nine years ago. Before then I was a professional Rugby…

Albert Floyd, Developer and Comedian

My first time doing stand up was a good experience. I wrote up a 10-minute routine, and went to an open mic in Barcelona called El Medi, a bar where I usually go that runs opens mics for stand up comedy. My friends told me that I should try it out, and I finally…

Matteo Aliffi, Software Engineer and Poet

Sometimes, designing software is like creating a piece of art. At the beginning, everything is a puzzle, like dozens of words that run through your mind. Step-by-step, they find their place into the final shape of a creation that everyone can enjoy. For…

Gavin Doyle, Payments Expert on Sailing

I’m Gavin Doyle, I’m a Senior Business Development Manager for an industry leading online gaming company.

I have had previous roles in Product Management in gaming and payments, where I discovered my passion for the commercial side of…

Mark Reidy, Growth and Operations Manager on Running and Cycling

Hi, my name is Mark Reidy, and I am currently working on an Ecommerce start up called Bellanove as the head of growth and operations. I was born in the US, just outside of Washington DC. I moved to North Carolina when I…

Wojciech Paciorek, Support Engineer on Pipe Restoration

Hi, my name is Wojciech Paciorek, and I am an Application Support Specialist for a financial service company in Dublin. Technology is in my DNA — my family has always been linked with either medicine or IT work. When I was younger, I…