I got my bachelors at UC Berkeley in 1990. Although my degree was in History, I became a network engineer with a focus on security because I simply said yes when people asked me to figure something out. I started my first real company in 2003. I’ve greatly enjoyed my time guest lecturing at UL over the past few years.
I own four technology companies in the US (Cobaltix, Manage Labs, SA935, and Cobaltix Compliance), and one in Ireland (Treehouse).
I spend the first 35 hours a week on Manage Labs. It is a startup doing a SaaS product to help managers manage. I’ve funded the first $1m myself, and just got a commit for another $1.5m which should get us through profitability. It is a startup, so I do whatever needs to be done (sales, marketing, product management, finance, fund raising, recruiting, being the guy that gets donuts and coffee). I also spend about 20 hours a week overseeing the other four companies. It has been more than a decade since I did real technical work, but I still try to stay current. I have to say, I am having a lot of fun right now.
I would have to say my first experience at UL was my favorite. I was supposed to be meeting Professor John Nelson, but instead he introduced me to Chris Kelly. Within minutes, I knew this 19-year-old kid would do great things, and I would help him. Three months later, he was at Cobaltix through our Fellowship. He has since gone on to found a highly profitable company, win awards for having cool products, raise venture funding, and hire multiple UL students. His company makes very cool stuff.
The mission of the Department is the pursuit of excellence in teaching and research in the area of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
Lubna Luxmi Dhirani, postdoctoral researcher in the Dept. of E&CE is the First Women In Engineering (WIE) Ambassador from Ireland in the IEEE WIE (UK&I Section).
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