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John Ward is listed as Council Member at Irish Computer Society, a with 46 employees, based in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at firstdata.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for John Ward.
John Ward previously worked as IT Director and iCTO for the Fiserv Merchant and Acquiring platforms for the EMEA Region at Fiserv and Head of Production Operations at First Data Corporation. John Ward studied at Irish Management Institute.
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John is an experienced technology leader with 38 years of experience in the FinTech sector, including over 30 years at a senior management level. Beginning with extensive hands on experience in the design, development, delivery and implementation of software solutions and services for the financial services, distribution, payments and travel sectors. Later spending multiple years building & running the infrastructure and operational teams to support the above. In the last 38 years he has led multiple technology transformations. He is currently on a sabbatical and will be open to senior Fintech Leadership roles from September 2024 onwards.He has excellent knowledge of business processes in the payments, financial services, distribution and travel sectors gained while designing, developing and implementing leading edge software solutions both in house and licensed from vendors. This knowledge, backed up with strong technical, business and communication skills has enabled him to develop and maintain client, vendor and technology partner relationships at senior levels in a corporate client base comprising banks, Fintechs, insurance providers and large insurance intermediaries. The majority of his working life has been spent leading multiple cross-functional technology teams with headcounts ranging from 40 to over 300 in diverse locations within highly regulated entities and he is well used to managing and delivering multiple projects concurrently and thrives under pressure.Educated in St. Mary's College, UCD and Trinity College, John has been a member of the Irish Computer Society since 1990 and was elected to the ICS Council in September 2004. John was re-elected to council for further terms in September 2008 and September 2011. He served as Honorary Secretary of the ICS until September 2009, Vice President of the ICS from 2009 to 2012 and served as President of the ICS from 2013 to 2015. He was awarded a fellowship of the ICS in May 2007.
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Dublin
I have been on the council of the Irish Computer Society for over 19 years now including three years as vice president (2009 to 2012) and three years as president from 2012 to 2015. I recently completed a three year stint as the Honorary Treasurer for the ICS and following the end of my term am now simply a member of Council and Director of the ICS.
County Dublin, Ireland
I was the IT Director and iCTO for the Fiserv Merchant IPP platforms in EMEA and as a member of the Fiserv Technology Services EMEA leadership team and the leadership team for the OmniPay global acquiring processing platform in Dublin. As Director of Production Operations and iCTO for the OmniPay platform, as well as being iCTO for the other components of the International Payments Platform in EMEA, I led a number of cross functional operations and infrastructure teams based in Dublin, Nenagh… Show more I was the IT Director and iCTO for the Fiserv Merchant IPP platforms in EMEA and as a member of the Fiserv Technology Services EMEA leadership team and the leadership team for the OmniPay global acquiring processing platform in Dublin. As Director of Production Operations and iCTO for the OmniPay platform, as well as being iCTO for the other components of the International Payments Platform in EMEA, I led a number of cross functional operations and infrastructure teams based in Dublin, Nenagh and the UK. I was responsible for the OmniPay credit card Authorisation Service and the team responsible for Fiserv's 24x7x365 production payment processing operations for the OmniPay platform in Dublin. I was also responsible for a number of other technology teams including our observability team of application performance monitoring engineers and our certification analysts. I was a key contributor to our PCI DSS, SOC1 and IT Audits and was the BC&RS co-ordinator for our platforms. I also had responsibility for vendor management where I owned and managed the relationship between Fiserv and some of their key technology 3rd parties. I have been with Fiserv (formerly First Data) and OmniPay since November 2002.Previously I served as interim Head of Fiserv FTS Infrastructure services for the EMEA region in 2021. Reporting to the Global CTO I was then a member of the Fiserv EMEA Management Committee. I led the Fiserv Technology Services EMEA iCTO leadership team with teams in Ireland, UK, Germany, Slovakia, Poland and India. Following that I led all of the EMEA region engineering teams and had responsibility for our operations in Germany and Poland as well as the UK & Ireland. Show less
Dublin
I was a member of the IT Management team of First Data Dublin where as Head of Production Operations for the OmniPay platform, I manage the OmniPay credit card Authorisation Service and the team responsible for First Data's 24x7x365 production payment processing operations for the OmniPay platform in Dublin. I am also responsible for a team of certification analysts and have responsibility for vendor management where I also own and manage the relationship between First Data and their key… Show more I was a member of the IT Management team of First Data Dublin where as Head of Production Operations for the OmniPay platform, I manage the OmniPay credit card Authorisation Service and the team responsible for First Data's 24x7x365 production payment processing operations for the OmniPay platform in Dublin. I am also responsible for a team of certification analysts and have responsibility for vendor management where I also own and manage the relationship between First Data and their key technology 3rd parties. These 3rd parties are the software providers of the major application components of the OmniPay platform and the 3rd parties who provide and manage the major communications links to our data centres. I manage all outsourced software development, consultancy and training from a range of software vendors based in North America and Europe. Responsibility for contract negotiations and agreeing service level agreements and new software licensing agreements. I have been with First Data and OmniPay since 2002. Show less
Dublin
Reporting to the CTO I managed the Allfinanz EMEA Professional Services, Global Customer Services and Quality Assurance teams in this leading edge financial services software house.Allfinanz are a leading edge software company, (2001 headcount 113), working with agile technologies to provide enterprise wide or Internet direct electronic distribution channels for financial services. Allfinanz have a track record since 1987 of providing enterprise wide client server back office administration… Show more Reporting to the CTO I managed the Allfinanz EMEA Professional Services, Global Customer Services and Quality Assurance teams in this leading edge financial services software house.Allfinanz are a leading edge software company, (2001 headcount 113), working with agile technologies to provide enterprise wide or Internet direct electronic distribution channels for financial services. Allfinanz have a track record since 1987 of providing enterprise wide client server back office administration systems for the global life and pensions sector with a client list of blue chip financial institutions comprising banks, insurance providers and large insurance intermediaries. Show less
Dublin
In 1991 I set up my own consultancy and software development business. Most of my time was spent on hands on bespoke software development projects for my previous employer and some of their clients.
Dublin
Elstar was an Irish software house, set up to market and continue to develop Ramtech’s multi-user vertical market software products for the 10 - 50 users Netware LAN market. We developed products for electronic distribution companies, travel agencies, opticians and leasing companies. I was appointed Technical Director in 1988.I managed a software development team of eight analysts and programmers and a team of three implementation and support staff, with responsibility for all software… Show more Elstar was an Irish software house, set up to market and continue to develop Ramtech’s multi-user vertical market software products for the 10 - 50 users Netware LAN market. We developed products for electronic distribution companies, travel agencies, opticians and leasing companies. I was appointed Technical Director in 1988.I managed a software development team of eight analysts and programmers and a team of three implementation and support staff, with responsibility for all software development, development methodology, technical architecture, product design, staff recruiting and overall project management of both our software development and implementation projects. Show less
Dublin
Ramtech (Ireland) Limited was a small indigenous software house which when I joined it had a single product for maintaining patient details for opticians and a small client base. I was responsible for design and development of a new multi-user ERP & accounting system for distribution companies with the emphasis on powerful inventory control and order entry and processing.
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