Michael O'Leary Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ie

Dublin, Ie

Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

Killarney Labs was a startup I founded with the intention of using NFT technology to tokenize traditional asset classes such as stocks, commodities and precious metals. As well as complex assets such as derivatives and index funds and obscure crypto investments. Responsibilities:· Spearheaded the vision and strategic direction for the startup.· Conducted extensive market research utilizing AI, Google, primary research and market research databases to determine market and competitor landscape and help inform strategy and design with users in mind.· Managed stakeholder relationships including regularly pitching to partners, investors, policy makers, customers, industry experts.· Led a team, working closely with our co-founder, advisors and interns.· Developed product management skills including identifying features, and functionalities based on market needs and user feedback also defining the product roadmap, coordinating testing, and ensuring timely product releases.· Overseeing marketing and branding, defining our message, and intended image. Utilising various social media platforms and running several highly focused campaigns targeting specific target markets.· Establishing operational processes and workflows and ensuring legal compliance.· Networking including joining groups and attending events. Building a strong professional network.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

At AIG Investments+ (Now Corebridge Financial) I worked on the data quality control team as a subset of the wider data governance team. Responsibilities:• Monitoring daily checks and investigating breaks Communicated with various external teams about data issues. Informing the business of the accuracy and availability of data and if reporting should take place daily.• Performing root cause analyses on issues affecting data availability. • Performing an aggregated report on the persistence of certain issues. This report was used by senior management in the renegotiation of contracts with external vendors.• Completed a project Focused on finding outliers in data sets using Python and R utilising machine learning.• Oversaw the population of technical glossary and user guide for a new software. • Investigating unmapped hierarchies. Communicating with relevant stakeholders to provide correct categorisations to assets that were either unassigned or incorrectly assigned.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Conducted daily net asset valuations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting. Collaborated with team members to contribute to ongoing valuations, providing critical insights into fund performance and asset allocation.• Executed fee allocations with precision and attention to detail, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and contractual agreements. • Played a key role in the implementation and testing of new software systems and processes, actively participating in trials and providing valuable feedback.• Managed daily cash, position, and asset reconciliations, reconciling discrepancies and ensuring data integrity across multiple systems.

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Industry lead project in association with UCC and CapSpire global consulting solutions. investigating the potential of Blockchain technology for energy and commodity markets.

Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

Cork, Ireland

Working with a team of highly motivated fund accountants meeting strict daily deadlines. Developed good spreadsheet analytical skills completing cash and position reconciliations. working on weekly dividend checks. Very positive work environment which challenged my IT and business administration skills.

Master'S Degree, Information Systems For Business Performance

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics