Patrick Ward Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Aitheria helps companies optimise their business model for the adoption of technologies like AI, Data Analytics and Connected Devices to achieve a step change across their Products and Operations.These technologies can profoundly impact on the organisation's Business Model. The value proposition is redefined; the channel to customer evolves; new skills and.

Dublin, IE

Member of Lecturing Panel with UCD Smurfit Executive Development, part of Ireland's top-ranked Business School, covering Digital Transformation, Business Model Analysis, Change Management and Digital & AI Adoption

Los Altos, CA, US

I'm a member of the TinyML Foundation team, helping grow the network of organisations focused on running AI workloads on edge devices.

Dublin, IE

Redmond, Washington, US

Working with Partners and Customers globally to deliver the value of connecting devices to the cloud. I a specific focus on in the organisational transformation that's necessary when businesses move from selling (hardware-based) "devices" to selling (hardware and software-based) "connected devices with services".

Redmond, Washington, US

Working with customers and partners across EMEA to drive their transformation using Microsoft's Internet of Things (IoT) and AI platforms.Here are some of the customer case studies I have participated in:

Redmond, Washington, US

Microsoft's Developer eXperience & Evangelism (DX) group is responsible for enabling the development of industry leading apps and services globally across devices. As technical and business evangelists, we partner with developers, IT professionals and software companies to help make them successful on the Microsoft platform.

Redmond, Washington, US

Responsible for P&L for Microsoft Windows, Surface, OneDrive and Outlook.com for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Launched Windows 8, Windows 10 and Surface in Ireland across all Consumer and Commercial segments. Awarded Microsoft Circle of Excellence Outstanding Achiever Award 2014.

London, GB

• Led the complete revision of Brand Guidelines and rollout across Vodafone’s global footprint.
• Responsible for Global Brand Helpdesk.
• Accountable for the design of all Packaging for Vodafone-branded products globally.

London, GB

As part of my MBA Programme, completed an 8-week project for the Vodafone Global Brand team who subsequently retained me as a consultant, and then recruited me on a fulltime basis.

Dublin, IE

First Class Honours – Achieved highest Grade Point Average (3.87) in fulltime MBA class of Ireland's highest-ranked Business School.Awarded Academic Scholarship based on GMAT score of 720.Finalist in John Molson MBA International Case Competition, Montreal, Canada representing UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, competing against 36 MBA schools.

4, IE

• Established multi-million euro programme to replace entire Bank of Ireland ePayments application infrastructure and Business OnLine business banking web channel.
• Delivered Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) programme with multi-million euro budget, managing a team of 15 people to create BOI’s SEPA ePayments offering.
• Managed 25-strong team to roll-out BoI’s Group Intranet to 16,000 employees in 85 business units.
• Delivered change programme to outsource Bank of Ireland’s procurement function to Accenture India and integrate SAP functions across the two organisations.

4, IE

• Successfully transformed Bank of Ireland’s approach to Project Management, embedding across 600+ person IT organisation.
• Operational Risk Manager - Established approach to capture, monitor and report on Operational Risk on a periodic basis.

4, IE

• Establishing and managed relationship with Indian application development service provider delivering 150+ man-years of systems development each year to Bank of Ireland.
• Wrote ‘Offshore Development Handbook’ and 2-day training course for Project Managers.
• Created and delivered Indian/Irish culture diversity training in Dublin and New Delhi.

• Established Programme Office, managing a team of six, reporting to CTO.
• Managed launch plan across (70-strong) technology team, ensuring pre-Christmas launch of web retail site, ERP and Call Centre, coordinating with multiple systems vendors.

CA

• Delivered international Calling Card solution for Japanese client, coordinating with development, product management and client teams in Canada, USA and Japan.

CA

• Designed software for distributed-agent Call Centre and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) management.
• Worked with three teams in UK and Canada to achieve ISO:9000 certification.

Mba

Bsc (Eng), Degree In Electronic Engineering

Education record