Aisling is the CEO and founder of Tandem HR Solutions. Prior to Tandem, Aisling delivered extensive cultural change programs and transformation to working practices as the HR Director for international companies including SAP and Telefonica. Aisling has also provided consulting services to global blue chip companies particularly specializing in the areas of performance management and leadership development. Aisling’s Research Masters in Business Studies centered on performance management best practices. Aisling’s extensive work in delivering global, local and even home made performance management systems inspired her to focus on the area she believes makes performance management most effective: feedback.

Clare is CTO & co-founder of Tandem.  Responsible for the Technology and Product, Clare is passionate about design led thinking and building products for the workplace that has a consumer experience at the core.  Prior to Tandem, Clare has deployed HCM SaaS, On Premise, Self Service portal and payroll solutions in global organizations.  Clare has led technical teams to design, build and deploy global processes and solutions in complex environments with tight timelines. Familiar with the wider HR eco system, Clare has built Tandem to easily integrate with a wider technology environment, ensuring Tandem sits in the natural flow of work.

Jim is co founder of Tandem and truly passionate about organizational culture and leadership. Prior to Tandem’s foundation he spent 20 years in People Consulting roles across a wide range of sectors, working primarily with large global clients.

He spent 10 years with two consulting firms with global reach (Mercuri International and Hay Group), then 10 years running niche Dublin-based consultancy firm People Partners, working with a wide range of companies with EMEA / Global headquarters located in Ireland with a specialist focus on  behavioral change and performance management.

During this 20 year period he delivered client projects including culture change, leadership development, performance and reward, across 3 continents.

John is a General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, a specialist technology venture firm, and has been active in operating roles and venture capital investing for over 25 years. ACT is an international technology venture firm providing capital to fuel growth. ACT’s investments span technology sectors and investment stages ranging from seed to growth. The firm has raised over €500m to back ideas and companies with unique approaches.

Stephen is a partner at Frontline, an early-stage VC firm that invests in software companies around Europe. Before that he was Vice President of EMEA at Twitter, where he set up and led the company’s regional business from 2012-16. He held a variety of executive roles at Google from 2005-12. Stephen holds engineering degrees from Trinity College and Cornell University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Alan Coleman former founder and CEO of Britebill has gone on to found and lead an innovative new venture called Sweepr. Sweepr continues Alan’s journey of transforming customer experiences that he began with his first successful business: BriteBill. Alan drives Sweepr’s vision for re-thinking how customers experience support in a more complex and connected world. Prior to BriteBill Alan had roles in Accenture, Macalla Software and Morgan Stanley.

Prior to joining Tandem as CFO, Roseann Heavey had over eight years’ experience in delivering financial accounting and financial reporting advice to a wide range of clients from Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing and Information Technology sectors. Formerly, she spent three years with Ernst & Young as an external auditor with clients primarily in the asset management industry, specifically, large listed asset managers, investment trusts and hedge funds. With a degree in psychology and maths Roseann added a  diploma in corporate finance to her repertoire. She sits on the strategy and communications committee with the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She is President of Network Ireland, a network supporting women in business and is currently  completing a masters in executive leadership with Ulster University.

Tony Hanway has been CEO of Virgin Media Ireland since 2015. Virgin Media is Ireland’s leading ‘connected entertainment provider ‘ offering market-leading Broadband, TV, fixed and mobile phone services to the Irish consumer and B2B market. Virgin Media Ireland also incorporates Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster Virgin Media Television.

Before joining Virgin Media Ireland Tony spent a decade at Telefonica where he held a number of senior roles including Consumer Director O2 Ireland, Consumer Director Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, Chief Commercial Officer of O2 Deutschland and CEO of O2 Ireland.  

 From 1995 to 2005 he held several positions at the internet pioneer AOL where he was latterly Vice President of AOL UK Customer Care and Managing Director of AOL Europe Operations.  He is also a board member with Business in the Community Ireland which aims to encourage Irish businesses with their responsible and sustainable business practices.

Tony is a native of Dublin and has an MSc in Human Resource Management from Leicester University.