Michael is a highly successful entrepreneur and business leader with 35 years of experience working in international business. He has a strong track record of significantly increasing wealth for companies such as Kleerex, Quaestus Management Consultants, Irish Export Board and Smurfit Finance.

Prior to joining GridBeyond, Michael held the role of CEO of Kleerex where he focused on transforming the company from an Irish focused, single product, manufacturing led business to an international service-led company employing over 400 people.

Under his leadership, revenues grew from €3m to €80m and it became the “Number One” supplier of bespoke fixtures displays and value added services in the UK market. During this time he was nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year in 2002.

He holds a BComm and an MBS from University College Dublin. In addition to his role at Endeco Technologies, Michael sits on the board of a number of scaling companies.

Michael has over 22 years management experience in sales, marketing and product development in electronic and software companies targeting the energy sector.

Prior to joining GridBeyond, Michael held positions at Philips, Microsol, PCAS and Duolog in automation and electronics. He was responsible for developing European, Asian and American markets and OEMs such as Invensys, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, and Alstom. In addition, he has facilitated several successful exits. Michael is a graduate of University College Dublin where he obtained an MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations.

Padraig is a University College Cork (UCC) and Tyndall National Institute Research Masters Graduate in wireless sensing and control technology with eight years’ experience developing smart grid energy optimisation solutions.

Padraig joined GridBeyond after a research collaboration project with Tyndall National Institute. Since then, he has led the development of market leading aggregated demand response, frequency response and smart tariff optimisation platforms for the Irish and the UK Markets.

Richard is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and brings to GridBeyond a wealth of experience garnered in financial director, control and asset management positions.

Richard has developed extensive transactional experience in domestic and international markets over many years, spending his career working with partners and clients to protect, create and maximise the value to stakeholders he represents in a diverse range of projects.

Prior to joining GridBeyond in 2014, Richard held several senior management positions and directorships at Select Capital, Venturise, Conlon & Co and Investor First Ltd. and therefore has significant experience in strategic planning, financial reporting, due diligence, definition and implementation of growth strategies, identifying and implementing corporate venturing opportunities, trade sales, M&A, and equity fund raising.

Wayne is a fellow of the Institute of Sales Management, and brings over 20 years’ experience in both strategic and operational roles within the UK energy markets.

Wayne has considerable leadership experience, having successfully managed teams throughout his career, specialising in technology, software and services within the UK and EU energy markets for the last 10 years.

Prior to Joining GridBeyond in 2016, Wayne held several senior roles and directorships in Centrica, E.ON, PassivSystems and PowerPerfector.

Wayne has delivered and developed profitable and innovative relationships with numerous private and public sector organisations across food & drink, retail, leisure, manufacturing, logistics, energy services, renewables, healthcare, and local authorities.

Mark is an experienced senior manager with more than 20 years experience leading business development and business strategy. Mark has successfully led sales, marketing, communications, and technical teams through his career, with the last 20 years focusing on energy risk management and demand side response in the UK and Europe. Mark’s management experience combines the knowledge gleaned from a leading finance house, a market leading energy company, a start-up with a world’s first technology, and accelerating growth and new markets within a major international energy company.

Prior to joining GridBeyond, Mark headed Business Development at Total Gas & Power, representing the UK for Pan-European partnerships. Prior to this he held the position of Sales & Marketing Director at a UK based aggregator, which he joined from RWE where he held the responsibility for the Industrial P&L within RWE npower major business.

Mark has an MBA (AMBA) from the Open University and a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Engineering from DeMontfort University.

Aidan is electrically qualified with a background in the Aggregates industry. He has a BEng (Hons) in Electrical Engineering with Edinburgh Napier University and a Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in Management & Marketing from the Dublin Institute of Technology. Aidan is also Prince 2 certified.

Prior to joining Gridbeyond, Aidan spent years working as a field / project engineer for Rockwell Automation both in the UK and Ireland delivering automated solutions across all the different industrial sectors. Aidan developed extensive practical experience programming PLC’s, configuring VSD’s and commissioning bespoke solutions to a wide range of clients.

Since joining Gridbeyond in 2017, Aidan has managed the customer facing technical team in designing technical solutions, developing proposals and overseeing project delivery in all our markets.

Vivien is a Business School of Management of Grenoble Masters Graduate in Marketing & Communications with nineteen years’ experience translating technical capabilities into innovative marketing programmes that drive demand.

Vivien and his team won the Marketing Comms Team of the Year Award at the The Energy Live Personality Awards 2018.

Vivien joined GridBeyond in 2013 to kick start the UK market and create demand generation strategies that help hit revenue growth targets and build the company story around company solutions and expertise.