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Denis is a serial entrepreneur, director, angel investor and mentor. He has over 20 years of sales and management experience, spanning mobile telecoms and enterprise software. Denis has a proven track record of building and exiting niche venture backed software companies.
He is chairman and CEO of Anaeko, a cloud ITSM company he co-founded in
2004. Prior to joining Anaeko, Denis was Chairman of Mobile Cohesion, a company he had co-founded after leaving Openwave in 2002.
At Openwave he was Country Manager for Ireland and also responsible for the development of the company’s field organisation in Europe.
Prior to Openwave, Denis was the Managing Director and co-founder of APiON. APiON’s developed a first-to-market WAP gateway and was acquired by Phone.com for $250m. At that time, this was the largest acquisition in Northern Ireland’s history. Phone.com then became Openwave through the merger with Software.com.
Prior to APiON, Denis held a range of Sales and Partner management roles at Aldiscon (Dublin).
Denis holds a range of technology investments and sits on the boards of Young Enterprise Northern Ireland and QUBIS, the Queens University spin out fund.
He holds a degree in Business Studies from University College Galway and an MBA from the Michael Smurfit Business School at University City Dublin. In addition, he has postgraduate qualifications in computer science, management information systems and business coaching. Denis is a member of the Institute of Directors
