Bio
Elaine Fennelly is one of the founders of Crystal Valley Tech (CVT), an industry-led company cluster set up to promote ICT in Ireland South East. There are over 85 tech companies in Ireland South East with an estimated employment of over 7,500 employees. Elaine’s work experience spans EI and IDA companies, she was one of two founding Directors of Feedhenry where she was CFO until acquisition by RedHat Inc, she also set up Bluefin Payment Systems in Waterford where she was GM for 3 years.
The regional ICT sector is bolstered by the presence of research centres of excellence, tech accelerators and incubation centres, and multiple location options for start-up and co-working spaces.