Tom Raftery

Current

• Green IT Industry Analyst at RedMonk
• Advisor/promoter at SynergyModule
• Steering committee and Conference Chair at it@cork

Past

• Director and CMO at Cork Internet eXchange
• Founder at Tom Raftery IT
• CTO at Chip eServices.com

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Education

• University College Cork

Recommended

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Connections

482 connections

Industry

Internet

Tom Raftery’s Summary

I fell in love with computers and set up a software company while studying for a PhD in Plant Science in 1991. I have since worked for a number of companies at Group IT Manager/CTO level and more recently I joined industry analyst firm RedMonk to head up the green energy and sustainability practice.

Speaker (07 engagements)
Delivered Keynote address at Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin
Keynote at HostelWorld conference
Spoke at Reboot 9.0 in Copenhagen
Presented at ReMix 07 in Madrid
Spoke at Le Web3 in Paris Dec. 2007
Presented at various it@cork events and Barcamps
Jurist on the international start-up competition Startup 2.0

Blogger/Podcaster
Award winning, highest subscribed blog in Ireland (tomrafteryit.net)
Multi-award nominated audio and video podcast at PodLeaders.com
Main blogger on Cork Internet eXchange
Frequent contributor on it@cork blog and podcasts

Event/Conference Organiser
Chair of organising committee of it@cork Technology in Business Conference 2007
Member of the Advisory Board of the 2007 Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin
Organiser and Co-Chair BlogTalk 2008
Member of organising committee of it@cork Technology in Business Conference 2005 and 2006
Organised and chaired the first Web 2.0 conference in Ireland (June 2006

Entrepreneur
Co-founder and director of Cork Internet eXchange - a hyper energy-efficient, data centre based in Cork, Ireland (2006-now)
Co-founder and director of Zenith Solutions Ltd., a web applications development company (1996 - 2002)
CTO Chip eServices Ltd. (2002-2004)
Advisor to Synergy Module - a start-up energy aggregator which utilises energy demand management for grid stabilisation

Social Media Consultant
Consult to companies on utilising Web 2.0 technologies for brand engagement, improving communications, and knowledge management.

Download my CV at http://tomrafteryit.net/toms_resume07.pdf

Tom Raftery’s Specialties:

Green IT, Energy, sustainability, Social Media, Communications, Data Centre setup, and Energy management strategies

Additional Information

Tom Raftery’s Groups:

IT@Cork, Irish Internet Association, ISSA

•    Enterprise Irregulars
•    it@cork
•    Cleantech Media & Bloggers
•    Green Technology Alliance
•    University College Cork Alumni
•    Irish Executives
•    Spanish-Irish Business Network
•    Oracle Utilities Professionals
•    University College Cork Alumni Network
•    Smart Grid Update
•    Irish Twitter User Group
•    SAP Community in Asia Pacific

Tom Raftery’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch