Meet Our Team

Elizabeth has over 20 years experience across Financial Services, Technology & Consulting, spanning both MNCs & SMEs. Here at the Project Foundry, Elizabeth oversees the organisation’s ongoing operations and service delivery, with responsibility for the design and implementation of business operations, delivery strategy and future growth plans.

Mark has over 20 years of experience in designing and managing the implementation of scalable multiplatform cloud solutions for both local and international companies, such as KBC Bank, Xerox and PayPal. He holds multiple Microsoft, Azure, AWS, GCP, VMware and Citrix certifications.

Nicole is a CIPD qualified Senior Leader with over 15 years’ experience in Retail and Operations Management and Recruitment Consultancy with in-depth experience in sales, strategy, operations, team motivation, performance management, planning, budgeting, recruitment and selection, and organisational skills, providing a well-organised and high-achieving environment across multiple industries.

Nicole has led teams of up to 50 direct reports and her mission is to put people first and at the centre of any organisation while working towards an engaged and happy workplace community, creating a culture to deliver and get it right first time.

Jan has over 15 years’ experience having worked in various Project and Program Management roles across Financial Services, Telecommunications and Airlines industries. In previous roles, he was responsible for building and leading software delivery teams, delivered complex post trade services solutions to large Capital Market institutions, for end to end project execution and delivery of regional and global treasury/cash management solutions to top tier corporate & FI customers, and managed large global teams delivering bill presentment solutions to Tier 1 Telcos. .

As Head of Delivery in The Project Foundry, Jan builds capability and excellence for our clients, builds a vision and is a client advocate within the business. He ensures successful delivery on all projects within his portfolio, acts as the main oversight and governance mechanism, and builds, coaches and leads lean, motivated and competent Project Management and PMO teams that can reliably deliver for clients, and that demonstrates the values and behaviours of The Project Foundry.

Ailish has over 20 years’ experience of working in professional services, financial services and hospitality. She has worked for global companies and has in-depth experience in marketing, campaign management, event management, relationship management, project/program development, business development and execution spanning the marketing life cycle.

In her role as Marketing Director for The Project Foundry, Ailish is responsible for developing the marketing strategy. She is part analyst, part strategist and part manager, creating and implementing strategies, tactics, campaigns and brand messaging. She is the voice of the client in the room, while strengthening The Project Foundry’s market presence.

Seán is a highly experienced Technical & Functional Consultant, Business Analyst and BI Specialist with extensive experience in training design and delivery over a 22 year career in IT consultancy. He is acutely aware of customers’ requirements and aims to deliver solutions that enhance their day-to-day needs, while also bringing value to their business. As Head of Business Analysis, Seán ensures that all our clients see the business benefits from the technical and non-technical solutions implemented.

Simon has over 15 years commercial experience in the Technology Advisory sector, partnering with C-Suite for the past 12 years at executive and leadership level on Software, Hardware and advisory projects. He has been involved in building high performing teams in the Public Sector, SME & Enterprise sized Organisations nationally and globally, and has in-depth experience in the Tech & Telco sector. Simon works toward our five pillars of Excellence in Deliver, Innovation and Community, Communication and Collaboration, Connecting our Business, Accountability and Ownership. With these core values at the heart of everything, he likes to think differently and deliver outcomes that are mutually beneficial for the client and the company.

As Sector Director for Tech & Telco for The Project Foundry, Simon is responsible for developing the Sector strategy. He understands the key business drivers and developments within the Sector and works in partnership with his clients to always deliver a mutually beneficial outcome

Roberto brings over twenty years of experience in IT. He has extensive expertise in cloud, infrastructure architecture, Windows Server, virtualisation, collaboration, databases and operation monitoring and automation. He is focused on finding the best solution for our customers, while taking an agnostic approach to cloud vendors.

Vicky is a project professional and change manager with over 20 years’ of experience across Product Development, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Geophysics, and Logistics. Recently, she has enabled two global companies to develop and mature their PMO’s. This was achieved by understanding and solving portfolio challenges, streamlining processes, aligning strategy, driving good governance, and uplifting capability. By delivering solutions and working across organisations, Vicky has developed trusted strong relationships with stakeholders.

At the Project Foundry, Vicky is supporting the PMO, building up our internal catalogue, trend analysis, PPM implementation, and Future PMO, working directly with clients to improve their internal project environment.

Aishwarya holds a Masters degree in Human Resource Management from Trinity College Dublin. She has 2 years of experience in HR and recruitment, and would describe herself as an ambivert, but says her profession needs her to be an extrovert. She loves connecting and getting to know people. Big time learner, would always want to be a learner.

Aishwarya recently joined TPF’s recruitment team, working primarily on contract roles. She says people here are fun to talk to, enjoy figuring out new ways of getting stuff done, and are open for new ideas.

Diarmuid has over 4 years experience in the IT Industry in both Public and Private sector, along with experience supporting and administering O365 stack, Citrix, VMware, Azure, Veeam and Datto backup solutions and McAfee ePO.

At the Project Foundry he is a Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and provides day-to-day support for the team