Iarfhlaith Kelly is a seasoned technology executive and hands-on software engineer based in Dublin with 15 years of C-level experience and a 20-year career in building products and teams. As CTO he has scaled regulated, high-throughput systems—driving a 400% payments gateway increase at Retail inMotion and rebuilding Matchbook’s exchange to handle hundreds of millions of API requests daily with near-perfect uptime. He blends product instinct, systems architecture and full‑stack development with practical experience in PCI-DSS, cloud migrations, SRE and performance engineering. A repeat founder (Kitman Labs) who helped grow a sports-science SaaS from prototype to global customers and significant funding, he knows how to translate business goals into technology roadmaps and investor-ready execution. He’s equally comfortable recruiting and coaching engineering orgs as he is shipping code, and has a track record of introducing new functions (Product, SRE, QA automation) to mature teams. Not obvious from titles: he routinely leads customer-facing technical initiatives—deploying tens of thousands of devices and negotiating complex airline integrations—bridging product, operations and commercial strategy.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Firhouse Community College
Post Graduate Diploma in New Business Development Coursework included: * Protecting your intellectual property * Building a comprehensive busi, Post Graduate Diploma in New Business Development Coursework included: * Protecting your intellectual property * Building a comprehensive busi at Technological University Dublin
Rathfarnham Educate Together School
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management at South East Technological University
Management Skills for Business Owners, Management Skills for Business Owners at Institute of Leadership and Management
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