Richard Kavanagh
Director GIT - Governance, Cloud & Asset Management at Colgate-Palmolive
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolRichard Kavanagh is a strategic technology leader with 20+ years’ hands-on experience building and governing global IT infrastructure, currently serving as Director of GIT—Governance, Cloud & Asset Management at Colgate-Palmolive. He combines deep expertise in cloud migrations (GCP, Azure), SD-WAN, Cisco networking, Palo Alto security, and Splunk-based reporting with a strong track record in enterprise procurement and $120M+ budget management. Known for leading large-scale global projects—from greenfield manufacturing builds to enterprise SaaS and on-prem contract negotiations—he bridges technical design, vendor strategy, and operational governance. A seasoned people manager and board-level presenter, he relocated from Dublin to Colgate HQ and has repeatedly driven cross-functional change across supply chain and IT. Less obvious: he’s served as Colgate’s global lead for site construction, giving him rare, practical insight into how infrastructure decisions directly impact manufacturing and supply-chain operations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor commercial computers, Bachelor commercial computers at Waterford Institute of Technology
Github Skills (1)
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Github contributions (5)
RichardKavanagh/kernel-dev
Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes in 7 months
RichardKavanagh/nand-2-tetris
Apr 2020 - May 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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