Datalex is a market leader in digital commerce for travel retail. The Datalex product portfolio provides airlines
with a unique solution to drive revenue and profit as digital retailers.
Today, Datalex enables a travel marketplace of over one billion shoppers covering every corner of the globe,
driven by some of the world’s most innovative airline retail brands.
Datalex is an IATA Strategic Partner.
Sean was appointed as Non-Executive Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Datalex in April 2019 and was subsequently appointed as the permanent CEO in October 2019. He also served as Acting Chairman between June and November 2019. Sean is a highly experienced executive having held multiple senior positions in the technology industry including Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Dell Inc; COO at Esat Telecom; Vice President of Global Operations at AST / Samsung and Director of Pacific Operations at Apple Inc. Prior to joining Datalex, Sean was Chairman and CEO at Actavo and he is a non-executive director of a number of private companies.
Niall was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Datalex plc in June 2019. Niall is an expert in financial strategy, transformation, accounting and compliance in high tech industries. Prior to joining Datalex, Niall was Finance Director, EMEA at Google Inc. where he led accounting, financial compliance and controls for the EMEA region. Niall has also led global finance operations and executed complex finance transformation projects for technology PLCs such as Pearson PLC, Vodafone PLC and for corporations such as Oracle and Dell. Within Vodafone, Niall was CFO for Eircell, Vodafone Ireland and Vodafone Portugal prior to leading Global Finance Transformation and Operations for all Vodafone worldwide subsidiaries.
Alison has held senior management roles in technology and business consulting for the airline, hospitality, and travel agency sectors, including positions at Travelport, Mobile Travel Technologies and TravelClick. She has extensive experience in travel distribution, digital marketing and enterprise software sales and was the founder of her own start-up online business.
Prior to joining Datalex, Ryan has previously held advisory, senior management and board roles in IT start-ups across Europe and the US. He brings with him over 18 years of experience in the software and technology field, including expertise in delivering large, complex, and distributed e-commerce products and systems.
Conor has extensive product management and technology leadership experience. Having joined Datalex as a graduate, he was promoted to roles as Head of Architecture and Head of Engineering. He has intimate knowledge of our platform and product capabilities and has carved a role as a thought leader in the airline industry.
Ellen has comprehensive operations and software process management experience and prior to her current role, was Director of Operations and Software Process Management at Datalex. She has held senior software technical roles at Fujitsu and at IONA Technologies.
JJ has significant finance & corporate finance experience from both public & private companies across a diverse range of industries. JJ spent 4 years in CRH plc, working in strategy, acquisitions & integration as well as his role as Financial Performance Director for the Asia-Pacific division, based in Singapore. Immediately prior to joining Datalex, JJ was CFO for WaterWipes.
Avril is an experienced HR Leader and active member of the HR Tech community. With wide experience in the tech industry, she takes pride in partnering with both employees and Senior Leaders to provide the best HR solutions possible within a fast-paced global environment.
Neil brings significant legal and management experience having held a number of leadership roles in public and private companies. Prior to joining Datalex, Neil was Chief Operating Officer at Malin Corporation plc and before that spent 10 years at Elan plc where he served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.
Andrei has 20 years of diverse international experience in enterprise software development, product management and organizational leadership. He joined Datalex from Aptiv where he was responsible for the global analytics platform. Before that Andrei was Vice-President of Engineering at SAP where he led the development of industry-first AI/ML powered cloud analytics solutions for IoT & digital supply chain in co-innovation with leading brands in automotive and aerospace.
Emma has a wide range of experience in strategy and transformation. Prior to joining Datalex, Emma worked in management consulting in KPMG advising organisations across a range of industries including infrastructure, aviation, banking, and retail. Prior to this, Emma worked in strategy and corporate development at Aesop. Emma is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and completed her training in Corporate Finance in Deloitte.
We are a global team of collaborative, creative and courageous travel commerce experts from over twenty-five nations, in six office locations across three continents.