Pioneering upskilling with immersive simulation

As CEO of ETU, Katie is passionate about how data can improve workforce development. She believes in the future of skills analytics as a means for organizations to understand how to engage, retain, train, and empower employees. Katie previously held a leadership position at a leading big data analytics company and worked as a consultant for a top global professional services firm.

Declan is a pragmatic entrepreneur focused on technology innovations to improve talent development. Having worked for over 10 years in applied research in learning and development, Declan has a wealth of experience in designing innovative solutions to difficult problems. As COO, Declan's goal is to lead ETU to deliver effective behavioral assessment and learning solutions to its clients, empowering them to more effectively develop and leverage their organization’s talent.

Sowmya has a strong background in the talent development industry, known for her expertise in building effective learning strategies and implementing them successfully. Sowmya is known for curating engaging experiences using learning technologies in diversity & inclusion, onboarding, reskilling, compliance and career development.

Austin has focused his career on taking startup businesses with great product-market fit and building them into scalable operations that propel go-to-market success, producing year-over-year revenue acceleration. By adopting proven revenue generation models that drive market penetration and product adoption, Austin builds organizations from the ground up into sophisticated enterprise cloud solutions.

Conor leads simulation design within ETU, working with business stakeholders and instructional designers to deliver award winning assessment and training simulations. Conor believes that with the right tools and processes, realistic and immersive simulations can be quickly and easily developed by non-technical subject matter experts. Conor holds an award-winning Ph.D. in Soft Skill Simulations from Trinity College Dublin and has over 10 years experience in assessment, training, simulations and eLearning.

Leading ETU's HR function taps into Sinead's many strengths, foremost of which are her excellent interpersonal skills. Her strong interest in business, NLP and psychology is a perfect match with the HR requirement of understanding people, their careers, and their cultural fit.

Gordon is responsible for driving and delivering innovation in all of ETU’s solutions. To deliver truly valued solutions, Gordon firmly believes our clients are key partners in ETU’s product roadmap. ETU’s award-winning simulation platform is the result of Gordon’s ongoing collaboration with clients to understand and exceed their continuing business needs. Gordon holds a Masters in Computer Science, a Degree in Computer Engineering and a Degree in Maths from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

East leads the strategic marketing efforts for ETU. Her tenure in the learning and development space brings a confident perspective around customer needs and how to uncover and address them. In her previous roles within the marketing teams at Miller Heiman Group and AchieveGlobal, she led strategic planning, research development, product launches, and market positioning.

Kevin has extensive experience in managing the finances of technology companies in high-growth phase and has expert knowledge in accounting, taxation and corporate finance. Kevin holds an honors degree in Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland.