About
Introduction: My name is Ed Byrne, I was born in Dublin, Ireland. I am currently the General Manager of Hosting365 and have been an active entrepreneur for over 10 years.
Home: Dublin, Ireland
Education: BSc. in Business and IT from Trinity College Dublin and Secondary Education in Belvedere College S.J.
Sporting Activities: Kitesurfing, Golf, Skiing, Running.
Other Interests: Reading (My Amazon Wishlist), Food and Wine, Business, Technology.
Business Activities: General Manager, Hosting365.
About Me:
You can read my full profile on LinkedIn. (For anyone that is unaware of LinkedIn, do check it out, I have found it to be the only useful on-line networking tool, and also the only one that many of my business connections (in Ireland and abroad) are active on.)
- Endare Technologies - CEO - Developed a Middleware Payment System.
- NewVent - Projects Manager - Managed VC Portfolio and Investment Strategy.
- Dream Logistics - Trade Consultant - Impemented Software for Trade Compliance in the E.U.
- Enhance Multimedia - Business Development Manager - Setup Macreddin Online Marketing.
- Byrne Digital Media - CEO - Developed Web Applications to replace Desktop-based software. Provided Internet Marketing services.
- Hosting365 - General Manager - Responsible for Strategy and Operational Implementation.
About Hosting365:
- Setup in 2001 by Stephen McCarron (still owner and managing director) as a domain registration and web hosting provider. By 2005 became the largest web hosting company in Ireland, with circa 35% market share, more than 4 times bigger than the nearest competitor.
- In 2005 acquired a Data Centre ‘Headquarters’ in Parkwest, Dublin 12. This was the start of the Managed Services side of the business.
- I joined at the end of 2005 as Marketing Director, which included R&D and International Expansion, and by the end of 2006, Operations and HR. I was named General Manager in March 2007 and in my time have helped the company grow from 18 staff to over 50; setup Hosting365 Sp.Zoo our Polish subsidiary which now has 22 staff; introduced our Cloud Platform; split off and sold Register365; and seen revenue grow by over 100%.
- In 2006 setup an office in Poland to do software R&D. By 2008, Poland has a full R&D Team, a 24×7 Customer Care Team, a Sales and Marketing Team, as well as a growing and active customer base. Hosting365 now has 22 staff in Poland.
- Split Register365 off as a subsidiary to focus on domain registration and shared hosting, created internal teams for this and created a new brand in the market. Sold Register365 to NamesCo in May 2008.
- By June 1st 2008, Hosting365 was an exclusively Managed Services company, focussed on providing Managed Colocation, Hosted Servers, Hosted IT Services, and Managed Services.
- As of June 1st 2008, Hosting365 have over 50 employees between Ireland and Poland.
- Hosting365 was named the 7th Fastest Growing Technology Company in Ireland in 2007 by Deloitte.
My Profile on Hosting365.com says:
Byrne is responsible for the driving the strategic development of Hosting365 into new markets, and diversifying the product range across a variety of sectors. Byrne is also responsible for creating and operating an effective organisational structure, and setting departmental budgets and key performance indicators. Byrne has been with hosting365 since 2005, with full responsibility for international expansion, strategic marketing, new product introduction and R&D. Byrne previously ran a software development company where he consulted blue chip companies and software houses on web based applications, and managed the internet strategy from development and analytics to communications and content for a number of businesses. Byrne holds a BSc. in Business and IT from Trinity College and is a member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and the Irish Internet Association.
