Automsoft Leadership

Paraic O’Toole - Chief Executive Officer

Paraic O’Toole is Automsoft’s Chief Executive Officer. He joined Automsoft from Cambridge Technology Partners where over a five year period he held a number of roles including Client Partner in the Management Consulting Division, Director – Bespoke Development, General Manager of Ireland, Vice President e-Business Consulting, Western Europe and Vice President, Western Europe. Prior to joining Cambridge, he was a Founding Partner in Picus, an international strategy consulting firm who focused on the European financial services industry. He co-founded Picus after leaving Lifetime Assurance, the life and investment arm of Bank of Ireland where he held roles as Head of IT and Head of Marketing and Corporate Development.

Paraic has written numerous technology and business articles and white papers and is an occasional contributor to a number of journals as well as business and technology programs on both television and radio. Paraic was a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Software Association (ISA) until this year, spent ten years on the Board of the US-Ireland Alliance, a non-profit which runs amongst other programs the Mitchell Scholarships and is on the Board of Tearfund Ireland.

Susan Collier - Chief Financial Officer

Susan Collier is Automsoft’s CFO. Susan is responsible for Finance, Accounting and Administration and contributes to Automsoft’s overall strategy. She has been with Automsoft since 2008. Prior to Automsoft, she worked in range of business sectors including telecoms, manufacturing consulting, international finance and the automotive industry. Susan holds a BSc (Hons) in International Business and Modern Languages from Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Oisin O'Reilly – Head of Development

As Software Development Manager, Oisin O’Reilly is responsible for all aspects of product delivery, including development and management of the Automsoft product suite, in addition to Automsoft Quality and Documentation development. He joined Automsoft in 1998, having held several I.T. positions ranging from Mainframe Systems Programming in AIB Bank, to Systems Integration work, to Software Development. Oisin is a regular contributor to industry conferences, in particular in the area of PAT and OPC. Oisin holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and an M.Sc. in Statistics from University College London.

Gerard Sullivan – Head of Technical Support

Gerard Sullivan is Automsoft’s Technical Support Manager. Gerard is responsible for all technical support and both user and Systems Integrator training programs at Automsoft. Gerard joined Automsoft in 2002 after roles as PLC/SCADA Team Leader and formerly PLC/SCADA Lead Engineer at ProScon Limited, and Senior Automation Engineer at APV Ireland Limited. Gerard is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Ireland. Gerard has also completed courses in Microsoft Server, Visual Basic and C Programming, Wonderware InBatch, InTrack and Advanced MES, Advanced AutoCAD and Siemens S7 Programming.