I’m Paul Conroy - CTO with Square1.io and transient fad enthusiast.

My name is Paul Conroy, and I’m currently working as the Chief Technical Officer at Square1.io, a boutique digital agency headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Within this role, I've developed particular specialities in designing scalable systems, working with online publishers, and implementing effective payments solutions.

With over 20 years experience in the tech industry, I've had the privilege of working across a diverse range of sectors including AdTech, PropTech, FinTech, and ecommerce. I love to share my experiences (the good and the bad!) as a conference speaker at events across Europe, and as a writer for various online publications.

I trained as a software engineer in Dublin City University, and have been lucky enough to have held a wide variety of jobs and responsibilities - interning in a European Air Traffic management agency, an Operations Manager at the busiest cinema in the UK & Ireland, a developer on the largest property website in Ireland during a global real estate crash, a tech lead, a Head of Product, and latterly a CTO.

I've always had an active interest in tech, dating back to my father bringing home early IBMs, and my mother dragging an initially-reluctant 8 year old me out of bed on Saturday mornings to attend Logo courses. Oddly enough this interest in tech never really translated into an aptitude for computer gaming - on that front, I peaked around the time of Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and the original Wii Tennis.

Away from a screen, my love of football is regrettably inversely correlated with my ability to play the game, but I do spend an unhealthy amount of time and energy concerned with the fates of Shelbourne, Derby County and Liverpool.