I finished a PhD in Applied Statistics at the University of Limerick before I was 25. My thesis was on flow cytometry. My undergraduate final-year project was on quantile regression methods applied to thyroid disease data — building reference ranges for clinical use during pregnancy. That work is still live as an interactive tool, which feels like the right way to keep research honest.

The decade since has gone in directions I didn't plan. Data scientist. Data engineer. Customer success. Integrations. And then product — first as a contributor, then leading it. I'm VP Product & Strategy now, working in fintech to detect fraud and prevent money laundering. The problems are adversarial by nature, which suits me.

The statistics background didn't leave. It just moved. It's in how I frame a product problem, how I interrogate a metric, how quickly I get suspicious when a number looks too clean.

I grew up in County Limerick. I spent summers on a farm, and the man I worked beside there was the first leader I ever had — I didn't understand that until years later when I started managing people myself. He worked hard because the work needed doing. That's still the standard. I live in Co. Clare now.

I write about the gap between statistical thinking and product decisions. About fraud, risk, and what it actually means to build systems that work against intelligent opposition. About sports — the data behind them and what they reveal about performance, accountability, and the cost of standing still.

If you want to get in touch, LinkedIn is the right place.