Ciaran Hynes

Experience

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  Epicor Software Corp

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Euro Support Programme Manager & Debt Collections

  As well as owning the support maintenance program, I led the debt collection function. This provided invaluable experience in negotiation skills as well as cash flow forecasting for the entire Ireland entity.

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  Organon

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Management Accountant

  My role included working with senior leadership team to set the annual budgets right through to appraisal of monthly performance and advising on improvements.

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  Sanmina-SCI

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Financial Director

  Recruited to set up and run entire finance function for green field U.S. subsidiary (T/O $53m)Grew team to 8 and appointed Finance Director within 1 year (aged 27).

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  ICON plc

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Financial Controller - France & Senior EMEA Project Accountant

  Financial Controller for the Icon France Operations. European lead for finance projects including mergers, management of foreign tax audits.

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2017

  Full ownership for creation and execution of EG channel strategy ensuring alignment to corporate, divisional and subsidiary objectives in order to address defined market opportunities.Drove team and partner funnel to consistently exceed sales targets since taking roleResponsibility for end to end channel partner performance & experienceOwnership of channel marketing planning process (approx. $1m / year). Created and executed several best-in-class campaigns.Steering committee member for all Ireland HP employee engagement program. HP ranked 15th in 2014 ‘Best Places to Work’.Media spokesperson for HP Ireland channel. Show less Led the finance & operations function and member of the leadership team for the HP Ireland sales & marketing division.Worked closely with the sales teams on building bids – assessing opportunities and devising pricing strategy to ensure profitable business with high customer satisfaction levels.Over saw operations for pipeline management reviews, sales quota deployment, performance tracking & commission payments.Consistently managed sales & marketing overheads to be within corporate OpEx targets. Show less

  • Channel Sales Director - Enterprise Group

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2017

  • Business Unit Director- ESSN Ireland

    Mar 2006 - Jan 2010

  • HP Ireland Ltd. Financial & Operations Controller (TSG)

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2006
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  Econocom

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2020

  Country Manager - Econocom Digital Finance Ltd.

  Managing Director with ownership for local market strategy and execution. Responsible for shared service function in IFSC office with turnover of €100m +.

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  Dragonfly Innovation

  May 2020 - Jan 2023

  Commercialisation Consultant
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  Flexion Solutions

  Jun 2020 - now

  Managing Director

  Flexion Solutions are specialists in creating as-a-Service (aaS) answers for your everyday mobile, client device, or data centre requirements. Our team has decades of experience in payment-over-time innovation. We work directly with some of the largest Enterprise / Public sector organisations and shoulder to shoulder with Value Added Resellers to build tailored solutions to meet our client’s needs.

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  Parents Plus

  Sept 2024 - now

  Member Board of Trustees

  Parents Plus is a charity on a mission to strengthen family relationships and achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people, and parents. We develop evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in collaboration with families and services, and train practitioners to deliver and evaluate these programmes in their organisations and communities, building the capacity of community, mental health, disability, and education services in Ireland and the UK.