2025 AI Awards Judging Panel

Meet the panel

Kate Minogue

Kate Minogue

Fractional CPO/GM and AI Advisor, Kate Minogue Advisory

Stephen Redmond

Stephen Redmond

Director, Head of Data Analytics and AI, BearingPoint Ireland

Michelle MacDonagh

Michelle MacDonagh

CEO & Co-Founder, Intelligent Enterprises

Jimmy Hennessy

Jimmy Hennessy

Head of Data Science and AI (VP), ACI Worldwide

Naomh McElhatton

Naomh McElhatton

Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer, She Said Club

Derek Collins

Derek Collins

Director of Research Collaboration & Innovation - European Research Institute , Huawei Technologies

Adriana Ignat

Adriana Ignat

Founder, VEKT AI

Orla Cullen

Orla Cullen

Solution Manager for Planning and Analytics, SAP

Niall Sisson

Niall Sisson

Director, Intelligence Engineering, Slalom

Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh

Analytics & AI Innovation Director, Accenture

Onur Korucu

Onur Korucu

Non-Executive Director, DataRep and Advisory Board Member, IAPP

Kevin Magee

Kevin Magee

Chief Technology Officer, All human

Sandra Abrokwa

Sandra Abrokwa

Head of Emerging Markets, Global Partnerships, Sellside EMEA at Google

Nilendra Singh

Nilendra Singh

Senior Principal - Data and AI, Slalom

Pedro Ecija Serrano

Pedro Ecija Serrano

Expert in Actuaries, Data Science and AI Ethics

Kevin Quinlan

Kevin Quinlan

Data Governance & Quality Lead, ESB

Zeta Dooly

Zeta Dooly

Lecturer & Researcher, South East Technological University

Cian McCorley

Cian McCorley

Senior Industrial Application Specialist & Principal Investigator, Irish Manufacturing Research

Mary Kelledy

Mary Kelledy

Chief of Staff, VP, Overhaul

Tom Halton

Tom Halton

Post Graduate Researcher, Advisor/Coach & Entrepreneur

Ngan Pham

Ngan Pham

Product Manager, AI & Data, Women in AI Ireland Volunteer

Harshika Pareek

Harshika Pareek

Senior Data Analyst & Volunteer at Women in AI Ireland

Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú

Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú

International consultant and expert advisor in education, AI, sustainability citizenship, disruptive technologies

Lesley Bell

Lesley Bell

Global Product Manager, IBM

Shane Garry

Shane Garry

Founder, LearnLingo.ai

Sepideh Hooshafza

Sepideh Hooshafza

PhD Student in Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin

Graham Baitson

Graham Baitson

COO-CTO & Co-Founder, AerPrice

Dympna O’Sullivan

Dympna O’Sullivan

Academic Lead, Digital Futures Research Hub, TU Dublin

Barry James

Barry James

Director of Data & AI, Nucleo

Deirdre Lee

Deirdre Lee

VP, Data Governance, RenaissanceRe

Shourjya Sanyal

Shourjya Sanyal

AVP, Head of AI Products, Unum

Martin Quigley

Martin Quigley

Director of Data and Analytics, Pobal

Julie Connelly

Julie Connelly

Chief Executive Officer, ai mapit

Elizabeth McCarthy

Elizabeth McCarthy

Director, Advisory (Healthcare), PwC Ireland

Michael Phelan

Michael Phelan

Commercial Data Science & AI Products Leader, Kenvue

Diarmuid O’Donoghue

Diarmuid O’Donoghue

Digital Procurement Innovation, BT Sourced & Founder ProcurEire

Nikita Jalodia

Nikita Jalodia

VP / Data Science & Analytics Lead, Citi

Mohit Taneja

Mohit Taneja

AI Engineering Manager, Workhuman

Philip Clarke

Philip Clarke

Head of Analytics and AI, Mediolanum Ireland

Svitlana Samko

Svitlana Samko

Senior Technical Project Manager, Verizon Connect

Lauren Burnham-King

Lauren Burnham-King

Data Scientist, Shutterstock

Brendan Bonner

Brendan Bonner

Innovation Lead at the Office of the CTO, Extreme Networks

Ciaran Stone

Ciaran Stone

Founder & CEO, Square Root Solutions

Susan Sweeney

Susan Sweeney

Lecturer, Technologist and Education consultant

Ian Pepper

Ian Pepper

Lead Enterprise Architect Retail & Pharma, Uniphar Group

Lee Bristow

Lee Bristow

Director of Cyber and AI Governance, Saros Consulting

Pritesh Tiwari

Pritesh Tiwari

Founder & Chief Data Scientist, Data Science Wizards

Mamoona Asghar

Mamoona Asghar

Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science at University of Galway

Declan Foster

Declan Foster

CEO & Founder of Project Pal AI

Sivan Prendergast

Sivan Prendergast

Projects, Programmes, Portfolios and IT Management Expert

Piyush Yadav

Piyush Yadav

Chief Technologist Applied AI, Collins Aerospace

Darren Redmond

Darren Redmond

VP of Software Engineering, Groupon

Olga Minguett

Olga Minguett

AI/ML Engineer

Darren O’Donoghue

Darren O’Donoghue

Senior Data Scientist, ReliaQuest

Mark James

Mark James

Lead Lecturer (AI), UCD Professional Academy

Anne Lawlor

Anne Lawlor

CEO, Journey Protector

Brendan Byrne

Brendan Byrne

Software Director, CoolPlanet

Jan Carroll

Jan Carroll

Founder/MD, Fortify Institute

Sandeep Joshi

Sandeep Joshi

Lean and Digital Business Transformation Advisor, IDEAM Research Institute

Geethu Suresh

Geethu Suresh

AI Engineer, Version 1