ITLG

Established in October 2007, the ITLG is an independent organization comprised of a number of high-level technology leaders in Silicon Valley who are Irish or Irish-American. The Group includes senior executives from some of the Valley’s leading corporations.  The ITLG is planning to hold an event in Belfast in October 2009.

David Kirk Interview
(Note: sound quality not wonderful in this telephone interview)
In this interview, Jeffrey Peel talks with David Kirk of the ITLG. 

David Kirk is a successful executive, entrepreneur and investor.. During his career – almost four decades of software, networking and telecommunications – he has held executive level positions in engineering, marketing and sales, with startups and Fortune 10 companies. He was Vice President at American Online (AOL), where he led the world-wide launch of their online service, and managed the development and operations of their business systems, including billing, eCommerce, Internet advertising and fraud management.
 
After AOL, David was Senior Vice President at Cisco Systems, where he managed their core software development, and was general manager of their enterprise voice business. Currently David is an active private investor, and has board positions on a number of companies, including Axis Three in Belfast.  He is passionate about promoting Northern Ireland as a tech destination.
 
David was born in Belfast, and now resides in San Francisco, California. He has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science.