Technology Resources
As Talent Advisors in Technology it’s important for us that we share our data and our experience with the Technology professionals to help people make better, more informed decisions about their future. Here we have gathered them, all in one place, just for you.
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Dan Hoctor
With over 11 years of technical recruitment experience Dan sits within our Technology Talent Advisory and Recruitment Practice as Business Lead specialising in analytics roles. Over the years Dan has helped clients from start ups, SMEs to multi-nationals, scale their teams with talent across infrastructure, software development, IT security, solutions architects, database and data analytics. Dan recruits nationally in Ireland and has experience helping local clients add talent to their teams in mainland Europe.
Catherine Drysdale FCA
Catherine is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, who began a career in Accounting training with Deloitte within their Auditing Practice. She spent close to 20 years working in senior finance positions across various industries including Financial Services, Distribution and Technology. Throughout her career she has led multiple finance optimisation initiatives including ERP, robotic process automation (RPA), data science & analytical tools & various revenue and billing integrations. In her latest role with Barden, Catherine advises clients and talent within the Transformation, Projects & Change domain, leveraging her expertise to drive impactful change.
Jane Olden
Jane Olden completed a Bachelor of Commerce with University College Cork (UCC) in 2017. She has worked with some of Ireland's leading global recruitment firms and in 2021 joined the Barden team. In her role, Jane works to support the IT Project, Programme, Product, and Business Analyst communities in Ireland, whether that is working directly with clients enabling them to build and develop world-class teams, or directly with IT Project, Product, Programme, and Business Analyst professionals when it comes to navigating their professional careers.
Lorraine O'Leary
Lorraine successfully graduated from UCC in 2020, achieving a first class honours degree in Business Information Systems (BIS). Lorraine joined Barden as an Associate in February 2021 and has been an integral part of the Technology team, supporting the growth of the Technology practice within Barden. Lorraine supports IT professionals in identifying what the best next step in their career might be and in providing guidance and unbiased advice throughout their career move. In particular Lorraine works directly with Analytics and Infrastructure professionals throughout Ireland.
Ed Heffernan
Ed has over 21 years’ experience in recruitment both locally and internationally. Ed is CIPD Qualified with an undergrad in Neuroscience from UCC, an MBA from Trinity and has worked in recruitment since 2001. As a founding partner of Barden, Ed looks after key executive level appointments nationally and supports our Leadership team on all operational and strategic matters.
