Barry O'Sullivan is CEO of Altocloud, a software company with a mission of improving web customer engagement and contact center experiences. Altocloud is creating a cloud-based contextual communications platform that uses data analytics and machine learning to produce more effective customer-to-company interactions.
O'Sullivan has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley, joining Cisco in 2002, where he was Senior Vice President and managed several multi-billion dollar divisions including Collaboration, Unified Communications and Voice over IP.
Previously he was General Manager of Nortel's contact centre software business.
O'Sullivan is a technology investor, and one of the Dragons on Dragon's Den. He is a co-founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group, a group of top Irish American technology executives.
He also serves on the board of Cope Galway, a charitable organization focused on reducing isolation and homelessness.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Limerick, as well as a master's degree in business administration from Santa Clara University, California. Married with four children, he divides his time between Palo Alto, California and Galway, Ireland.