Zelia Madigan

Founder Conscious Convert

2021 - Current

Conscious Convert is a new thoughtfully-designed organic lifestyle brand of smart-living homeware essentials - supporting an ecosystem of care for the future of our world and the social and health welfare of the makers from sowing-to-sewing . Because of this, our mission is to be eco-kind and people-kind - our collection is designed in Ireland and created in Portugal, and is certified by the leading standard in organic cotton, the Global Organic Textile Standard, GOTS®. CC forever homeware is stocked in stores in Ireland & the USA, in Wolf & Badger's flagship store in London and in their online store and is expanding it's footprint across Europe. 1% of their online sales is donated to local Irish Charities and to non-profits working to protect the future of the planet through their partnership with 1% For The Planet.

Non Executive Director

2020

Cellusys rated as a Top Innovator & Tier 1 vendor for Signalling Firewall, Steering of Roaming and SMS Firewall by Communication Service Providers worldwide. Proudly servicing over 800 million subscribers.

Limited Partner

2020

Mendoza Ventures is a Boston based Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity venture capital firm that is location agnostic. Mendoza Ventures is both minority and woman-owned. We are also the first LatinX founded venture fund on the east coast.

Board Member

2018

Member of the Industry Advisory Board of a world leading Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications. CONNECT brings together world-class expertise from ten top academic institutes to create one entity for telecommunications research, development and innovation.

CEO, Technology Director BA BAI CEng FIEI

2020 - 2020

Deputy CEO & CCO

2018 - 2019

Equiendo, an IT company developing AI solutions to enable communication service providers to grow organically within their existing asset base while delivering the best quality of experience.

CEO & Chairperson

2016 - 2017

Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers. Managing Director of Ericsson in Ireland, leading sales, operations, global services, research and development in the domains of telecommunications, media and IT, with over 1200 employees. Results driven with proven success in leading the sales organizations to growth and improved profitability.

Vice President, Head of Global Radio Sales Vodafone , Global Customer Unit

2014 - 2016

Leading a cross-functional multi-country team, commercial and technical, to win additional radio market share in new territories globally and improve the radio technology product available to Vodafone. Managed the relationship with Vodafone Global Radio, procurement and technical teams, P&L of the Vodafone Radio Account and global radio sales.

CEO Advisory Board Member

2014 - 2015

One of five selected for a tenure of 1 year to the Global CEO Young Advisory Board. Advising the Ericsson Global CEO, Hans Vestberg and the Executive Leadership on strategic topics. Lead a cross-functional team across four continents to successful completion of these projects. Presented the outcome to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team with recommendations that were implemented globally. Coached and Mentored by Executive Vice Presidents in Ericsson. • Executive training and assessment at the London Business School, and Boston University • Identified as an executive talent by Ericson Global

Account CTO

2009 - 2014

As Account CTO for large Account, Zelia held prime responsibility for developing strategies and solutions, across all technology domains, to enable the customer to meet market demands while ensuring the best experience for their customers. The role involved proactively developing, driving and delivering technical solutions with a diverse team to meet customers’ need. Zelia led and managed a multi-disciplined team of solution managers to identify and specify new opportunities, in addition to leading engagements with key stakeholders within the customers organization.

Radio Solutions Manager

2006 - 2009

Senior Consultant

2000 - 2005

Leading technology teams in the deployment of the largest radio technology rollout in North America for 2.5 years. Working with tier 1 telcos such as AT&T. Working across Europe with tier 1 operators implementing the latest radio technology.

Chairman

2016 - 2017

Technology Ireland represents the ICT, digital and software technology sector. The Association is a pro-active membership organisation with over 200 member companies located throughout Ireland. Technology Ireland is the largest and most influential business organisation representing Ireland's tech sector. With origins dating back to 1968, the association was formed in 2017 by the merger of ICT Ireland and the Irish Software Association.