 Owen Healy Blockchain Talent

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Kilkenny Limestone Quarries Ltd.

Experts in the extraction, manufacture and supply of Irish Blue Limestone.

•	Operated as a stand alone HR Manager supporting managers and employees with HR related queries. 
•	Responsible for managing all employee lifecycle processes.
•	Managed and resolved employee relations issues through effective and objective investigation processes ensuring adherence to employment law.
•	Educated line managers on best-in-class HR and line management practices in order to support strong employee engagement. 
•	Facilitated regular meetings with shop stewards and health & safety reps.
•	Coordinated training and development activity including administering the company learning platform.

HR Manager (Contract)

Ornua

Ornua is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to c.110 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, it has annualised sales of over €2 billion and has a strong global team of c.2200. It operates from 19 business units worldwide, including 14 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.  I am currently based in Kerrygold Park, which is Ornua’s new state of the art manufacturing facility and centre of excellence for the Kerrygold Brand.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

•	Managed the Recruitment process – getting roles approved, advertising positions, shortlisting candidates, organizing assessments and interviews, conducting interviews, corresponding with candidates, reference checks, collating offer letters etc. 
•	Acted as a Subject matter expert on Ornua’s HRIS (SAP) for the Kerrygold Park site. This involves administering the Kerrygold Park fortnightly payroll (Core) and reporting on HR metrics.
•	Spearheaded Kerrygold Park’s Wellness Campaign and fundraising initiatives. 
•	Collaborated and partnered with other functions, such as Finance and Operations, for flow of relevant people information.
•	Represented and advised on employee relations issues e.g.  investigations, disciplinary and performance, ensuring fair procedure and compliance with legislation.    
•       Responsible for influencing and providing timely expert advice to line managers regarding the application and interpretation of a wide spectrum of issues, providing effective management of ER cases, engaging key stakeholders and developing solutions with expert advice.
•       Proactive in driving efficiencies in cost by identifying opportunities and creating HR plans to support successfully realising any cost saving potential

HR Advisor (Maternity Cover)

Northern Trust Corporation

A global financial services leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions 

•	Management of various leave processes including sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and terminations etc.
•	Led and delivered on specific HR projects whilst working to strict deadlines.
•	Provided employees with Company policy advice and information as required.
•	Ensured accurate records are kept in line with GDPR and audit requirements.
•	Supported the payroll process and benefit administration through external providers. Liaising directly with our external providers.
•	Other tasks included providing employee relations support, ensuring contracts of employment were processed as per IDA requirements and conducting exit interviews with employees.

HR Administrator (Consultancy Department)

Ribworld

One of Europe’s leading ribs and cooked meats providers .

•	Updated all personnel files and maintained both manual and electronic HR databases.
•	Maintained continuous improvement of Talent Management System (TMS).
•	Collated HR data for weekly & monthly reporting. 
•	Involved in a variety of HR projects  e.g. graduate recruitment marketing, people metrics reports, updating HR policies and procedures.
•	Ensured a structured and up-to-date filling system was in place. 
•	Assisted in the administration of Ribworld’s Recruitment. I have also conducted a large number both of interviews both in person and via Skype. 
•	Prepared all induction material for new recruits and delivered the company’s induction programme.

HR Assistant  

Racing Post

A market-leading publisher of sport and betting information that publishes a national daily a national daily newspaper and operates various websites and mobile products.

•	Supported the creation of bid plans for new business and retention.
•	Cold calling for classified adverts and booked adverts for the newspaper. 
•	Distributed marketing material for major racing festivals. 
•	Prepared and distributed surveys to improve existing products.
•	Conducted research as part of brand campaigns and NPD processes.

Summer Intern

Coolmore Stud

The world’s largest breeding operation of thoroughbred racehorses

My daily tasks were as follows:
•	Hired to assist various barn managers in the Foaling & Pre-Foaling Divisions. This position allowed me to work with some of the most valuable broodmares in the world. 
•	Role required a steadfast commitment to ensuring the cleanliness and safety of stables, paddocks & veterinary facilities etc. 
•	Accountable for completing and producing documents relating to animal wellbeing.
•	Responsible for monitoring and assessing broodmares during and after normal working hours. Role requires a high attention to detail as well as a consistently high communicative ability.
•	Acted as a source of guidance for weekend/student staff.

Stud Groom

Leading Freelance Recruiter in Web3 - Successfully Placed Candidates from 30 Different Countries in Blockchain Tech

Owen is your to 'go-to' guy for blockchain talent.

To date, Owen has placed over 90 people from 32 countries into various different blockchain projects. Currently, Owen serves a vast array of clients from heavily funded Series As to industry leading L1s.

Owen's commitment to integrity is one of his defining qualities. This  combined with his industry knowledge and thorough screening reports, ensures that clients can make confident, well-informed decisions before hiring.

Before entering the Web3 space, Owen established himself as a seasoned HR professional. His expertise in traditional HR practices, coupled with his deep understanding of the underlying technology, uniquely qualifies him to comprehend the industry's requirements and dynamics from multiple vantage points.

Owen, in addition to being a recruiter, is a prominent speaker on web3 recruitment. His insights and expertise make him a sought-after speaker who contributes to the development of the industry by disseminating best practices, trends, and strategies for attracting and cultivating web3 talent.

His achievements, personal values, and in-depth industry knowledge make him a priceless asset to any organization seeking to recruit and retain top-tier blockchain talent.

Connect with Owen here if you are hiring or exploring career opportunities in web3 or if you are just curious to learn more.

Positions I can assist with:

- Software engineers, developers, architects, devops (ethereum, Bitcoin, solidity, smart contracts substrate, rust, golang, polkadot, cosmos etc.)
- Marketing, community, copywriting, social media, content managers
- Tokenomics
- Product
- Legal
- Finance
- Operations
- CEO, COO, CMO, CTO etc

Owen Healy

Christophe Popov

Sport Value Tokens

Sport Value Tokens (SVT) are crypto tokens representing athletes in different sports offering performance based rewards to their holders. SVT is a Web 3.0 protocol regulated by a DAO.

Founder

Inno Ltd

Helping startups as a CTO, Advisor, Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager, with a latest focus on in web3. 
Inno Ltd is my personal consulting company. Last projects:
- Head of Technology at Funtoken.io  - Online Gaming Business leveraging crypto tokens
- CTO at a regulated DEFI protocol
- Advisor at a professional digital asset trading platform
- Helped a DAO go live on mainnet (Smart contract and release process review)

Interim and fractional CTO, tech advisory

UpYield Finance

UpYield Finance is a DEFI protocol managing risk-hedged revenue generating tokenised vaults. UpYield vaults use crypto derivatives such as options and other DEFI products to generate sustainable, risk-adjusted yield.

MidChains

Midchains.com is a crypto and digital assets exchange based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, fully regulated by FSRA (ADGM). I helped with the regulatory approval by overseeing and documenting the IT governance process.

GlobalSign

Leading an engineering team building core services for Globalsign mainly in Golang - certificate issuance, digital signatures and timestamping.

Engineering Manager

Football INDEX

Football Index is an innovative fantasy sports trading platform.  I took the business from an MVP stage to "scale-up" stage.
- Created the foundation for agile software delivery culture an processes
- Hired the team from zero and scaled it to a few distributed delivery teams
- Ensured continuous operations, security and regulatory compliance
- Participated in Product and Business strategy
- Created data stack with BigQuery and Looker
- Laid out the integration with Nasdaq UME

Swishd

Building an on demand, same day, last mile, data-driven delivery platform with different channels. Product, tech and business strategy, delivery processes, architecture, product management, tech leadership, recruitment and team management.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Consulting role with Palo IT for BNP Paribas Wealth Management. Helping with the development of their Corporate Actions back and middle office system.

- Architecture and Data Model (Oracle DB) audit and recommendations for future improvements
- Software test and delivery process
- Recommendation for Oracle DB server configuration for some 'quick wins'

External Consultant

Hive | Centrica Hive Limited

I have designed and developed a cloud infrastructure provisioning tool like Terraform and helped operations with Puppet and Chef configurations. I also contributed to front-end, back-end and DevOps side for a project to connect boilers to the internet and a big data platform for data analysis.

IoT | DevOps | Fullstack

Devops & Fullstack Engineer at British Gas Connected Homes

Lexoo

I helped to kick start Lexoo as a business, build its Website and IT infrastructure, get seed investment.

Co Founder

I am a software engineer, startup founder and CTO.  I am always working on some startup idea, but I am also happy to join an existing team as a CTO in some shape or form (fractional, advisory, interim, full-time).

I am a strong advocate of Agile, Lean and System thinking and I like to challenge traditional thinking. I am a life-long learner and want help making the word a better place.

Key expertise: Software Engineering, Software Architecture, DevOps, Software Delivery, Scrum/Lean/Kanban, Technical Leadership, Engineering Management, Startups, Business Strategy,  IT Strategy, Product Management, DLT/Blockchain, Web3, DEFI.

Current interests: Fintech, Blockchain, Web3, DEFI, RWA, Sports betting, International Property and Proptech.

Degrees and titles: MEng, MSc, MBA, CSM, CPO.

Interim and fractional CTO

Helping startups as a CTO, Advisor, Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager, with a latest focus on in web3. 
Inno Ltd is my personal consulting company. Last projects:
- Head of Technology at Funtoken.io  - Online Gaming Business leveraging crypto tokens
- CTO at a regulated DEFI protocol
- Advisor at a professional digital asset trading platform (Toscale.io)

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