Moving to the cloud drives innovation, Joe Dowling, CTO Sidero

The pandemic has made digital transformation a certainty as remote and hybrid working is here to stay. So, how do businesses handle this transition and how do they deal with the doubts about moving to the cloud? Ronan talks to Joe Dowling CTO Sidero about this and more.

Joe talks about his background, what Sidero does, Sidero’s investment of €4.5M and the new jobs they announced. Joe also talks about how technology is changing, the benefits and advantages of the cloud, what Sideros’s research into areas such as the IT skills gap and cloud adoption found, how the pandemic has changed how people and companies view digital transformation and moving to the cloud, and how he thinks Irish tech landscape is looking.

More about Joe:

Joe is responsible for leading the technology direction at Sidero in order to deliver agile digital transformation solutions for customers. Having joined the company in 2016, he is leveraging his innate understanding of Sidero and its vision to drive the technological objectives and cloud-native capabilities in his new role.

He has nearly 30 years’ experience in the technology industry, half of which he spent across Nokia’s London and San Diego offices in consultancy and engineering roles. Joe joined Sidero from the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Athlone lab, where he oversaw unique research and innovation programmes.