Sean Gallagher

Founder and CEO

Sean Gallagher is widely recognised as a champion of business and job creation.

As an entrepreneur, he is best known as co-founder and former CEO for over a decade, of Ireland’s largest home technology company, Smarthomes.

A University of Ulster MBA graduate and a former finalist in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Sean was one of the first investors on the popular Irish TV Show, Dragons’ Den (Shark Tank in the US).

Sean is also a director and shareholder in a number of businesses in the biotech and pharma engineering sectors in both Ireland and the US.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Sean worked in economic development where he developed a passion for supporting start-ups and over the past 25 years has trained or mentored hundreds of emerging entrepreneurs.

At the invitation of the Irish Government, Sean has also served as director of a number of Irish State Boards including the National Training and Employment Agency (FAS), the North South Trade Body (InterTrade Ireland) and was formerly Chair of the Drogheda Sea Port Company.

In 2018, Sean’s first book ‘Secrets to Success - Inspiring Stories from Leading Entrepreneurs’ which was based on interviews he carried out with CEO’s and founders of more than 300 Irish businesses, became an immediate best seller.