Trusted Software Advisors …
… is the overly grand name of David Hayes’ one man consultancy company, but if you’ve ever named a company then you know how it goes. ‘Trusted’ is the most important word as it implies reliability and capability and that is what I aim to bring to any project that I work on.
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A little about me
Over 30 years of experience in the Irish Software Industry working with small and medium sized companies …
- Experience in multiple roles: Developer, Architect, Team Lead, VP of Engineering, CTO.
- I work in the overlapping space between Executive, Product and Development teams.
- Love to build pragmatic, effective and happy teams by …
- … finding the right blend of technology, skills, agile practices and values.
- Looking for fractional as opposed to full time work …
- … and no job is too big or too small

A brief history
Most of my career has been long stays, with two great companies, allowing me time to learn and explore multiple different roles …
- Doing this, Trusted Software Advisors, for the last 2 plus years consulting with several early stage startups.
- Part of Altify’s journey for over 16 years. Going from less than 10 to more than a 100 employees and rounding out with a successful acquisition.
- IONA Technologies for about 9 years. A fun time learning an enormous amount from some very smart folks in both the professional services and engineering teams.
- Broadcom Eireann Research. 2 years working with a some other very smart folks. Seems a lifetime ago now.