About

OpenJaw Technologies was founded in 2002 to deliver high performance distribution solutions to leading travel companies. Since then we have transformed into a technology partner with the expertise to help our airline, OTA, loyalty program and hotel group customers excel at retailing travel products on line.

The OpenJaw t-Retail Platform underpins all of our travel retailing solutions. Designed to realise the t-Retailing model of best practise, the t-Retail Platform provides everything that a large travel company needs to create the best shopping experiences for their customers and derive maximum benefit for their business.

Management Team

Kieron Branagan

Chief Executive Officer

Kieron has 25 years experience in the technology industry as a senior executive, technologist and venture capital partner.

Before joining OpenJaw Technologies in 2007, Kieron was a partner at ACT Venture Capital where he gained extensive venture capital experience of building companies in both the software and semiconductor industries. Kieron has managed a significant number of venture capital transactions including fundraisings, exits and M&A.

Prior to the world of venture capital, Kieron was an executive at middleware company IONA Technologies where he held a variety of senior roles in product management, marketing and vertical business development as well as being responsible for the creation of IONA’s Airline & Travel Industry Group. Kieron has also worked for travel technology company Datalex where he held a variety of software engineering and management roles.

Kieron graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Computer Science.

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John Mc Quillan
President

John is one of the co-founders, along with Seán Mac Roibeáird and John Lambe, of OpenJaw Technologies.

As President, John has guided the Company through continual growth to being a global leader in delivering high performance travel distribution solutions to the travel industry.

For over 25 years, John has been a senior executive at the forefront of travel technology working for companies such as Datalex and Westinghouse Canada. During his career, he has worked with many of the world’s leading travel companies, including Airlines, Online Travel Agencies, Hotel Groups and Loyalty Programmes, gaining considerable insight into their specific industry requirements and providing expert insight on successful eCommerce strategies.

John graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Electronic Engineering.

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Seán MacRoibeáird
Senior Vice President of the Customer Solutions Group

Seán is Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions at OpenJaw Technologies. In his role Seán is responsible for the full customer lifecycle from business analysis and project management to full solution delivery as well as the OpenJaw University.

Seán is a leading expert in the architecture, design and development of advanced travel technology solutions based on the OpenTravel XML messaging standards and has spent over 10 years delivering such solutions to Airlines, Online Travel Agencies, Hotel Groups and Loyalty Programmes.

Prior to co-founding OpenJaw Technologies, Seán held the position of Senior Architect in the Web Infrastructure Group of Sun Microsystems. Sean has also worked in a variety of software development roles in the area of digital protocol development for many of the world’s leading telecoms equipment vendors.

Seán graduated from Dublin City University with a primary and Masters degree in Computer Science.

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Declan McGuinness
Senior Vice President of Sales

In his role as Senior Vice President of Sales, Declan is responsible for the global sales organisation at OpenJaw Technologies. Declan has built a wealth of experience in Enterprise Solutions Selling and Key Account Management through his many engagements with leading travel brands where he has helped them to achieve their eCommerce strategies through the application of the OpenJaw xDistributor Platform.

Declan has been a career sales person since graduating from college. Having worked with USIT (the Student, Youth Independent Travel organisation), Declan held the position of Head of Sales for the Solutions and Consultancy Services Division of Ergo prior to joining OpenJaw.

Declan graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in Social Sciences and also holds a H. Dip in International Selling from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

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Ricardo Navarro Alés
Regional Director of OpenJaw Iberica and Latin America

Ricardo is the Regional Director of OpenJaw Iberica based at our offices in Madrid with responsibility for commercial strategy, customer relationships and project delivery within the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American markets.

Ricardo has over 10 years experience in industry having worked in both the travel and supply chain sectors delivering enterprise scale projects to companies such as Iberia Airlines, Telefonica, BBVA Bank and Repsol. Before setting up OpenJaw’s first regional office, Ricardo worked in a variety of software development and project management roles for travel technology company Datalex and for Adquira Spain.

Ricardo graduated from ICAI Comillas University with a Masters degree in Electronics and also holds an MBA from Escuela de Organiazión Industrial, both in Madrid.

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Paul Byrne
Senior Vice President of Development

Paul is the Senior Vice President of Development at OpenJaw Technologies. Since joining OpenJaw in 2007, Paul has directed the teams that manage the OpenJaw xDistributor Platform and its portfolio of Applications. Paul’s responsibilities extend from product management to product development as well as lifecycle management.

Prior to OpenJaw, Paul spent nearly 20 years at Datalex where he held a variety of software engineering and management roles. He spent 5 of those years in Atlanta, where he led the US Datalex development team delivering product based solutions to major US clients such as Delta Airlines, ATA, Gelco, United Airlines, AeroMexico, Cendant and Best Western. Prior to leaving Datalex, Paul led the customer project team which formed the basis of their enterprise leisure product offering to clients such as STA Travel.

In addition to directing OpenJaw’s development efforts, Paul is actively involved in the Irish Software Association’s Product Management Group.

Paul graduated from Dublin City University with a degree in Computer Applications.

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Bruce Wood
Regional Director, North America

Bruce is the Regional Director of OpenJaw Technologies within North America and is based at our office in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. In his role, Bruce is responsible for both new sales of the OpenJaw xDistributor Platform as well as the account management of our existing customers in the United States and Canada.

Bruce is a travel industry veteran with over 35 years of experience in distribution solutions, leisure travel, airline marketing as well as sales and operations.

Prior to joining OpenJaw Technologies, Bruce held executive positions at SABRE, American Airlines Vacations and Certified Vacations where he was the General Manager of the Continental Airlines Vacations programme.

Bruce graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Marketing.

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Morten Jørgensen
Chief Architect

Morten is the Chief Architect of OpenJaw Technologies. In his role, Morten has overall responsibility for the system architecture of the OpenJaw xDistributor Platform and its portfolio of Applications.

Morten’s expertise extends from advanced XML technologies and complier theory to the design of large scale distributed software systems underpinning many of the world’s leading travel brands.

Prior to joining OpenJaw Technologies, Morten worked with Sun Microsystems at their XML Technology Centre and at XML security company, Vordel.

Morten graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington with a degree in Computer Science.

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Mark Lenehan
Vice President of Product Strategy

Mark is the Vice President of Product Strategy at OpenJaw Technologies. Since joining OpenJaw in 2006, Mark has played a key role in defining the product strategy for the OpenJaw xDistributor Platform and its portfolio of Applications.

Mark is recognised as a thought leader within the travel technology industry and is a regular speaker at conferences worldwide on topics such as direct distribution, ground ancillaries, dynamic packaging, personalised travel retailing and redemption programmes.

Prior to joining OpenJaw, Mark spent over 10 years in the travel technology industry with companies such as VTI, Eland and SITA where he was involved in corporate travel management, call centre servicing, payments processing and system integration.

Mark graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Computer Science.

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Jacinta Kelly
Financial Controller

Jacinta is the Financial Controller of OpenJaw Technologies and is based in our Galway office. In her role, Jacinta is responsible for the management of internal financial controls as well as financial planning and analysis within the business and the group structure.

Prior to joining OpenJaw Technologies, Jacinta was the Financial Manager of travel technology company Traventec. Prior to this, Jacinta spent a number of years in the Financial Services Audit division of KPMG.

Jacinta is an Associate Chartered Accountant and graduated from University of Galway with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

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