Shena co-founded IP Telecom and now serves as CEO. Shena has nearly 30 years experience in the European telecommunications industry and is committed to ensuring IP Telecom users receive excellent call quality, outstanding customer service and helpful technical consultancy at all times. Her background in network engineering includes designing and managing multinational networks, establishing technical specifications for developing products and more key experience that puts her at the forefront of telecoms technology.

Brian is the founder of IP Telecom. With 20 years’ experience in systems design & implementation, software development and project management, Brian has overall responsibility for the design and maintenance of the IP Telecom client network. This work involves managing a team of software developers and network engineers on a day-to-day basis and overseeing the overall IP Telecom development road map.

Previously, Brian worked as a software developer in Ireland and the UK, beginning his work with open source telephony in 2004. In 2006 Brian successfully rolled out a large VoIP solution to one of the largest ISPs in Ireland, marking one of the largest early installations of this kind. Between 2007 and 2010 Brian worked as a technical consultant on large enterprise VoIP roll-outs for early adopters, breaking fresh ground for Irish firms by building scalable fault-tolerant telephony systems.

David MacNeaney joined IP Telecom in October 2017 as Financial Controller. He is an experienced Finance Director who has worked for several companies in both CEO/MD and Finance Director roles.

He has over 22 years of experience in managing his own businesses. David‘s primary role is to ensure the business adheres to budgets and that both revenue and expenditure are coming in on the target.

The provision of timely, relevant and accurate financial information is also a key component of his role. David joined the Board of IP Telecom in September 2019. He holds a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Teesside and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from UCD's Michael Smurfit School of Business. He is married with two children.

Arlene is our Channel Development Manager for IP Telecom in South Africa. Based in Cape Town, she heads up partner development and will be your key point of contact for all matters IP Telecom. With over two decades of telecoms industry expertise, managing key accounts and developing bespoke solutions across reseller channels in South Africa, her expertise and enthusiasm will add a new dimension to assisting our partners in accomplishing their business goals.

Gareth is based in our Cape Town office and acts as a direct point of contact for all IP Telecom partners and agents in South Africa. Gareth brings with him over a decade of ICT and VoIP experience, as a key team member across other local Telecoms and MSP providers. Gareth works primarily on growing our partnership program; providing Bid Support, Partner Liaison, Number Porting Assistance and Marketing Collateral to the Channel Partners.

Rory Whelan is IP Telecom’s Head of Marketing, joining the company in late 2019. He is responsible for our overall go to market strategies and increasing awareness of IP Telecom’s products and solutions in Ireland.

A passionate believer in how technology can empower businesses and individuals to work more productively and sustainably. Prior to joining IP Telecom, Rory led for eight years the rollout of virtual landline and micro-PBX solutions throughout multiple territories in EMEA. He brings 20 year’s experience in B2B and B2C marketing to our team, across Irish media (including RTÉ and TV3) as well as corporate consultancy firms Arthur Andersen and KPMG.

Chris serves as IP Telecom’s sales manager and has been instrumental in increasing our customer base and partner channel since joining in 2015. Chris considers himself an ambassador for the IP Telecom brand by pushing awareness and creating leads at networking events such as BNI Nexus.

When Chris is not busy on the phones brokering the next big partnership, he enjoys a little horse riding on the weekends. As an avid Chelsea FC fan, he can be found shouting at the TV if he isn’t kicking a ball himself!

Wendy is the Technical Training Manager for IP Telecom. By defining training requirements for our Partners on a case by case basis, she enables them to sell, implement and support IP Telecom's suite of applications.

Wendy conducts training sessions both onsite at our offices or customers/partners premises and online.

A South African native,Wendy has more than 20 years of experience in the Telecoms Industry across multiple territories. Moving to Ireland to be closer to her son and granddaughter, she brings a wealth of experience allowing partners and customers with effective, ongoing training to support their needs.