Sean Blanchfield

Technology entrepreneur | CEO, Jentic

Open to collaboration

Technology entrepreneur and founder of Jentic, PageFair, DemonWare and ScaleFront. Jentic connects AI agents to APIs and workflows. DemonWare powered online services for games including Call of Duty and was acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2007. PageFair pioneered the digital media industry’s response to adblocking and was acquired by Blockthrough in 2018. I have also helped launch Phorest and Jolt Online Gaming.

Experience

2024-11 to now
Member, Ireland’s AI Advisory Council, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Ministerial appointment to Ireland’s AI Advisory Council.
2024-07 to now
Chief Executive Officer, Jentic
Building a universal integration layer connecting AI agents to APIs and workflows.
2011-03 to now
Founder, Techpreneurs
Founded an invite-only network for active technology founders in the Dublin area.
2024-04 to 2024-11
Artificial Intelligence EIR, NDRC
Conducted AI transformation and readiness research for the National Digital Research Centre.
2024-01 to 2024-04
Accelerator Director, NDRC
Led delivery of a national startup accelerator programme cohort.
2023-06 to 2024-01
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, NDRC
Entrepreneur-in-Residence with the NDRC programme at Dogpatch Labs.
2012-09 to 2018-10
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, PageFair
Led corporate development, partnerships, product strategy, finance, marketing, sales and HR; PageFair was acquired by Blockthrough in 2018.
2008-09 to 2012-09
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, ScaleFront Ltd.
Co-founded a venture studio combining startup ideas, funding and experience to launch new products.
2010-08 to 2011-08
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Front Square
Built a social learning platform for operational excellence and Lean Six Sigma in large companies.
2010-01 to 2010-06
Chief Technology Officer, Jolt Online Gaming
Built out the technology team, selected the technology stack and established production processes for web games.
2003-06 to 2008-06
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, DemonWare
Built high-scale online networking technology and an engineering team for games including Call of Duty; acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2007.
2000-03 to 2003-07
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Phorest
Co-founded a group mobile messaging service that grew into salon software; exited through a management buyout in 2003.
2001 to 2003
Graduate Student, Distributed Systems Group, Trinity College Dublin
PhD research (not completed) on peer-to-peer anonymizing networks.
2000-06 to 2000-09
Webmaster, Setanta Sports
Managed Setanta’s online sports portals, setanta.com and gaa.com.
1999-06 to 2000-06
Education Officer, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union
Elected full-time officer responsible for educational representation and student political structures.
1998-06 to 1998-09
Hardware Engineer, Creative Labs
Built prototype BlasterPCs for launch in Asia Pacific.
1997 to 1997
Test Technician, Neltronic Ltd
College summer role servicing oscilloscopes and testing night vision goggles.

Education

2003
Trinity College Dublin, PhD candidate (not completed), Computer Science
2001
Trinity College Dublin, BA BAI, Computer Engineering
1996
Greenshills Comprehensive College, Leaving Certificate