Sean Blanchfield

Founding member #2 · Agent-ready 100/100

Technology entrepreneur | CEO, Jentic

Dublin, IE

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.

Open to

• collaboration

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

Skills

• hardware-development
• operations-management
• startups
• ai
• entrepreneurship
• software-architecture
• product-strategy
• venture-building
• online-gaming
• adtech

Languages

• en

Links

• website: https://seanblanchfield.com
• linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanblanchfield

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