Robert McNeal has more than 35 years of experience in tech, from leading engineering projects to running successful cloud-based enterprises. He has headed Corporate Strategy, Business Development and M&A at two pan-European companies, where he helped architect and execute the consolidation of the independent ISP market that resulted in a $5.1 billion merger. For more than 16 years, he served as Vice Chairman of Interoute Communication. He currently invests in startups and early-stage ventures developing technology that can be deployed internationally, particularly from the USA to Europe and from Europe to the USA.
Robert is also the founder and partner at D4 Investments.
James Kinsella is a serial technology entrepreneur, who over the last 30 years developed some of the earliest web- and cloud-based ventures in the US and the European Union. He is considered a pioneer of web-based digital media. From the early 2000s, as Chairman and CEO of Interoute Communications, Ltd, James led the restructuring and development of Europe’s largest, independent fiber and cloud infrastructure business. Prior to launching his first tech start up in 1990, James worked as a journalist for several US media companies. He is also the author of the book Covering the Plague, an award-winning investigation into how the media and medical experts failed to respond to the AIDS epidemic in its early years.
He is a founder and partner in the early-stage investment firm D4, which is focused on helping build successful companies in the emerging industries including Robotics, Clean Tech and Cannabis.
