Barry O'Sullivan is CEO of Altocloud, a software company with a mission of improving customer engagement experiences for e-commerce and inside sales. Altocloud is a SaaS platform that uses predictive analytics and machine learning to increase conversions by making voice, video and chat interactions better.
Barry has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley, joining Cisco in 2002, having previously been GM of Nortel's contact center software business. Barry was senior vice president at Cisco Systems and general manager of several multibillion-dollar divisions including Unified Communications and Voice over IP, which he led to number-one market share position. He also led WebEx, the cloud-based collaborative meeting and sharing solution, and Cisco's Telepresence business
O'Sullivan is a technology investor and is co-founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group, a group of top Irish American technology executives. He also serves on the board of the National Science Foundation of Ireland. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Limerick, as well as a master's degree in business administration from Santa Clara University, California. Married with four children, he divides his time between Palo Alto, California and Galway, Ireland.