Our Leadership

Doug has over 20 years experience ranging from internal IT, consulting and sales. He has developed a deep understanding and appreciation of Cybersecurity and the Networking landscape. Doug has held Sales Leadership Roles in companies focused on Data Privacy, Network Security, Application Performance Management and Mobile Device Security & Management. He received his Master’s of Science, Information Technology and Security from Capella University and his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from John Carroll University.

John Matthew Holt co-founded Waratek to solve the most important challenge faced by production workloads around the world: real-time application security compliance. Under John Matthew’s leadership, Waratek built a range of award-winning autonomous agents that seamlessly attach to any application stack, securing vulnerable workloads from the inside-out with no source-code changes and no administrative tuning. John Matthew's vision steers Waratek’s continued growth and development of its award-winning application security solutions.

Padraic brings 20 years’ experience in the areas of finance, accounting and strategic planning at start-ups as well as rapidly growing SME’s. As Chief Financial Officer at Waratek, Padraic is responsible for finance, legal and corporate secretarial. In the past Padraic has held senior leadership roles and has successfully led finance projects which were both strategic and transformative in nature. Padraic has a BSc in Applied Science from TU Dublin and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).

John co-founded Waratek with his son, John Mathew, to commercialize his son’s research into Java virtualization. In 2009, John was instrumental in relocating the company from Australia to Ireland to improve access to international markets.

Jason is Waratek’s Director of Engineering where he oversees the Waratek development process ensuring engineering departments work cohesively together for focus, efficiency and scalability. Jason evaluates, designs and implements new processes across engineering to achieve on-time releases, sustained quality and shortest time-to-market for new innovations.

Tony O’Keeffe is responsible for leading the Customer Success Department for Waratek, ensuring customer satisfaction. Tony brings over 30 years industry experience in software design, development, team leadership and project management in organisations such as Aldiscon, Trintech, O2 and Realex Payments. Tony has a BSc in Applied Computing, a Postgraduate Diploma in Cloud Computing, an MBA from UCD Smurfit School and is a Certified ScrumMaster.

Chris leads the Quality Assurance (QA) team in Waratek. With a strong focus on automation, the team is responsible for ensuring the quality of releases across Waratek's product suite. Chris is a Chartered Mathematician whose career to date has spanned various technical roles across multiple industries. After gaining an Honors degree in Mathematics from the University of Strathclyde, Chris graduated with a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.