Tomás O’Leary

With over 15 years working both in IBM directly and leading one of their most successful European Business Partners, Tomás understands the issues and dynamics at play in the rapidly changing ICT services landscape. Subsequently, Tomás has spent the last number of years building a business which is rapidly becoming a recognised global leader in the independent support of IBM software, Origina. Origina enables large organisation to enhance their software budgets through cost reduction in relation to software support they already have, as to enable them to obtain the technology they really need.

Tomás is a recognised thought leader and vocal member of the secondary ICT market. He both understands and is passionate about the importance of representation and co-operation to achieve common goals. A consistent advocate for the promotion of choice for large ICT users, he has been an avid campaigner against the lock-in practices that can dominate the ICT industry. These passions coupled with an informative and enlightening time with the SIA’s Advocacy Group, (which ultimately became Repair.org), Tomás then went on to help found Free ICT Europe Foundation in 2014.