Jan 2024 – Feb 2024 · 1 mo

• Contracted to perform due diligence on the Irish mobile market as part of the sale of Cellnex's Irish business to Phoenix Tower:
• Conducted comprehensive market analysis, assessing competitive dynamics, regulatory landscape, and infrastructure assets.
• Provided strategic insights and forward-looking assessments about the market trajectory to support the transaction, ensuring informed decision-making for the sale.

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 · 3 mos · Dublin

• Contracted to conduct due diligence on the South Korean mobile market, analysing market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory environment:
• Researched and identified potential revenue diversification models applicable to Three Ireland's business, with a focus on innovative strategies to enhance growth and profitability.
• Provided strategic recommendations to senior leadership on market entry and expansion opportunities based on comprehensive analysis of KT and SKT in South Korea.

May 2023 – Sep 2023 · 4 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Supported mobility projects as part of the Advisory and Digital Services team, focusing on research, analysis, report writing, and presentations for public sector clients.
• Supported research initiatives on potential policy measures to accelerate electrification and the transition to zero emissions mobility in Ireland, conducting primary and secondary research, data collection, and analysis.
• Translated research findings into comprehensive reports for intra-departmental working group meetings, contributing to the Government of Ireland's Zero Emissions Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI) unit.
• Conducted feasibility studies of international policy precedents, including purchase subsidies, investment in charging infrastructure, and tolling measures, assessing their applicability in the Irish context.
• Provided strategic insights that informed and guided national plans and policy decisions to enhance the effectiveness of existing and proposed measures in achieving zero emissions mobility goals.
• Helped translate technical, market and policy findings into actionable recommendations for public-sector decision-makers.

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Regular contributor on telecoms policy, regulation, market structure and technology developments in Ireland and Europe.
• Write analysis on issues including 5G, fibre, competition, investment, infrastructure strategy and regulatory change.
• Provide informed commentary aimed at translating technical and policy complexity for a wider business and policy audience.

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• ElectroTilez is the world’s first tile-based digital electronics education platform designed by inventors for inventors. Powered by a simple, modular design and a breakthrough augmented reality experience, ElectroTilez immerses students and educators in the world of logic, circuits and transistors, encouraging learning through fun - one tile at a time.

Jul 2022 – Aug 2022 · 1 mo · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Patch is a 6-week startup accelerator hosted by Dogpatch Labs and supported by Stripe for Ireland's most promising young entrepreneurs and a place full of dreams and people willing to build amazing things.

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Mountainview

Jul 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Led the creation of Alpha Wireless’s external publications, including white papers, articles, newsletters, and case studies, helping to position the company as an authoritative global voice in the industry in areas such as private networks, neutral host, small cell densification and open RAN.
• Engaged in webinars and other public-facing events, representing Alpha Wireless and sharing insights on industry trends.
• Conducted internal market due diligence to inform Alpha’s sale strategy, with a focus on key areas such as CBRS and C-Band in the US, the 400MHz band for utilities in Ireland, and the growing private network market in Europe.
• Developed insight relevant not only to telecoms operators, but also to utilities, industrial connectivity environments and infrastructure owners adopting private wireless models.
• Contributed to Alpha’s thought leadership in neutral host networks, private wireless, and small cell densification with street furniture on a global scale.

Jul 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs

Jul 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Ireland

• Contracted as a strategic advisor through a competitive procurement process to position Dublin as Europe's leader in telecoms policy and strategy:
• Supported the establishment of Ireland’s first in-house Telecoms Unit, centralising telecoms functions and streamlining the city council's organisational structure.
• Led thought leadership initiatives, including co-authoring a world-first playbook for small cell deployment on local authority-owned street furniture in collaboration with Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Cellnex, Three, Vodafone, and Bigbelly.
• Co-authored Ireland's first national whitepaper on 5G rollout with the CONNECT Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin, providing recommendations that led to the development of the Telecoms Unit.
• Co-authored a World Economic Forum case study profiling the strategic success of Dublin's Telecoms Unit as a model for other cities.
• Supported Dublin's participation in the City Telecoms Association, contributing to the development of its founding charter.
• Supported the successful delivery of the 'Connected City Infrastructure' project with the Telecom Infra Project, facilitating Europe’s first 5G small cell deployments within smart bin enclosures and modular smart poles, in partnership with Three and Vodafone.
• Initiated and supported Ireland's first quarterly telecoms forum with Ibec, collaborating with mobile operators, vendors, and academia for the first time.
• Managed the council’s partnership with the Telecom Infra Project for the flagship FYUZ conference in Dublin, embedding the Irish telecoms ecosystem in the 2024 agenda.
• Represented Dublin City Council as a speaker and moderator at national and international telecoms conferences, establishing the Telecoms Unit as a global expert voice on best practices in neutral host, small cell deployment and 5G rollout.

Jun 2020 – Sep 2020 · 3 mos · Ireland

Feb 2020 – Mar 2020 · 1 mo

• I was responsible for the production of a series of articles aimed at establishing WiFicandy’s presence in the Irish market.

Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 · 2 mos

Apr 2019 – Apr 2019 · 0 mo · Athlone, Leinster, Ireland

• As an intern and member of Ericsson's Business Intelligence team, I was responsible for assessing external market conditions, technology trends and examining the state of competing telecoms vendors.
• Cloud enablement for operators, in the realm of BSS and OSS, determining the extent to which the RAN can be virtualised for end-to-end network slicing and future orchestration trends were focus points.
• This work required me to produce in-depth market and competitor analyses for Ericsson, with particular attention to recommendations for it to pursue in line with my findings.
• To conclude the internship with Ericsson, I presented a synopsis of my findings to its Business Intelligence Team.

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 · 3 mos

• Performing the role of an external content writer for IP Telecom, Ireland's leading provider of VoIP technology, to support the production and marketing of a portfolio of articles and infographics concerning Telecoms4Teams.
• Consolidating cloud-based telephony with Office 365 and Microsoft Teams, Telecoms4Teams is a breakthrough unified communications platform that puts real-time collaboration tools at the fingertips of workers, wherever they are in the world and on whatever device they are using.
• As a content writer for IP Telecom, I assume responsibility for maximising engagement with the articles and infographics that I produce across social platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter.

Feb 2019 – Feb 2019 · 0 mo

• Working with 2Cubed's WHM to control its portfolio of sites. Acting as the backend of cPanel, WHM allowed me to manage customer sites and enhance the resilience of site data by establishing integration between 2Cubed's on-site servers and Dropbox.
• I gained an understanding and working relationship with WordPress for an e-commerce site. To put these skills into action, I was tasked with adding a portfolio of products and their adjoining assets to a site.
• Site integration with AWS and Azure were also highlights of my internship and learning how these function in response to the use of PHP and WordPress for web development.

Nov 2018 – Nov 2018 · 0 mo · County Dublin, Ireland

• I visited CommScope to gain an understanding of the equipment that SIRO is using to deploy its GPON in Ireland, learning about the different types, composition and operation of fibre optics for data transmission. I had the opportunity to learn about the importance of equipment such as the ODF, OLT, ONT and splicing machines.
• I developed an understanding of the different methods of deploying a FTTH network, and why operators choose certain splitting ratios. Furthermore, in the case of SIRO, I learned about how their network connects to the ESB's NTFON and how the positioning of a POP and POI is selected to maximise cost effectiveness and resilience.
• I visited Keppel's data centre in Blanchardstown to understand how a wholesale network allows retailers to sell their own products at the POI and to visualise the role that the core network plays. Moreover, I had the opportunity to go inside one of SIRO's POPs and actually see the equipment in action.
• Finally, I learned about IPs role in routing Internet traffic and how SIRO utilises ESB's existing medium to low voltage distribution network to rollout fibre in a way that minimises disruption and maximises QoS.

Nov 2018 – Nov 2018 · 0 mo · County Dublin, Ireland

• Working within IP Telecom's Marketing Department to understand how a modern telecoms company utilises different channels to raise awareness about its products and solutions.
• Learning about the importance of CRM for businesses, and using HubSpot to manage marketing campaigns on platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
• Gaining an in-depth insight into the criticality of SEO, and working with Google's Adsense to understand the online advertisement space.
• Developing an understanding of the role that the production of content plays for a business to grow its relationship with existing customers and the target market. Producing content for IP Telecom's blog and identifying the best method to repurpose legacy content on different platforms.
• Overseeing the configuration of IP phones, and learning about how softphones, call flows and tools such as Microsoft Teams form an integral part of a modern business communication suite.

Oct 2018 – Jul 2019 · 9 mos · Ireland

• Responsible for the creation of high-quality articles relating to all areas of the technology industry, from covering the latest smartphone announcements to advances in artificial intelligence and blockchain. There is a particular focus on articles about the Irish Telecoms Industry, which have been enhanced by experience and connections gained through the growth of LukeKehoe.com.
• As a contributing editor, facilitating and aiding the publishment of in-depth and informative articles is of paramount importance.

Jun 2018 – Oct 2018 · 4 mos · Ireland

• Publishing articles designed to inform readers of advancements in the technology industry, namely, the evolution of fixed and wireless services.

Sep 2008 – Present · 17 yrs 8 mos · Ireland

• LukeKehoe.com produces the most in-depth analyses of the Irish Telecoms Industry on the Internet, giving readers a unique insight into the inner workings of a dynamic and evolving industry. Working closely with high-ranking individuals in Irish telecom companies to enable the production of high-quality articles that are detailed, informative and, above all else, distinctive.