About Paul Walsh

Founder and CEO

Founder and CEO of Segala, industry authority in content classification and Web standards compliance certification. Former executive at Eqos, a pioneer in the development of Web technologies for the B2B retail industry.

One of the first to join AOL as a small startup in the mid-’90s. Key member of the team developing AOL’s UK presence and assisted with the launch of other AOL European territories. Has international experience within the telecommunications industry and has consulted companies such as Vodafone, O2, Orange, CMG and ADC Metrica.

Chair of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) since 2006. Advisor to the British Council, helping to build and improve a digital pioneer program with Hong Kong and a 3 year entrepreneurial related project with India. Non-Executive Director at Newspepper.com and a mentor to the CEO of 3 Dynamics, a Hong Kong based games company.Partner in a group of award winning, Michelin-rated restaurants in Dublin.

Contribution to Standards

• Instrumental in the formation of the W3C’s first ever incubator activity, to review Content Labels as a formal method of classifying and labeling content
• Segala’s W3C Advisory Committee Representative
• Founding Sponsor of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative and member of the Steering Council
• Active participant in the W3C Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) special interest group.

How to connect with Paul

• Check out Paul’s company blog
• Check out the BIMA blog that Paul created and now edits
  
• Follow Paul on Twitter
• Connect with Paul on Facebook

One of the top 5 Irish who’ve made it into London’s marketing elite

One to watch out for in 2007