Brendan Mc Kittrick
About
Brendan Mc Kittrick is from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Brendan is currently Chairman of Internet of Aviation [IoA] at Internet of Aviation (IOA). Brendan also works as Chairman of the Board of Aerobloc at AEROBLOC, a job Brendan has held since Jul 2023. Another title Brendan currently holds is Chairman Of The Board Of Directors at Aeroband Limited. In Brendan's previous role as a Executive Lead at MBS Global Investments, Brendan worked in دبي, الإمارات العربية المتحدة until Sep 2025. Prior to joining MBS Global Investments, Brendan was a Chairman of Halo Business Network Dubai at HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) and held the position of Chairman of Halo Business Network Dubai at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prior to that, Brendan was a CTO & Executive Advisor to the CEO of RIPPEY.ai at RPA Labs, based in Global from Oct 2021 to Mar 2023. Brendan started working as Global CTO / CIO at Accelya Group in Dubai / Mumbai / London / Madrid in Jan 2016. From Apr 2014 to Nov 2015, Brendan was Chief Executive Officer & Member of the Board of Directors at Hypata, based in London, United Kingdom / Dublin, Ireland. Prior to that, Brendan was a Senior Technical Project Manager at Bord Gáis Energy, based in County Dublin, Ireland from Feb 2013 to Apr 2014. Brendan started working as Senior Advisor to the Commander in Chief at Royal Flight of Oman in Muscat Governorate, Oman in May 2010.
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Brendan Mc Kittrick's current jobs
Building a new vista in aviation capabilities to transform the customer experience and replace the legacy technology. IoA increase revenue and decreases costs by building AI-native and decentralised products.
Aerobloc is the underlying platform of Internet of Aviation, a digital self governed commons for stakeholders. It’s a web3 platform that supports rapid development of apps that solve age old problems in aviation. www.Aerobloc.aero
Aeroband is an aviation focused tech company.
Brendan Mc Kittrick's past jobs
Executive Lead of the team creating the enduring blueprint for an International Financial Centre including legal, governance, compliance, onboarding, financial, technology and regulatory authority creation. Brendan led a super insightful project with a significant global team skilled in the financial sector across traditional and Defi. The project delivered an excellent blueprint for the International Financial Centre.
HBAN is backed by the Irish Government and is dedicated to promoting top performing Irish companies at Angel Investor stage.
RIPPEY.ai is an AI company delivering Digital Transformation in Maritime Logistics.
Brendan was global CTO/CIO for one of the world’s largest supplier of airline products, Accelya (merged with Mercator). Accelya processes the settlement of airline tickets on behalf of IATA BSP / SIS for over 100 countries processing tickets valued at over $250 billion per annum. The company provides the market with over 20+ products servicing 350 airlines and 100 shipping companies. Brendan was a valued member of the company's Excom and attended Accelya's Board of Directors. Accelya was sold by private equity firm Warbug Pincus.5 to Vista.
Brendan re-organised an international company focussed on using UAVs to generate hyperspectral data for sale in the agricultural sector. He led the management team to create a solar powered alternative to conventional pseudo-satellites by utilising much lower costs. Supervised and scheduled a small highly skilled team of aviation experts while ensuring maximum service outcomes. Introduced and designed a new business model for high-altitude long-endurance aircraft (HALE) production.
Spearheaded a highly-challenging information technology based project. Headed various cross-cultural and cross-functional teams including global oracle experts and a manila-based coding team. Completed assigned targets within budgetary and timely constraints whilst assuring quality. - Re-established a failing IT alignment project necessary for the company’s $1B sale to Centrica; - Recovered the project and delivered the project on time and within the constrained budget; - Ensured the sale of the company proceeded as planned from an IT alignment perspective.
As Senior Advisor to the Commander, Brendan successfully completed a full internal review of the "Man - Machine - Mission" of the Royal Flight of Oman (RFO). RFO was the private airline of the Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos (may he rest in peace).
• Founded Columba Global Systems, leading the development of the Exprimer Search Platform. • Successfully raised €5.5M in seed funding, driving the company to generate €11.5M in sales. • Established long-term partnerships, including a contract with the National Security Council in Kingdom Saudi Arabia for a national system and the enterprise system for the Criminal Assets Bureau in Ireland. • Co-founded Planitas Airline Systems, which continues to thrive in the aviation technology sector.