Teresa Daly
Marketing Executive
Unlock The Unique Potential of Every Student
Unlock The Unique Potential of Every Student
Athena Analytics is an award-winning EdTech company that provides a range of academic tracking solutions to secondary schools across Ireland.
Since its inception, Athena’s goal has been to unlock the unique potential of every student in Ireland and ensure that no student gets missed within a busy school system.
Athena’s flagship product, the Athena Tracker, uses machine learning to identify a student’s baseline potential for each subject, based on their own capabilities.
“We have used the Athena Tracker for the past year to assist in monitoring student’s progress on an ongoing basis. Emily and the company are very professional and supportive at all times. The tracker system is very user friendly and used constantly by the year head and guidance team.”
Principal, Coláiste Chraobh Abhann
“As the biggest school in the country we needed to find a system that would track our large student population.
We have been using the Athena Tracker for the past two years and have found the system to be a fantastic resource.
It is an excellent database for teachers to get information on students previous results in their subject and especially
useful for a teacher taking over a new class.”
DAVNET NEARY
Gorey Community School
Marketing Executive
Teresa Daly works as a Sales Administrator and Marketing Execute. Teresa manages all aspects of the customer journey including contacting new schools, getting new schools signed up and providing ongoing support for schools. Teresa also manages the social media for the business, including the development of explainer videos and other promotional content.
Teresa has an undergraduate degree in Interactive Multimedia from the Institute of Technology Tralee and a Masters in Radio and Television Production from National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Teresa has a background in media and customer service. She joined Athena Analytics after moving back to Kerry from Sydney, Australia after 10 years, where she worked in various roles including 6 years at Technicolor, where she worked as Operations Manager on the data management team.
Founder and Director
Emily Brick is the founder and managing director of Athena Analytics, an award-winning EdTech company that provides a range of AI-powered academic tracking solutions to over 400 secondary schools across Ireland.
Prior to founding Athena Analytics in 2017, Emily worked as a data scientist across several industries, most notably within Australia’s Department of Education.
In 2022, Emily represented Ireland in the Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI), the US Department of State’s flagship program for emerging entrepreneurs from Europe. In 2019, Emily was awarded ‘Best Young Entrepreneur’ and ‘Best Established Business’ at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Awards (Kerry). She was a finalist at the National Enterprise Awards in 2022.
Emily has a BSc in Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science and a Masters in Statistics, both of which she received from University College Cork.
Non-Executive Director
Caroline Reidy is the founder and managing director of the HR Suite. The HR Suite offers human resources and business solutions to over 500 clients across Ireland. Caroline is also an adjudicator on the Workplace Relations Commission. Caroline now provides guidance on growing the business and implementing key systems and processes, including building teams in customer support and software development.
Caroline was appointed non-executive director of Athena Analytics in 2019, following an investment in the company.
Emeritus Professor of Education and former Vice-President of University College Cork
Professor Áine Hyland is Emeritus Professor of Education and former Vice-President of University College Cork. Over the past 40 years, she has been involved in a number of different education projects. She was a member of the Interim Curriculum and Examinations Board in the 1980s and of the Special Education Review Committee in the early 1990s.
Professor Hyland was President of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland from 1990 to 1992. She chaired the commission on the points system which reported in 1999; the Statutory Educational Disadvantage Committee from 2002 to 2005; the National Economic and Social Forum’s Advisory Group on Literacy and Social Inclusion, 2009 – 2010, and a Working Group for the State Examination Commission on Reasonable Accommodations which reported in 2009.
Former Principal of Causeway Comprehensive School
John O’ Regan is a former teacher of mathematics and geography. He was principal of Causeway Comprehensive School for over a decade. Since his retirement, John has worked as an education consultant and advisor.
John was a founding member of the Tralee Education Centre and continues to be an active member of its management committee and of the Association of Support Centres of Ireland. He has been a lecturer and a tutor on UCC Outreach Programmes as well as the NCCA Project Maths team.
Lecturer in Statistics at University College Cork
Dr. Eric Wolsztynski is a statistics lecturer at the UCC School of Mathematical Sciences. He obtained his PhD in Statistical Signal and Image Processing at the University of Nice (France) in 2006. He specialises in computational statistics and statistical learning topics.
Dr. Wolsztynski is actively involved in research in medical imaging analysis, risk characterisation in insurance, and predictive business analytics. He is a funded investigator at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics.
Former Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Paul is the senior independent director of Glanbia Ireland, and Chairman of Edward Dillon & Co. He was recently appointed to the Board of National Broadband Ireland, where is he is the senior independent director and chair of its audit and remuneration committees.
Haran completed an eight-year term as chairman of the Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in 2015, and served as the university’s vice-president and principal of UCD’s Business and Law schools. Paul retired at the end of 2004 as Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment after a public sector career of almost 30 years. He received both his BSc in Computer Science and his MSc in Economics, Statistics and Finance from Trinity College Dublin. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Trinity College Dublin in 2006, and from UCD in 2015.
Associate Professor of Physical Education, University of Limerick
Dr Brendan O’Keeffe is a Associate Professor in Health and Physical Education at the University of Limerick and vice-president of the Physical Education Association of Ireland.
His research interests span across a broad range of health and fitness related themes among youth, including: the pedagogy of health-related fitness; scalable school-based health promotion intervention; resistance training in youth; and teacher education.
Product Manager
Sarah Brick is the Product Manager for the Athena Tracker, overseeing the product’s lifecycle from ideation to delivery. She collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, including customer support, software development, and quality assurance, to ensure the Athena Tracker consistently exceeds user expectations. With over a decade of experience in customer service, Sarah brings exceptional communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills to her role. Sarah is known for her patience and commitment to getting everything right for the customer. Her ability to understand customer needs and translate them into actionable insights drives the Athena Tracker. Currently, Sarah is advancing her expertise through a conversion course in Product Management. This technical foundation, combined with her deep customer-oriented background, makes her uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between user experience and technical development.
FitnessMark Product Executive
Eoin is a Phase 1 LCPE teacher, PhD candidate, and a former player-turned-coach of the Limerick Senior Football team. Eoin has played in crucial role in growing The Athena FitnessMark and launching Athena’s latest offering — The Athena Health and Performance Clinic.
To successfully deliver FitnessMark to schools around Ireland, we wanted to work with someone who understood the environment. Eoin has over 13 years’ experience teaching PE in Ireland and Australia. He also completed his M.Ed in ‘Fitness Testing in Irish secondary schools’.
Eoin co-authored the first LCPE textbook in Ireland, ‘Peak Performance’, which was published by Folens.
Account Manager
Frank is the latest addition to the Athena Analytics Customer Support team, joining us as an Account Manager. He partners with new and existing schools to ensure they are getting the very best out of the Athena Analytics product suite.
Frank has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork and has extensive experience in customer experience, account management and analysis roles in the technology sector. He previously ran two of his own businesses in the entertainment and travel industries.
Account Manager
Patricia is an Account Manager at Athena. She is responsible for setting up schools on the Athena Tracker and ensures they are fully supported with any technical support thereafter. She also assists the team with training workshops and webinars around how to best use the software. Patricia comes from a background of sports analytics. She has an undergraduate degree in Sports Rehabilitation and Athletic Therapy from Carlow Institute of Technology and also a Master’s degree in Sports Performance in University of Limerick. She also has 7 years’ experience within the third level education system and Kerry GAA in performance analysis. She is currently completing her Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation in the University of Limerick.
Account Manager
Daryn joins our incredible team of Athena Tracker Account Managers, where he helps schools get the very most out of the Athena Tracker, providing expert support and insight to schools integrated with the software.
He is a graduate of Munster Technological University and is currently studying part-time in the University of East London where he is completing a Postgraduate Degree in Data Science.
Daryn has a background in computing and customer service. He most recently held the position of Product Manager at Schoolbooks.ie
Athena Tracker Mentor
The Athena Tracker Mentorship Programme is facilitated by Des Healy, a seasoned educator with 30 years of experience at Christian Brothers Secondary School Tralee, Co. Kerry.
Des played a pivotal role in successfully implementing the Athena Tracker in his school and now brings his platform expertise, infectious enthusiasm and school experience to Athena Analytics as an Athena Tracker mentor. Through the Mentorship Programme Des helps post holders who are managing academic tracking in their school.
Data Scientist & Account Manager
Noreen is a Data Scientist at Athena but also helps out the customer support team. Noreen is the link between the Athena Analytics Data Science team and the schools. Noreen’s main role is to help schools to understand the statistical model behind the Athena Tracker. She provides schools with training workshops and webinars. She also works on the Data Science team, managing and updating the statistical model behind the Athena Tracker. Noreen completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology from National University of Ireland, Galway before changing direction into a postgraduate degree in Computer Science. She has previously worked as a software engineer in both large corporations and start-ups in Ireland and the UK. Most recently, she worked as a Data Scientist in financial services where she built machine learning models to help prevent financial crimes. She is a committed advocate for mentorship and growth opportunities in our communities, data and technology literacy and lifelong learning.
Finance Administrator
Yaritza is the newest member of the Athena Analytics team, joining in October 2024 and taking up the role of finance administrator. She is in charge of providing schools with support related to the accounts area of the company.
Originally from Venezuela, she has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidad de Carabobo Venezuela and has completed Accountant Technician Training at Kerry College of Further Education and Training.
Yaritza has a background in accounting and customer service.
