Our People

Select Strategies is a boutique consulting company that's dedicated to staying that way. We provide a highly personal service to our clients, delivered by seasoned professionals all of whom have been in your shoes - accountable for the bottom line performance of growing organizations.

Paul Photo Paul O'Dea

CEO

An engineer by background, Paul is an experienced builder of growing companies.

Paul was a founder or chairperson of several technology companies that have secured strong market positions or have been acquired by companies like Oracle, Compuware and Misys. He has consulted with, and facilitated strategy workshops for growing companies in the US and Europe.

He is author of the book The Business Battlecard (Oak Tree Press 2009) and co-author of the book Select Selling (Oak Tree Press 2004) which resulted in the creation of The TAS Group, a world-leading on demand sales performance automation company.

Paul has an MBA from University College Dublin. He is a former chairperson of the Irish Software Association and is a member of the Governing Board of ICT Ireland.

Emer O'Donnell

Project Manager

Emer has over ten years experience in growing companies. Prior to joining Select Strategies in 2006 she held multiple senior executive roles in the indigenous technology sector over a ten year period, leading product management and professional services teams.
Emer has project managed multiple strategy projects, ranging from start-up companies to multi-nationals.
She was co-author of the ISA Product Management Minefield, 2008 report, and was programme manager for the Enterprise Ireland Sales STAR programme.