Declan has been Senior Partner at CONEX since 2002. Prior, he was Executive Vice President and served on the board of one of the nation’s largest executive recruitment practices. Declan has successfully completed assignments for C-level positions in marketing, sales, investor relations, legal, engineering, human resources, operations and finance. His wide range of mid-size to Fortune 100 clients include companies in high technology, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and consumer goods. Declan’s early career was focused on information technology. He spent 11 years with Rainsford Computing in Ireland and the UK, developing and implementing computer based financial, commercial and engineering systems. He later held key marketing and venture investment positions at Guinness in Europe. In 1986 Declan moved to the U.S. as Group Marketing Director for Guinness USA, and later became Imports Director for United Distillers USA (now part of Diageo). In 1995 he moved to Cablevision Systems to direct sales and marketing for the cable subscriber business, as well as the rollout of broadband and telephonic services.