(l-r): Tom Keenan, Partner, Deloitte, Belfast, David Moran, CEO, ChangingWorlds with David O’Flanagan, Partner, Deloitte, Dublin.
UCD computer science spin-out ChangingWorlds was ranked Number 8 in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. The Deloitte Fast 50 Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over the last five years. ChangingWorlds grew over one thousand percent during this period.
ChangingWorlds was co-founded by Professor Barry Smyth and Paul Cotter in 1999 to commercialise their research into personalisation and artificial intelligence technologies at UCD’s Smart Media Institute. Today ChangingWorlds is the market-leading provider of intelligent personalisation and wireless portal products to the telecommunications industry.
Based on advanced artificial intelligence technology, the company’s ClixSmart™ Intelligent Portal platform offers a personalised content discovery solution that enhances content relevance and optimises the user experience of the wireless internet, resulting in greater ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) for the network operator. ChangingWorlds has rolled out the ClixSmart™ Intelligent Mobile Portal platform to 45 mobile network operators worldwide, including Vodafone Global Group, O2 Ireland and Germany, TeliaSonera, Celcom Malaysia and Hong Kong CSL.
The company now employs over 100 highly qualified staff including staff based in its Advanced Research Centre based at NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at UCD. The company is headquarters in Dublin with offices in the Far East and USA.
