Lapsed software developer, current tech journalist and wannabe data scientist, Ciara Byrne started her career in academic Machine Learning research, was the CTO of a security startup and managed a suite of software products as well as building her own

Her writing has appeared in Fast CompanyForbes, MIT Technology Review, VentureBeatO’ Reilly Radar, TechCrunch and The New York Times Digital.

In 2014, she was shortlisted for the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship At MIT and was selected as a Significance Labs Fellow to build apps for low-income Americans.