About
A site reliability engineer who began his career in a Dublin IT consultancy in 2012 and has since worked across global companies, startups, and scale-ups on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and DevOps tooling. Previously worked at companies including SSE Airtricity, Qualcomm, Zopa, Babylon, goHenry, and Banked, and now focuses on optimizing AI workloads at Moonfire.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Experience
- MoonfireSREcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Banked :Tech Lead - SRE - Platform2022 — 2024London Area, United Kingdom
- Banked :Lead SRE2020 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- gohenryPlatform Lead2019 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- Babylon HealthPlatform Lead - Infrastructure2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- ZopaSenior Site Reliability Engineer2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- QualcommPlatform Engineer2015 — 2017Cork, Ireland
- Version 1Software Developer2012 — 2015Millenium Walkway, Dublin 1
- O'Sullivans Bar DouglasBar Worker2009 — 2012Cork, Ireland
- Boston ScientificCollege Intern2011Clonmel, Ireland
- Cork International AirportCustomer Service Agent2007 — 2009
Education
- Munster Technological UniversityBachelors of Business Studies, Information Systems2007 — 2012
Skills & more
OpenTelemetryLeadershipTeam Leadership1Apache SparkTechnology Roadmapping1GitOps1Go (Programming Language)RabbitMQ1Network SecurityInformation SecurityRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
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Shell ScriptingInfrastructure as code (IaC)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Apache KafkaProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentGlobal Data SynchronizationEnterprise StorageRHELKubernetesSplunkClickHouse- Oracle 9i SQL — Oracle
- ITIL Foundations — Severn Valley IT Service Management
From Ben's professional profile.
Colleagues at Moonfire Ventures
Akshat Goenka
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Alice Pillar
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Alina Gounina
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Andrea Gurnari
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Anneliese Turton
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Edward Scott
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Joel Noyce
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Jonas Vetterle
Investor at Moonfire Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Coughlan?
- A site reliability engineer who began his career in a Dublin IT consultancy in 2012 and has since worked across global companies, startups, and scale-ups on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and DevOps tooling. Previously worked at companies including SSE Airtricity, Qualcomm, Zopa, Babylon, goHenry, and Banked, and now focuses on optimizing AI workloads at Moonfire.
- Where does Ben Coughlan work?
- Ben Coughlan is Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Moonfire Ventures.
- What does Ben Coughlan invest in?
- Ben Coughlan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Developer Tools.
- Where did Ben Coughlan go to school?
- Ben Coughlan studied at Munster Technological University (Bachelors of Business Studies, Information Systems).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Banked :2
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Also worked at Babylon Health14
Chris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystNic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesThomas BradleyInvestor at Moonfire VenturesRob KniazInvestor at Hoxton VenturesJean-Marie FerdegueDirector at Facebook at PICUS CAPITALRosie BarnettPrincipal at Delin Ventures
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Also worked at Zopa7
Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBarbod NaminiInvestor at HV CapitalTim LevenePartner and CEO at Augmentum FintechRob StavisPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJohan BrennerGeneral Partner at CreandumDaniel DickensCo-Managing Partner at Meridian Health Ventures
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Also worked at Qualcomm69
Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesMarienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm VenturesAdry ElmiladyInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst FundJerry YangGeneral Partner at HCVC
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