‘No need to outrun anything you can outwit’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s foremost corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Niall Norton, chief executive of Openet

NIall Norton, chief executive, Opennet

Niall Norton is chief executive of Openet, the Dublin-headquartered software company which employs more than 900 people in Ireland and overseas offices in locations including the US, Japan, Brazil and Malaysia. In business since 1998, it sells transaction management software and services to some of the world’s largest telecommunications operators. Openet has an annual turnover of more than €100 million.

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