Dublin & London · Senior Executive, Advisor and EducatorJune 2026

Twenty years turning data, technology & people into measurable advantage.

Matthew Atherfold portrait

Senior executive across Dell Technologies, TE Connectivity, Indeed and Workday. Built first-of-kind global analytics, governance and AI functions in organisations of 10,000 to 150,000 people. Founder of Future Academy. Faculty member at the Irish Management Institute.

The shape of the work01 / 05

Builder.

Stood up People Analytics at Dell from three people and no infrastructure to a 50+ person multidisciplinary team, then replicated the pattern at TE Connectivity, Indeed and Workday's AI Centre of Excellence.

Leader.

Led within organisations of 10,000 to 150,000 employees, partnered with EU Data Protection Officers and works councils, and served as Chief of Staff to a 2,500-engineer SVP organisation building AI-enabled enterprise software.

Educator.

Founded Future Academy to prove that capability comes from doing, not watching. 180+ TY students, partnerships with Microsoft, Enterprise Ireland and Turnua. IMI Faculty member designing AI curriculum for executive audiences.

By the numbers02 / 05
150K
Employees governed
$10M+
Workforce efficiency delivered
$9M+
Cost savings delivered
2,500+
Engineers led
180+
Teen students taught
3 → 50+
Built, scaled, repeated
Selected work03 / 05

A handful of consequential programmes.

In their words04 / 05
Matt has superpowers in producing vision for the future and setting the conditions for innovation inside organizations he leads. He set an amazing culture characterized by both cheering for his people and challenging them.
Rob Dees
Senior Director, People Analytics & Insights, Target (formerly reported to Matt at Dell)
His balance of business, technology, people and process is impeccable. A world-class leader and a great mentor who guided us through some of the most critical problems in data science and engineering.
Vijay Alluri
Global HR Operations & Technology Leader, TE Connectivity
Customer-focused, thoughtful in his approach to problem solving, and knows how to leverage unique skills within widely dispersed teams without sacrificing quality.
Zane Harris
Agentic AI @ Intuit (formerly reported to Matt at Dell)
The AI STEM training completely wow'd parents and teens. Future Academy is such a great future-ready programme.
Rebecca Newton
Partner Manager, Microsoft
Beyond work05 / 05