Rent the Runway, the world’s first and largest shared designer closet that enables women to rent a la carte, subscribe, or shop resale from hundreds of designer brands, has announced details of three new executive leadership appointments at its European technology headquarters in Galway.
Ronan Conlon is being promoted to Ireland Site Lead. Ronan’s newly expanded role will see him oversee all Galway site operations while continuing his global technology leadership role focusing on Consumer Engineering and eCommerce innovation. Ronan is a graduate of University of Galway and the Irish Management Institute, with over 20 years’ experience scaling enterprise software teams in management and leadership roles for SMEs and multinationals.
Stephanus Meiring is being promoted to Managing Director for the Ireland office overseeing corporate governance. He will continue to be a key leader for the technology organisation while managing his current areas of scope across Cloud, Networking, and Software Delivery Platform Engineering, as well as Quality Engineering.
In addition, Sarah Lynch has been promoted to Director, People & Culture at Rent the Runway. Sarah’s new role will see her take over Office Operations in Galway while continuing to be HR business partner lead for corporate employees in New York and Galway.
“The talented team in Galway tackles core technology challenges and influences the next generation of services critical to Rent the Runway’s success,” said Becky Case, SVP, Engineering, Rent the Runway, based in Rent the Runway HQ in New York. “We’re looking forward to working with this strong group of leaders as we continue to grow our presence in the area and continue to make important contributions as a tech employer in the West of Ireland.”
Congratulating Ronan, Stephanus, and Sarah on their new positions, outgoing Vice President, Managing Director and Site Lead Dorothy Creaven said, that as the first employee at Rent the Runway’s European HQ in Ireland, she is sincerely delighted to hand over the reins after five successful years to a newly expanded senior leadership team in Ireland, as Rent the Runway enters the next phase of its development.
“I am confident that Ronan, Stephanus, and Sarah will bring their vision and leadership, as well as an incredible wealth of combined experience and expertise to each of these roles.
“Rent the Runway’s Galway office is in excellent hands as it continues to work with its New York team members to innovate, disrupt and revolutionise the trillion dollar fashion industry,” she said.
Rent the Runway established its European technology hub in Galway in April 2019 and is based in the refurbished Piscatorial School in the heart of the historic Claddagh area of the city.
The Galway office is Rent the Runway’s first international office outside the US and enables the company to expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning and Data Science footprint.
