Prior to joining G24i, Mr Hartnett was Senior Vice President of global markets at Palm, Inc., where he was responsible for worldwide sales, service and support. Previously, Mr Hartnett was executive vice president of worldwide operations, service, support and eCommerce at Handspring, Inc. and was an integral member of the executive leadership team that led the 2003 merger of Handspring and palmOne to form what is known today as Palm, Inc. He has over 20 years of senior management experience across sales, marketing, and operations in the U.S. and Ireland. His career in high tech boasts some of the industry’s leading companies such as Handspring, Metacreations, Claris, AT&T, Digital Equipment, and Wang. Since 2004, Mr Hartnett has been annually honoured as one of the top 100 Irish American business executives in the U.S. by Irish America Magazine. He is a member of the Wireless Advisory Board in the U.S. for Enterprise Ireland and is the President and Chairman, as well as a founding member, of the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) in the U.S. Mr Hartnett is a native of Limerick and earned a marketing degree through the Marketing Institute of Ireland, a post-graduate diploma in finance through the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and completed the executive management program at Stanford University. John is a member of The American Ireland Fund and the US-Ireland Alliance.