Primary Job Title Co-Founder & CEO Primary Organization Candle
Location Newport Beach, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Ciaran Foley is the Co-Founder and CEO at Candle. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded or served as an equity partner in several companies holding positions as CEO, COO or Board Member and has participated in advisory, project management, fundraising, business development, technical, sales and marketing roles.
Ciaran has been twice
nominated for The Ernst & Young, LLP Orange County Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was recipient of the Bank of America Award in Computer Science. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Advertising Production Association of Orange County (APAOC), WebWiseKids, DiscoveryArts, the California Branch of the National Association for Missing and Exploited Children and The Entrepreneurship Institute. Ciaran also has experience as a featured speaker and expert moderator.
Ciaran Foley received his B.S. in Computer & Information Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he served as the local chapter President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and studied under internet pioneer Einar Stefferud.
