Paul Hourican (businessman)
Paul Hourican is an Irish businessperson and ICT infrastructure and management services specialist. He is the founder and chairman PFH Technology Group. He served as the CEO of the PFH Group from 1985 to 2010. He also served as the chairman of the board at PFH responsible for leading the board, strategy and acquisitions until 2023 he stepped down.

Education 
Paul studied accounting through the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants. He switched to become a property sales person in Munster.

Career

PFH 
In 1985, Paul founded PFH, an IT services and training provider and became the chairman and CEO of the company. As the CEO, Paul led the company to acquire CK Business Electronics in 2006. In 2010, PFH acquired  Irish arm of Siemens Enterprise Communications. In the same year, Paul led the company to acquired Redstone's storage business for €2.5 million making the PFH become a fully fledged ICT company. In 2021, PFH acquired AWS specialist, TerraAlto. Paul stepped down as the chairman of the company following the acquisition of PFH by Ricoh Europe and remains in advisory role to the company. At the time of stepping down, PFH had over 750 employees in Cork, Dublin and Galway and a turnover of over €175.4 million.

Awards and nominations 

 Finalist in the 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year awards
 Awarded tech person of the Year award at the 2021 it@cork Leader Awards for his commitment in developing and growing the tech sector in Ireland.

References 

Living people
1961 births
Irish businesspeople
Businesspeople from Dublin (city)
Irish chief executives