Management Team

Mads Lillelund, President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lillelund brings extensive senior management and telecom infrastructure experience to Bluesocket. Most recently, Mr. Lillelund was President & CEO of manufacturer Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions (CGCS). Mr. Lillelund managed the CGCS businesses of electronic packaging and embedding computing; Aurora Technologies; and Channel Access where he restructured the operations to achieve profitability. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services at Enterasys Networks, where he was responsible for generating over $400M in annual revenue primarily through distributors and resellers. From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Lillelund held several key positions at Lucent Technologies and AT&T in Belgium, Ireland and the United States. In the early years, he successfully opened the Russian and Eastern European markets while later becoming the Managing Director and Regional Vice President of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) for Lucent Technologies' Global Commercial Markets. As Managing Director he established the headquarters in Dublin, Ireland where he was responsible for Sales, Marketing and Operations in 22 countries generating revenues in excess of $300M.

Mr. Lillelund holds a BBA Degree from Baylor University and an MBA Degree from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird).

Dan Hayes, Chief Financial Officer

Dan Hayes brings over twenty years of financial and operational expertise to Bluesocket.  Prior to Bluesocket, Hayes held several CFO and finance positions at start-up, public and multi-national companies located in Massachusetts' technology corridor.  Hayes was CFO at Astral Point Communications where he managed finance, legal, investor relations, human resources, and corporate recruiting functions, culminating in the company's acquisition by Alcatel, where Hayes then held the position of VP of Finance.  Hayes also served as CFO at Seranoa Networks (acquired by White Rock Networks), National Sensor Systems (acquired by BAE Systems), Terapulse and Integrated Computing Engines.  Before joining Integrated Computing Engines, Hayes was a senior financial manager at Open Market, and e-commerce pioneer, where he was instrumental in leading the company through its very successful Initial Public Offering.

Hayes began his financial career at the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson where he was an audit manager in their high technology practice.

Hayes is a CPA and member of the AICPA with a BS in Business Administration and Accounting from Northeastern University.

Patrick Foy, Vice President of Engineering

As Vice President of Engineering, Patrick is responsible for all engineering and development activities at Bluesocket.  He brings over 12 years of embedded software development experience as well as technical leadership experience to Bluesocket.  Patrick was instrumental in introducing wireless access points into the Bluesocket product offering and continues to facilitate the enhancement and expansion the AP product line.  Prior to Bluesocket, Patrick held key development roles at 3eTI in Rockville, Maryland and Seneca Networks in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  While at 3eTI, he architected their enterprise AP and also worked closely with military customers to introduce the wireless technology into their secure networks.  Prior to that, he worked at GE Transportation Systems in Erie, PA designing control systems for their most advanced locomotive system.  While at GE, he completed the corporation's renowned Technical Leadership Program and then became the leader of GE's Advanced Course technology program in Erie.

Patrick earned a BSEE from Gannon University in Erie, PA and MSEE from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia with a concentration in Communication Systems.  He also received a Management of Technology certificate from Georgia Tech. 

Oonagh O'Regan, Director of Marketing

Oonagh brings over 10 years of experience to the Bluesocket team having spent time developing and executing integrated go-to-market strategies for global technology companies. Oonagh specializes in building thought leadership via branding, awareness initiatives and targeted lead gen programs.

Prior to Bluesocket, Oonagh led marketing at Vaultus Mobile Technologies where she successfully revamped the brand and drove direct and channel based go-to-market programs. Oonagh, also, led marketing programs for a new line of business at Akamai Technologies, managing a 1.2 million dollar budget. Before Akamai, Oonagh managed European marketing, at Globoforce, where she organized the adoption of a new CRM system and increased incoming leads by 100% via online marketing programs, SEO best practices, direct marketing campaigns, targeted public relations and turn-key lead tracking. Oonagh spent 6 years working in marketing in California and among her biggest accomplishments there managed the marketing at Computer Market Research where she helped to double sales with new sales cycle methodology and marketing strategy. At CMR, Oonagh developed training courses for global client sales teams of Hitachi, LSI, Quantum, etc.. Oonagh holds an honors B.A. in Business from CIT, in Cork Ireland.