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Bowsy's strong track record in driving innovation

Bowsy has been recognised across Ireland’s technology, education, and innovation ecosystem, including:

  • Winner: Irish Tech Startup of the Year
  • Irish Times Innovation Awards Finalist
  • Chambers Ireland National Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award Winner
  • Irish Digital Media Awards Finalist
  • DLR Chamber Ecommerce Innovation Winner
  • Talent Summit Ireland Finalist

Bowsy is also listed in the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Directory, recognising innovative Irish companies delivering high-impact solutions.

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Meet our Team

John Brady (B.Comm)

John Brady

John is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bowsy, with over 15 years’ global experience as a C-Suite executive leading innovation and digital transformation within a FTSE 10 company.

Renata Covisi Pereira

Renata Covisi Pereira

Renata is a Co-Founder of Bowsy where she is Head of Product and Operations. Her background is as a software engineer, specialising in data analytics, with over 10 years experience working in the education sector.
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Kristi Vollgraaff

Kristi is a registered Organisational Psychologist (HPCSA) with experience in organisational design and development, change management, talent management, and behavioural analytics.
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Dr. Juan Swartz

Juan joins us from the team at Pivotal Talent and is an AI Strategist with 25+ years of experience across corporate strategy, digital transformation, and workforce transformation.
Andrijana Djuric

Andrijana Djuric

Andrijana is responsible for international business development at Bowsy and has a strong track record working with bluechip companies to build highly motivated and high performing international teams that deliver outstanding business results.
Esther Ajomiwe

Esther Ajomiwe

Esther is a project and marketing operations professional at Bowsy, with qualifications in agile project management, data analytics and extensive experience in the EdTech industry.

Our philosophy: Fairer hiring decisions powered by evidence, not guesswork

At Bowsy, we believe everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue a career they will thrive in. Traditional hiring methods such as CV screening and interviews are widely used, yet decades of research show they are only moderate predictors of job performance and can introduce bias. Bowsy takes a data-driven behavioural approach, measuring the human factors that truly predict success at work to identify potential, reduce bias and enable fairer, evidence-based hiring decisions.

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Equality of Opportunity

Everyone deserves a genuine chance to pursue a career they will thrive in — regardless of background or first impressions.

Data over Bias

We replace subjective judgement with behavioural insight to reduce unconscious bias in recruitment.

Potential over CVs

We identify capability and fit that traditional screening and interviews often overlook.

Science Backed Hiring

Our assessments are grounded in behavioural research and validated with real performance data.

Fair by Design

Structured, objective measurement ensures candidates are assessed on what truly predicts success.

Better Outcomes

More accurate hiring decisions lead to stronger teams, improved retention and reduced risk.

Evidence-Driven Decisions

We believe recruitment should be guided by data — not gut instinct.

Opportunity for All

When hiring becomes objective and predictive, access to careers becomes more equal.

Equity and Opportunity

Bowsy is an award-winning Irish company dedicated to helping people and organisations make better career and workplace decisions across Europe.

What started as a platform to make graduate recruitment fairer for young people has grown into a wider assessment solution supporting everything from talent development to workplace safety.

At the heart of Bowsy is a simple mission — to create equal opportunity for everyone to pursue a career that they will love.

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