
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.
Bowsy has been recognised across Ireland’s technology, education, and innovation ecosystem, including:
Bowsy has delivered student project work for organisations including CRH, Dell, Molson Coors, the Department of Further and Higher Education and the Institute of Bankers. We now bring that managed project model to AI implementation for Irish SMEs.


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.





At Bowsy, we believe AI should be useful, accessible and focused on real business improvement. Many Irish SMEs know AI could help them save time, reduce admin or improve customer service, but they do not have the internal resources to know where to begin. Bowsy helps small businesses identify practical AI opportunities and turn them into working solutions through supervised graduate and postgraduate project teams.

We focus on useful AI tools, workflow automation and business improvements that can make a practical difference to day-to-day operations.
Every project starts with the business process, pain point or opportunity — not with a tool, trend or generic AI recommendation.
Bowsy helps small businesses explore AI in a structured, affordable and realistic way, without needing to hire a full-time technical team.
Our model gives SMEs access to capable student talent while giving students meaningful, commercially relevant project experience.
Bowsy scopes the project, matches suitable talent and supervises delivery so the business receives a practical handover, not just an idea.
We help identify repetitive admin, reporting, customer support and follow-up tasks that can be improved through AI and automation.
We look at the systems a business already uses — such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, HubSpot, spreadsheets, ChatGPT or Zapier — and identify realistic improvements.
Small businesses get practical AI implementation support, while students build real-world experience on projects that matter.
Bowsy was built around the belief that student talent and real project work can create better outcomes for both businesses and young people. Today, we are applying that same model to AI implementation for small businesses.
Irish SMEs are under pressure to work faster, reduce admin and make better use of digital tools. At the same time, many do not have the time, budget or internal expertise to turn AI interest into practical action.
Bowsy bridges that gap by combining business scoping, supervised graduate and postgraduate project teams and practical implementation support. The result is a model that helps small businesses adopt useful AI while giving students commercially relevant experience.
You can send us an email at hello@bowsy.ie or click on the button below.