our history
Lifecycle has been delivering leading edge billing and BSS solutions since 1995.
In 2020, Lifecycle became a Lumine Group company. Lumine’s focus is on the acquisition, strengthening and growth of vertical market software companies that have a proven track record and exhibit excellent growth potential. Lumine Group do not sell their acquisitions; instead, they invest in their long-term growth and development.
Within the first year, Lifecycle has already won a huge investment into its OCS platform, to elevate it into a true SaaS platform. Lumine Group is a Portfolio of Volaris Group, a Subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. in Toronto, Canada and is listed on the TSE with revenues in excess of 3 billion USD. Constellation Software has offices In Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia and Africa, with over 15,000 employees across six operating groups, one of which is Volaris Group.
our team
Tony Garcia
interim Lifecycle CEO
Tony became the interim CEO of Lifecycle, following the retirement of former CEO and company founder, Kim Craven in August 2020. Tony is also the Group Leader within Lumine Group.
Sally Ainsley
Operations Director
Sally has more than 15 years’ experience in telecoms and is responsible for managing central services including managed services, compliance, marketing, finance and HR. She is known for getting things done and implementing change.
Darragh Quaid
VP Commercial Operations
Darragh joined Lifecycle in September 2020 from MDS Global, where he spent the last 5 years working in various leadership posts, including account management, Professional Services and Business Operations teams dedicated to several blue chip customers. Darragh now works with Lifecycle’s Sales, R&D and Professional Services teams, with an additional focus on the international business expansion of Lifecycle’s OCS platform.
John Gerard
Director Professional Services
John has over 20 years’ experience in telecoms, billing and CRM. He has been Director of Professional Services at Lifecycle for the past 7 years, with responsibility for delivering projects from initiation to client handover.
Kelvin Chaffer
Director R&D
Kelvin oversees the product engineering team and is responsible for making everything work. He has worked at Lifecycle for 18 years and in his spare time runs ultra marathons.
Gael Martin
Technical Director
Gael has over 20 years of experience in telecoms ranging from space industry to mobile operators. With an engineering and computing background he is responsible for the technological strategy and architecture of our solutions. He has a pragmatic approach and is always on the lookout for new technology.
Ben Cole
Account Director
Ben has worked in Telecoms billing - Carrier, Retail and Wholesale, Mobile, Fixed line, Circuits as well as Utility Smart Meter for 20 years, and has been with Lifecycle since 2009. Predominantly focused on Primary Account Management, he also owns the Product Management and Roadmap parts of projects.
Natasha Ryan
Finance Director
Natasha is our Finance Director. She joined Lifecycle in 2015 and has a background in FP&A working for multinationals such as Oracle Software & DHL Logistics. She particularly loves travel and has enjoyed combining her job skills and sense of adventure on a recent secondment to an animal welfare charity in Africa.