Leonora O’Brien is a pharmacist and technology entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Blazer Ltd, an AI platform and methodology for helping founders scale impact businesses across international markets. Leonora founded Pharmapod a company that developed a global software platform to reduce medication errors and deliver safe, effective clinical services for patients worldwide. Pharmapod launched in multiple international markets including US, Australia, UK and Ireland securing over 65% of the Canadian market and was acquired by Think Research in 2021.
Leonora has served on a number of boards, including the Technology Ireland Board, the National Maternity Hospital Foundation Board and was a member of Council for the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Leonora is an ambassador for women in business and STEM and is the current Jury President of the European region for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards. She has won numerous awards for business, pharmacy practice and innovation, including WMB Woman in Technology Award, Business of the Year Award (Irish Women’s awards), and the Tatler Woman of the Year Award for Entrepreneurship.