Technology executive Cathal McGloin has joined Waterford-based startup FeedHenry as chief executive.

FeedHenry, a spin-out from the telecommunications software and systems group at Waterford Institute of Technology, recently won an award for innovation at the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas.

Mr McGloin was previously head of sales in the US for Arantech, which was sold to Tektronix in 2009.