Key Personnel

Rebecca Caulfield

Commercial Director

Rebecca is the Commercial Director at Carten, Ireland. She is responsible for leading the core commercial activities, defining, creating, and executing the commercial strategies. She ensures that Carten’s sales, business, market development, and marketing functions are strategically aligned to market demands, developments, and requirements of customers residing in multiple industries.

Joining Carten back in 2012, Rebecca was initially tasked with assessing the viability of Fujikin’s Multi-Use Technology product solutions in the European Bioprocessing Market. Since then, she has held multiple positions within Carten, mostly in Sales, Business Development, and Marketing. With her extensive knowledge of Carten’s product range, market developments, and customers in the Semiconductor and Biotechnology sectors.

Rebecca holds an MBSI in Internationalisation (SETU), a Master of Science in International Business (France Business School) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing. She is a member of ISPE (Ireland Affiliate) and represents Carten in the AMSE BPE SUT Pinch Valve Task Group.

Mark Walsh

Technology & Development Director

Mark is the Technology and Development Director in Carten Controls with responsibility for Research and Development, Capital projects, Project Management, Continuous Improvement and Maintenance. Mark has held a number of roles in Carten across Engineering, Quality and also as Strategic Account Manager. Mark also spent a number of years working in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries and held various positions in Lean Manufacturing, Project Co-ordination and lead roles in Operations, Maintenance and Engineering. Mark holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) from the University of Limerick.

Sean Cooney

Finance & IT Director

Sean Cooney is Carten’s Finance & IT director and company secretary. Sean joined Carten Controls in 2022, and is responsible for financial governance and controls, reporting, and business systems.

Sean is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA) with extensive experience in different industry sectors having worked in senior finance roles with multinational organisations operating in agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG.

Sean holds a master’s degree in Lean Enterprise Excellence from the South East Technological University (SETU) and is an advocate for business excellence within the company.