ONE was founded by Anthony O’Connell, a designer, developer, marketer, and educator. Tony began crafting the web after he graduated with a degree in marketing from Portobello College (Ireland) in 1994.

He worked as an internet strategist for the EuroMBA Consortium (The Netherlands), EADA Business School (Spain), and TEFL (Ireland). He worked as a curriculum designer and teacher of animation at Saint Gabriel’s College (Thailand). He set up & managed marketing & research companies for Ogilvy (Ireland) and iMarketing (Australia). He developed strategies for companies in a diverse range of industries from smart drugs e.g. Prymd Labs (US) to consumer products e.g. Unilever (US), to media e.g. The Government of Thailand.

Tony helps companies elevate web traffic, browser to buyer ratios, and customer value. He builds, manages and markets ecommerce websites for companies like Gemcal (Thailand) Wonderfully Diamonds (UK), Mid-century Online (UK) and The Vintage Hub (Ireland).

In 2009 Tony was asked to join the Education and Business Advisory Boards of the Lifeboat Foundation, a nonprofit nongovernmental organization. The Lifeboat Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that humanity safely adopts increasingly powerful technologies, including genetics/biotechnology, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI. He is honoured to join other board members including inventor/futurist Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google; Alex Wolszczan, discoverer of the first planets ever found outside our solar system; Ian Foster, “father of grid computing,” Frank Wilczek, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics; and Sir Clive W.J. Granger, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics. He believes in freedom of speech, privacy, and open technology.

Tony’s career has brought him to the intersection of marketing, education, medicine, and artificial intelligence. He leads the research and development of ONE’s strategy, design, website, engineering, AI, marketing and education. His passion is for teaching - both kids and executives, how to protect and grow their lives and their business, using technology and AI.