Kathleen Maloney is the director of FlaggStaff Technology Group, Inc., a technology solutions company based in Scarsdale, New York. FlaggStaff provides clients with the technical expertise necessary to leverage new and existing technology that will fast track their
business growth. 

Maloney’s expertise lies in fully understanding the client’s business, their goals and current limitations, and then providing scalable business and technology strategy to help them succeed. FlaggStaff recruits and retains niche technical and strategic experts and deploys them throughout the U.S.

A native of Dunmore, Co. Galway, Maloney earned a bachelor’s in English,  sociology and politics from the National University of Ireland in Galway, and a master’s in American government from St. John’s University in Queens.

Maloney, married with two sons, moved to the U.S. in 1993, due to a “combination of ambition and a quest for sunshine!” she says.

“I think my Irish heritage becomes more crystallized for me through my kids.  Though both boys were born here, they enjoy visiting two sets of grandparents in Ireland in the summer, particularly visiting the farm in Galway,” Maloney says. “They are intrigued by the history and the castles. They love the legends and they like to spout myth-busters at school on St. Patrick’s Day. It is revealing to view it through their eyes. I have found that because of them we are more interested in recording our family history and making sure that they don’t buy into media’s interpretation of what it is to be Irish.”

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