Shane Mc Allister started MobaNode in early October 2007 and is an award winning mobile design company specialising in engaging directly with consumers by developing and delivering personal, targeted, relevant applications and content to mobile devices. MobaNode has worked on mobile strategies with many international brands such as IRB (International Rugby Board), eMobile (Eircom), Nokia, Absolut Vodka, Heineken, Carlsberg and more. MobaNode was short listed for the TechCrunch Europa Awards, was a Munster Regional Finalist in the Intertrade Ireland Seedcorn awards and won the €60,000 Impact Media Elevate Award and numerous “Appy”, “Sockie” and other awards down through the years. Shane was nominated as a “Net Visionary” by the Irish Internet Association.

Prior to starting MobaNode, Shane was the Executive VP at MagneticTime, a text to speech software company, where he secured a first for an Irish software firm by closing a deal that saw MagneticTime's products being carried by Apple Computer's prestigious retail stores globally. Previously, Shane spent 5 years as Director of Business Development and Channels for PrimeLearning.com, a VC backed eLearning firm specializing in soft skills training for the corporate market. Before this, Shane was head of design at Eurologic Systems, a data storage solutions manufacturer. He started his career as a product designer specialising in consumer electronic devices at Allies Design, an award winning product design consultancy. The above companies have all now been sold on (Shane takes the credit), or wound up (which Shane insists isn't his fault!). His entreprenurial skills go all the way back to when he bred tropical fish for sale to the local petshop in Dublin and highlighted by leaving a permanent and pensionable job in the ESB early in his career to do a masters. Shane has every book ever published about Steve Jobs!

Shane holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electronics (aka "Wires and Circuits") from University College Dublin, and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Industrial Design (aka "Pretty pictures") from the University of Teesside in England.