Name: Brendan O'Reilly.

Title: Country manager, BMC Software.

Education: BSc in computer science from Trinity College.

Marital status: Married to Linda.

Children: Three, aged six, three and one.

Home: Marino, Dublin.

Most important life event: Birth of first child, it's made my waking life 10 per cent longer.

Time of getting up: 7 a.m.

Time of finishing work: 6.30 p.m.

Favourite breakfast: Coffee from Cafe Sol.

Form of exercise: Minding my kids.

Holidays: With family, usually to Spain. Without family, on a football trip.

Favourite TV programme: Men Behaving Badly.

Favourite radio programme: Morning Ireland.

Car: Mazda.

Commuting time: 30 minutes.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus.

Worst thing about travel: Circling Heathrow Airport.

Favourite bank: Any that gives me money.

Favourite tipple: Guinness.

Favourite pub: Fagan's in Drumcondra.

Favourite restaurant: Casa Pasta in Clontarf.

How do you spend your free time? Fagan's in Drumcondra.

Person you admire most: Neil Armstrong.

Dying words: Don't know. It will be the first time I'm stuck for words!