Al Byrnes

Al Byrnes makes creative ideas happen. A multi-award winning Executive Producer at Dublin-based agency Rothco Accenture Interactive, Al is relentless in his mission to find new ways to make impossible ideas possible. From the moment the question “what if?” is asked in the agency, Al is already figuring out how to turn the bold concept into a reality

Best known for his role in producing ‘JFK Unsilenced’ for The Times, he was instrumental in recreating the speech John F. Kennedy was due to deliver on the day of his assassination, using groundbreaking artificial intelligence and audio engineering techniques. A world first, the project picked up many international awards, including a Grand Prix Cannes Lions for Creative Data. As the leader of multi-disciplinary creative teams who blend data, technology and stories to craft experiences, Al is busy working towards his next world first.

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