Shane Naughton is managing partner of Equilink, focused on investing in and advising early stage technology businesses, and managing parter of Artech Holdings, focused on building technology platforms and products for the performing arts industries. Previously, Shane co-founded and was chief technology officer of TaxStream, a software business set up to address deficiencies in tax reporting procedures of publicly traded companies. TaxStream was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2008.

A Roscommon native, Shane is highly active in the Irish community in New York City, serving on the boards of the American Ireland Fund and the Irish Arts Center, as well as on the Provosts Council at Trinity College Dublin. He earned his M.A. in computer science and M.Sc. in artificial intelligence from Trinity College Dublin and his M.B.A. from TRIUM, a collaboration between the New York University Stern School of Business, HEC Paris, and the London School of Economics.