Tomás O’Leary, CEO & Founder, Origina
Inclusion and diversity is at the heart of Origina, headquartered in Dublin Ireland and Plano, Texas and founded by Tomás O’Leary.
Under Tomás O’Leary’s leadership, Origina has made many contributions from community philanthropy to an employee-centered culture.
Waste reduction is a core part of Origina’s business model and origin story thanks to Tomás’s guidance. It offers a sustainable alternative that allows companies to extend the lifespan of their hardware and thus greatly reduce the amount of e-waste they produce.
Tomás also founded Origina’s Regenerative Committee which is tasked with identifying immediate areas for Origina’s corporate improvement, such as waste management and energy efficiency. The committee has put forth numerous recommendations to reduce Origina’s carbon footprint and encourages all employees, including remote workers, to make less of an impact on the environment.
On Tomás’s guidance, Origina also serves as lead corporate sponsor for This Spaceship Earth (TSE), an environmental organization focused on the global climate crisis. Origina uses its comparatively large social reach to amplify TSE’s message and promote several important environmental publications they have created.
In 2023, Origina launched a global women’s employee resource group titled EmpowerHER. EmpowerHER is charged with building internal networks, fostering mentoring and collaboration across departments, and helping female employees thrive, break barriers, and achieve their fullest potential. This is a concrete structural step to support women’s advancement and retention; not just in representation, but also in career development and empowerment.
Origina also lends its support to foster inclusion, diversity, and equity across its workforce and the communities it touches. In 2024, Origina began sponsoring Hockey Ireland’s U16 Girls team, supporting youth female sports in Ireland– an investment in youth development and gender equity in athletics.
As founder and CEO, Tomás credits his commitment to DEI to the strong women who have shaped his life, including his wife, daughter, colleagues, and mentors. This personal foundation underscores that inclusion at Origina is not a compliance obligation—it is a leadership value rooted in respect, fairness, and opportunity.
Through its “Origina Cares” Origina leverages its global presence to support social causes on both sides of the Atlantic. Specifically:
In 2025, Origina committed €90,000 to The Solas Project, a support and mentoring nonprofit focused on empowering young people in Ireland.
Donating €100K per year for the last three years, Origina became lead corporate sponsor of This Spaceship Earth, an environmental nonprofit engaged in tackling global e-waste challenges, signalling Origina’s commitment to sustainability in a way that resonates globally.
As part of its support for community wellbeing on both sides of the Atlantic: for the past 5+ years, during “Christmas Jumper Day,” the company has donated upwards of €3,000 each year, totalling tens of thousands to children’s-health charities in Ireland and the U.S., including Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street in Ireland, and Children’s Medical Center Foundation in Dallas, Texas.
In addition, the firm gave €10,000 to multiple social-welfare organisations in Ireland such as Focus Ireland, Peter McVerry Trust, Dublin Simon Community, and the broader Children’s Health Ireland network, while also contributing $10,000 to U.S.-based organisations such as The Salvation Army of North Texas.
Origina has also pledged allyship to the LGBTQ+ community: beyond internal culture-building, the company partnered with Belong To LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland, contributing €10,000 and running workshops on allyship and inclusion year-round.