The theme for this series is “Just Start – Setting-Up and Running a Company in Challenging Times”
The November guest speakers are:
|
Date |
Speaker |
Company |
| 9 November 2011 | Jim Breen | Pulse Learning & Trigrandprix.com |
| 16 November 2011 | Dr Liam Kelly | Nua Light |
Podcasts of previous 'Entrepreneurs Live!' seminars are available.
All seminars take place from 1 pm - 1:50 pm (light lunch available from 12:30 pm) in NovaUCD, Belfield Innovation Park, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Attendance at the seminar series is open to all especially undergraduate and postgraduate students.
**** As space is limited at these seminars advanced registration is recommended ***
To register to attend any seminar please contact: Caroline Gill, t: 716 3715, e: caroline.gill@ucd.ie
The NovaUCD 'Entrepreneurs Live!' Seminar Series is kindly sponsored by the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board.
Both of these seminars are taking place as part of Innovation Dublin 2011.
Speaker Profiles
Jim Breen, Founder & CEO, Pulse Learning and TriGrandPrix.
Jim Breen is a serial entrepreneur and is founder and CEO of two companies, TriGrandPrix and Pulse Learning.
Jim’s vision for TriGrandPrix is to create a globally successful triathlon business that is focused on Athlete Care. The goal at TriGrandPrix, starting in 2010 is to create a safe, professionally organised, world-class series of triathlon events. TriGrandPrix 2011, hosted six experiences, thus creating a global TriGrandPrix championship.
Jim founded PulseLearning in 1999. PulseLearning design customised learning solutions for clients in regulated industries. PulseLearning has its Development Center Headquarters located at the Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Operating globally, the company also has offices in Limerick, the U.K., the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
In 2007, Jim was shortlisted for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and graduated from the Executive Development program at Stanford University in California.
Before founding PulseLearning, Jim held senior management positions for the KOSTAL Group and Kleinhuis, where he introduced significant cost savings through the implementation of process improvement ideas and successfully established a German subsidiary manufacturing operation in Ireland.
Dr Liam Kelly, CEO & Founder, Nualight
Dr Liam Kelly founded Nualight in 2004. His previous commercial LED activities include the establishment of CorkOpt Ltd. in 1994, to develop and manufacture LED-based luminaires for the machine vision industry. CorkOpt was acquired by USA-based StockerYale Inc. in 2000 and Liam continued as Managing Director until 2003. He was also a founder-director of Millimetre Wave Technology Ltd., and of Farran Technology Ltd, an imaging and communications systems manufacturer, until its acquisition by the Smiths Group plc in 2005.
Prior to his commercial interests, Liam spent twenty years in various senior roles in University College Cork including Associate Professor of Microelectronics. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California and is a founding director of Optronics-Ireland and the Irish National Microelectronic Research Centre.