AER Sustainable Energy is an industrial biotech company based in Dublin, Ireland. Through partnerships with leading global energy and nutrition companies, AER are commercialising a unique enzyme technology which disruptively reduces the cost of production for algae-based biofuels and human nutritional products.

Title: Head of Business Development

Summary role description: Reporting to the CEO, your focus will be to build strong commercial relationships with global customers in the energy and food sectors. You will have primary responsibility for leading all revenue-generating activities with existing customers, and winning new customers. The role will involve extensive travel.

Candidate background:

· Third-level qualification in business, law, science, engineering or similar. MBA an advantage.

· 10+ years of experience in a sales or business development role, with track record of rapid progression & delivery of challenging targets.

· Experience in negotiating complex commercial agreements in a high-tech environment.

· Existing global network of influential contacts in the energy, food or industrial biotech sectors.

· Prior knowledge of industry dynamics in the enzyme, algae biofuels and/or nutrition sectors is a plus.

Contact information: Email CV and cover letter to jobs@aer.ie

Download full job description from: http://www.aer.ie/resources/headofbusinessdevelopment.pdf

Cubic Telecom‘s Maxroam has been made PCMAG.COM current Editors’ Choice for a global roaming SIM card. The editors found Cubic Telecom’s roaming SIM card to be inexpensive and flexible enough to make a good solution for anyone traveling to Europe. The article also focused on the ease with which the Maxroam SIM card can be set up, as well as the ability to easily monitor data usage. PCMAG.COM were impressed with the Maxroam website’s ability to quote data usage in real time,  the warning messages provided to customers when a phone is low on credit, as well the lack of ambiguity with the final bill since it is a prepaid card.

To see the full article written by  Sascha Segan and Wendy Sheehan Donnell of PCMAG.COM, please click on the following link: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397507,00.asp

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Location: The Dogwood Room,
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709

8.45am -11.30am: Life Sciences Networking Event

An Irish delegation is embarking on an upcoming trade mission to strengthen economic and trade ties between North Carolina and Ireland. A key element to the Mission is a Life Science networking and partnering event to take place at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

The life Science event will showcase 14 of Ireland’s visiting high technology Life Science companies (Pharma and Medical Device click Enterprise Ireland Companies to view each company). The event will take place in an informal networking environment with table top displays by the guest companies. North Carolina Life Science companies are welcome to come and meet the visiting Irish companies to discuss their technologies, the life science sectors in North Carolina and Ireland, new developments in the sectors, collaboration and supplier opportunities.

The event will be opened by remarks from the Irish Government Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. and Richard Stack, President, Synecor. This event will start at 8.45am and give the opportunity for meetings and informal networking between North Carolina based and the visiting Irish companies.

You are warmly invited to come along and meet examples of technologies from the burgeoning Irish Life Science sector and network with the visitors and local colleagues.

******REGISTRATION INFORMATION******

Please RSVP to: Eoin.Moore@Enterprise-Ireland.com.  For more information, please call:  Eoin Moore on 212 546 0470

Role Description

Fitzwilliam Institute Group provides accredited training across the USA, Canada, Ireland, UK, Australia, South Africa and Singapore in a wide range of communications related subjects.

Fitzwilliam Institute Group is located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and is a wholly owned subsidiary of an international training group called the Fitzwilliam Institute based in Dublin, Ireland. Fitzwilliam also has offices located in London, UK and New York, USA.

The role will involve being the face of Fitzwilliam Institute Group USA on a day to day basis. The successful applicant will be responsible for the end to end student experience which begins the very moment a student makes an enquiry, through to their experience learning with us and continues even after they have graduated from our program.

Delivering to this agenda includes coordinating the smooth operation of all Fitzwilliam Institute Group USA courses both externally and internally, ensuring that we are accurately and positively reflected in all of the work that is undertaken.

It also includes working with the Dublin Ireland Head Office in order to ensure that all sales, marketing and operational opportunities are maximised to their full extent.

Finally the role includes working very closely with the Group Operations Manager, Group Marketing Manager & Course Director. The Group Operations Manager will be your line manager on an ongoing basis and will expect you to deliver to very specific targets and parameters.

If interested please send your CV and letter of proposal to operations@fitzwilliaminstitutegroup.ie

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On May 10^th and 11^th Finovate will be returning to the San Francisco Design Center Concourse for a two-day showcase of cutting-edge financial and banking technology innovations from leading established companies and hot new startups. Founded in 2007, Finovate is a series of unique conferences that showcases the best new innovations in financial and banking technology via short, fast-paced demos (no slides allowed) and high-quality networking.

To access the main registration page http://finovatespring2011.eventbrite.com/. Any Enterprise Ireland client interested in registering for the event and obtaining the Super Early Bird discount of $995 should contact David O Halloran at david.ohalloran@enterprise-ireland.com. This discount is only available until February 12^th.

Finovate conferences offer a unique and powerful platform for fintech companies to gain momentum for their latest innovations in the form of new customers, VC funding, strategic partnerships, expert feedback and major press coverage.

Original Article from Gordon Smith  at  The Irish Times – Friday, November 26, 2010

The product, developed by Vigitrust and co-written by Ira Winkler, one of the world’s leading information security experts, is called Security for Social Networking 101. It was created as a response to the risks that have risen from the popularity of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The amount of personal information that people now publish can make it possible for fraudsters to pass themselves off as friends or associates and ask their victims for money or other private information.

The module is also intended to address the concerns of businesses, particularly in the US, that certain kinds of company information might not be suitable for publishing on a social network. Since banning these sites outright is more than likely not an option for many firms, training can be used to educate staff about appropriate behavior when online.
“Organizations are waking up to the fact that staff can’t just share any kind of information on a network, especially one where information propagates so quickly,” said Vigitrust chief executive Mathieu Gorge.

The training software provides guidance on how data on social networks can be utilized against not only the individual who posts but also against the organization for which they work. It suggests what type of data people should not put in the public domain and raises awareness of organization reputation.

The module also includes case studies of social network security compromises so that people can understand the risks and recognize danger signs.
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