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AER Sustainable Energy – Head of Business Development Position Available

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

AER, biotech, employment, energy, ireland, jobs, Renewable

Maxroam obtains PCMAG.COM Editors’ Choice Award

Posted by David O'Halloran on 13 December, 2011 in Economic | EI Client News | In The Spotlight | News Press | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

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

Ireland Life Sciences Trade Delegation

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

Fitzwilliam Institute Group – US Business Development Position Available

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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Accenture to open analytics innovation centre in Ireland

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 3 December, 2010 in Archive | Economic | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

Accenture is to open a research, development and innovation centre in Dublin to develop predictive analytics solutions for clients worldwide, creating 100 high-skilled jobs over four years.

The first dedicated Accenture innovation centre in Ireland will focus on the development of advanced analytics solutions.

Predictive analytics applies advanced statistical modelling techniques to internal and external data sources to generate deeper insights that help businesses and governments drive better outcomes.

The Accenture Analytics Innovation Centre (AAIC) is expected to create 100 new highly-skilled jobs over the next four years, adding to Accenture’s 1,300 people employed in Ireland today.

The AAIC is backed by IDA Ireland and will form part of a wider Accenture global network of innovation centres dedicated to the demonstration, research and development and delivery of predictive analytics.

“Today’s announcement marks another milestone in the ongoing development of Accenture in Ireland,” said Mark Ryan, country managing director of Accenture in Ireland. (more…)

Enterprise Ireland launches Internet and Games Competitive Start Fund

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on in Digital Media & Entertainment | Economic | Software/Services - (Be the first to comment)

New fund will help start ups enter the international marketplace

Enterprise Ireland has today (2nd December 2010) launched an initiative called the Internet and Games Competitive Start Fund to help internet and games start ups get off the ground and launch new products and services in the international marketplace. This competitive fund is focused on providing start ups with critical early stage funding to explore and determine the market fit of their business and progress to product launch.

The new fund is being introduced on a pilot basis for 10 start ups in the Internet and Games sector, who can demonstrate an ability to grow their business internationally. The initial fund for Internet and Games start ups will be €500,000 but it is envisaged that this will be expanded to include further sectors in early 2011.

This competitive fund marks a speedy implementation of one of the key recommendations in the Report of the Innovation Task Force which highlighted the need for greater support for very early stage start ups.

Under the terms of the new fund, start ups will receive an equity investment of €50,000 for a 10% ordinary equity stake. In addition to funding, each start up will be provided with an experienced business mentor to support them. The application process has been designed to be fast and efficient to allow the new start ups to concentrate on validating their business concept and getting to market entry stage as quickly as possible. (more…)

Return of the Celtic Tiger: Can renewables refuel the Irish economy?

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Ciara Byrne @ VentureBeat

Ireland has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, starring in a soap opera of EU intrigue and enforced bank bailouts. Watching my home country’s progress over the past few years has been like the troubled career of singer Amy Winehouse: huge talent and instant riches followed by a rapid and self-inflicted downward spiral cataloged in tabloid headlines.

In Dublin recently for the first time in years, I heard some good news in the midst of all the gloom. The country has a head start on most of the world in capitalizing on one of its few plentiful resources: renewable energy.

Renewable energy could be Ireland’s new pot of gold. According to a recent book by John Travers, 100,000 jobs could be created from harnessing renewable energy and applying energy efficiency, and 20 percent of Ireland’s future GDP could come from exporting its renewable energy. The wind and wave power available on Ireland’s Atlantic coast is one of the biggest renewable resources in the world and can be supplemented by biomass. To put this in context, the nation’s peak electricity demand is approximately 6,000 megawatts (MW) while the wind blowing over the island contains 8,000 megawatts of power. Ireland already has 1260 MW of installed wind capacity. The country also aims to put 500 MWs of wave power online by 2020.

As a result Enterprise Ireland’s cleantech unit is concentrating its resources of a limited set of niches, among them energy efficiency and renewables. According to Marina Donohoe, who heads up the unit, these areas were chosen because of Ireland’s strengths in IT and construction (that property bubble was useful for something) in addition to the large supply of renewable energy. Read full article at Venture Beat.

Minister O’Keeffe launches €85m fund for new high-tech firms

Atlantic Bridge venture capital fund to help firms in Ireland and Europe get off the ground

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today launched a new €85 million venture capital fund which will help high-tech firms in Ireland to get off the ground.

Venture capitalists provide risk capital for firms that would otherwise find it hard to raise collateral through traditional sources of finance.

The Atlantic Bridge II Fund, which is being supported under Enterprise Ireland’s Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012, will focus on high-tech firms across Ireland and Europe with strong international growth prospects.

It is expected that the fund will complete a second closing in the coming months, bringing the total fund to €130 million.

The fund will be managed by Atlantic Bridge Partners which has €250 million under investment.

The team is expected to invest between €5 million and €20 million in each firm with a typical investment cycle of five to eight years.

The fund’s backers are particularly interested in communications technology, semiconductor and software – sectors in which Atlantic Bridge already has a strong investment track record. (more…)

Ireland the Comeback Kid? Bloomberg on Founders and the Dublin Web Summit 2010

Originally Published November 2nd, 2010 on the BestConnected Blog, by Paul Browne
Click on the image for the full Bloomberg report video.

I was lucky enough to be at the F.ounders Event at the Dublin Web Summit on Friday and Saturday (including Enterprise Ireland’s CEO welcome to the Founders). Aside from thinking “What I am doing with my life?” ( as most of the other attendees were multi-millionaires in their late-twenties , or at a push , early thirties), the buzz and ideas from the event were incredible. This is reflected in the media coverage of the event, which shows Ireland in a very good light and highlights what is positive about the Internet in Ireland today.

The Guardian

CHAD HURLEY: “Right now I am in the process of transitioning into the role of adviser, stepping down, still being involved in the company, but it’s given me an opportunity to work on new projects,” he told the F.ounders international web conference in Dublin last night.

Wall Street Journal

“The last laptop lid has shut, the closing tweet sent, the final Gowalla check-in made. TheF.ounders Conference has ended. Was it just a talking shop where self-congratulatory geeks could indulge in mutual appreciation of their own cleverness, or was it a signpost on the road to a brighter future for Ireland?

It is too easy to be cynical. Sure there was an air of unreality about the place. And the conference was, at times, just a touched too pleased with itself. But actually it was more than just a conference and if it was pleased with itself, then it had good reason to be.”

“Paddy Cosgrove, the man behind the event should expect to be a man in demand.” (more…)

Internet Founders Welcome at the Dublin Web Summit 2010

The content of this blogpost was originally delivered as a welcome to the Founders at the recent Dublin Web Summit. Frank Ryan is CEO of Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government Agency responsible for the development of Irish Industry.

On Friday, I was humbled by the presence in Dublin of many of the people that have re shaped the way people all over the globe work and interact socially. I hope and believe that in the three days of the Dublin Web Summit ideas were developed and discussed which will form the next wave of disruptive market led innovation in the internet. The range of topics covered is vast and crucial to the well being of mankind – from changing the world through technology, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy to the future of Mobile, Payments and hopefully the “next big thing”.

One area of particular interest to the Government of Ireland is seeding innovation. In Enterprise Ireland, we have worked in this ever evolving space for 15 years now and today we are the largest seed capital provider in Ireland. We are unique as a Government Agency insofar that we invest in companies (in addition to providing grants for research, innovation and market development). Last year alone we took equity positions in over 70 companies and supported more that 200 start ups. We are dispensing tax payer’s funds so it is only right that we look to try and get some return for the people of Ireland. (more…)

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