Frank Hannigan
Economics and Business Studies graduate from Trinity College Dublin. Last worked as CEO at Yougetitback Limited.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.goshido.com |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing |
| Location: | Cork Ireland |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Dublin, Trinity College |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Pathfinder |
| Position: | Managing Director |
| Time period: | December 2002 - Present |
| Description: | • ICT Advisor with EBRD – Mongolia, Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Serbia and Montenegro.
o Evaluating potential clients for TAM/BAS and training and mentoring the successful clients. o Working with Governments and other stakeholders to build ICT incubators in several countries in the Balkans and Asia. o Working to develop EBRD policy on support for cluster development and funding for TSE’s graduating through the TAM/BAS programmes. • Business development consultancy clients include, Diageo, Smart Telecom, Carzone, Repak,. IrishAbroad.com, Invent DCU. • Property Investment projects. |
| Employer: | Yougetitback Limited |
| Position: | CEO and Founder |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2008 |
| Description: | • Built a global recovery service for lost and stolen mobile devices.
• 12 patents pending. • Large tier one sales in Europe and North America. • Raised €4.15 in funding. • Built recognition for the brand as best of breed. • Executed a number of innovative business models. • I am a Director and major shareholder in the company. |
| Employer: | Dublin Daily Newspapers |
| Position: | Founder and Director |
| Time period: | December 2001 - November 2003 |
| Description: | • Daily Newspaper launched with €6m in seed funding. The paper closed in July 2003.
• Using technology we drove the cost per page to 50% of the UK & Ireland average. • Built 80% awareness in its market. • Built a high quality team of 40 media and technology professionals. • Achieved 100% of first year projected advertising sales in a pre-launch sales campaign. |
| Employer: | Digiserve Ltd |
| Position: | Founder and Director |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2002 |
| Description: | • Online content business attracted €8m in VC funds.
• Edo Software was spun out of Digiserve and is now a valuable part of Magnet. • Digiserve Software was spun out and developed supply-chain software. • Dublin Daily was spun out of Digiserve. • IrishAbroad.com remains the largest community of Irish people online. |
| Employer: | Net Results Ltd |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | December 1998 - November 2000 |
| Description: | • Internet connectivity Hardware Company was sold to a Integrity, a Nasdaq quoted company, within 18 months of start-up for a figure in excess of €2m.
• A black box solution that provided post office solution for LAN mail and internet access. • Responsible for market entry into the UK. |
| Employer: | Ireland On-Line |
| Position: | Head of Sales & Marketing |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 1999 |
| Description: | • Part of An Post, this was the original commercial ISP in Ireland and grew to be the dominant player in Consumer and corporate markets. IOL Group was sold to Esat for €109m three years later. It was bought the month I joined for €2m.
o Played a key role in capacity building – 28 became 120 staff. o Introduced innovative products and routes to market. o Quadrupled revenue in a period of two years. |
| Employer: | Examiner Publications |
| Position: | Head of Sales & Marketing; Group Advertising Manager |
| Time period: | December 1993 - November 1997 |
| Description: | • Three and a half years of huge personal development. One of the most dramatic turnarounds in the history of medium sized Irish companies.
• Responsible for commercial management of two daily newspapers with a turnover of over €25m and direct and dotted line man-management for over 70 of the 360 staff. |
| Employer: | Hot Press |
| Position: | Advertising Manager |
| Time period: | December 1991 - November 1994 |
| Description: | • Ireland’s dominant music and culture fortnightly magazine. I served on the four man team that doubled turnover and profit in just over two years.
• Responsible for introducing best of breed advertising sales processes and building a valuable sales team. |
| Employer: | Sunday Tribune |
| Position: | Business Advertising Manager |
| Time period: | December 1989 - November 1992 |
| Description: | • Two years working with Barbara Nugent and Vincent Brown as a young manager.
• Responsible for financial and IT advertising revenue |
| Employer: | Kompass Ireland |
| Position: | Senior Marketing Executive |
| Time period: | December 1987 - November 1990 |
| Description: | • Graduate Trainee programme exposed me to a wide range of sales and marketing projects. |
| Employer: | Sunshine Radio |
| Position: | Sales Executive |
| Time period: | December 1982 - November 1988 |
| Description: | • While most students earned minimum wage, I earned up to €1k per week selling radio advertising on commission only. Stepping out of college in the middle of the last recession, I had skills and confidence that my peer group would take years to learn. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Dublin, Trinity College |
| Degree: | Economics and Business Studies, BA |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | • Member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland. |
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Diane Roberts
Business Consultant with 15 years rich industry experience, selling in the UK, USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.